First off, I am a huge fan of this series, both the books and the movies. I have been reading the books since they started being published way back in '97, and read the last five the day they came out. Literally. I pre-ordered them so that I could get them (without lines, and without fear of them being sold-out) the day they came out, and then I would sit down and read them, until I finished. I have read each of the books multiple times, and I own and have read the companions books that JK wrote. I say this to assure you that I am a fan. A huge fan, that had been waiting for this movie since finishing reading The Deathly Hallows. I was so happy when the news was released that there would be two movies for the final novel. I was a little disappointed with the last three movies (The Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, and The Half-Blood Prince) mainly because they skipped over a lot of things that I thought were, well simply put awesome. Now to the review.
The movie was amazing. It was so close to the book. Even some of the smallest details were thrown in. Characters that were introduced in previous books but not the movies were brought in and introduced. All of the actors were at the top of their game, even Daniel Radcliffe. You can see how much these young actors have evolved since The Philosopher's Stone came out in 2001. Their performances are strong, and you can feel chemistry between the three leads. They are believable as a trio of best friends.And for obvious reasons, these kids basically grew up together. The adult actors were good, the only one I had some problems with was Andy Linden's performance as Mundungus Fletcher. I just wasn't feeling his performance. Thankfully he wasn't in many scenes. And hey, only complaining about one small actor in a movie? That's not too shabby.
The movie was very well-written, and a lot of the lines were ones that I remembered from the book. The movie has humour at the appropriate times (humour that was actually funny) and was emotionally tense at the correct times. The dedication the set designers showed was breathtaking. The backgrounds were beautiful and haunting. The interior shots of certain places (I don't want to ruin anything for those of you who haven't seen it yet) were almost exactly how I imagined them. There were a few changes that irked me, but to be fair they made sense for the movie; I guess I can't have everything I want in a movie.
I feel like I am rushing through this review, but that is mostly because I want to remain impartial and at the same time I want to run out and see this movie again, because I loved it, and cannot wait for Part Two to come out. My opinion? Go and see this movie as soon as possible even if you are not a Harry Potter fan. It is simply a good movie in all ways. The time just flew by in the theatre, and I will be seeing this movie again.

I agree that this movie was amazing. But I think that Globlet of Fire was a good movie as well but o also agree that 5&6 were not that good anyways the movie was spectacular and anyone who hasn't seen it yet should definitely watch asap!!
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