Great addition to a Great Series, Nice Adaptation of the Book!

Rating: 10/10 (31 July 2007)

I've read all of the books, a few of them more than once. It's very hard to adapt one of these books to the big screen without making them twice as long as Lord of The Rings. There's so much to cover.
There are a few details of the book that were particularly powerful and it's too bad that they left them out. One of them (Spoiler Alert) this is admittedly more of a book spoiler than anything now. In the book, there is an interesting little event that becomes quickly swept under the rug. While at Grimuld Drive, they find a locket that no one can seem to figure out a way to open. In the next book, it's discovered that Voldemort has many Horcuxes. We come to find out that those are a big part of what's keeping him from dying. Then there's the painting of Sirius' mom who yells at everyone calling them blood traitors, half breeds etc. There's only a subtle hint of Sirius and Bellatrix being cousins. They also didn't play out two scenes I was really looking forward to.
One was toward the beginning, Mad-Eye Moody was chiding Harry for putting his wand in his back pocket. He said something to the effect of "More than one talented wizard has blown off a buttock that way!" To which Tonks replied: "Who do you know who's blown off a buttock that way?" Then Moody replies "Um, Nevermind." Everyone in the room kind of chuckled for a bit. When Harry addresses Moody as Professor, he kindly reminded him that he didn't actually do much teaching.
Last but not least, we find out that Lucius Malfoy, Crabbe's Dad, Goyle's Dad, McNair (the would-be executioner of Buckbeak from "The Prisoner of Askaban") and a few other death-eaters were ambushed at the ministry and arrested. The boys were none too happy about their Dads getting arrested and Malfoy vowed to get Harry at the end of the book.
The other parts I missed were kind of silly but that last one was a particularly powerful part of the book. It really kept you waiting for the next one which picks up right where the last one left off. A very nice touch if you asked me.
All in all, excellent movie! The darkest one in series of movies (so far) and proof that the books are not just aimed at a younger audience. True that the younger audience tends to be intrigued by it but this is a great series.