Deathly Hallows Part 2 Reactions

Paige:
The first thing that comes to mind is: WOW! They actually stuck to cannon fairly well! There were direct quotes and everything! This movie was pretty awesome. It went beyond my expectations (admittedly, they weren't that high, but still) and I'm happy with it. There were some things that made me mad but I can see why they did them, like Ollivander telling them about the Hallows, and not showing Fred's death/Percy coming back. I LOVE that they gave McGonagall those extra lines; they were amazing. "I've always wanted to use that spell!" I also enjoyed Harry's 'description' of what the Horcrux could be; that was pretty funny as well.
The Prince's Tale (here comes the Snape rant) was epic. Absolutely amazing. They didn't exactly stick to cannon, but it worked really well and was my favorite part of the movie. Alan Rickman had amazing acting and it was so sad. I nearly cried (though most of the audience did.) That was the one scene I was most anxious to see, and it was not disappointing. Another thing that I really enjoyed was the Epilogue. I think that they found really good actors for the kids. I was disappointed when they left out the "It's me, I'm extremely famous" line. But you can't have everything.

Calie (there are some repeats from what Paige said):
       Well, I won't herald Part 2 as a masterpiece, and I will admit that I was a little disappointed. To start off, the good. The battle of Hogwarts, especially the first part, was great. I loved the suits of armor and all the protective spells. Secondly, I loved the humor they incorporated into this movie. McGonagall was so funny, "I have always wanted to use that spell!"Overall they stuck to the book really well, I mean I don't see why they would change those action sequences, you can't really make them more exciting. I have no critiques of the first half of the movie, it was great and did everything right. Direct lines from the book, not going off and adding stuff, they did a really good job. Gringotts was almost exactly as I had imagined, as was the room of requirement/room of lost things scene. Both were amazing. As far as non-action goes I loved the princes tale, that was just amazing. I also loved the Bellatrix/Hermione, I thought it was perfect. Speaking of Hermione, I thought the way that they did their whole relationship was pretty good, the book was better (but it always is). And finally, the epilogue. This is almost exactly how I pictured it in the book, I loved every minute of it. It was a great way to end the series, and really gave it a proper closing. Overall this movie did a really good job of taking the book and translating it into film.
       Now you must be wondering why I was disappointed. For the most part I wasn't, the movie was great. But the filmmakers got caught up in the action and left out somethings that were very important. First of all we see the continued lack of the doubt in Dumbledore plot line. I don't think this would of been that hard, most of the scenes where you see him doubt Dumbledore are in this movie and Part 1. That was a huge piece of the book that has been axed. Second is his wand, he didn't ask Ollivander about repairing it, nor did he repair it at the end. His wand was really important to him, and to the plot of the entire series, I didn't like that he seemed to just accept that it was gone. I also hated that Neville seemed to just kill Nagini by accident, he was never made Harry's replacement. I was really disappointed by that. Finally, my biggest problem with this movie was that Harry did not use the cloak in the forest again scene. He was supposed to walk through the castle unseen, no goodbyes, no recognition. He was also supposed to be using the cloak when he used the stone, uniting the hallows.