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Considering the continued turmoil of Ron and Hermione's relationship and all the stress of what was going on outside of it regarding Voldermort the emotions of Hermione and Ron didnt seem geniune. Although there were scenes that tried to show the tenderness of Ron and Hermione it was outweighed vastly by the lack of desperation for each that the book seems to imply. As i stated in my movie review it seems there was more emotion from Hermione in HBP than there was in this film where the pressure was much worse so i would of expected more out of the characters considering the circumstances. How could they have been fixed? Not sure. I think Yates missed the mark with this aspect and tried to do too much which left some unanswered questions.

was there a part there that i didnt like? hmm.... hard to say, because i've long let go of the book-to-screen adaptation that this franchise clearly wasnt going to be. if there was anything i would've wished they done differently was to at least show the significance of Petunia Dursley to Harry and why he has lived under her roof despite her family's mistreatment of him. one of the most wonderful things about JKR's work is that details you thought were trivial arent trivial at all when the threads come together. Harry living with a nasty family wasnt a Cinderella-story-telling technique to feel pity for the main character-- there was a reason why he had to live with them, to keep coming back to them every summer until he reaches of age. so far the film manages to tie the little details together like the book does except that part with Petunia. The most is that they showed her in the car feeling remorseful? worried? or maybe just couldnt wait to get out of crazy town. its a missed storytelling detail that would've been poignant-- specially they had that new scene with Hermione and her parents. still think it could've been integrated somehow. they did mention about the trace and it wearing off when Harry comes of age.

oh and i did wish they showed Luna's drawings of her friends on the wall of her home, even if it wasnt her room, since they did bother to show the insides of the house they could've just plastered it somewhere in the background, instead of the generic psychedelic design that they used.

I really didn't like the dance scene. They shouldn't have put that it! Harry and Hermione aren't meant to like each other, like that! Only as friends/brother and sister relationship!

That was my least favourite part. I really can't think about that much more but I think they should of done the whole Shell Cottage scene after Dobby's Death and the ending could of been a bit better.

I loved the Harry-Hermione dance!

I have deep down always wished they got together, but beside that, it showed that Hermione chose Ron. That Harry was never the one she loved, only as a brother.


I wish they had of had Kreacher tell his Tale. I wanted to see Regulus in a flash back type scene. Also more on the Life and Lies of Dumbledore would have been great.....

But seriously I am nit-picking I loved every minute of it

Well, when it comes to the cinematography, I would give it two thumbs up. As usual. But when it came to the plot, I would have to say that David Yates has disappointed me once again

1. The golden sparks were red at the movie
2. Voldemort's eyes were wide and blue in the movie, no the slit and red eyes that he was supposed to have
3. Harry wasn't disguised at Fluer's wedding
4. They didn't show the ghoul
5. Draco looked liked he didn't change clothes since Harry Potter 6
6. Fenrir Greyback looked DIFFERENT!!!
7. The invisibility cloak wasn't shown :O
8. Luna's room wasn't shown
9. Potterwatch wasn't mentioned.

Sorry for the long list of complains. I just really had high expectations from this movie

I missed the Victor/Hermione dance, not because I had a need to see it but because I think it would have been interesting to see where Ron’s jealousy really “started” in the movie because as it was it sort of felt that it just happened when he saw Harry and Hermione come back after seeing the snatchers.

I also wish that they could have had Ron mention that it was the name ‘Voldemort’ that caused the death eaters and snatchers to know where they were, it was sad that they skipped that since it would have made the scene before the forest chase make more sense as to how they knew where they were etc. the same with the café scene.

But other than this I don’t know if I really was disappointed in anything, sure me being me I wouldn’t have minded seeing more but I found the movie being very well done.

Oh just remembered.....Shaftesbury Avenue


OK yes it was cool to see Piccadly, but I wanted it to be Tottenham Court Road......as I went there deliberatly to find the coffee shop......its a Starbucks heheheh

1. those were just sparks, no big plot holes.
2. that choice was made way back in the fourth film. They tried it, but it just didn't bring out the intensity in his eyes.
3. People are easily confused when someone is disguised in a movie
4. I don't think the book payed much attention to how it looked either. It was just there.
5. He's dark. He needs his clothes for character.
6. So?
7. That's because it's invisible
8. This disappoints me too.
9. This disappoints me too, because it was very emotional that he knew there were still people out there, praying for him.

