PROS: It's VERY dark. Characters die. Bets are off. It's fairly violent and graphic for a Potter movie (I balked at Ron's ripped up arm). Great individual moments: Hermione's intro, the sword sequence, the marriage, the Ministry, the cartoon - that were engrossing. In fact, the first hour was great and full of powerful tension. Amazing production values. The Nazi overtones were terrific. Imelda Staunton was wonderful.
CONS: Awfully dull middle forest segment that drags ON AND ON: an editing job would have been terrific. Still mediocre dialogue and acting in this part that robs the film of its momentum and leaves it plodding to a halt after a gangbusters beginning: for a character based setup film I just wasn't invested in the characters, who have gone as far as they can, and the audience feels it and yells, 'more plot please'. Too much focus on a boring and repetitive mythology in place of a good script. The whole graveyard scene felt utterly pointless to me. They only find one horcrux and there are 3 left by the end - I felt conned. An abrupt ending that didn't leave me feeling anything. No recap at the start. Would have worked better as one movie.
OVERALL: Painfully inconsistent. When it's good, it's great. When it's bad, it's pretty bad. Grade C-.
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