Was ok - the directing was pretty fierce in parts (loved the intro with the sights of London *sigh*) but the screenplay was a joke. As a film it was still fine but they totally changed the focus of the book. The dark moody Horcrux story was nearly totally pushed aside (as well as many little moments in the film made zero sense within the movie or the context of whole series of movies) and replaced by sth. which felt like "American Pie Lite".

This offered great laughs and made an enjoyable film but left the shallow taste of yet another teen flick. My favorite film by far is Part 3 which was fantastic.

Finally, shallow statement of the day; I was glad that Daniel Radcliffe could be looked at, unlike when he guested on Letterman recently and looked like a Zombie. LOL

Loved this movie too! Saw it on the 16th; want to see it again. The movie got the jist of the book. Yes, parts are left out but not real significant parts. (and yes we could argue that point). But book 6 was a set up to book 7 just as the movie is. It (the movie) got all the necessary parts in order but it also put in the parts that showed the growth and development of the relationships of the main characters. Books rarely if ever translate well into movies. To me there is nothing that compares to a good book. I don't tend to judge a book vs. a movie.

The movie was a great lead in for the last 2 movies.

I really hope that they don't do a "lord of the rings" and have a year between the release of the last two movies for book 7