Spoilers!! There was a screening of DH part 1 and a couple of the Mugglenet staff got to see it. It sounds incredible...
Some bullet points below. You can find links to more reviews here on Mugglenet.
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The film is roughly 2 hours and 30 minutes.
-The music used in the screening will not be in the final cut.
-Bill Nighy is great as Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour; the film opens with him addressing the media.
-Hermione uses a memory charm on her parents at the beginning of the film. The big building we see her walking towards in the trailer is just a church in her neighborhood.
-Watching Snape and Voldemort together is amazing on screen. You see them just before Charity Burbage is killed.
-Lucius Malfoy's character is paid attention to; what's going on with his family is very well-established leading into Part 2.
-George loses an ear during the Seven Potters chase scene and the screenwriter kept the "holey" joke between him and Fred in the film.
-The Death Eater who stops the Hogwarts Express in the trailer is looking for Harry Potter. He meets resistance from Neville and other students that are aboard.
-The Hogwarts grounds do not appear in the film until Voldemort opens Dumbledore's tomb.
-The Last Will and Testament of Albus Dumbledore has a much faster payoff than in the book.
-Harry is not disguised as a Weasley cousin at the wedding.
-Aunt Muriel makes Harry feel terrible because of what he doesn't know about Dumbledore.
-Viktor Krum and Madam Maxime make appearances at Bill and Fleur's wedding.
-The scene where Kingsley's patronus arrives at the wedding to announce the Ministry has fallen is chilling.
-Harry has Sirius' mirror. How did he get it?
-Similar to the book there is a ghostly version of Dumbledore guarding Grimmauld Place.
-Kreacher clearly obeys Harry in this film, but there is no flashback showing Regulus and Kreacher obtaining the locket.
-The casting of Mundungus Fletcher was well done and his usage is appropriate.
-A young Dumbledore and Grindelwald appear together in a photo. Harry is forced to investigate this throughout the course of the film as he recognizes Grindelwald's face from somewhere.
-They did not cast Dumbledore's family for Part I.
-The locations for the camp scenes while the Trio are on the run are very beautiful and scenic, making them not as dull as would be expected.
-Harry and Hermione shippers will get their day during the locket Horcrux scene.
-The Godric's Hollow scene where Harry visits his parents grave with Hermione is very moving. Hermione conjures a wreath for the Potters' grave.
-The Tale of the Three Brothers is a fictional story within a fictional story in the books. So when dealing with the movie they could have casted it with real characters. Instead they did a very cool animated sequence as Hermione tells the story.
-Xenophilius Lovegood is very well cast and says "Voldemort" to alert the Snatchers to the Trio's location.
-Hermione's torture really brings out a side of Bellatrix, an aspect of her character that we haven't seen before. What drives her to torture ---Hermione is both interesting and exciting on film. When Hermione awakens from being tortured she notices the word "mudblood" carved into her arm.
-Peter Pettigrew doesn't die; he is stunned by Dobby during the big escape from Malfoy Manor. Luna, Ollivander and Griphook are all captive in the manor with Harry and Ron.
-Dobby's death is very emotional.
-The film ends with Voldemort opening Dumbledore's tomb and stealing the Elder Wand. We see the scene from the trailer of him shooting magic high into the air and the screen goes black.
-The music used in the screening will not be in the final cut.
-Bill Nighy is great as Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour; the film opens with him addressing the media.
-Hermione uses a memory charm on her parents at the beginning of the film. The big building we see her walking towards in the trailer is just a church in her neighborhood.
-Watching Snape and Voldemort together is amazing on screen. You see them just before Charity Burbage is killed.
-Lucius Malfoy's character is paid attention to; what's going on with his family is very well-established leading into Part 2.
-George loses an ear during the Seven Potters chase scene and the screenwriter kept the "holey" joke between him and Fred in the film.
-The Death Eater who stops the Hogwarts Express in the trailer is looking for Harry Potter. He meets resistance from Neville and other students that are aboard.
-The Hogwarts grounds do not appear in the film until Voldemort opens Dumbledore's tomb.
-The Last Will and Testament of Albus Dumbledore has a much faster payoff than in the book.
