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Chris Columbus is boring. First two were kids movies.
Loved the movie. I read the book once when it first came out, so I don't know the story down word for word. I LOVED the direction and feel of this movie. If I saw one more cookie cutter "oh, here's when this part is" and one more fucking long ass boring quidditch match that meant nothing, I was going to rush the screen.
The scene that immediately grabbed me when I knew I'd love the movie was in the kitchen at the very beginning where the camera pans back as the uncle is on his knees looking up at the sky and the cousin is watching TV and there's just silence except for the TV audio. That scene is lightyears beyond the tired filmmaking that plagued this series from the beginning as is far above the level of filmmaking than everyone was reduced to accepting before. And that makes it fantastic.
Don't care much about story changes. See exhibit A - Lord of the Rings for why it doesn't matter. I've watched it a few times now and the second time it was better than the first.
Those who liked the first two better, congrats, it doesn't take much to please you.
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