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Because sometimes the internet is horrible, I knew some things going into this movie that I did not want to know. However, that did not ruin the movie-going experience for me. Neither did going to a movie with a relatively new friend, which always makes me nervous, especially when the likelihood of crying during a movie is so high. There were

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Tonks/Lupin is my Harry Potter OTP so I agree with you on the Tonks front. I've been disappointed in how they've played her since she was introduced. Am also v. disappointed that they did not include the Lupin-At-Grimmauld-Place scene where Harry yells at him to GTFO and get back to his wife and kid (unless that happens in the second half of the book) because I thought that was a really important scene. And that Lupin waved her off when she was about to tell Harry she was pregnant, because that's kind of a douche move (unless that was the scriptwriter's way of summarizing the Lupin Leaves Pregnant!Tonks Alone To Go Fight A War Because He's All Woe-Is-Me-The-Werewolf My Son Will Hate Me Either Way subplot).

Totally forgot about the Diadem and the Cup (and wasn't the Diadem in the Room of Requirement? And they go on a big hunt in the middle of the Battle of Hogwarts to find it?). I suspect this is why I need to re-read the book.

I agree with you that the movie struck a weird balance between being true to the book and being a movie. From what I remember of the book (and I last read it when it came out three years ago), most of it was a gigantic info dump of shit we'd never run across before. Some things drew on topics that had been brought up, but for the most part it was something like 400 pages in the middle of completely new information, which I found boring and frustrating and ultimately unnecessary (knowing about Merope Whatserface did not at all affect my enjoyment and understanding of the series), so I'm glad that they've cut out a lot of that. But it is a little frustrating that so many things weren't explained, or were relegated to ten second flashes in Harry's brain with some goofy editing. And that you were expected to make the Pius Thicknesse connection on your own.

Bathilda Bagshot kind of scared me. The entire theater had the awkward-I'm-a-little-freaked-out giggle whenever the camera panned to her. I also had completely forgotten that she was Nagini in disguise, so that was a surprise.

Did not like the Harry/Hermione kiss. Did, however, enjoy their dancing. It felt odd, but I think war itself is odd and you find yourself doing odd things in it.

SO DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE MISSING MONUMENT. It's such a tiny thing that they could've put in that would've made it just that much better. Because I think that those messages really did help Harry.

Also agree with you about being disappointed that he didn't take the eye. That was such an important part of that scene.

I almost died when Hermione Obliviated her parents. And then she walked out alone. God. Poor girl.

When the radio announcer said "And this is the list of witches and wizards who are missing. Thankfully, it's short today," and then goes on to list something like eight or ten people. I kind of blinked and was thinking this is not short but then realized that maybe that was the point. If a list of 10 missing people is considered short, Shit Is Going Down.

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I just think everything about Tonks is wrong. Ugh. And yeah, I thought she was about to tell Harry she was preggers, and I do also think that was the scriptwriter's way of summarizing the Lupin!angst. I definitely feel cheated about that scene, because that's an important scene for Harry. I mean, come on.

The Diadem is in the Room of Requirement, but they learn of its existence in the Lovegood's home, because Xeno is trying to build his own diadem. The cup is in Bellatrix's vault, and so there's some backstory that will have to go into that, and I am curious as to how it will all fit in.

Well Merope Gaunt is featured heavily in Book 6 - that's where we learn about Voldy's birth and the ring horcrux, and that's where we learn about Hufflepuff's cup, and Voldemort's brief stint working for Borgin and Burke's.

I knew she was Nagini, but when the snake popped up out of the stairs, I jumped out of my skin. I knew it was coming, and I just lost it. My heart was pounding like a mother.

Harry/Hermione kiss was bizarre. As was their nakedness. I thought that was some of Emma Watson's best acting though. Maybe she needs to be a bitch more often. The dancing was awkward and an enjoyable tension release.

The obliviation scene. Man alive. So freaking sad.

then realized that maybe that was the point. If a list of 10 missing people is considered short, Shit Is Going Down. - Yeah, I thought that was a good way to go about how Serious this whole thing was, if they weren't going to do Potterwatch...