A friend & I had a HP marathon and finished all 6 of the previous films the day before going to this. We started at 11am Thurs and finished at 3:30am Fri. The only negative I have about this movie is the 2-1/2 hours went by way too fast! The animation sequence of The 3 Brothers was STUNNING. I'm seeing it again over Christmas! I seriously CANNOT wait until Part 2.