They left out many fun and important parts from the book, changed the circumstances of the very important kiss, and took some very liberal licenses with the script. Dont expect anything that was left out of past movies to be added to this one. However, once you can move past the glaring discrepancies, it was an awesome movie. Special effects were nice, but the character interaction, as well as their depth and developement, and even some of the changes, made the movie work very well together. True Potter fans may be disappointed but overall, I liked it.