The first hour or so looked more like an episode of DeGrassi at Hogwarts to me. Yes, I understand that is part of growing up, but where is the Harry Potter/Magic/Fight scene (I heard a really good one was left on the cutting room floor...was that just to generate $$ from a director's cut DVD?).
Overall, an "alright" movie, but I wish I would have waited to see the DVD (hopefully this is on TV before the DH movie comes out in LATE 2010).