This movie was everything I heard about and more. You cannot tell there is any animation, For the first time in my movie viewing life, I actually felt like my childhood imagination came back to life. The plot was great, the acting was Oscar worthy, and the experience was out of this world!! The movie is almost 3 hours long and there was not one boring moment. This movie has opened the door to more possibilities in movies and I think this is to the 21st Century as E.T. was to the 20th. James Cameron is a genius and I think it teaches directors that rushing a movie just to please your producers are a mistake. It took 4 1/2 years to produce this film, but the result was worth so much more.
The movie was very good and had great special effects as always, but I was disappointed that they didn't put in 3 of the most crutial pieces from the book. ****Movie spoiler here**** They did not introduce the new Minister of Magic (which I was hoping to see), they skipped the scene where Dumbledore tells off Harry's aunt and uncle (I would have loved to seen that on picture) and the best part of all, the huge fighting scene at the end. They just have Dumbledore being killed and then Harry running after them. They didn't show the others fighting or Bill being badly injured by Greyback. I assumed the ending with the fighting scene would have been in the movie, but I should probably stop assuming.
I was skeptical of whether or not the movie would be able to stand up next to the book with the romance that is involved. I must say, I fell in love with the movie just as much as I fell in love with the books.
Anyone who does not like the movie, then they most certainly did not like the book. It is a romance series and a non-romantic person should not be criticizing this movie or the books!