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Finally saw it last night at the Grove with Heather and our pal Johnny. None of us have read any of the Potter books, but we've all enjoyed the movies so far. In fact, the movies that have gotten "thumbs-down" from book fans (like iSm), were just fine by us.

But, for someone who hasn't read the books...

This. Movie. Sucks.

There's no dramatic tension whatsoever, a weak thread of a plot, and when I wasn't battling sleep, I was scratching my head in confusion.

It seems to me that they (the screenwriter, director, whoever) picked some key scenes and lines of dialogue from the book and then just filmed them.

For me, the measure successful adaptation of one art form into another is whether each work can stand on its own.

In the case of this movie...

FAIL.