The movie started off with a bang. Then it seemed to wander along aimlessly, with many silences and ponderous moments. Alan Rickman was way too slow in his line delivery. I've never been able to get used to Michael Gambon's Dumbledore and in this film, D's most important, I missed Richard Harris more than ever. This was supposed to be the great HP/Dumbledore bonding story, where we learn about D as a boy and how he came to know Voldemort. So much of that was missing! And the girl playing Ginny is just terrible. The producers did their best to hide the fact, even placing her in shadow and hiding her head behind Harry's. I would recast for these last two films if I were them.