Hey there, I've just signed up here because I couldn't bear it to not be able to take part in the discussion
I like how erveryone has already pointed out what was great and what was missing.
I definitely loved the movie, but when I left the cinema, I couldn't get rid of the feeling that something was missing. It was not a real feeling of disappointment, but I was sure that something important was missing and I didn't like this feeling.
And actually I had realized it while watching the movie: There is too little emotion on some really important parts. Especially when Ron returns. I didn't have the same feeling that the book gave me. His return was such a lovely, warm scene and I loved it when I read it. But in the film it is a bit flat and doesn't really show the close relationships the three (especially Dan and Rupert as best friends) have and have had for several years now.
I really missed this part... the same with the scene in the Malfoy manor, when Ron hears Hermione screaming and just loses it in despair.
Also... even though the film has already been split in two parts, it is still rushed. How long are they travelling? A few months. But here it didn't seem like a few months at all. Actually you couldn't really see how time was passing. Maybe through the scene where Harry gets his hair cut by Hermione, and also when someone (don't know who it was again) mentions that they have been searching for months... but that's it.
Maybe they could've added scenes that show that they are really travelling for a long time. You know, when the music is playing and you see them travelling around, maybe even how Ron's wound is healing slowly and so on...
So basically what I missed in this film is a feeling of time that is passing, and on some important parts the feeling of great emotion. And here I'm not criticizing the actors, who were absolutely brilliant, all of them (!), but the composition of the film.
Maybe this all sounds extremely negative, but I can't get around the feeling, that I'm not absolutely satisfied with the movie, which could have been possible if some details would have been done better. It could have been the PERFECT movie, yay! Now it's only the
almost PERFECT movie
"Almost" stands for the critique I've just written and some things that were left out, that some of you have already listed, but the "PERFECT" part is the major part here, as the movie was fantastic in a whole. Almost every scene form the book was included in a great way, and I must admit that the settings were beautiful and exactly how I imagined them in the book. The actor's performances were outstanding, not to mention the special effects.
This movie was totally different from the ones before and it takes place so far away from the usual places. It felt really distant and dramatic.
I'm definitely looking forward to July next year!