Time for my 2 knuts

[Trina]

Overall, I enjoyed the film.   The did mangage to stuff in a lot of  
information in the 2+ hours, but I felt if you hadn't read the book, 
you might be a little lost. 

Things that bugged me:

The Devil's Snare scene!  Hermione panicking, "There isn't any wood!" 
and Ron's retort "Have you gone mad!  Are you a witch or not!"  is my 
favorite R & H interactions.  The loss of this scene made me pout 
throughout the last of the film.

Harry's eyes.  I thought that I'd read that they had gone in during 
post-production and changed his eyes to the required green, but 
apparantly they did not.  

Argus Filch.  He looked too much like my inner picture of Mad-Eye 
Moody than how I imagined Filch to be--a small, slightly stooped,  
balding man who resents the fact that he has to clean up after these 
kids who are able to do what he cannot--Magic.

Mrs. Norris.  Yes, the Maine Coon who played her was gorgeous, but 
Maine Coon cats cannot *ever* be described as scrawny!  They are 
known for their largeness!

Quidditch.  Where was Lee Jordan's brilliant color commentary?  It 
would have helped immensely in figuring out exactly what was going on.
Also, there are no girls on the Slytherin team.  What purpose do the 
pillars serve?  I have envisioned something like a football field, 
with the only structures on the Quidditch pitch being the goal posts.

Seamus over Neville.  Neville is more important to the overall plot 
of the books and this film than is Seamus.  Instead of having Seamus 
explain that he was half & half, they could have easily had Neville 
tell about his Uncle Algie dropping him out of the bedroom window.

Things I liked:

The kids.  I think they all did a good job with their parts.  And 
Rupert Grint totally stole the scenes!  Kudos also to Ginny--she 
looks exactly like this 3rd grader at my school whom I have mentally 
named Ginny since last year <vbg>.  

Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane. Wonderful.  'Nuff said.
Richard Harris did a good job considering the script cut all of 
Dumbledore's best lines.  Nitwit, blubber, oddment, tweak!

The art direction and costumes.  Beautiful.

I took along my Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans, although I had 
refilled the bag with plain old Jelly Bellys.  This didn't prevent me 
from finding a leftover black pepper when Snape wished Harry good 
luck before the Quidditch match or a sardine bean little later!  Ack!

I may have to go see it again to get more impressions. Gee, now 
that'll be rough!

Trina