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2012-05-23 03:20:33

Harry!

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Two-Disc Special Edition) (DVD) Love this movie, love that it arrived long before the stated due date and got here prior to Santa, love the price.

paulinadavey123 2012-05-22 17:05:27

Very Disappointing...... Wished it was Half as Good as the Novel

All I can say is that this film is not worth watching as it strays farfrom the lines of the book. Though the script quite often quotes thenovel it does not follow the subject of the story and general plot. The movie disregards the fact that J.K Rowling based the book ondiscovering the 'dark secrets' about 'Lord Voldermorts' past when thescript-writers are actually obsessing over the fact that Harry isn't alittle boy anymore and the feelings that the characters have developedfor each other. I would have liked to see more of the things that the book shared withreaders than watching adolescent teens 'snogging'.Some positive points about the movie was that the special effects andscenery were good and that the acting has improved since the firstfilm.If you haven't read the books by all means go and see it. You mighthave different views but the people that I know that have seen themovie and haven't read the books, found it "boring" and "not what Ithought it would be".But it would help if you read the book first so you could see what youmight be missing out on.

hconiglio10 2012-05-16 13:01:42

Phoning it in...

To start off, I will admit that I am indeed a Potter Purist. I haveread all of the books several times, but I understand the translationfrom novel to film often leaves certain points from the book out. And,as with all of the Harry Potter books, it is impossible to cram everyplot point into a movie that people will actually sit through. Withthis clarification out of the way, may the review begin: To give the film credit, it was beautifully shot, the scenery waslovely, etc.,etc. But the quality of the film pretty much stops there.The young actors, who have supposedly "grown into" their respectiveroles, still struggle to bring gravity and true, teenaged emotion tothe screen. As a result, many scenes in the film lack the power thatthey could have.The veteran actors, who usually steal the show with their subtle butpowerful performances, are unfortunately given little screen time. Thetwo characters who primarily appear are Michael Gambon and JimBroadbent as Albus Dumbledore and Horace Slughorn, respectively. Thetwo actors are horribly miscast. Gambon has been a weak point as AlbusDumbledore since his induction into the movies, portraying thevenerable headmaster as flighty and lacking the gravity he possesses inthe books. Broadbent shows a clueless, bumbling Horace Slughorn, asopposed to the canny and clever version he was in the novels.Still keeping in mind that not all points from a novel make it into themovie, many scenes from the books were cut that were vital for not onlyunderstanding the plot of the film, but in understanding events thatoccur in the seventh installment. The scenes that were added wereabsolutely pointless to the overall plot of the story. The teenageromance story lines, while mildly entertaining at first, drag on andadd nothing to the overall plot. Even the extremely important storiesof the Half-Blood Price and the early Voldemort are streamlined to makeway for the love stories, making the film in to a teenaged love storyinstead of the revelations about Voldemort's origins and the importanceof the information that they provide. In short, it is becoming obvious that they filmmakers of the HarryPotter franchise are phoning it in. It is becoming less about thestories and more about the money they will bring in. I hope that withthe time spent on the two-part conclusion will bring much better, muchmore poignant films. However, I am not optimistic.

2012-05-15 21:33:07

Poor representation of the books

I love the Harry Potter books. I cannot even tell you how much I love those books. So when I saw this movie, I was very disappointed. I was the first person in line at the box office and was the first person in the theater to watch the premier and was very let down. The whole reason I didn't like this movie was the fact that they took OUT crucial events and added weird things that never even happened. For example, they took out:-Cornelius Fudge's resign from Minister of Magic. I realize it might not seem like a big deal, but for the next movies, it's going to be a shock when all of a sudden there's a new guy.-Harry and Ginny's relationship. Again, it's kind of an important thing for the next movies.-Harry's inheritance of Grimmauld Place and ownership of Kreacher. That is VERY important as it is their hiding place for the next movie and Kreacher was a key to defeating Voldemort.-Most of the pensieve memories are missing. Like the one showing Voldemort's mother and grandfather. And the memory explaining why Voldemort had become evil.-And finally, the battle at Hogwarts. This was a huge part of the story. It took up several pages telling about it and in the movie, the Death Eaters make a quick getaway with nothing holding them back.I guess what bothered me is that they added the burning down of the Burrow. Why? It wasn't mentioned in the book. It has absolutely no significant value to the story. And that location is a very key part of the next movie and now it has been destroyed. It's kind of a red flag signaling the poor loyalty of the next movies to the book. One other thing that disappoints me is that they try to keep this at a PG rating. What they don't realize is that the story of Harry Potter gets darker as the books go on. It can't be a good movie if it's rated PG simply because it would imply too much has been left out. If the Deathly Hallows movies are PG, I can't say I will watch them. Very disappointed in this movie.