-Harry is not disguised as a Weasley cousin at the wedding.
-Aunt Muriel makes Harry feel terrible because of what he doesn't know about Dumbledore.
-Viktor Krum and Madam Maxime make appearances at Bill and Fleur's wedding.
-The scene where Kingsley's patronus arrives at the wedding to announce the Ministry has fallen is chilling.
-Harry has Sirius' mirror. How did he get it?
-Similar to the book there is a ghostly version of Dumbledore guarding Grimmauld Place.
-Kreacher clearly obeys Harry in this film, but there is no flashback showing Regulus and Kreacher obtaining the locket.
-The casting of Mundungus Fletcher was well done and his usage is appropriate.
-A young Dumbledore and Grindelwald appear together in a photo. Harry is forced to investigate this throughout the course of the film as he recognizes Grindelwald's face from somewhere.
-They did not cast Dumbledore's family for Part I.
-The locations for the camp scenes while the Trio are on the run are very beautiful and scenic, making them not as dull as would be expected.
-Harry and Hermione shippers will get their day during the locket Horcrux scene.
-The Godric's Hollow scene where Harry visits his parents grave with Hermione is very moving. Hermione conjures a wreath for the Potters' grave.
-The Tale of the Three Brothers is a fictional story within a fictional story in the books. So when dealing with the movie they could have casted it with real characters. Instead they did a very cool animated sequence as Hermione tells the story.
-Xenophilius Lovegood is very well cast and says "Voldemort" to alert the Snatchers to the Trio's location.
-Hermione's torture really brings out a side of Bellatrix, an aspect of her character that we haven't seen before. What drives her to torture ---Hermione is both interesting and exciting on film. When Hermione awakens from being tortured she notices the word "mudblood" carved into her arm.
-Peter Pettigrew doesn't die; he is stunned by Dobby during the big escape from Malfoy Manor. Luna, Ollivander and Griphook are all captive in the manor with Harry and Ron.
-Dobby's death is very emotional.
-The film ends with Voldemort opening Dumbledore's tomb and stealing the Elder Wand. We see the scene from the trailer of him shooting magic high into the air and the screen goes black.
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Posted : September 10, 2010 2:28 pm
Wow! And wow again! 
. I'm disappointed that my favourite part of Part 1 won't be there. And I am pleased that the rest seems to be close to the books.
Spoiler
Harry has Sirius' mirror. How did he get it?
Sirius' mirror was given to Harry as a parting gift when he went back to Hogwarts in OotP. This wasn't mentioned in the OotP film, especially as Harry broke the mirror at the end of the book, being grief-stricken about Sirius' death. I did wonder how the films would deal with Sirius' mirror in DH, and in particular with the other mirror that Harry thought might have been with Sirius when he vanished behind the Veil in the Department of Mysteries.
Posted : September 10, 2010 3:28 pm
Sounds great! There is absolutely no-way Deathly Hallows (either part) will be anything other than PG-13.
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Posted : September 10, 2010 3:53 pm
What's your favorite part of Part 1, wagga?
And yeah, w4J, I'm happy it will be PG-13. They couldn't do the book justice with a PG movie.
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Posted : September 11, 2010 6:32 am
Sounds AMAZING!!!! I couldn't be happier with anything I'm so happy about all the detail
I really like the addition of that sounds very chilling
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Posted : September 11, 2010 6:50 am
Oooh, I can't wait! I'm spoiling myself to death for this film, but oh, well.
I'm really looking forward to the scene where But I wonder...will they show Luna being kidnapped? Or will that happen when
Pity about Wormtail, though. He had such a gloriously graphic and chilling fate in the books.
Posted : September 16, 2010 12:13 pm
Pity about Wormtail, though. He had such a gloriously graphic and chilling fate in the books.
I have to agree, and wonder how his so-called 'blood debt' to Harry plays out in the films.
What's your favorite part of Part 1, wagga?
