Good but nowhere near its book.

Rating: Null/10 (24 July 2011)

I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and was very pleased with how well it stuck to the book. Because of this, I had high expectations for Part 2. I mean, if you did so well in the first half, you have to do just as well in the second half, right? Right? Wrong.
The movie started off very well, starting from exactly where it left off in Part 1 and staying faithful to the book all the way to when Harry and co break into Hogwarts. That's where it starts to go down hill.
*Spoilers!* The good: - Neville. He was perfectly perfect even though his line was corny and melodramatic and his killing of Nagini was not like in the book still not his fault though. I really wish they gave him more screen time because he was adorable.

The Gringott's scene. Very well done.

The emotion we are shown from Snape. . In the pensieve, we see a different side of him and it is a refreshing change and he deserves a Oscar nod for his role.

The battle OF Hogwarts. It was intense and special effects were first rate.

Rupert Grint and Dan Radcliffe and the rest of the cast. All of them give wonderful performances especially Dan who really gets into Harry's character. .

The bad: - They completely took out the scene where Harry and Luna go into the Ravenclaw Common Room, where they are ambushed by one of the Carrows. It appeared as if they would show it, as I hope they would (.

Fred's death scene. was hurried and not enough of an emotional moment nor do we see Percy's emotional outburst which was an very emotional moment. This was an insult to his character's memory.

Crabbe's gone. Gets replaced by Zabini and Malfoy drags them to meet harry .In the book they were already there .

Snape's memories are rushed and they take out some of the most interesting memories. They just go through a few of them quickly.Why Lily broke her friendship with him is not shown nor is Petunia's sending of letter to Dumbeldore requesting him to accept her .

Some portions are over dramatized for the sake of being epic and some of the soul of the books are sacrificed.

There is not a single mention of Teddy Lupin. That is, until the end when Harry suddenly knows about Lupin's son. Weird, considering Harry and co were ont he run for search of Horcruxes and hadn't heard of any of this.

Collin is replaced by Nigel .Who the hell is Nigel?He is not in the book.If they could keep a character not in the book then why was Charley Weasley never introduced?Where is Dennis Creevy? - Still no mention of the significance of the hocruxes. Hufflepuff's cup is just a plain old cup that VoldERMORT turned into a hocrux.

Not enough interaction with characters other than the trio. Too much Harry. It's as if everybody else just have cameos.

-Malfoy who was seen bossing his friends till now finally breaks down and grieves over his lost friend showing his emotional side as well.

Voldemort's and Bellatrix's death = breaking into pieces .It was ridiculous to say the least.Avada kedavra doesn't causes bodies to burst.It causes instant death.

Percy's on the good side all of a sudden. No explanation at all .).

Harry does not fix his old wand with the Elder Wand. No, instead he takes the Elder Wand and SNAPS IT IN HALF. Is that even possible? I didn't think so. So Harry breaks the wand and then chucks it into the abyss. In the book he repairs it and tells clearly why he doesn't want it?So which wand he is going to use now? - Dumbledore's back story gone completely and also in in his conversation with harry he comes across has vague ,unhelpful and bumbling old man and not the kind,wise old wizard we have come to love! - Haary goes into the room of requirement without Ron and Hermione so how do they suddenly come there after a while? how did they know where to find harry?Also Harry is not congragulated by one person for defeating the invincible Voldermort.Shame.There is no feeling of glory that such a thing is over.

-Very little is mentioned of the deathly hallows and that is a central theme in the book.
*End of Spoilers* All in all, all of the personality and charm of the series was zapped away in an attempts to make this final movie is action-packed as possible. It's a shame to see something that you've grown up with, learned to love, taken and twisted into somebody's 'vision.' I mean, why bother adding your own unimportant scenes to the movie, when there are perfectly good ones in the book that you did not bother using at all? There's no...bonding with the characters, no connection with them you felt in Part 1. I did not feel the love for this movie like I had with the book. There was just so much significance that was left out of that movie, and it is such a shame. It had such potential to be a fantastic movie, and it fell short all because of the changes that were unnecessarily made.Still it was a good movie and all the changes makes it a disappointing one not bad but it could have been lot better.