bolt76 2012-05-14 15:48:10

Memorable Broadbent, fine Gambon, superbly crafted film with bleak ending

This is a superbly crafted film and I raised my rating to 10 after asecond viewing.Unlike others, I believe the film expertly balanced humor with the darkstuff.Broadbent was memorable as a haunted old professor, and I can't forgetthe look in the eyes (MINOR SPOILER) as he finally helps Harry.Gambon does well and to be fair, he gets a lot more screen time aswell. Rickman is suitably understated and NEVER overplays hischaracter.The photography and CGI is used beautifully, and many scenes seemstraight out of a painting. After Cuaron's Azkaban, this is the mosteffective visualization of Hogwarts yet.The ending is bleak, as the film is after all a tragedy. Bottomline:Highly recommended by me.10/10

Kassey Colton 2012-05-14 04:53:41

What the hell was that??????

I can't begin to say how much of a huge fan I am of the whole HP seriesand I was so looking forward to this film. I went to see it the morningof it's release with 2 friends and we were all so disappointed with howthe film had been adapted (more to the point NOT adapted from thebook). Scenes that were never in the book were put in and veryimportant scenes (so important the next film/films won't make sense) inthe book were left out!!!!! The most important scene of all was the bigfight at the end of the book. WHERE IS IT!! One of the key scenes tointroduce important key characters for the last film/films and it waslike it never existed. Also the random scenes they put in could havebeen left out as they weren't relevant or important. These could havebeen replaced with the final fight scene. The film was also extremelyscattered, there was no flow it came across random and as if no-one wasbothered to honour the book respectably. The only thing that saved thisfilm was the acting, however, I felt the Lavender Brown character wasplayed well but written like a love sick puppy. It's supposed to be athriller not a chick flick!However I have to remember it could have be worse! It could have beendirected by the guy who did the 3rd film and then we would all havebeen completely stuffed!

blackmambamark 2012-05-12 21:52:00

Great film....but doesn't give you the closure that you find in the other films

This is coming from someone who has just watched all 5 movies for thefirst time a week before this film came out. Its pretty easy to pegthis one. If you enjoy the others, you will easily enjoy this one. Itcertainly travels further down the 'darker' potter path, especiallywith its incredible score and fantastic cinematography that just pullyou into the story even more. The movie is very well rounded.....it hasjust the right touch of every aspect......by having just enough action,just enough humor, and just enough suspense. One cannot help but beentertained by its story. However, the only mis-understanding i hadwith the film was the end. They really didn't give you much closurethat you would find in the other films. Even if something bad happenedat the end.....they would always find a way to end it with the audiencefeeling complete.....and that is something that i admired about theHarry Potter series. But this movie didn't have that edge to it. Forthe first time, it left you wanting more. Now is that a badthing.....not at all......it was just different, and it took some timefor you to grasp the concept. Sure we have had our Empire Strikes Back,where we leave the theatre saying "I cannot believe that, whats goingto happen to so-and-so". If you have not read the books, and only seenthe movies like i have.....you will certainly see that added effect tothe end. But does it take away from the movies overall value......notat all......it has easily saved the 2009 summer....by actuallyproviding some depth and entertainment with its story. Very well done.

eggnog 2012-05-12 19:12:03

It don't get any worse than this!

I'm speechless. This film was simply awful, worse than 'Phoenix'. Iwatched it with my younger cousin and it was hard for both of us to tryand keep paying attention (I've read the book twice and he dozens oftimes). The whole movie was dull - dull acting (words can't describeRadcliffe's horrible acting (or should I say moaning, cause that's allhe's good at)), dull story (screenplay to be exact), dull 'actionscenes', dull villains and dull everything. Key elements from the bookare cut and replaced with new lame and unnecessary scenes, such ascheesy jokes and everybody's favorite 'hormones'. Music was out ofplace - BRING WILLIAMS BACK! And while I'm on it - GET RID OF YATES forgod's sake (but of course not, they've already signed him on for'Hallows').Overall bad, very bad, worse than Transformers 2, and I thought I'dnever see anything worse than Transformers 2. At least Transformers 2was, in a way, amusing. In fact this was so bad I've decided not to seethe final two movies.I keep asking myself why they keep doing this. Why not just change thewhole cast and crew and come up with something that is not a completeinsult to those who have read the books? And immediately I come up withthe answer - why make a better movie if the bad one sells just as well.It's only business isn't it? It's all about money, always has been.Selling sex and violence to kids has always been profitable. (And I'monly 23 and I've never been political in my life).Do yourselves a favor and skip this one.

legolander 2012-05-12 13:53:01

Great opening...Terrible Ending...

