Originally Posted by MissRastaban

Sorry, I have to disagree (there's always one!) I'm not about to shout though - everyone sees things differently. I felt that the scene was poor for several reasons.

1. For an action scene, it had no action. Harry, then Ginny ran towards the Death Eaters. There was some running through the long grass. Ginny was disarmed and Harry jumped in. Flashing lights and shakycam were followed by a shot of the Order etc standing in a circle wands pointing out, but at who? There were no duels worth mentioning - it was dull to watch.

Why not have Greyback go for Ginny's temptingly exposed throat and Harry really have to fight him off? Why not have the already stressed Remus completely lose it? He obviously hates Greyback. Nope, the Death Eaters turned away and burnt down the Burrow instead of trying to kill the occupants. Not as shocking as you'd hope from cold blooded murderers. In fact, they should have waited an hour till the lights were out, indicating the family were asleep, then just set fire to it (and them). Why on earth mess about with a ring around the Burrow which looked cool, but ensured that everyone had time to get out safely? If you can fly, don't run through the grass! If the Burrow is so easy to access all of a sudden, why not KILL Harry's closest family substitutes - getting Harry himself would be a bonus - instead of a silly warning shot? The Wizarding World would have really been in trouble if they had done that. Sorry their behaviour wasn't menacing at all!

2. As you said, they could rebuild the Burrow with magic in time for the wedding, so why NO attempts to put out the fire with magic while it was still burning? Why no attempts to summon key possessions? Or their brooms to at least try to use some water spells from above? (Aren't the brooms kept outside?) OK, the Weasleys were in shock, but Remus has bad times every month and Tonks is an Auror. They could surely try to salvage the situation, and help the Weasleys to snap out of their shock and join in.

3. Maybe worst of all, no-one ever mentioned it ever again. Ron and Ginny were fine afterwards, no sign of depression or shock. How can you grieve for someone when they're not in the slightest bit distraught? It was badly concieved and carried out.

4. The film was quite slow - having dull action in the middle wasn't the answer. A big finale with a betrayal, action, a revelation and a funeral would have made up for the rest of the film - building to a climax is nothing new. Instead it just fizzled to a close. An anti-climax is not a good idea for a film, if there's been no real action since the beginning of the 2.5 hours, then it's really bad.

5. They can't put everything that's in the book in the film, but please don't try to 'improve' the story with sub-par additions. Yates said he didn't want two battles at Hogwarts in subsequent films. Other franchises have had similar battles in more than one film, so can HP. The battle at the end of DH would be a lot bigger with a far bigger range of people fighting. He could have used different venues in the castle. Instead he used the idea of an attack on the Burrow, which is also in DH - except it'll be in the first DH film so we'll see it a lot sooner, unlike the final Battle of Hogwarts which will be in the second film.