Sorry Potter fans, if one breaks up a long novel (for $$ purposes) into "setup" and "resolution", the setup film will usually suffer. If it helps assuage your feelings, I gave Part II a 9, fully understanding that I risk the opprobrium of the "bah humbug" crowd.

Please do not argue that the dialog among the principals, filling time between the various "apparations", is somehow there to develop character. It formulaic and exists solely to fill book pages and screen time. (Watch a Kurosawa film, if you don't quite get my point.)

Face it, people. This is a weak entry in an otherwise admirable, though hardly profound, series.

--A Fan, But Not A Fanboy