I felt like I need to comment on that XD Can't wait till I see it in... 6 hours! Just enough time to watch some more Potter films to get excited!


I looked for half an hour for that coffee shop when I was there! I did find the other entrance to the leaky cauldron though (it's called Chez Michelle and it's a really cute flower shop now)

Best movie so far! had to think for a while but yes there are some things that 'disappointed' me;

1. Harry was Harry Potter at the wedding. (I know people get confused but still.)
2. They changed Dobby's appearance and voice. (It didn't bother me really though.)
3. Wormtail didn't kill himself as he did in the book.


(4. Harry/Hermione-dance. Would have been great as to show that Harry tried to cheer Hermione up after the whole Ron leaving thing but srsly, it was too long and they were quiet! Just a little line like 'He'll come back' or 'We'll get through this' or whatever would have been good to have. Not just awkward silence. It made people think that Harry loves Hermione more as a friend which he do nooot!)

Still though, don't know why I am in this forum the movie was GREAT! And the small bad things didn't matter since they did the movie so good with all the effects and they stayed so true to the book. Aah I'm impressed (: <3

Agreed. It clearly sent the wrong impression and vibe to me.

Hm.. The things that were very dissapointing to me...
1.How little Kreacher appeared.
2.Not much of Grimmauld Place
3.How Mundungus Fletcher looked.
4.They COMPLETELY SKIPPED the big fight with Harry and Lupin.
5.There was no sign outside of Harry's old house (Random, but I thought it was important)


Yeah.. That's about it.

I wouldn't say anything really disappointed me, because what parts they took out they made sure to explain with other things if that makes sense. For example they left out Victor Krum talking to Harry about Grindelwald's mark, but they just made sure to show that Harry saw it around Luna's dad's neck.

The only thing that I was surprised they didn't include, and I felt like for character development was a bit important, was the fight between Lupin and Harry. I just feel like that whole incident really changed Lupin and Harry, and I thought it would have been nice to include it.

Also, I didn't like how Peter Pettigrew didn't kill himself with the hand...I feel like that was something that they didn't really need to change.

Edit: Just read through some posts and got reminded. I was really surprised that they didn't have any kind of convo between the Dursley's and Harry. Dudley never got to say anything to Harry and they kind of showed Petunia looking sad, but not really...

However, like I said, all these things were minor and did not make me not love the movie!!

Overall GREAT movie...I understand that they can't put everything in the movie but still

Overall I agree with what every one is saying with the dissapointments. They did not show alot of Grimald Place at all Kreatcher was such a huge part part of that story!! Yeah I was mostly dissapointed that Harry spent ALOT of time under the invisiability cloak and it was never even shown!!!! And Harry was disguised alot and he was always himself.

for the record, i LOVED THIS MOVIE! i was really nervous about it because of how much i didnt like HBP.

i actually liked some of the small changes that were made and some lines that were added but my dislikes are all ones i can live with but for the sake of saying what they were:

1. after everyone returned to the burrow and they are in the living rooom i felt the scene ended too early, not enough was said
2. the ministry invasion - i thought for as much time they planned this in the book to change it to having no plan at all .. i thought really down played how dangerous it really was going to be.. and we saw mad eye's "eye" in the door and that was it! - also didnt like that they all changed back before leaving the ministry.. but that i can live with
3.i too am disappointed there was no invisability cloak.. super shocked it wasnt there, or even mentioned after hearing about the DH
4. i am not upset as some about potterwatch , but im disapointed about what it meant to hear it, the fact of how dangerous it was no where is safe vibe, and that people are rallying for harry potter
5. as much as i really liked the beginning, i was really disappointed that the dursley's and harry did not have any interaction, i thought that was such a key point in the book, and well as all their characters as a whole, such a big moment
6.not a huge deal but i wish to have seen more happening at the wedding, like hermione dancing with krum or something but i can live with that
7. so as readers we all know why x lovegood said voldermorts name and instantly there were deatheaters there.. but that was not even explained and as a non reader i think i would have been like uH?
8.hermione not knowing having the knowledge on how to destroy a horcrux(spelling?) i realized she figured it out .. but its not because the sword has basliks venom in it though am i wrong? i never remember reading that, so my bad if im wrong.
9. thought there was not enough fuss about ron returning, i wish hermione had yelled at him more about what they had gone through, but again i can live with it