The film's opening sequence was breathtaking. And that's about it. Therest of the film revolves around the romance of Harry and his friends.As a matter of fact, the whole Voldemort background was nearly cut fromthe film, save for two shallow flashbacks. The complex story of TomRiddle was never elaborated in the film. And this is where my list ofcomplaints starts. Oh, and by the way, it's time for those blastedanti-book purists to swallow every single praise they've given to thisfilm. They don't deserve to be called fans of Harry Potter, becausethey literally don't know anything about the importance of staying trueto the books. Damn them all, if I may say so. First, the omission of characters. Several of them were cut from themovie while some of those who were cast, were given little amount ofscreen time (Tonks and Lupin for instance). How will they introduceBill Weasley, Fleur Delacour, and Rufus Scrimgeour in the seventhmovie? I can already see them being randomly put into the story, likemushrooms sprouting out of nowhere.Second, the alterations made to the movie. Okay, the opening attack wasjust fine, but all of a sudden, we see Harry flirting with a sluttylittle waitress. Why the hell did they have to show this? They shouldhave just used those minutes for the appearance of the Durseleys. And then we see Narcissa Malfoy shedding crocodile tears for her onlyson, Draco. The director could have given her more lines to show hergenuine despair for what lies ahead. To fast track things, we move tothe Vanishing Cabinet plot. We frequently see Draco going to the Roomof Requirement. Okay, that was fine. Although in the book, Harry'ssuspicions were not confirmed until the climax of the story. Goingback, the directors could have added more suspense to this plot by notgiving away too much. We move on to the kiss between Harry and Ginny. It was a nice littlesweet scene. But I found Ginny's character a little too aggressive(romantically). She was tough in terms of her inclination to fightalongside Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix, but wasnevertheless decent and controlled when dealing with romance. Sheinitiates the kiss between her and Harry in the movie. But in myopinion, her book counterpart would never have done this. She was justcasual with Harry after getting over her preteen crush on him. In thefilm, she constantly flirts with Harry until eventually, it was impliedthat they ended up together.As for Harry Potter's character, I should say this: practice what youpreach. Before obtaining the real memory from Horace Slughorn, Harrylectures him about how brave he should be because otherwise, the oldprofessor disgraces Lily Potter. But towards the end, I think Harryought to swallow those words of encouragement because during the sceneprior to Dumbledore's death, he just stood there and did absolutelynothing to help the poor old headmaster. Now, about the climax. In the book, Harry even argues with Dumbledoreand accuses him of not taking the safety of the students seriously.Quite the opposite happens in the movie. Neither of them was cautious.They left the school unprotected. No members of the Order of thePhoenix, no Dumbledore's Army, and no professors patrolling thecorridors. In fact, right after Dumbledore is killed, no battle everoccurs. All we see is Bellatrix breaking dishes and goblets and eventhe windows of the Great Hall in such an ecstatic manner. There was nofight scene or whatsoever skirmish there should have been. Nobody wason the lookout, except for one pathetic defenseless Auror who gotblasted out of the way as Death Eaters walked out of the castle. Thisposes a major plot hole: why did Draco exert so much effort inrepairing the Vanishing cabinet when all the while the Death Eaterswere just planning to have a nighttime stroll at Hogwarts? Now that istruly anticlimactic. Come to think of it, after what happened at theBurrow, do people honestly expect Dumbledore and Harry to leave theschool without adding extra security around the place? Talk aboutunrealistic. I had no problems with the addition of the Battle at theBurrow, in fact, it should have added more spice to the film's intensestoryline. But in the end, fans must realize that the whole Burning ofthe Burrow scene was just pointless, since the battle at the end wasremoved. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk...Oh, I almost forgot about Dumbledore's funeral. Hey, now I remember,there was no funeral at all! How thick could the filmmakers get? Themost important figure of authority in school got murdered by one of hismost trusted colleagues and yet, he gets nothing but an awkward andpoorly staged wand lighting vigil by the students and teachers. It madeno sense, except perhaps for the fact that it was a sign of salute totheir fallen Headmaster. Nevertheless, they could have added more dramato the conclusion of the film by putting in the funeral. The ending wasactually rushed. Random pieces of information were thrown in just sothey could consume the 2 1/2 hour- time span. Overall, the film was enjoyable. The visual effects again exceededexpectations. The acting was very well done. Michael Gambon was able tonail the portrayal of Dumbledore. The same goes with Daniel Radcliffe,Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Helena BonhamCarter, Tom Felton, and of course, Alan Rickman. However, in terms ofplot and character consistency, the film was a tragic failure.Considering that Half-Blood Prince is one of the easiest books toadapt, sad to say but the filmmakers left the majority of the audiencepuzzled, most particularly the non-book fans.

