I've been waiting forever to see this movie. In this past week I've been so excited I can't even explain it. I just got back from watching it (it premiered on the 16th over here) and I have to say that I'm honestly disappointed.
(There are some spoilers from now on.)
The movie was very anti-climatic, there wasn't action at all if we compare it to the Goblet of Fire, for example. The last two movies were really disappointing.
First of all, although it was expected there was no scene with the Fudge and the British PM or Rufus Scrimgeour. Not even the scene where Dumbledore supposedly meets Harry at the Dursleys'. All the scenes went by very quickly and I really didn't like that. Weasley's Wizard Wheezes was awesome but it's sad we didn't get to see more. All the romantic parts of the movie were quite funny, that moment with Harry and Hermione was very touching, but I didn't like that kiss with Ginny. It was even more... uncomfortable than the kiss with Cho Chang. And it didn't even happen that way, there was no detention with Snape, no Quidditch. The way the kiss between Harry and Ginny happened in the books was much funnier and much more romantic, I'd say.
I loved Draco in this movie. He acted so, so very well, I really wasn't expecting that. Tom Felton really put a lot of effort in his character in the HBP and it came out spectacularly. Daniel Radcliffe's acting has notably improved as well, I was very surprised with him too. As for Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, I'd say they're the same, they haven't evolved that much. I also loved Horace Slughorn, he gave the movie that touch of comedy I felt it had to have.
Now, for that Burrow scene, when the Death Eaters destroy it? That doesn't even happen in the book, I have no idea why that was added, it really confused me. In the Burrow, though, the scene in the beginning where Mrs. Weasley, Ron and Hermione look down at Ginny from the different floors of the house was so funny and very heartwarming. I'd have loved it if Tonks was in the scenes she should have been. And I loved my favorite character, Luna Lovegood. She's so peculiar and like no other character I've ever seen or read.
The "battle" in Hogwarts was laughable, really. I understand how they would insert Bellatrix Lestrange in it, while the Death Eater in the book wasn't that... known. Even Dumbledore's death was laughable, I didn't even have the will to cry. That slow motion deal when someone dies (like what happened with Sirius Black) really doesn't work in my favor. Bill Weasley wasn't attacked by Greyback, and we only saw one scene with him, that was a pity. And, most of all, there was no funeral and no Hogsmeade. Rather, no Hogsmeade with Madame Rosmerta bewitched, etc, etc. And there was nothing with Professor Trelawney, she appeared before Harry and Dumbledore went to the Cave to collect the locket, but nothing involving her was seen.
I think I feel disappointed because I finished re-reading the book just last night, and the real version of the story is very fresh in my mind. I'd have loved to walk out of that theatre with a smile on my face, but the truth is I'm disappointed. I know the movies can't be the same as the books, but I have to say all this. I'm crossing my fingers and wishing that doesn't happen in the next two movies, which supposedly will include everything.
- Lo
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