I'm a huge HP fan and I found many of the movies a major disappointment. I was excited, yet highly skeptical, about seeing DH, which was my favorite book in the series. I thought, however, they did a great job sticking to the book. I was very happy with it, and they ended Part I exactly where I was hoping they would. There is a much better balance of humor, action, and drama than HBP. The scenes of "implicit eroticism," shall we say, are always rather patheitc--laughable, really. But i feel the depth of the characters and the true heart of HP really shines through in this first part of DH.