2012-05-11 23:16:35

Disappointing film and DVD

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Widescreen Edition) (DVD) Like many others who saw this movie on the first available showing, I was dismayed by this film. All films adapted from books make changes and this is especially true in the Harry Potter series where so many characters exist and the story is both a coming of age teen book and a minor fantasy epic. The problem with the Half Blood Prince is that it does neither well as a film. They added utterly nonsense scenes like the destruction of the Weasley home while doing away with so much of Harry's interactions with his peers like Luna, Neville and even Ginny. Additionally, the way they filmed the movie it makes an incredibly poor showing on home video as it is very dark, not just in setting and tone but the picture as well. Playing it on my smaller television left me utterly incapable of even seeing the picture at times, something that does not happen with any other movie in my collection. All in all, while Half Blood Prince was one of my favorite of the books it is easily the worst of the series and should really only be purchased if you are, like me, the sort of person who has to have the entire collection.

anıl tüfekçi 2012-05-07 14:56:26

Anıl Tufekcı

I think harry potter is the best movie I have ever seen because it'sbeautiful.There are a lot of hard work.I wish Dumbledore didn't die. Ifelt sorry because of it.Severus Snape is a good man but hischaracter's figure is bad.The movie and the book are different fromeach other.Some character 's(Albus Dumbldore,Severus Snapes,HarryPotter,Rebeus Hagrid,Hermonie,VOLDEMORT...) were good and success.Iknow some of the characters.I think they are so talented.I want tocontinue this movie and book.This movie is perfect.Mehmet Hodja is thebest teacher of the world.He is handsome and clever so we are luckystudent.

cindermaker 2012-05-07 12:35:18

Not for Potter fans.

Is this film was made without the name Harry Potter, I might haveenjoyed it so much more; sadly it was missing all of my favoritescenes. I could not recommend this film to any one who has read the books ingood confidence.David Yates and Steve Cloves abridged my favorite book in the series towhat amounts to disappointing at best.I personally believe that if you have only watched the movies you willalmost surely enjoy the film but for myself and some others as I haveseen here; this just isn't for us. They elongated scenes that did not need them and removed parts thatneed not be removed.

QamarKhan 2012-05-05 11:31:27

Best potter flick to date

David Yates has made arguably the best potter film yet, I do believethat after Chris Columbus, he is the only one to have captured the trueessence of Harry Potter and yet the two directors have reallycontrasting approaches. Whilst Chris made two very accurate adaptationsand set the tone, David Yates has not only captured the feel of thesixth book but also added a lot to it so that the movie becomes anentirely separate entity. For those who have already read the book thismovie will be a good surprise because they will find that the directortakes several liberties in terms of the plot but all those for thefirst time don't destroy the movie but enhance its effect and those whohaven't read the book are in for a treat because the movie has someamazing special effects and some really good performances this timearound. Not only that but this is a grown-up and the most realisticharry potter movie to date.

2012-05-05 01:33:53

Unexpected Come Back

This review is from: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Widescreen Edition) (DVD) I was a little disappointed with the last few movies. I wasn't sure if it was because I had gotten older and they no longer sparked interest, or if they were just getting worse. Either way, the Half-Blood Prince seemed to find a solution to both those possibilities. The movie was not only put together really well, but it also has a lot of appeal to an older audience. Maybe not to people over forty, but for those out there like me, who were 11 when the first movie came out, you can bet that Harry Potter 6 will bring it back home for you!

