Could have been better

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2011)

Harry Potter has touched many lives, and has been an inspiration for millions and millions of fans around the world. As such, the last movie of the series was expected to be a titanic experience, full of action, full of that feel we've had during the past 7 Harry Potter movies (most particularly in Prisoner of Azkaban), but most important, it had to remain, in Yates' words, "fiercely loyal to the book".
What we had, however, was a movie that was barely above what we can consider "good".
Why, you ask? For quite a number of reasons: For one, Deathly Hallows Part 1 was the best movie of the saga, because it did its book justice for the first time in the series and, logically, we had such high hopes for Part 2. However, its "book loyalty" was only 100% accurate and evident during a handful of scenes (Snape's memories and the Room of Hidden Things), unlike its predecesor, which was almost 100% loyal to the book in almost 100% of the movie.
For two, we barely had anything more than the infamous Battle of Hogwarts than some aerial scenes, and what we could watch when the trio ran by the fight, and that is NOT how you build an epic fight, Mr. Yates.
For three, the only dramatic and/or tragic deaths we see are Snape's, Harry's and Voldemort's, and barely a photoshoot of Fred's, Remus' and Tonks' bodies.
And last, and most important: The beauty of the book lays in the DIALOGUE, Mr. Kloves, and I think you did an astonishingly mediocre job with it. I understand it's *based* on the books, but seriously... You did a much, much, much, much, much better job on Part 1... What happened this time? Why did you decide to skip 3 seconds of dialogue on each character? Why did Harry have to remain silent at the end, instead of saying "The wand's more trouble than it's worth, and quite frankly, I've had enough trouble for a lifetime? Why didn't Ron get to say "Well, on the upside we got the horcrux, on the downside no sword"?
Seriously. We expected MUCH more from this movie, but what's done is done, and there are no more chances. Sad.