Am I the only one to be disappointed??? ***spoilerrific***

Rating: 5/10 (15 July 2011)

Yeah. I came out of the film disappointed. Not feeling like I had a good time.
Don't get me wrong, it was a good movie. But there are things that brought it down and too many of them for it to be forgivable.
1) Dumbledore's brother and sister. You know what I mean. Referred to and never followed upon.
2) The kiss. Didn't happen in the Chamber of Secrets. In fact, did the Chamber scene happen at all? In the book, it happens after Ron expresses concern for the welfare of the elves (in light of Dobby's heroic death) in the outbreak of a fire at Hogwarts. Here, it is given to you as a variation of the "We're alive! Let's kiss!" movie cliché'.
3) Fred's death should have been on screen. Period.
4) The Avada Kedavra curse didn't make bodies disintergrate. Until Voldemort (and perhaps Bellatrix, too?). What?
5) The roles of Matthew Lewis and Evanna Lynch (Neville and Luna respectively) were enough to warrant their names as part of the supporting cast. To only see their names in the full cast is scandalous to say the least.
(And, yes, I am aware two-time Oscar winner Emma Thompson gets the same treatment. I know she makes two small appearances, but again, she has two bloody Oscars! Either she is very humble or she needs a better agent.)
6) They really should have stuck with the CGI aging. Except for maybe Ginny and Draco, none of them looked like they were 36.