biggest dislikes:

harry not telling ron that hermione is like his sister, how could they not have added that line after that scene? so important

i thought as a movie the scenes after leaving the ministry and godrics hollow really left the audience like.. uhh what happened ? those scenes were not even mentioned again ! i felt like it was this huge climax and then nothing. just changed topics so to speak and therefore i felt like it didnt flow in those moments

i also really wish voldermort had been called to godrics hollow and malfoy manner, it made it so intense in the books to be fighting for your lives and to know he was on his way just made it so much more terrifying.

however these are all things i can totally live with and weren't really the end of the world to me anyways i really loved this movie ! can't wait to see it again ! <3

Yup, that's what I mentioned in another thread, the Dursley's scene was quick and no interaction. I'm not disappointed but slightly saddened... I just realized that disappointed and saddened are synonyms lololol...Whatever I still LOVED it!

I don't think disappointment is the right word because I totally love this movie! But just the non interaction with the Dursley's and Harry & Ron after locket destruction was a to bad kind of moment...

I didn't like the dancing between Harry and Hermione.

Dobby. It wasnt the Dobby I remember. Different voice and different attitude. Well maybe it has something to do with the fact that he wasnt a free elf when we first met him bck in movie 2.

Not much disappointed me. except when they tricked us... I saw Hedwig flying away. I was like "YES! SHE DOESN'T DIE!" And then she came back and I was all "...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..."

1. They didn’t show Dudley being nice. I know its not important, but it made me kind of like Dudders.
2. Tonks never actually said she was pregnant, which lead to no Harry/Lupin argument.-
3. Kreacher. I would have liked to see the trio earn his trust.
4. Potterwatch. I’m disappointed that we didn’t get to hear the others rooting for Harry, but I did like the LONG list of names given. It added to the gravitas.
5. The Voldie taboo. I watched it with people that hadn’t read the books, and they were confused about why the snatchers kept showing up.
6. The Sword of Gryffindor- I would have loved to hear about Neville and Ginny trying to steal it. (But I also understand why this wasn’t included, as it would have taken way to much time. It is also what I REALLY wanted to see) but also, the non readers didn’t understand why Bellatrix reacted that way, because all she did was scream.
7. The Child’s nursery in Bathilda Bagshot’s house.- What was it? And it didn’t fit.
8. They didn’t give dobby a proper funeral, no speech from Luna, and most importantly, They didn’t show his tombstone. “Here lies Dobby, a free elf.” –I really wished they had a shot of that.
9. Peter Pettigrew didn’t kill himself.
10. I HATED the Ginny/Harry scene. It wasn’t cute, or sweet, or romantic. It was crass. But, I have to admit; I did Love George in that scene.

Ok, so a lot of this is just nitpicking but really, some of the things they left out could have been added very easily, and they wouldn’t really add to the length of the film. And really, I just liked the scenes in the book, and would have liked to see them in the film.

