I feel bereft. A piece of me died last night. As a lot of people know, I complain A LOT about how the films have deviated far too much from the books. But I have only one word to use to describe DH2-Flawless.

I have to agree. It is much more violent than in the book, but the angle prevents anyone from seeing the real gore. It's more of a blur and sound affects (which are grim!).

She doesn't have any real battle scenes. It's much more a group effort. However, she is pivotal to Harry finding the diadem. More so than the book.

It is changed, but I found it to be done very well. I can see why, cinematically, it was a good decision. I really like the way they did. It takes nothing away from JK's version. As hers lends to a good read, this lends to a good viewing. I really like the way it was done.

Was more than amazing, more than perfect, and more than I could ever ask for in a movie.
They relied on the books and brought such powerful performances.
I really cannot believe it's over, but it was damn good.

To everyone who has NOT seen the movie yet: it is perfect. don't worry a thing about if it gives the book justice: IT DOES. Trust me.

I laughed. I cried. I clapped. I cheered. It was the most amazing movie I have ever seen in my LIFE and I loved every second of it! My favorite parts.....oh my gosh I have so many. I think it would have to be...every part if that counts! And the thing I'll miss the most is probably watching Harry, Ron, and Hermione's adventures at Hogwarts. And what broke my heart is probably when Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all standing on the bridge together, at the end. It made me so sad! And what made me laugh out loud was just Ron's funny lines throughout the movie, he was super funny. It was a great movie, and very worth the wait. Those who haven't seen it, you are in for the best movie ever!

It's the shortest movie in the bunch. They do leave stuff out, but not too bad. It's got a nice balance of humor throughout it as well. The way they handle Snape and his love for Lily is spectacular. I have to say, I was left wanting when it came to the death of some of the characters. You don't see it. Just a quick glimpse of them laying dead.

Wonderful conclusion to a wonderful franchise (Yes, i know they hate that term but it is what it is).

1)Maggie Smith, Helena Bonham Carter, Ralph Fiennes, and Alan Rickman SHINED in this film. Carter is just so versatile as an actress and is a pleasure to watch. Fiennes finally got to show the many aspects of Voldemort and it came out perfectly. Snape got his due finally, i especially loved the memory taken from his tears. Touching sequence for sure. And Smith? Boy, who knew she could kick so much butt? To awesome for words really.

2)The Ron/Hermione kiss was better than expected. Certainly better than the stupid Hermione/Potter dance scene from Pt 1. The holding hands towards the end was cute.

3)As previously mentioned, the death of Fred, Remus, and Tonks was a bit shallow and not built enough for my liking but didnt kill the movie for me.

4)Neville Longbottom on the bridge to Hogwarts being converged upon by hundreds of death eaters was hilarious.

5)The epilogue was ok, could of used a little more depth but again didnt hurt the film all that much for me.

6)Dragon scene was fabulous, one of my favorites.

At the end of the day the film was far superior to Pt 1 and ended the series on a high note. Even though i never read the books i still love the films and thank the actors/actresses for putting so much time, effort, and dedication into it all. Ten years is a long time to dedicate one's self to a movie role and it hasnt gone unoticed by this gentleman.

The one thing im not sure about is there is a scene in which Fenrir Greyback is feeding on a student. They gave the student a camera shot but i couldnt figure out who it was. Was that supposed to be Lavender Brown? Anyone know?

OK- let me go through this one at a time! Please look after each question for the answers:

Well, I hope that answers your questions! It is a movie that does amazing justice to JK and her body of work. It allows the viewer to really be in the moment throughout. You really don't notice any gaping holes in the story line. The few I mentioned are ones that took nothign from the movie, having not been shown. It is a body of work that the actors, producers, directors, etc. can be extremely proud of. I really appreciate all the effort that was put into making this movie the promised "epic conclusion".

Since there is so much for me to say, I posted the rest on a seperate page. The link is located at the bottom. But without further wait, my review:

While the overall plot was the same, I would say that only 40% of the film was truthful to the book. While I probably will always be known as the book critic that looks for any little detail that has changed, this film changed so many things that I finally looked at my friend and said "This isn't right." Some things include the change where the death of Snape occured, the severe damage that was dealt on Hogwarts, the sneak attack that occured inside the castle, with the film version having Harry disguise as a student to get into the Great Hall, with the Order of the Pheonix shortly behind him. We also see the final scene change greatly. Instead of it starting at the castle entrance, then finishing in the Great Hall, the film starts it at the entrance, then takes it to the top of the castle, then to the clocktower, then back to the entrance where it ends.

