Rank the Harry Potter films

[XemaSab]

1. Deathly Hallows, Part 1

2. Goblet of Fire

3. Order of the Phoenix

4. Half-Blood Prince

5. Prisoner of Azkaban

6. Sorcerer's Stone

7. Chamber of Secrets

8. Deathly Hallows, Part 2

[OmahaBlueDog]

1. I have to exclude DH2 until I see it.

1) Chamber of Secrets
2) Sorcerer's Stone
3) Goblet of Fire
4) Half-Blood Prince
5) Order of the Phoenix
6) Prisoner of Azkaban
7) Deathly Hallows, Part 1

4-6 are a virtual tie for me. The only one I really didn't like was DH1, and that's because it's a "bridge" film. For example, I also was never a big fan of "The Empire Strikes Back" in the Star Wars series.

[EastTennesseeDem]

2. My least favorite book is my favorite film.

1. Goblet of Fire
2. Order of the Phoenix
3. Prisoner of Azkaban
4. Deathly Hallows Part 2 (gets a bump because of Rickman's performance)
5. Half-Blood Prince
6. Sorcerer's Stone
7. Deathly Hallows Part 1
8. Chamber of Secrets

I still think Deathly Hallows could have been made one 2 and a half hour film and been the best of the bunch, but in the end that was a no-brainer financial decision for WB.

[XemaSab]

3. I posted this in another thread:

I think in some ways, Goblet of Fire is the best book. The triwizard tournament gives the book a layer of structure and interest that the other books don't have. I think the books, in general, have ambling (yet charming!) plots, and this makes it really hard to turn the books into films without losing a lot of the character of the story. Even though parts of the plot were chopped, the triwizard tournament translated very well to film.

DHp1 captured the mood of the books better than almost any of the other films. The last book is somber and sad, and that's something that the movies have not done a very good job of conveying. I thought it was the only film that managed to be mostly a literally telling of the plot points of the book while also touching on the slow pace of the book. The characters are feeling overwhelmed, and the film got that across pretty well.

And my thoughts about the other films:

Order of the Phoenix was my favorite book, and it was a good film but they left out stuff that came back to haunt them in DHp2.

Half-Blood Prince was a decent enough film, but I felt like it was missing a little something. For example, the scene in the astronomy tower (which is one of the most powerful scenes in the series) could have been longer, and it could have been filmed as it was written.

Prisoner of Azkaban was a hell of an improvement on the first two films, but it's not my favorite book.

Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets were not well done at all. They were too literal, and tried too hard to be lighthearted without setting up any of the tension of the later books.

DHp2 neither carried the emotion nor the plot of the last half of the book. I think this was the only film where I was metaphorically watching the clock through the film.

[XemaSab]

4. Actually OOTP had Umbridge in it

I think that alone makes the film one of my top two. :D