Leo_Lovegood 2012-05-03 09:18:12

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: A Fan Review

Oh my goodness was this movie incredible. It was everything that Iasked for and then more. It had all of the elements that I loved fromthe book: the darkness in the memory sequences, the mystery behindDraco Malfoy's mission, the romance and comedy with all of thestudents, Harry's paranoia with Draco and also the Half-Blood Princebook. It had all of these elements and what surprised me is how well itall flowed together. All of this was in the movie and it didn't feelrushed and jumbled up together. All thanks to the fantastic directingby David Yates and the excellent writing by Steve Kloves. Both guys didtheir homework on the world of Harry Potter and both brought their A+game to the table for this one. No complaints for them on my behalf. Now, I'll start with the acting which is the strongest it has ever beenin the series. My favorite performance is a two way tie between MichaelGambon (who is the Dumbledore I have always had in my mind whilereading each book) and Jim Broadbent who I think is the most brilliantcasting in the series since Luna Lovegood. The trio was also at the topof their game. Most notably Daniel Radcliffe who again has improvedgreatly. Another big standout on the younger side of the cast is thefantastic Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy. Wow is what I have to say abouthim. I really did not see this great performance coming. He gives somuch in this performance. You really feel the tragedy in Draco havingthis large burden being put on his shoulders. Some of his moments arereally chilling.On a technical side, the film is pretty much borderline perfect. Aseveryone has already raved, the cinematography is beyond beautiful. Itmay be the most beautiful shot movie I've seen in a long long while andmaybe ever. Also, the editing was SOOO much better than Order of thePhoenix (though there were a few rough spots that stood out to me butnothing completely awful). Order of the Phoenix was terribly edited IMOso Mark Day returning was a bit of a red flag but he improved greatlythis time around. The score surprised me a heck of a lot too. Ipersonally strongly disliked the Order of the Phoenix score. I thoughtit was extremely bland, uninspired and forgettable. Probably my leastfavorite in the series. I think Hooper may have read/heard all of thecomplaints about it because I loved his work here. It actually fit inthe movie and helped tell the story and set the mood for ever scenethat had music. A+ work Mr Hooper. Now back to Steve Kloves. Everyone really needs to give a standingovation. My God was that a great adaptation. By far the best screenplayof the series. It didn't feel really rushed and choppy like Order ofthe Phoenix did. Except maybe the middle where it felt kinda too fastfor me. I got the feeling that they wanted to get through the middle inorder to get to the climax as soon as possible. But it wasn't real bad.One other thing that stood out this time around were the characters.They have never been more canon and relatable. They were just writtenso well and they all had really nice moments. The dialogue between themfelt natural. Almost as if there was no written dialogue. A lot of thelines were things that you'd hear normal kids their age say. Anotherthing about the screenplay is that it kept the heart of the story. Igot the same feeling that I did when I read the book. I couldn't behappier that Steve came back and wrote this magnificent story. Andprops for adding the Burow attack. Really helped keep the story at agood pace and I think it was a nice little touch to the whole 'no whereis safe' feel the movie had. Also, do not worry about the romance possibly over shadowing thedarkness of the story. It does not at all. It was balanced and handledperfectly. There are just as many funny and light moments as there aredark. Neither felt bigger than the others. And if any were moreprominent, I think it'd be the dark stuff. All in all, it was an amazing film in which I had an amazing experiencein, I laughed, I cried (well, sobbed), jumped in my seat in aparticular bit in the cave scene, I held on tight to my seat. It was,as I said earlier, everything I wanted, and then some more. Now I refuse to rank it along with the other movies. I want to watch ita few more times to let it soak in cause my excitement could bestrictly because I just saw a Harry Potter film. But I will rate it: 10/10 It may change but I highly doubt it.

2012-05-03 07:01:53

Poorly done

This movie was not a good one. It was poorly lighted, badly edited (both story and sound), and weakly acted. The director cannot be proud of this crummy effort. Save your money.

2012-05-02 05:10:18

half-told story

Agree with some earlier reviewers on too many important things being left out and other scenes that were added that never occurred in the book and did absolutely nothing for the story (Harry with waitress at beginning, burning the Burrow(!)). While I've enjoyed the 5th movie a bit more with each viewing, and probably will for the 6th as well, I do not like this director's (same guy for the 5th and 6th movies and, unfortunately, for the remaining two films) handling of the story. One more thing I haven't seen addressed, unless I missed it--the absolutely horrible music in the 5th and 6th movies by Nicholas Hooper (who most likely will also do the remaining two films)--completely unmemorable, bland, generic movie music, unlike the music of his two predecessors, John Williams and Patrick Doyle, who both contributed outstanding scores. As a musician myself, I feel the score adds so much to the movie. This guy missed the boat completely. What a shame.

