What did anyone think of this movie.
I'll start:
firstly not staring with Harry at the Dursleys was a huge deal to me. I don't know if Yates wanted to be different or something but it WAS indeed different. And Harry flirting with that 'muggle' girl? *ugh* WHY? some say WHY NOT! and that's fine. its a matter of personal opinion and if you're a fan of the BOOKS or the MOVIES...
From this point on things were done well:
1) Slughorn and the couch
HILARIOUS and very well done!
2) how Harry acted while under the influence of Felix Felcis was MAGNIFICENT! ("harry?" "professor?!") It was very good!
Some things that were missing.
1) When Harry is dropped off at the burrow by Dumbeldore, Dumbeldore is supposed to show appreciation for Harry in the broom closet outside the Weasleys house and while at the burrow, their OWLs were supposed to be received (Harry, Hermione, Ron) and the whole buzz of choosing classes NEWT year was missing.
2) The Ginny/Harry kiss .. was odd, to say the least. The books version was much better. Ron witnessed the kiss and prior to this Ron scolded Ginny for snogging guys in public... Then after the one Quidditch match Harry just grabs Ginny and kisses her.. forgetting about everyone around them.. including Ron. Then Ron gives Harry a look of *"well, if you must"* That was very comedic and disappointed me that it was missing
3) The Gaunts memory: I felt that this showed us more about Voldemort (as did the memory of when Tom was working at Borgin and Burkes and he went to visit that lady and she showed him two things that end up becoming horcruxes for him.). If this would have been included in the movie it could have made the horcruxes clearer to
just movie fans ...
4) How fast things moved was a set back for me while i was considering people who have not read the books. I've read these books many times and for me it was easy to follow because the day we went to see the movie i was wrapping up reading the book. Because the book was so fresh in my mind and I've read it so many times it made the movie so easy for me to follow. However, my mom who hasn't read the books was a bit lost and i don't think she totally understands horcruxes either... its a shame.
5) The MIA Hogwarts Battle near the end:
at first this bothered me but after i thought about it and thought about the
BIG BATTLE in the seventh movie - part 2 I was okay with them leaving this out because how much battle stuff do you think they can come up with to do in flim... you don't want a repeat of near the same actions in two "back to back" movies ... I'd rather they wait and have a big bang finish!
6)Dumbeldores Funeral missing also bothered me a bit. I recently heard though that they MAY start movie 7.1 with Dumbeldores funeral. That would please me greatly. (the merpeople singing their lament. fawkes flying around, the white coffin, the centaurs arrow tribute... all that is missed.)
What do you think!?