Yates's direction has always been rather unspectacular, to say the least. Thanks to his terrible usage of angles, not a SINGLE ONE of Harry and Ginny's kisses looked anywhere near decent. They were shot so terribly they all just looked so awkward. Come to think of it, so did the Horcrux kiss and Ron and Hermione's kiss! Also, he should have taken a page out of Peter Jackson's book when it comes to shooting battle scenes on multiple fronts. I do think DH2 is the top of all 8 films, but I still think Yates was a bland choice to fill in the director's chair.

And would SOMEONE PLEASE SAY WHAT HAPPENED WITH WORMTAIL? Are we supposed to believe Dobby killed him in the first movie?????? Rowling spent a good amount of time answering our questions after the book came out, so can Yates or Kloves let us know what the heck happened to Wormtail, did Lavender die, and how did Fred die? (And since Tonks and Lupin were given the most horrific of treatments in the films with regards to their relationship, could we not have at least gotten to see a death scene? Two of the most interesting and engaging characters in the books were basically turned into cannon fodder for the films.)