I apologize in advance for the overload of movie stills, I just had to.

You know how sometimes you are so happy that your heart seems to explode? When you realize someone loves you, when you get an excellent compliment or even when you are just hanging with your best friends doing what you love. I am ashamed to say that I was that happy this evening. Maybe not quite that happy, but I got close. I kind of skipped home with a grin on my face. I can hear your brain going; ‘’Really? All THAT for an HP movie? Loser.’’ I don’t care because I am still on a happy rush from the AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC HARRY POTTER MOVIE FULL OF THE MOST GENIOUS SPECIAL EFFECTS. There you go. I was actually satisfied with a book-turned-movie-movie. Who would ever think that after the crazy rages I have had had before?

What was so good about this movie? Well, this time they included the most vital facts of the book and they let the good things be instead of freakishly changing them. They used great actors for the little roles even though they only had a few sentences. They re-used previous actors. They painted the pictures we readers had in our heads and they put faces on our beloved characters. Voldemort was terrifying and Bellatrix horrible. The Malfoy’s were as they should be, scared to death and pale. The lovely little Dobby returned, saved the world and then died, making us sad. We got a bit of wedding and a kiss between Harry and Ginny, with an extremely funny Fred or George standing there watching. I was impressed by the stunning special effects when they opened the locker or when Hermione stuck her hand in the Shockingly Cute Super Bag Which Should Clearly Have Their Own Book/Movie/Fanclub.

But let’s focus on something else. As a crazy bookfan I tend to judge book-movies on how much they resemble the books. Was this a good movie when you haven’t read the books? Yes I think so. I had to explain some things to my friend who was with me tonight who didn’t read the book, but other than that I think that it was pretty damn great. It is an exciting movie, with unexpected turns and some shocks. It was also quite funny and even I who knew what would happen had some shivers going down my spine. It was entertaining, funny and with just enough details to be clear. The cliff hanger was pretty amazing I must say, even if you don’t know what is coming. So, in the end, the thing was a success. And I am looking forward to Part 2 next summer. Imagine the kiss between Ron and Hermione! And Molly killing Bella!

Btw, I found Ron aka Rupert Grint surprisingly buff. Who would have thought?