I think people need to remember when seeing this movie that all six of them are coming from extremely long novels and not everything can be put into a 2 and a half hour movie. They have to pick and choose which points they need to convey to make the movie make the most sense. None of them have been very much like the books and if you don't read the books you might not completely understand what is going on or why. However I still think the movies and this one is no exception are all fantastic. They are almost there own series. I would recommend this movie to anyone for sure. I thought the movie was brilliant and I who have read the books numerous times and my husband who has not read them but is a Harry Potter fan both loved the movie.