Its the little things that count

Rating: 7/10 (15 July 2011)

To be very honest, I have never liked the movies but read the books dozens of times. From the point of view of a hardcore fan of the books, this was a disappointment. But, I looked at the movie in perspective once I got home from the theater, and realized it wasn't so bad after all.
The first half of the movie was exciting and fast-paced. Loved every minute of it. Snape's death especially was very touching, and what I would say was one of the high points of the movie.
Then I watched The Prince's Tale (for people who haven't read the books, that's Snape's memory segment). It was so short that a chapter that many would agree was the best in the entire series deserved a LOT more than just 5 minutes on the screen. So much so, that by the time it ended, some of my fellow viewers hadn't even taken their seats after the interval.
It's the little things in the movie I was disappointed with. Over the last 4 movies we have seen a trend wherein the jokes are the main focus. So when a movie of the importance of HP&DH2 came along, a serious affair such as a war against Voldemort ended up having moments of humor at the end of every scene, which I felt was quite inappropriate.
My favorite part of the movie would have to be, hands down, King's Cross. It did complete justice to the book, when you consider that they decided to leave out Dumbledore's past completely out of the movie.
My rating: 6/10 (hardcore fan of the books). Otherwise I'd have given it a 7.