I haven’t read the book and I wasn’t particularly looking forward to seeing the film so it came as a pleasant surprise. Improved acting from the younger cast members, a tighter storyline and touches of darkness. Looking forward to the next one.

Worth it, but I admit I was disappointed. They cut so much out (which I knew they would have to do, but they hacked the meat of the story out, too) and it just didn’t feel right.

So here’s the thing: all of the Harry Potter books have a predictable formula. The stories are not different enough in themselves – the details are the fun part. Rowling’s good at decorating her plot (singular). And of course this creates a problem when paring down a book for a screenplay; one ends up with more plot than decoration. In other words, I feel like I’ve seen this movie three times before.

That being said, I did enjoy it. Most of the parts I felt were flawed (the conspicuous tardiness of global awareness in the wizarding world, for example), were things that bothered me in the books as well. And clearly there’s a “give the people what they want” attitude here and there that makes little sense (i.e., lots of random Weasley Twins moments).

Right, I was trying to say that I enjoyed it. I did. I even felt some chest constriction after a certain character’s death. Overall, I wish I could give it a “worth consuming” sans exclamation point.

I liked this film although I did notice that the flow was a little choppy in sections. It just seemed like they didn’t do the best job editing the scenes together to give the movie good flow, but I can understand where it might be too difficult to adapt such a long book into a movie suitable for children. I would recommend reading the book over seeing the movie.

I was surprised by how well they adapted the mammoth book for a 2.5 hr movie. The only thing I really missed was the presence of Mrs Weasley, as it meant they cut out one of my favourite scenes of this story. But all in all, it was fantastic and on a par with POA.

I haven’t read any of the HP books and only went to the movie because friends wanted to.

What a boring load of crap. It’s not even a full story: it starts of with a competition, then the ultimate bad guy (apparently, I thought he was rather naff) shows up, there is a minor showdown but noone really got hurt (a side character died, big deal) and then the credits roll. WTF?

Everyone was rather disappointed. It was a long movie but didn’t really start or finish. All in all I’d give it a miss.

Not having read the books, I enjoyed this movie a lot. Fun, imaginative adventure, well told. And I’m amazed at how they cut the book down and didn’t loose this viewer who hasn’t read it yet.

How about the blatant sexism and racial undertone of this movie?

The kids and I all enjoyed this one.

I didn’t have really high expectations and I don’t remember the book all that well, but I enjoyed the movie. The production value was good, it was entertaining, it was all I asked for. It seems to me it’s as good as the previous three movies.