So good!

Rating: 10/10 (15 July 2011)

This movie was definitely one of the best out of the eight. It included most major events and had effects that will blow your mind. As a true fan of the books I was a little angry at how they played out some of the battle. Here is my list 1) I wish they would have started the battle as they did in the book. It was similar but Snape never addresses the school and Harry, they only briefly meet in the hallway. 2) Some of the old characters that I was sooo excited to see return (Harry's old quidditch team, buckbeak) did not return as they did in the book. 3) There was a bit to much humor in certain moments that were supposed to be dark and intense. 4) They showed Fred dead but not his death, which was described in the book. They also left out the Weasleys' reunion with Percy, but it was expected as this conflict went back to the fifth book. Harry Going down to the Forbidden Forest, Harry never confronts anyone after he realizes what he has to do, as mentioned in the book Hermoine and Ron would have never let him go 5) The way Harry presented himself alive was different. In the book, Voldemort brings him up and gives his speech of liberation, and then and there Neville kills the snake, in which another fight breaks out. Harry slips on his cloak and watches as Hermoine, Ginny, and Luna battle Bellatrix and McGonnagal, Slughorn, and Kingsley battle Voldemort. The crowd gathers around these two fights until Molly Weasley steps in and kills Bellatrix. Voldemort then aims at her, until Harry protects her, revealing himself. Then they go on the circle each other and Harry explains why Voldemort cannot win. It was very intense in the book and it would to be in the movie. There was no chase scene around Hogwarts or diving off the tower, as there was in the movie Harry kills him and the Death Eaters run and the good storm Harry. In the movie no one sees him kill Voldemort and there really isn't a celebration. 6) Barely no Hagrid! I was beginning to think they left him out until they showed him tied up. I wish they showed him fighting. Also no Gwarp. (Hagrid's giant half-brother) 7) In the book Voldemort cannot feel when they destroy a Horcrux. 8) Voldemort kills Snape in the Shrieking Shack in the book but for some reason in the movie it was at the boathouse. That kinda bothered me. 9) If I had not read the books I would have been confused on the Tonks and Lupin relationship. They never actually say they got married or had a kid. Tonks mentions her husband and Harry later asks the ghost of Lupin about his son Teddy, who was never mentioned until that point. 10) They stayed away from the whole Dumbledore conflict, which i understand because it would have been hard to explain on top of everything else 11) Harry never breaks the Elder Wand, but uses it to repair his own, which was broken. He returns it to Dumbledore's grave and hopes that it will die with Harry, passing on to no one.
Things i did like 1) Shell Cottage was beautiful and just as imagined 2) Gringotts break-in was perfect 3) Aberforth 4) How secondary characters such as Luna, Neville, and Mcgonnagal shined and kicked ass 5) The protective enchantments and the death eaters trying to break through them and Voldemort just destroying them (not in the book but was a great addition) 6) The humor, I mentioned before there was too much, but they were very funny 7) Ron and Hermoines kiss...really captured it the way it was described in the book 8) Bellatrix, my favorite character is perfectly portrayed. They truly showed her wicked obsession with Voldemort 9) The Malfoys, they correctly showed there cowardliness as described in the book 10) The battle, although it was not spot on, it was very epic and included most major events, just in different orders. It was a great battle and confrontation between good and evil. 11) Snape's memory!! one of my favorite parts. Alan Rickman was FANTASTIC and they did a really good job of making him look younger. It was so depressing to see cruel, gloomy Snape break down in tears 12) The score, as usual, was perfect and emotional 13) The epilogue, it was basically spot on. I like how they included Malfoy too.
Though it may seem that I had many problems I thought their substitutes and changes were exceptional. They really did a fantastic job and they portrayed the story well. Readers will be very pleased with it. The actors in it are spot on and are beyond marvelous. One of my favorite movies ever! I will miss it soo much. Going to midnight premieres and what not. It is very bittersweet! GO See it!!!!!!!!!!!