To quote Keith Cohen: "Non-readers and Potter virgins will be frustrated and completely lost by the confusing story." Enough said. It is a movie that panders to the book readers. Yet for everyone else, potentially including those who have watched the other HP films as well, a lot of things are thrown by the wayside, such as character introductions, short goodbyes, and an ever-stalling narrative that falls in the middle of the too-long 2 1/2 hour screenplay.

I also found the cinematography to be a bit analytic and less fluid, filling the movie with weird angles and drowning out the suspense.

I thought the acting was pretty good, albeit the accents were rough. I also thought the visuals were spectacular and the sets were amazing.

Knowing what the rest of the book entails from the point of stoppage, they could have added one or two more action scenes, since I feel like the last movie is going to be overflowed with those. But, overall, I enjoyed the dialogue and storyline, but some of the directing decisions I think were flawed.

And in comparison to the rest of the film series, I think this movie is sort of a niche and is too far off from the others. It would be really hard to watch it in succession with the rest and keep the Harry Potter charm for non-book readers.