Firstly, while the Plaza Theatre in Carpinteria is cute, and we're lucky to have one screen in our little town, the copy of Potter was scratched. The lines running vertically on the left side of the screen were very distracting for most of the film. Manager was nice, but nothing was done.
The film feels like a gap filler bridge to get to the rest of the story. The dramatic intent was so reliant upon folks knowing what was left out, that even as an avid reader, I was confused about what was going on. Overall, a fun film, but not the strongest one, for sure. They're getting complacement.