Another thing that changed drastically was the end that occured after Voldemort's death. We don't see the celebration occur in the Great Hall, nor do we see the professors return the school colors back on the walls. We then don't see Harry and the gang head up to Dumbledore's office and have one last conversation with his portrait and determine what to do with the Deathly Hallows. We don't see Harry restore his wand with the Elder Wand and then agree to return it to Dumbledore's tomb, nor do we see them discuss about the stone and cloak. Instead, we see Harry break the wand in two and throw it down into the depths. And you would think that they would have talked about the Hallows more since the past two movies were titled "Deathly Hallows."

It's not very long. There's one part where Neville says he needs to find Luna to tell her he likes her. Then at the end they are sitting together. It's very cute. I once her JK said that is she had thought about it she would have had them hook up!

Lucius' part is rather small. There's a couple little areas and one little bit of humor between him and Voldemort. There is a part at the end where you see the Malfoys running from the battle, choosing neither side really.

Mild really. There is one part when she sees him "dead" in Hagrid's arms that is heart string tugging. Otherwise, there's a quick kiss and a comfortable comradery between them on the Platform

Yea- that was described in the book, too. In fact, he has no scar on his forehead, either. He is as his soul is- whole and perfect. It's the body which bears the burden of glasses and lightening bolt scar.

She definitely leads the school and teachers in the final battle. Although, her scream and her declaration to Horace are not there. In fact, there is no question as to Horace's allegiances. They do remove the Slytherins, though.

Yes, they quickly address Teddy. Lupin looks the best he ever has. It's quiet and simple, but nice.

