Directed by David Yates / Written by Steve Kloves (based on a novel by J. K. Rowling)
Instead of focusing on the themes I consider the most improtant in the sixth book of the series (love, friendship, loyalty) the movie concentrated on one of the lighter themes: Teenage relationships. They did manage to make me laugh, though, as they were portrayed very entertainingly yet maintaining the bitterness that's involved in first love and such.
Since the books are dialogue-based and the biggest audience will run screaming out of the theatres if a movie consists mainly out of dialogue (booriing! I want explosions!), I know it's always been a challenge to put the story onto the screen. With the sixth book, the most essential part of which consists of Harry and Dumbledore discussing, the challenge has been even bigger. One thing I really missed was the examination of Tom Valedro's personality (as well as Dumbledore's), because understanding the "bad guys" is what makes the story even more interesting. Maybe the american black-and-white perspective is to blame: Bad is bad and good is good? Although this doesn't apply to Draco Malfoy's character, who is given some depth (which I think is mainly because the audience loves the character and it's actor Tom Felton so much).
However, this film did work as a movie. It didn't get caught in wanting to show every single event written in the book, but cut out and added things boldly to make this a movie, not an adaptation. In some scenes I still got the feeling a viewer not famailiar to the books might be left out, but considerably less than in the previous parts of the movie series.
And by the way: Alan Rickman and Tom Felton kick ass.
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