Saw it today, and I enjoyed it. The visuals were outstanding, and it was the best direct adaptation since movie 2 (not that it was that hard, since this movie was basically the last quarter of the book, if that.)
But I had the same reaction to the film I've had to all of the movies though, and that is I just didn't feel connected to the characters and the action onscreen the whole time. I'm a huge fan of the books, and while most of the actors did a fantastic job with what they were given (go McGonagall in particular!
,) I just didn't feel the emotion of what was happening and the last live-action saga just went through the numbers. That's basically exactly what I expected, but I admit I kinda hoped they would do more with the final installment. The silly throwaway Hermione lines about Dumbledore's history in particular were ridiculous...seriously, how does she know that stuff! 
Saw it in 3D btw...you could really tell which scenes they put effort into and which ones they didn't...it was either "hey cool, those stone soldiers/exploding Dark Lord/dementors around the castle/etc. are really here!" or "oh look, in this dialogue scene Ron's shoulders are slightly behind Harry's." I hope someday soon studios either commit to filming in 3D from the start like Avatar or knock it off with the half-assed conversions.
P.S. The various cameos were cool, but some were just crazy...poor Hagrid, who showed up to cry after Harry died, then later to walk up, hug Harry, say "Harry," then awkwardly walk away. It was too big of a cast for the film makers to handle, it would seem.
But I had the same reaction to the film I've had to all of the movies though, and that is I just didn't feel connected to the characters and the action onscreen the whole time. I'm a huge fan of the books, and while most of the actors did a fantastic job with what they were given (go McGonagall in particular!
,) I just didn't feel the emotion of what was happening and the last live-action saga just went through the numbers. That's basically exactly what I expected, but I admit I kinda hoped they would do more with the final installment. The silly throwaway Hermione lines about Dumbledore's history in particular were ridiculous...seriously, how does she know that stuff! Saw it in 3D btw...you could really tell which scenes they put effort into and which ones they didn't...it was either "hey cool, those stone soldiers/exploding Dark Lord/dementors around the castle/etc. are really here!" or "oh look, in this dialogue scene Ron's shoulders are slightly behind Harry's." I hope someday soon studios either commit to filming in 3D from the start like Avatar or knock it off with the half-assed conversions.
P.S. The various cameos were cool, but some were just crazy...poor Hagrid, who showed up to cry after Harry died, then later to walk up, hug Harry, say "Harry," then awkwardly walk away. It was too big of a cast for the film makers to handle, it would seem.
Too right.
