I've read a few of the reviews and I think some of us are missing the point. This movie's goal was laying the framework and building a general mood, that will take us into the final sequence. All of the material presented was critical to the story, but more narrative background, which tells me that the final installment will encompass all of the action and emotion. I think Part 1 did it's job in informing us and setting up a mood of complete hopelessness, which is how I felt reading the book towards the middle. Notice, they only touched briefly on Dumbledore and Grindel(whatever's) relationship. Who remembers the best Godfather movie out of the series? #2, because it worked both Vito and Michael's lives and compared the two. I can't wait to see what they have for us next.