Last year, i finally gave into watching Harry Potter. Up until then, i never read any of the books, nor i have seen any of the movies. So being somewhat of a movie buff, i did both. I want to see what this obsession is all about. What drives these fans to go absolutely crazy. So after reading all the books, and watching all the movies up until this point, i must say.....it's just okay. I don't hate them, but i don't love them. To me, they just fall right in the middle. To this day, i will never understand those damn "Twlight" movies, but i can understand how someone will become engrossed by these fantasy tales. They're no Lord of the Rings or Star Wars.....but they still do a decent job of keeping my interest.

In this review, i will not compare everything to the book, because this is a movie review, not a book report. But i will say one quick thing just to get it out of the way....this movie follows the book better than the rest, i mean, duh....it's split in two parts, how could it not be? But all those questions of "Woah they left that out?" will hardly be raised for all you book lovers out there.

Now, as far the movie.....i will say that i enjoyed it. At times, it did seem to drag on. In fact, it was very relative to the first hour of "The Two Towers"......yes, that is both a good and bad thing. It's good because you really begin to accept the characters on a more personal level......it's bad because they keep doing the same damn thing for over an hour.

However the main concern of this picture is it's title....Part 1. The feeling you get after you watch this movie is somewhat relative to eating a couple of dinner roles before your main course is served. I mean sure the roles are delicious, but your just biting time until your juicy steak arrives. And the problem is, it never comes. Don't get me wrong, you leave the theater feeling very satisfied. But on a long enough time line, nobody is going say you know what guys, let's watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, because thats the best......no no, your just going to skip to the next one, because it has the big payoff that your looking for.

Bottom Line.....it will have those die-hard fanatics clawing even harder at the walls, but it will have the rest of us saying "Um, so do we get both movies for the same ticket?". All i can say is, it's a great setup, and all it's doing is making the finale' even more grand. But in comparing this to the others, i still like "Prisoner of Azkaban" the best.