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Ok, so I watched the movie yesterday, and I was pretty much disappointed with some of the same areas.
In regards to Cho and Harry splitting up...I assumed that they were introducing that when Cho was expressing regret over Cedric's death & Hermione spoke on how conflicted she must be. It seemed like a natural and smoother progression to let their relationship falter off in that way rather than as the 'DA outter'.
I also agree with those who noted that a 'random student' other than Cho could have blown the whistle on them. There were lots of 'no name' students that had a line or two during the inital meeting and practices. It could have just as easily been one of them. Plus it would have been fun to see Hermione's spell in action.
Also...I though that Neville was able to see the 'invisible horses'. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I thought that was going to be a nice lead in for him to speak on his parents. I'm not really mad at that plot change, but I just thought that it could have worked as well.
I felt that there was stuff missing just from a movie standpoint. If I had never read the books I would have been confused. For instance, none of the previous movies have mentioned centaurs in the forest (that I can remember). If I saw them now...I would be like "who the hell are they?" Also, I don't remember them deciding on the name Dumbledore's Army. If I hadn't read the book, then that would have confused me as well.
No complaints about Sirius's death. I honestly thought that it was pretty lack luster and confusing in the book as well, so it seemed to be appropriately done.
I hated the introduction of Hagrid's brother both in the book and the movie. I hope that he plays a major part in the next book b/c otherwise I will still be shaking my head at that dead end storyline.
Agree with those who missed the lack of a real convo btwn Dumbledore and Harry at the end. Sometimes those conversations tie the whole movie together and provide inspiration going forward.
Loved Luna Lovegood and Prof. Umbridge. They were both excellent. Bellatrix Lestrange was cool, but I wasn't blown away by her.
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