I was a midnighter. I arrived at 6pm and there was no one so was told I couldn't even get in line until 6.45pm; when I came back there were already ten people. :/ So I napped for a few hours in line. :P And then they let us in two hours before to get our seats and I napped for an hour in my seat. :P But this thread isn't really about our experiences of waiting for the movie, so I digress...

I read and finished the book the moment it came out (another midnight hoopla) and I could barely remember much of it.

The Bill thing bugged me. I know there are fans out there who would have cried foul had he been omitted from the movie... but it's a movie, not the book. It made no sense for him to suddenly be there. The movies-only audience were probably confused by this sudden new Weasley. And the Mundungus bit felt off, as others have mentioned, but I really can't think of a way to fix that.

I'm okay with Doby getting more screen time, because otherwise you would never have been able to feel the full weight of what happens to him otherwise. It might have been slightly too overplayed, though. But it made me cry, so it was clearly effective.

I'm miffed they omitted the whole story behind why people cannot say "Voldemort" . . . if they thought they made it clear by having Mr. Lovegood say it and the Snatchers appearing out of nowhere, they were wrong, because the movies-only friend I saw it with brought that up as a plot hole and I had to explain why it wasn't.

I also really, really, REALLY think they should have done the Dumbledore-youth stuff. I'm not exactly sure HOW they could have worked it in, but they should have. Or maybe they're saving that for the last movie?

Someone mentioned how they glossed over Mad Eye's death as a mistake, but I think that was perfect: it showed just how serious the situation was and that they didn't have time to mourn.

I was appalled that Draco didn't even have ONE line in the entire movie. Wait, no, I think he did have a line or two. But it felt like his part was pretty diminished, but I guess that makes sense.

Geeze, this "kids" are looking OLD. Draco looked middle aged, and so did Harry at a few points.