Almost perfect.. an 8 but Alan Rickman gives it the ninth star..

Rating: 9/10 (14 July 2011)

The last episode of the Harry Potter movies is by far the best of the eight. While it does not follow the book like one would have liked, that is understandable as different things work for different mediums. The best by far was the WONDERFUL WONDERFUL acting of Alan Rickman as Snape, he is such an underrated actor. I hope that the academy will acknowledge his amazing attribution to this work of art, there is no question that an Oscar nomination is worthy.
The disappointment of the movie in my opinion was the lack of the final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort. Why change a good thing? the gorgeous prose that Rowling wrote would have played beautifully on screen, the beauty of the battle of words instead of the battle of weapons was a key point in the epitome of the whole series. But than again, you can never have everything you ask for ;) all in all, a major success!