Hola! It was a crazy weekend with some bug fixes before the release of the product which really stopped me from updating the review of HBP. So here it is now, squeezing some time in between my work :)
This movie is certainly for the teens, with all those romances, pains of adolescence and very funny moments (courtesy: Ronald Weasley). But I definitely missed Ogden, Voldermort's craziness to collect memoirs, his visit to his maternal home... all of that.. But for those you havent read the book and who are going by the movie sequels, I guess it gives a pretty good idea of what an Horcrux is. And somehow the death of Dumbledore (which on reading I cried the whole night) didnt have much impact or atleast the same impact of what Sirius' death did to me. I guess Dumbledore should have petrified Harry (as in the book). That way Harry had atleast an excuse to not do anything for Dumbledore. And I seriously wish that they would have filmed the climax a little better with more fights and Snape's confession of being the HBP was very blunt.
Well as I said, nothing would match the imagination of ours when we read the book, but again to satisfy everyone even commercially, this was a better attempt than Order of the Phoenix, atleast it had some really funny moments.
Only one film of all the HP Series really impressed me and the only film which I felt was filmed better than the book was HP and PoA.
I wish the next two parts of the Deathly Hallows are better and atleast bring the essence of the book well.
Having said all of this, I still would like to see the movie again :) because, being in their world was such a nice experience. I was so engrossed (even when my mind was asking me when the serious portions would come during the watching of the movie) that I was taken aback when the title cards were put up. The rest of the evening, didnt go well because I was little upset missing my fav characters. It was as if I was there with them witnessing everything and suddenly I was pushed back to the muggle world. :)
One more thing I noticed was that , the kids have grown and they have grown well :D
I still remember Harry and Hermione from the first movie and how far have they come.
If you are HP fan, you wouldnt miss it. Go for it. Its good, except that it could have been better.
