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for some reason... I was really sad when Lavendar Brown died! i mean... the girl had no lines in this movie and then all of a sudden.. BOOM she's being chewed on by Fenrir.... it was sad seeing her body!

The film had many dark moments like that. Watching some of these characters at Hogwarts with their dead bodies on display was so sad.

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I just got back...

Wow. I don't even know if I can write anything coherent right now. I was simply blown away. There were so many moments in the film where I knew this was the last time I was going to see something, and it tore me up. Tears were freely flowing from me the moment Neville made his first entrance, which was greeted with a round of applause. And that scene occurs 20 minutes in, so you can imagine what the rest of the movie was like for me.

The performances were uniformly wonderful, though Alan Rickman definitely deserves Oscar consideration. Also, Maggie Smith, playing my favorite character from the novels, was particularly outstanding. I also think Radcliffe doesn't get enough credit for his acting ability. He really plays the part so well and carries the film (as he did the previous 3).

"The line" got enormous applause of course, and was another of those moments when I truly lost it. I was, however, completely gone and done for the moment Neville pulled the sword out of the Sorting Hat. Those moments are, as someone else mentioned, what makes Rowling's writing so brilliant. Two completely ordinary, unextraordinary supporting characters get two of the best moments in the film.

The look and pacing of the film is wonderful. Yates did a fantastic job with it.

I think I'm still in denial that this was the end- something like 14 years since the publication of the first novel. Between the novels, which in my opinion are literary masterpieces, and the films, which are entertaining in their own right, it's been a great 14 years. It makes you realize just how brilliant Rowling is- the fact that people have cared and invested so much in these characters over such a long period of time. The themes, lessons, and truisms she managed to impart on her readers are unmatched by any other writer in this genre right now, especially the Twilight ladt. Rowling is a genius.

In the book Ginny, Hermione and Luna are battling Bellatrix. Bellatrix tries to Avada Kedavra Ginny and Mrs. Weasley jumps in with "the line" and finishes the battle.

The Dumbledore backstory is all in the book. I wish it had been included in the movie but I understand why it was cut as there already are a number of subplots between the Hallows and Horcruxes.

They suffered tremendously under the brutality of Voldemort basically since Lucius failed to procure the prophecy in OOTP. Draco was also saved by Harry three times during the battle (I don't know that all of those are shown in the film, I can't remember). Lucius and Narcissa are also profoundly different from Voldemort and the Death Eaters in that they have love for each other and their son. They are basically sneaking away in cowardice to save their own behinds.

Umbridge doesn't really play a part in the end of the book either as I recall. Her role is in the ministry with the locket and she isn't really heard from much after that point.

In the book, Percy returns to Hogwarts and is redeemed for all his asshole behavior in the previous three books. Fred and Percy together are fighting Pius Thicknesse when a curse hits the outside of the castle and a wall collapses on Fred.

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"I have thought that Steve Kloves's Harry Potter screenplays have really included too much humor in recent years, and this was no exception, but I sort of just decided to stop laughing at things and that really helped me appreciate the deep, intimate moments, that often immediately followed jokes that got huge laughs. Although I did appreciate a number of jokes in the movie, a couple I could have done without."

What? The books are FULL of humor. Half-Blood Prince was my favorite movie because it was the first movie that finally managed to capture the humor of the books that was missing in the other movies. The books aren't supposed to be "deep, intimate" stories at the exclusion of all else, so neither should the movies.

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I am left so much more emotional than I imagined. I honestly wasn't prepared for it. Halfway through it occurred to me that it was coming to an end and that got to me. I laughed and cried and jumped. I was especially freaked out by the Voldemort/Harry face morph during the fall. GAH!

McGonagall is a bad ass. She was always my favorite professor. I felt like the Molly line was WAY forced just to get it in there. It pulled you out of everything that was going on. Had they shown more of the fighting with specific characters, it might have worked. Showing the bodies after the fact was the way it played for me in the book. It made sense that the viewer see the aftermath the way Harry did. Lupin & Tonk's son was one of the most endearing parts of the books for me and the reason it slayed me when they died. Not talking about him messed that up for me. I wanted the Dumbledore back story and think I must now read the book again to get it. Other than that, I can't say I have any complaints.

I would like to know how much actors like Emma Thompson and Phyllida Law who had a total of 2 seconds of screen time got paid. I am just nosy like that.

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I bet Jim Broadbent and Emma Thompson filmed more scenes and they just got cut. This is why we have deleted scenes on dvd extras. Digitalbits yesterday heard rumors Warner Bros.has already picked late November for the release date,of course they won't make an official announcement until the film has been out a while.That sounds about right.I bet this film will be around til at least Labor day. I'd love to see it again but want to wait til the crowds simmer down a bit.

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Deleted scenes from Deathly Hallows part 1 were great. I wish they kept in the scene with Harry and Dudley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEEwZf1IIyk

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Maggie Smith was the highlight of the whole film for me. It was just so awesome seeing her kicking ass and clearly having fun.

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Magic is at work - that posted twice!

Updated On: 7/16/11 at 03:19 PM

Maggie Smith was going through cancer treatment while she shot this movie.

She was so fantastic.

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I have said since the first book that I want to be Professor McGonagall when I grow up. Best character in the series.

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I don't know that there is too much more to be seen of Emma Thompson's role. As I recall she had some heavy scheduling conflicts with the next Nanny McPhee and it was a pleasant surprise that they could get her in for the couple of days. There's probably a bit more, but I don't think we'll get to see her power-serving crystal balls over the walls of Hogwarts.