I have never left a movie feeling that the world is a different place - until this one. Even with all of the hype, Avatar completely blew my mind. From the very beginning, I could think nothing but, "Beautiful." The only negative is that this movie ends.
I may be a purist, but the liberties taken baffled me in this movie. The Burrow destroyed? The elimination of the cloak entirely? The ministry doesn't exist. The worst - Harry was remade into a spineless loser completely at odds with the character developed thus far. Although, I must admit, the cinematography was stunning. JKR did a great job writing the book in the first place - why it needed to be rewritten, I do not know.