Great movie - "cliff notes" of the books

Rating: Null/10 (15 July 2011)

As a huge fan of the books, yes I loved this movie. I am giving it 10 stars as it was definitely full-filling as the end of the series - however I am looking at the last few movies as more of a "cliff-notes" version of the books.
As another review noted, there were many details left out of the movie. One thing I was extremely disappointed in was the "death scene" of Fred Weasley. For those who may not have ever read the books, they would not have realized who it was for the scene was cut so short and there was no dialogue to it at all.
The backstory of Dumbledore. I understand that to bring in the backstory and details that the books require, would make these movies 4 hours long each (and a lot of us, I'm sure would be happy with that!) - but the fact that the audience has no idea WHY Dumbledore was the owner of the elder wand or WHY his sister was killed and his brother hated him...it left so many un-answered questions for those who have not read the books.
Snape's scene. I love Severus Snape, and think Alan Rickman did a BRILLIANT job portraying the character. I am actually very happy with how Snape's death scene and his "memories scene" went down. For the memories scene, they do leave out a few details, however the emotion you get from Snape and how much he truly loved Lilly Potter is so raw it's beautiful. We all know he loved Lilly Potter with every last breath (literally) and in turn loved/hated Harry. He hated Harry for being James' son but loved that he was a part of Lilly.
All in all, as a potter-head, I am happy with this film. Definitely parts that were left out that should have been kept in the movie - but, again, I look at this more like a "cliff-notes" version of the books.