Good, but not Spectacular

Rating: 6/10 (15 July 2011)

I like many other fans went into the midnight showing of this with very high expectations. I was looking forward to amazing battle scenes from all the various wizards at Hogwarts. I was very underwhelmed by the action sequences. They had all been done before. I was hoping for emotion from the defense of the castle. The deaths of major characters were just glossed over in about 30 seconds. I remember reading the book and being heart broken when people died, and I didn't feel any emotion during the movie towards them.
Don't bet me wrong, I enjoyed the movie. I just craved more! I almost felt like there should have been a colaboration with Michael Bay for the action sequences, to make them bigger and just more spectacular. I mean Hagrid had like 3 lines and didn't show up until like 3/4 the way through the film. I felt if they would have added another 20 min of action it would have been a spectacular film for the ages. As of right now, I see it just as OK.