Went to watch it last night and my overall opinion can be summed up with one word, meh. It's not that it was bad or not enjoyable, it just wasn't at all remarkable.
After 10 years of waiting for the finale, it felt very anti-climatic. Yes, I'd read the books before watching the movies, but even so, I felt cheated. It also felt very rushed. Almost as if some very important scenes were cut short to fit into the allotted time. Now I know the movie was already split into two parts and three parts would have been silly, but I feel not enough time was given to scenes that needed it.
And then the scenes that could have been shown dramatically and visually, like for instance the break-out of Gringotts Bank were such a let down. There was no flair or pizazz. No wow factor. Do not get me started on the 3D aspect of the movie. What a waste of time and money. There were maybe 5 times that you really noticed the 3D effects. The rest of the time I was just annoyed by the damn glasses or the fact that some scenes seemed to almost be out of focus. I really think 3D is overrated and if I had the choice, I would rather watch the movie in 2D, but sadly my regular cinema complex doesn't offer both option as they have limited cinemas.
On a side note, I still love Ster-Kinekor's love nest seats, just a pity I had to sit next to a dude smelling like a brewery!
I can't explain why ^^
. Still a lot better than Priest and imho not so bad potter if not better than few others in the collection. Besides these are "wizards" not kungfu-jedi-masters, they are armed with a wand lol. Suppose you wanted fireballs, lighting storms and some demons dogs ?
