This was a good movie but the director wasn’t trying to incorporate any of the best scenes from the book and when he does he does so poorly. The acting was very good though and it is a great end to the films but this is no where near as good as the book, which was expected.

David Yates really ruined the last 4 movies for me. I agree with Ryan – he displays basic incompetence in many aspects of filmmaking, but truly he cannot seem to grasp a literary transition to screen. All the wrong scenes are emphasized.

It was an atrocity.

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Spoiler alert:  Overall I enjoyed the movie very much, but I don’t understand why they thought the way they did the final scenes — Neville killing Nagini, Harry’s duel with Voldemort — was better or more effective than just following the book itself on those issues.  I think that would have been equally if not more effective cinematically, and more satisfying emotionally for the followers of teh books at least.  Why have Harry explain the Elder Wand intricacies to Hermione and Ron instead, and after? 

In para #2, it’s a GOBLIN and not a troll. The two are different. just saying.

These book “fans” need to shut up. It amazes me how LOTR fans never complained this much.

Actually, in my personal opinion it made the book better. It bested the book by a landslide. Generally, I love the books so much more than the movies, but the last book was a train wreck. The only redeeming things were Snapes chapters, and Neville rising to be a true Gryffindor. These are only off the top of my head mind you, but the point is the book could have been carried out much MUCH better.
The movie was absolutely amazing, and managed to bring so much emotion and this time, actually left a feeling of completion.

My feelings exactly. These were my only qualms with the film -which up until the scene in “Kings’ Cross” was mostly perfect. Also the film ends and the audience never gets a sense of WHY the Deathly Hallows were so important, or even that Harry posessed them all. 

As both a HP and LOTR fan I have to tell you- LOTR films gave us absolutely nothing to complain about in terms of how the story was handled. The series was brought to a great, satisfactory ending which did justice to the original material. DHII was also very enjoyable but the reason behind changing the final showdown completely is beyond me. I think it would have worked great cinematically and would have provided the audience with the cathartic moment it was-imho- robbed of.

I too feel the movie handled many things better than the book, particularly Snape’s scenes, Neville’s speech, the final battle between Harry and Voldemort, and ESPECIALLY the epilogue. Of course I’m giving the book credit where it’s due, but I felt the movie improved on it. The only way I felt it was weaker than the book was that it lacked some of Dumbledore’s backstory.

The final showdown was very anticlimactic in the book; it was WAY better in the film. The film actually made it look difficult to defeat Voldemort.

“Once the board is set and the die IS cast…” not “are” cast.  ”Die” is singular.

No, DICE is singular. Die is plural.

Neville’s speech was exceedingly trite in the movie. I cringed.

From the Merriam-Webster dictionary

Ah, the lovely differences between British and American usage.  In the U.S., it is 1 die, several dice (Merriam-Webster), while the Cambridge dictionary (UK usage) defines dice as both singular and plural.  I am unfamiliar with any usage for ‘die’ as plural, however, but admit I’m no expert.

Since the author used ‘die’, I would assume he intended singular, but I’m just guessing.

The simple fact of the matter is this: literature and movies will almost never coincide 100%. Save maybe when you have a play meticulously turned into a film, but even then there tends to be discrepancy or two. It just can’t be helped. As a huge HP fan (and LoTR fan) I’ve come to adopt the philosophy that it’s best to appreciate the literature for what it is while appreciating the movies for what they are. I find myself much happier with the overall production when I recognize that the intended audiences and overall purposes are different in each case. For better or worse the book and the movie are different (in multiple book-film relations) and they have artistic licence to be so (it’s simply the nature of story telling). The simple delineation between the relationship and individual appreciation does grant a bit of perspective though and therefore with all things considered it doesn’t really matter if a few things are changed in the movie here or there so long as the main story of the literature remains intact and the plot is conveyed in a similar manner. That being said, as the story and it’s portrayal is the topic in this discussion, all people are entitled to their opinion on what makes it better or worse. 

I thought it was great.

It’s not supposed to be difficult. wow…

Maybe not, but I still thought it was better. I’m speaking for myself here, but before reading the final book, I was visualizing an epic battle between Harry and Voldemort, one where rubble was falling around them and where they were casting spell after spell. The film came a lot closer to satisfying me than the book did in that aspect.

“ LOTR films gave us absolutely nothing to complain about in terms of how the story was handled”.

You’re kidding, right??? The whole TT was a big WTF?! Why don’t you go tell Faramir about how well the story was handled…

It’s
epic. The action is brilliant and a segment with Snape is the standout
of the movie. But I liked Pt 1 better because there where more character
moments and the build was so effective. DH pt 2 tries, especially with
some deaths, to have that same kind of pathos, but I didn’t feel as much
emotion as I thought I would. Too many characters seemed short-changed, and some events even feel anti-climatic.

I always ask that any movie be
able to stand alone as a film- whether its a pt 1 or a pt 13.
Unfortunately, DH 2 assumes everyone watching has read the books, so
there are many things that are confusing (or random) if you haven’t. Now I kinda
wish they kept Deathly Hallows as one long, 3 hour picture, because here,
this whole film feels a bit like walking in on the end of a movie. Laremy puts down Hallows 1 for having no ending, but Hallows 2 has no beginning or middle.

It’s
still a satisfying ending to 10 years of characters and growth likely
not to be replicated on screen for a long time to come. I am happy to
have experienced this series and seen it through. Could have done
without the cheesy epilogue, though.

B+

At least he got Eowyn in the end. Just sayin’

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The movie was absolutely PERFECT! Tomorrow DVD release in Belgium, can’t wait. Every single second, every single detail of the movie is BEATIFUL. I love the book and the film so, so much. Perfect ending

Just as an aside: the quote about about words being an inexhaustible source of magic wasn’t in the books and therefore was inserted by the movie writers and wasn’t a “love bouquet” from JKR.