The Potter Ending

I went with a bunch of my family this past weekend to watch the final segment of the Harry Potter series.  We all liked the movie, but to varying degrees.  I think Joel was the happiest of all of us with the movie adaptation.  He felt like it was well done, entertaining, and a good conclusion.  My dad liked it, but was a bit lost/fuzzy with details (he hadn't read the books, so I think some of the stuff they left out would have helped him understand the ending a little bit better).
My mom and my sister had the most issues with the movie (they were also the 2 that had read the book right before watching the movie).  They both felt the "resurrection" scene at the end with Dumbledore was missing a lot of essential details. 

In the end, my dad did a dramatic reading of those 10 pages or so of Dumbledore talking to Harry.  He wanted the details and my mom and sister wanted to prove that the scene in the movie could have been better.

I personally think the movie was good, but when you have such high expectations for a movie it's hard to be completely wowed.  With everything leading up to the killing of Voldemort it's difficult to make it as dramatic as you feel it should be.  I was also slightly irritated by people in the theater clapping after each death.  It was distracting and annoying.  People were cheering when Voldemort died - as if he were a real person, and it kind of ruined the intensity of the movie for me.  I did think it was a good movie though.  It was a good finish to a fun series of movies. 

And now I'm saying "Good bye Potter and Hello Hunger Games!"  :)