[SpiritWarrior]

No, you're right. As childrens books/movies go, Harry Potter holds true to the genre - making less logical sense and more "make believe". Harry, throughout all the movies, always comes off as an amatuer wizard, if even that. Calling Ron the same is a compliment, as he can barely cast ANY spell correctly and really, shouldn't be there at all. If I ran Hogwarts, Ron would be the cook and Harry would be kept back each semester until I saw some advancement to justify his grade level. Hermoine is the only one with any skill and, in contrast, should have been skipped ahead a few grades.

After years of training, Harry still manages to demonstrate the abilities of a 1st level wizard, if even that. Cantrips, basically. He is also, to this day, horribly lacking in confidence and arcane knowledge. He knows far more people at Hogwarts than he does spells. At the end of almost every movie, he manages to pull off some fluke-ish, well-beyond-his-ability stunt, but this is usually due to being aided by powerful creatures/items/people who insist he is "the chosen one". His father, a phoenix, Dumbledore, Hermione. The list goes on. But it is never directly him who really does much. In a nutshell, he defeats the villains by sheer luck or help. I guess this is intentional...although it just ends up being frustrating. Hermoine could take Harry down in seconds. Draco too.

IMO, whoever the chooser of the chosen one is, they made a horrible mistake and obviously meant to choose Hermoine. For a half-blooded mage, she is more powerful than all of them put together. She also seems to be the only one with a brain. Harry is a bumbling idiot who stumbles his way through each mess with the help of his friends and various powerful adult wizards.

Another thing about this movie was the amount of running they did. Like, why run from the snatchers when they can just join hands and teleport? Why be nervous whilst inside the ministry when they can just teleport away if things go sour, then try again later?

These are the mysteries. But again, we can't take it this seriously since it is a kids movie, after all, and for most kids, these questions simply don't arise.

The movies are good though - don't get me wrong. This one just broke the trend, for me. If you haven't seen the others I would advise you to maybe do so. While the first two are VERY much "for kids" you might get through them. If not, start from part 3. Some of them are excellent, as they become darker as they go on, with the themes reflecting this. The Half Blood Prince was very good. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was one of my facorite ones, and stars that female teacher whome Harry took the horcrux from, as the main character. The Goblet of Fire was also fun. There are definately some great ones in the series. I don't count Deathly Hallows as one though : /