7/10

It just didn't capture the book enough for me. Sure, the scenery and the locations were fantastic... the actors looked the part... but I was really disappointed with the way some characters were portrayed. Emma Watson just wasn't Hermione at all. None of the child actors were that good - I would say Harry was played the best out of the three. Rupert Grint... just wasn't Ron for me.

On the other hand, Hagrid couldn't have been better. Snape and McGonogall were perfect too.

I don't know why, because most people thought Richard Harris was a perfect Dumbledore - I didn't like the way he did Dumbledore. Where was the inner sparkle, the knowledge beneath the surface?

They may have captured the right "look" and "feel" to Harry's world. But not the characters.

All in all, it's not a bad movie. But it's not the books.