. but, I loved the movie, and it made up for the mess that was HBP. Just the right amount of humor was used to lighten the mood of the story before delving deeper into the gloom. Like the Harry and Hermione dancing scene and how it showed them trying to get along with out Ron, and how it just wasn’t the same

The Harry/Hermione dance scene was a pretty tard move!
Aaaand the movie was AMAZING for the record. I'm kind of disappointed that Dudley didn't say that Harry wasn't a waste of space. (unless that was 6? Don't remember. )
Dobby's scene made me CRY! I wish they showed Kreacher more... )':
Yeah, I really thought Hedwig wasn't gonna die....then I was all NOOOO!
It was surprisingly short to me, because most HP movies are 3+ hours; this one was about 2 1/2.
Yeahhh, Ron coming back wasn't as dramatic as I thought it would be. He's still adorbs, though! ^.^
I like Hermione's outfits in this one

Overall, I thought this was a REALLY good movie compared to some of the other HP films. They kept most of the important stuff in without changing TOO many aspects, I felt. Although there were a few things I kind of wanted to see and was a tad disappointed that they were left out.

-Dudley's whole scene. I thought it was really important to show that he really WASN'T just a big bully, and he actually DID care about Harry somewhat. I felt it would have made the Dursley's a lot more...human, ya know?

-I would have liked to have had just a BIT more info on what was going on at Hogwarts, but I personally just really liked that whole part of the book so I'm probably one of the few who feels like that. I understand why the sword was just "stolen" rather than going into detail about Ginny and Neville and Luna trying to steal a fake from Snape's office...if I hadn't read the books, I'd probably have been extremely confused trying to follow that part.

-Kreacher was just...there. I don't even remember him being properly explained in the FIFTH movie, when he first showed up, so once again, had I not read the books...I'd be all o_O

-Harry/Ginny. I am just not a fan of the way they're represented in the movie. They're so...awkward to me, which I don't blame on Dan or Bonnie, I feel it's more direction that's to blame there. Anyways, once again, I was just weirded out by their scenes rather than going "Awwww!" like I should have been.

Oh, and a side note, I don't like how they showed ONE 5-second scene of the Hogwarts Express. I guess they'll show more in Part II, with the Battle of Hogwarts and all.

Yea, pretty much what i was getting at. When ive read certain parts of the 7th book not only does Hermione sound more angry when Ron returns (i really would of preferred the movie kept her comment about conjuring up more sparrows to attack him as i thought that was pretty funny when Harry said it could be worse). But even when he left it didnt seem nearly as dramatic as the book implied that she was "devastated". Throw in the awkward dancing scene with Harry and it just fullfill me when it came to the Ron/Hermione relationship. Im hoping Pt 2 makes up for it.

I overall liked the film, and it was more faithful to the book than HBP which was an outrage. Anyway, there were still some things that I didn't quite like that much.

1. How they don't really show all the things that Harry's thinking about Dumbledore with the whole 'Life and Lies' by Rita Skeeter. Harry's supposed to be confused/disappointed about not knowing the real Dumbledore. Nor do they mention his old friendship with Grindleward.

2. They didn't mention the jinx of saying Voldemort's name and I'm pretty sure that confused people who haven't read the books.

3. I liked the Harry/Hermione dance, it was really cute of Harry trying to cheer her up, but I think they should have made it more upbeat and not that slow so it wouldn't give out wrong impressions and Harry also didn't say that he loved Hermione only as a sister.

4. They didn't really make much of a fuss when Ron came back. I wanted to see Harry more excited and happy about it, like he was in the book.

5. Mundungus Fletcher wtf! He's not supposed to look like that AT ALL.

6. The way Harry wasn't disguised at the weeding. And it wouldn't have confused anyone if they had made a scene where they explained him being disguised..

7. Luna's room

8. Voldemort not showing up neither at Bathilda's or the Malfoy's.

9. Not enough of Kreacher's change towards Harry, Ron and Hermione. And they didn't really tell the story of how RAB ended up stealing the locket and Voldemort taking Kreacher with him to the cave.

10. Harry+Ginny= complete awkwardness. In the book they're supposed to be fun and laugh and I don't know...just not that stiff or uncomfortable with each other. Plus they skipped Harry's birthday, which is the whole reason Ginny kisses Harry in the first place, not just randomly in the kitchen with George watching (although it was pretty funny, I must admit!)

11. Potterwatch (( I was really looking forward to that!

12. They don't even mention that Ginny and Neville tried to steal the sword -.-

Anddd that might be about it, I think. But I really did enjoy it and I'm watching it again tonight haha <3