orangeandpinksunset 2012-05-01 13:33:11

Worth watching but could be better

The last couple of Potter films have done something that I felt thefirst two didn't achieve- leaving parts of the book out withoutrewriting them/allowing the audience to not believe they happened inthis interpretation. This film went one step further and presentedthings that happened in between the lines in the books- for example thebridge and Cormac being slimy towards Hermione. However certain thingsthat didn't occur in the book but were included in the film seemedunnecessary and there purely for blockbuster duties; the blowing up ofthe Burrow and Hagrids' hut.Unlike the other films, you could also tell that the scriptwriters knewwhat was going to happen in the final installments and were settingeverything up for them.I think it was a good film but often went into soap-opera melodramaterritory at times rather than the dark, emotional drama.Dumbledore's accent was also a bit distracting. I do love Gambon as anactor.Overall the scenes that translated directly from the book werewonderful, the scenes that were adapted from the book-quidditch,relationships and potions to name a few- were pretty great but thescenes created solely for the film were, a bit, irritating. The CGI waspossibly the best it has ever been and the direction and script wereboth in good forms.

fan-inet-2008 2012-04-27 01:40:27

Why missed whole story with government and ministry of magic?

In Deathly Hallows producers also will erase racism and dictatorialrules against mud-bloods, because they afraid so in China will beforbidden and don't earn little money? (why they didn't show comicfight brothers Weasley against YOU KNOW WHO?, do producers afraid so inChina people will see Voldemort=China regime) For political reasonsremoved from movie Fred and George slogan: WHY ARE YOU WORRYING ABOUTYOU-KNOW-WHO? YOU SHOULD BE WORRYING ABOUT U-NO-POO — THE CONSTIPATIONSENSATION THAT’S GRIPPING THE NATION! I see in Harry Potter hope fornations fighting against regime and racism. Conclude: bigdisappointment this film adaptation of HP.

Donovan1 2012-04-26 11:34:00

Not bad, but left us flat!

I am not a book purist, but I do feel the movie should at least try andkeep the story on track.The opening scene had our audience stifled. It felt like everyone wassitting there asking what the heck is this. I personally feel thatadding this stuff to a good story cheapens the feel of the story bymaking Dumbledore sound like he cares about the cheap love life ofHarry in a negative way, even if that was not the case. It made Harrylook like he was going down a spiral path that was not indicated in thebooks. This was a poor addition and waste of film time in my opinion.I'm not sure who talked JK into this part, (and I am really wanting tolove this film and not be rude) but shame on you.The Weasley characters and locations like the shop and home were goodand the funny parts of the love stories were great. The love potionpart of the film was the only portion of the film I really enjoyed andremembered the most at the end. It had great humor and showed somedevelopment between Hermione and Ron. But how the love stories ended upand how the Weasley twins end up in the story was a really flat and itfelt very empty. If the love stories were your main focus, (as itseemed it was) why would you not build them up and leave therelationships barely surviving at the end of the film. I understand theidea of leading the relationships somewhat subtle and hoping theaudience is begging for more. However, I don't think that ever cameclose. It was more like an exclamation of, "That's it?!?!?" BIG SPOILERHERE: Not having the battle scene by filling so much more with theextra "unnecessary" fluff that was added was the biggest let down ofany of the films so far. This was what everyone in the audience seemedto be hanging on for. We all wanted to see our heroes become brave andstrong. We expected to see some development in their characters likeLuna and Longbottom did in 'Order of the Phoenix.' That was such a letdown in this film that This is the first time I have not rated a HarryPotter movie as a 10 since the series began. I sadly hit this one as a7.I loved the scene with the Inferi. The "Golum" like creatures werefantastic and the adventure of this portion of the movie was great. Imissed the smart dialog that came in the book where Harry keptconvincing Dumbledore to drink. This seemed important at showing howsmart Harry really can be. I am not sure why that was left out sincethat scene went on long enough to add it without length change to thefilm. There are times where it seems that when making this movie, thereis no care for keeping such great writing dialog that already exists inthe books. This sometimes seems a bit disrespectful from a viewer'spoint of view. Again, I am not a book purist, but if there is some goodwriting, why not use some of it.The end was as dull and flat as any movie that had almost no budget atall. Talk about leaving you feeling unfulfilled. I truly hope thatsince this director and writer are doing the last film, that they takesome time to listen to how people felt about this one. I would hate tosee the end of this series end this flat.The last thing I need to mention, even if you disagree with everythingI have said, this is proof that the movie was less than all the others.We have gone to the opening night of each movie. This was the lightestand almost non-existent applause by the entire audience we have everheard. AND instead of waiting for all the credits to roll, people leftas soon as the director's name appeared.