Okay, oh God. It was SO intense. I was on the edge of my seat during most of it, even if I already knew what would happen. Cried a lot, and regretted putting on the bit of make up that I did, because it stung like a little *****. Plus I watched it in 3D and the glasses started getting wet and oh God lol (btw the 3D effects were AWESOME, coming from someone who would rather watch films in 2D). Anyway, let’s start from the beggining.
The logo came on and my heart was beating oh so fast, my best friend and I were squealing along with the whole theater, and everyone clapped and we could just sense the excitement everywhere, it was so cool.
The Dobby grave was on and my eyes were all teary haha, but then I calmed down when it really started.
The Shell Cottage part was pretty good, I mean, I understand that they couldn’t have possibly put on all the other days that they were there and well taking Dean off I understand as well, it was pretty faithful, although I would have liked if they kept the part where Remus announces that Teddy’s born and they all toast and Remus tells Harry he’ll be godfather.
Then the whole Gringotts scene was pretty amazing, I loved it. Helena as Bellatrix-Hermione was INCREDIBLE. She acted just like Emma and whoa, just whoa. Then the flying part with the dragon and all, incredible, the view <3
Then they decided to get to Hogwarts, all good, Aberforth, pretty good as well, even though we didn’t get to see the ‘Stag? It’s a goat, you idiot!’ haha, but oh well, what really bothered me though, was that they didn’t explain ANYTHING about Dumbledore’s youth. The whole Grindelwald thing, how Arianna got killed, they just decided to skip over it -_-
Haha I LOVED when they got through the hole into the Requirement Room and then Ginny appears and it’s all like Harry! And Ron’s like, I’m your brother! And then Seamus says something and Ron says ‘Shut up, Seamus’. Hahaha I thought it was pretty funny.
Then the part where Snape makes all of the Hogwarts students go into the Great Hall. It was really cool how they all had to walk organized, like Hogwarts was so changed and they all were like in military school and everything was so serious and organized now. While I really did like how that looked, what the hell was that scene where Snape tells everyone that he knows Harry is in the castle?? I mean, what? Haha, and then Harry just decides to show up in a Hogwarts uniform, I was so confused, but oh well, things kind of regained their order after that when Snape ran away through the window.
McGonagall was SUCH A BAMF, whoa. <3
I think it also looked amazing when all of the Death Eaters were outside Hogwarts, I mean, obviously, it was an exaggeration because the Death Eaters were like 15, not 300, but it looked cool nonetheless.
WHAT was that with Neville being in love with Luna??? Hahaha so unexpected!!
Then, the Ron/Hermione part, well it was alright, I think it was rather cute when they smiled after each other after the kiss. But there was no Harry screaming ‘Oi! There’s a war going on here!’, which I thought would have been great, but oh well, at least here he wasn’t a cockblocker haha <3
I really really liked the Room of Requirement/Horcrux search part in there, with Malfoy, Goyle and Zabbini. Was Crabbe the actor who got arrested and fired? If so, then I understand why they changed the character. I loved when Ron runs and’s like ‘Goyle is setting everything on fire!’ or something haha, and then when Harry saves Draco haha
CAN I JUST SAY HOW MUCH MY HEART ACHED WHEN I SAW FRED WAS DEAD AND GEORGE CRYING SO MUCH, AND ALL THE WEASLEYS AND RON OMG AND REMUS AND TONKS, I SERIOUSLY WAS CRYING SO MUCH.
Okay now, the Snape part was almost perfect. It was amazing, completely amazing. Alan Rickman deserves like a thousand awards, every award in the world, for his performance. I cried like a child. Although when he looks at Harry and says ‘you have your mother’s eyes’ lol wut, Snape doesn’t say that, it was probably really strange and creepy for Harry at that moment when he didn’t know anything about Lily and Snape haha. And then while in the Pensive, the part when Snape holds Lily after she’s dead, I was about to scream, whoa!! And the kid-Snape was soo cute! So ****** that they cut off the part where they explain why Snape and Lily stopped being friends though, because I mean, if they cut off the ‘mudblood’ bit and how Sev started hanging out with Death Eaters, then why did they stop being friends? They don’t explain that bit properly.
My brave, lovely, perfect Harry <3 I love him so much when he realizes he needs to die. You can tell he’s so scared, yet he’s so brave and is willing to do it, and it’s such an internal battle and he just feels so betrayed by Dumbledore and feels like his whole existence hasn’t meant anything, that part is just one of my favorites in the whole series, it’s so ****ing perfect and sad and I don’t even have words to describe it. One of the things that REALLY REALLY REALLY bothered me about the film though, was how he met Ron and Hermione on the way to the forest, and how he told them what he was about to do, and how THEY LET HIM GO, I mean seriously, as much as they knew that it needed to be done to defeat Voldemort, I’m completely sure that Ron and Hermione would NEVER EVER have let Harry go and sacrifice himself, ever. And Ron just stands there and doesn’t even tell Harry anything. 7 years of being best friends, and Harry is about to sacrifice himself, and he’s going to let him go without a word, nothing. Just no. They should have made it like in the book, where he just meets Neville and lies to him and Ron and Hermione don’t know anything.
Anyway, once in the forest and the whole scene with the Resurrection Stone, I started crying a lot again. So great and sad <3
Haha at King Cross, Dumbledore looks like he’s God, with all the light behind him, I couldn’t help but laugh. And ew omg the bit of Voldemort’s soul, gross haha.
Great, the Narcissa part <3
Then I was pretty disappointed by the part when they all think Harry’s dead, because that’s one of the most emotional parts for me while reading the book, I mean, I always cry when I imagine Ron and Hermione and everyone’s reactions at seeing Harry dead. In the book it specifically describes Ron and Hermione’s desperate yells. In the film they all just stand there like oh well, how sad. The only one who yells is Ginny…
Then when they realize he’s alive, they smile and all, but I just can’t feel the emotions like I wanted to feel them at that part
Loved the Malfoys’ part <3
Ron barely talks during the whole war =/
Molly’s part was so ******. The whole theater cheered when she killed Bellatrix.
Then the other thing that REALLY made me mad and that I didn’t like at all, was how Harry and Voldemort just started fighting on their own with nobody there, and how Harry called him Tom with nobody watching, they were all supposed to be watching when Harry explained the Elder Wand thing and EVERYTHING, yet they’re alone and they weirdly jump off a cliff and become one and idk wtf haha and then he just dies there without anyone to see. -_- They were all supposed to cheer and cry of happiness and hug him and be so relieved that the war’s over, and in the film, Harry walks alone into the Great Hall, and nobody really pays him attention, nobody seems to care much THAT HE JUST ****ING ENDED LORD VOLDEMORT. They all just kinda smile at him like he’s just done well in a test or something, what the ****! And then Ron and Hermione come up holding hands and they don’t even hug Harry or anything!! -_-
And then the three of them just left to stand in the middle of destroyed Hogwarts, and Harry explains the wand thing to them, and they’re like what oh okay. And then they stand there and well it was kinda nice to see them standing there, everything finished, but it was not the end I was hoping for.
The epilogue was pretty nice, though, but I would have liked for James to start picking on Albus and for them to talk a bit more, too.
The film was not nearly as long as part 1, so I don’t see why they had to skip over such important details. But overall, I did like it, and I think it does it if not justice, at least really close to it. It was really emotional and it didn’t dissapint except in those points I made above marked in bold, which were the ones I was really upset about.
I can’t believe it’s over, I just can’t. Oh my poor aching heart, will it ever heal? I feel as if I’ve lost my childhood friend, and I just feel empty and numb.
<3

