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Originally Posted by pomplemousse12
I really liked the first part, but I really wish they had put more in it because they're going to have to fit so much into the next part! That's really my only complaint.
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The movie covered almost exactly 2/3 of the book. That leaves only 1/3 of the book for the next movie.
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Originally Posted by angels&angles
Saw it Friday. Enjoyed it. I LOVED how they did the story of the three brothers. Gorgeous and very arresting.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by victoriana
I'm really happy they didn't focus on all of the time spent at Grimmauld Place trying to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic like it was in the book.
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I felt a little differently. What happens in some of the "slower" parts of the book (including some of the camping scenes) is what gives the book depth and richness, rather than letting it be just a rush from one plot point to the next.
There were two times in the movie that I really wanted them to slow down, and one was at Grimmauld Place, with Kreacher's story and his relationship with Harry. Aside from how it sets up something that happens later in the story, that's some of the best writing in the book. For this same reason, I did not like the inclusion of Dobby in this part of the story.
The other was in the cemetery. I missed the Dumbledore grave and the discussion of the inscriptions on the gravestones (though the inscription could be seen on the Potter's gravestone). Those go directly to what the book and the series as a whole are about.
Still, I enjoyed it --
much more than the movie version of
HBP.