Very promising! And finally they're actually trying!

Rating: 9/10 (20 November 2010)

I think this is the best in the movie series so far. They didn't waste time on made-up supposed-to-be-funny unessential stuff, not even on any unessentials from the book, they didn't stick to battle scenes for too long, the atmosphere stayed nicely dark and the actors did a great job, and so on. Sure many scenes could've been done better but this movie did truly entertain me just as it is now.
The biggest minus in this film is that Voldemort didn't attack after Nagini in Bethilda's house, and thus they didn't show us and Harry, the flashback to the night his parents died and he himself didn't. None of this story would exist without those events and they don't even show it to us. But I must insert a question mark after this minus as they may be showing it at some later point, adapt it into the last movie. Though I can't think of any situation that could be better for that flashback that that where it should've been.
For once someone understood better what it should sound like to be tortured by the Cruciatus Curse! Go, Emma! All the most exciting and actiony bits were left to the last part. And that is a lot. Thus it's very uncertain what will become of the quality of it. Especially if they are going to waste time on the Epilogue. Which has been filmed twice if I've understood correctly, so they probably will.
I think they ended this part to a very good point and did wonderful job with the scene. (: