From high flying sequences with dragons and the funniest thing I have seen, an actual instance when someone, Harry to be exact, uses fart power to escape the evil dragon. Ralph Finnes joins the cast as the evil nose butt guy who threatens to kill Harry if he won't let him torture a mantha with a magical spell. Harry Bottom has it all, in 2 hours and 48 LONG minutes.
I didn't get a chance to see the Prisoner of Alcatraz, but this movie illudes to it enough that I pretty much know what happens. I wasn't expecting much from this film, although I am now anxious to read the books because of it. As you may have heard, this film is dark. Its so dark, I'm really surprised it got a PG-13. Some of the scenes are fringe R, and this is supposed to be a kids movie! But given that I don't give a damn about ratings, I wasn't really bothered by it.
The acting seems to have matured in this movie, skill wise. All cast do a fine job, except for the old lady. Snape, played by Alan Ruck whom you remember as the "Mr. Potter" from the first one, and Hans Gruber in Diehard, has a relatively short part, but he is as ruthless and uncaring as always, and yes, he says "Mr. Potter" in this one too.
Again, I haven't read the books, so forgive me for inconsistancies in the story, but I still enjoyed this movie, I recommend that Van Stuber should go see it and bring his woman with him.
2.9 out of 4 for a hilarious scene where Harry uses fart power and his ass is of fire!