absolotely agree with u , at the end i felt that there is something wrong where is the celebration , after all voldemort is finished , people should see what's happening after that and the epilouge... it was short really , i liked it but in the book it was longer , warmer and definitely funneir i really wouldn't want the final 5 second of 10 years trip end with that look of the trio towards the train i would have reccomended a quick warm funny word from ron

+ i thought aberforth would talk to them more than this and explain some of dumbledore's past

Never thought I would cry for Snape, but I did.. twice. ;( This movie was awesome. I have to say for those who want a literal book to movie translation word for word, be warned majority of the films have deviated and tweaked many events, but Part 2 was far more faithful to the book than Half-Blood Prince and Order of Phoenix were.

Can I just tell you that Rupert totally rocked! He took such control & I have to tell you that when he took his shirt off - I was HOT!. Bonnie did great considering she and Evanna had smaller parts in the movie. Not a lot of dialogue but it was good. The end scene was good. I loved it. It was definitely something, a moment shared by a father and son one of whom never had that send off to Hogwarts as he should have. It was great. Rupert was wonderful to look at. The 3d was good but now I will be taking advantage of the non-3D screening.

responding to skinny bones4.
I agree. My mom told me the funniest thing she heard while on the escalator heading down. A man was standing behind her saying "I didnt read the book and it looked like it rocked!". A lot of people just looked at him.

I agree. My mom told me the funniest thing she heard while on the escalator heading down. A man was standing behind her saying "I didnt read the book and it looked like it rocked!". A lot of people just looked at him.

Prof. McGonagall had great scenes, too.....

What happened to Lucius? Did he die?

Two things real quick: Griphook was incredible! And I like the fact, (in a weird way I'll admit), that they weren't afraid to show certain characters dying on screen. It certainly added to the reality of it all. I know I sound sadistic and cruel and stuff, but....

I saw the movie yesterday (it came out on the 13th in Holland) and loved it. I must say, as a massive cannon obssessive I was quite disappointed by some of the omissions/changes in Deathly hallows part 1 movie, but I was very satified with how any changes were dealt with in Hallows part 2. It just had the right feel and tone. The acting was superb, the wide shots were epic, and the music was very lyrical. It was a great end to the saga and fantastic movie. Not perfect, but quite close to perfect.

P.S.
Oh, and the epilogue - I thought it was quite cheesy in the book, but I LOVED it in the movie! It just had the right feel, and the end of HP reminds is sort of a nod to the end of Philosopher's stone. Carries on the magic.

I thought it was amazing!! they kept my two favorite lines- when Dumbledore says "After all this time?" and Snape says "Always" and when Mrs. Weasley kills Bellatrix and says her lovely line (:
Snape's memory was great-sad but wonderful
But did anyone notice that George had both his ears? what was up with that?
Also, did Ron have a funny line in the room of requirement when they are getting the diadem? I missed what he said, but heard people laughing so I'd like to know what it was.

