I saw the movie with my 10 year old daughter and her 11 year old friend. The friend was bored to tears. My daughter was interested but when I asked her what the movie was about afterwards, she tried 3 times to articulate the plot, then said maybe she should read the book. Visually interesting, but would have been 10X better married to an interesting plot. Or a plot at all. The best part of the movie was that there was no one in the theater but the 3 of us and my daughter and her friend could move around and test out the 3-D in all the seats to kill the time.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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4/ 5
Liked it more than the kids did!
PostedMay 30, 2011
Claate
from Monroe, CT
I saw Kung Fu Panda 1 and wanted to see this one more than my kids! It did not disappoint. (Even Ebert gave it 4.5 stars!) Did not like he 3-D though - was too much of a blur in the action scenes and hard to follow. Would like to go again and see it in 2-D.
As avid Potter fans, my 9 year old daughter and I thought the movie was absolutely flawless and stayed so true to the book. We shared so many knowing nods and whispered asides about references to horcruxes, hallows, and why Bill's face was scarred. But if this were your first Potter movie, or if you've only followed the story to date through the cinema, you would be lost. My advice to first-timers: Do see it but only with a Potter fan, then go to a coffee house afterwards and let us regale you with the richness of the backstory and what we anticipate will come in July (and it BETTER include the Prince's Tale!)