I thought this as a great show! The actors are finally acting, the dramatic parts weren't cheesy, (except for one little part, but come on, they're teenagers) It had some really funny things going on, the"bad guys" were well played, and Slughorn and Tom Riddle were great! I loved all the cutesy relationship humor as well. I just thought it was a really good show! I think it's the most well done of all of the Harry Potter movies. Ok, so it doesn't follow the book. When does ANY movie follow a book word for word? They HAVE to leave stuff out, come one! It's a great movie. I really liked it.