@Slytherin's Talon: Lucius, Narcissa, and Draco walked away in the heat of the battle, as Voldemort was making his final attack on the castle. As soon as Harry reassured Narcissa that Draco was alive, and they got him safe out of the castle, they fled for their lives (though, I must say, not exactly in a cowardly way, but with dignity)..

Ok so, here we go:
I was absolutely speechless, speechless i say! I've never been speechless after a film, especially a Potter film, because I'll normally come out slightly disappointed that they didn't keep this or that in the movie, or that they changed this or that, and I'll just be all critical at first. But this one, this one there was really nothing for me to criticize. I think that they should've had everyone come out and scream and cry and hug Harry after he killed Voldemort and they should've had Harry fix his phoenix-feather wand with the Elder Wand before he snapped it, but otherwise, it was a beautiful, flawless and wonderful movie. I simply loved it. I cried the whole time, basically. I loved how they did Snape's memories and his death. I loved the forest scene and the Ron and Hermione kiss. I absolutely screamed at that part and when Molly Weasley said, "Not my daughter, you *****!" I'm so glad they kept that line in! I loved when Neville cut off the snake's head and the Gringott's scene. It was just...marvelous. That's my opinion on it

This was easily the best movie I have ever seen. It was all perfect, no complaints on this one. Just, incredible. The gringotts part was brilliant, the dragon was stunning, and so real looking and fierce. Snapes death, was brutal and vicious. I was so worried they would mess this up, it was shocking to watch my favorite person in the series die in such a tragic and cruel way. But it was perfect, it was meant to make you feel this way, to fill you with such emotion. It was incredibly done. The price's tale, was perfection, oh how I wept, just amazing. The whole movie, magnificent, the greatest movie I have ever seen.

in know when harry is crying in the cot, and snape has lilly in his arms, does he say anything to harry

I thought I might have been able to make it through the film a second time without as many tears, but how wrong was I! Cried through most of it again at all the same scenes as before. I even started crying more when they panned over to Lavender lying dead.

No, the scene has no dialogue, it just shows Snape cradling Lily in his arms as Harry cries behind them.

I saw DH2 last night at the midnight show--and loved all the enthusiasm the fans had with their costumes and a wand duel out in the lobby of the theatre!!

I loved how DH2 was all fast non-stop action, filled with every emotion.

My favorite parts were: Prof McGonagall's and Neville's bravery in defending
Hogwarts.

Molly Weasley---"not my daughter b***h!! Julie Walters is a great actress, and it was great to see her at Hogwarts defending her family/friends. I was wondering why Bellatrix
exploded like a horcrux, instead of just fading out like the others when they
died?

Of course R/Hr kiss!! That was a real deal for me!! Dan was correct--they
enjoyed it a little too much"!!!

SNAPE--fantastic actor--Alan Rickman better get a BAFTA and Oscar for his fantastic acting abilities. He never disappoints.

Harry/Voldemoort fight scenes--loved it--Harry's comment while talking with Dumbledore--"This looks like Kings Crossing only much cleaner"!!

The sad and horrific site of Hogwarts Castle, and all the students that died.

Here's what I didn't like:

I was really hoping that Moaning Myrtle would have been in the washroom, leading to the Chamber of Secrets. If it wasn't in the book, Kloves could have added it in--like many other scenes. She was one of my favorites, and could have really helped in the battle, being a mischievous spirit. R/Hr just appeared at the snake vault entry. How did they get there?? Did they find another entry??

Tonks and Lupin--that just creeped me out---seeing them both laying there dead--I would have like to see them fight for their lives to give their characters resolution. The same with Fred Weasley---I would have liked to see the fight, not the stark result. It was too short of a scene showing the Weasley's mourning his death.

As for the epilogue, I know JKR didn't write anything about H/G and R/Hr weddings, but that would have been fun to just have a picture of both
couples in wedding clothes, with a write-up in the Daily Prophet. I think jumping 19 years to platform 9 3/4, was too much time that had elapsed.

I think JKR got her point across with all of her books--we're all a community of brotherhood living on this planet, and we all need to be caring, brave, vigilant, and loving towards one another. Harry destroying the Elderwand was
rejecting control and power, and wanting to be JUST HARRY--a caring, brave,
loving husband, father and friend.