I can see why there is a lot of hype on this movie. The children have grown and the skills of their craft have grown with them. With this installment there is wit, comedy, drama, and all the emotions from top to bottom. Even the secondary players have grown. Now for the bad.... The first 2 hours of this movie are exceptional, the last 30 minutes killed it. The climatic ending scene from the book was shredded like a past due bill, and instead we are left with a lame, limp, and lifeless thing that would make a Nargle cry. Also the grave scene replaced by that walk through in the Astronomy tower brings the ending down even more.