I have been holding this one out because I am very disappointed with this movie. I have read the book many times and loved it but, this is not the book I learned to love. They cut so much and still it's two different movies with a year in-between. Don't get me wrong, the acting in great. Daniel Radcliff is a great actor, so is Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, and Alan Rickman. All of them are great, but most of the book is gone, for example, the camping part, it's supposed to last for months but it feels like just days. Also, the Kreature interactions are almost non-existant...so we lose this piece of redemption.
We are left with getting through 2/3rds of the book, and not having a very satisfying end to the first part of the book. It is a long movie, but it feels like it goes by very quickly.....so I must have been entertained, but still I feel like it lacked something....not sure what.
Visually it is very dark and the music works to set the mood that things are not good in the wizarding world. So be prepared to feel the dread of the last episode of this amazing story.
If there was not such great acting I would give it 3 stars, but its to good so it's bumped up to 4 stars. I know that the big battle in the next movie will be awesome, but until then, I'm going to keep reading. I recommend you do the same...
