I guess I’m not a huge fan of the HP movies, just because they seem so superficial after reading the books (which start to get really complex and layered after book three). But they generally do a good job for a book that was inevitably going to be translated to screen. Daniel Radcliffe gets better and better, even though Harry is sort of annoyingly emo in this one. Special effects, as always, were great – I think the most fun part of the movies is seeing all the little magical gadgets and things being brought to life. Maybe it’s just me, but the pace of this one seemed way too slow, even though there was a lot of action crammed into a short amount of time. For some reason, pace is one thing I always notice during movies and plays – I think my high school drama teacher was effective at drilling its importance into my head!