for the first half of the last book, a very good beginning of the end. the half blood prince was nowhere as good as it was literally, the beginning of the deathly hallows is, and cinematically a decent pick for the break and lead in to part 2. the books are very descriptive and the cinematographer does well to help one realize the relationships built over the last six films.
Although alot of features from the story in the book were left out of the movie, it was still an interesting flick. There are several things that cannot be skipped in order to get to the telling of the next part of the story, so perhaps the next movie will have to be multi-parted to catch everyone up, or be prepared for a six hour movie.