My favourite bit of Part 1 of DH is Kreacher's tale. In the books he is such an obnoxious sort that it was a real treat to see there was some substance and rhyme and reason for his attitudes. And without Kreacher's tale, I don't know how the film makers are going to transfer the Locketcrux from the cave Harry and DD investigated in HBP to where it is eventually found. In the books, that was in the Grimmauld Place living room. We see it during Mrs Weasley's OotP clean up.
Also,
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I liked Regulus, and just how lion-hearted this Slytherin brother of Sirius was. It touched me deeply how faithful Kreacher was to Regulus, and his despair at the loss of the locket.
Posted : September 18, 2010 12:14 am
I hope they show the painting on Luna's rooms ceiling...
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Posted : September 18, 2010 8:42 am
I'm disappointed that
Posted : September 18, 2010 3:02 pm
I know what y'all mean about the disappointment (and related questions) with Pettigrew. Well, we'll see what film 2 holds in that regard. Btw, good to see you again, Minotaur. 
And WOOOOOOOOT! 
A new trailer! And some more stills.
This film looks A.m.a.z.i.n.g!
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Posted : September 23, 2010 3:40 am
The new trailer looks amazing, the Seven Potters scene looks flawless, and the coloring of everything is so perfect. Lots of blacks, greys, and blues. It captures suspense, epicness and awe so much beyond the VDT trailers have so far.
It's come to the point where I'm almost looking forward to DH more than VDT. xD
Posted : September 23, 2010 12:47 pm
*gasp* Betrayer! Traitor in the ranks!
Just kidding. 
I'm pretty amped about DH too. I liked looking at the Seven Potters and figuring who was who. But I wonder, will Fleur and Mundungus still be decoy Harrys, or will more recognizable characters be used?
I LOVED the bits with Xeno Lovegood and his house! They were definitely my favorite shots, though the sword in the lake was cool, too.
Posted : September 23, 2010 7:21 pm
Man, I just saw the newest trailer a few moments ago - my second time through it I nearly started crying.
There is so MUCH in there - so much jawdropping, wowz, oh my goodness I can't believe what a good story this whole series turned out to be kind of stuff.
Chills. I had chills. Did I say I nearly started crying??
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Posted : September 24, 2010 10:01 am
Haha ChristProclaimer, I loved Fred and George's "We're identical!" 
I just finished the series for the first time. WOW. I definitely wasn't expecting them to be as good as they were. Now I wish I'd read them earlier 
I love how the complexity of the stories grow as the series continues, and all the characters are great (I have to say, I could never make up my mind whether Snape was good or evil) My favorite book was probably Half-Blood Prince, with Deathly Hollows and Order of the Pheonix following close behind.
Deathly Hollows was definitely fantastic though. I feel like, if I hadn't known
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most of the people who died, and that Harry, Ron, and Hermione survived
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Although Harry being the last Horcruxe (sp?) was a huge surprise, although I probably should've seen it coming. And the way he became the master of the Elder Wand was pretty cool too. I love how so much makes sense after you see Snape's memory. All the deaths were horrible though...I can't even imagine George without Fred, poor Tonks and Lupin (and Teddy), I almost cried after Dobby's death, and poor Hedwig, in the first 50 pages! 
I loved Kreacher's Tale too Wagga! (and now I actually know where your name comes from ) It was great to actually understand why he was acting the way he did, and then he was fantastic at the end. I'm not a romantic kind of person, but Ron and Hermione's kiss was awesome too
I loved Kreacher's Tale too Wagga! (and now I actually know where your name comes from ) It was great to actually understand why he was acting the way he did, and then he was fantastic at the end. I'm not a romantic kind of person, but Ron and Hermione's kiss was awesome too Now I can't wait for the movie (I think it's probably because I just finished reading the books, but I am a tad bit more excited for DH than VoDT too 
) Unfortunately I saw the trailer before I read the book, but now it's cool watching the trailer again and being able to see what certain scenes are (and the trailer music is beautiful). I'm glad it's in two parts though, I don't think they could really do it justice in one movie.
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Posted : September 24, 2010 5:28 pm
Awesome, yes! Love the new trailer. I prefer the other trailer but this one has provides better context for the movie.
Interesting. I presumed Wagga's username was derived from the city in New South Wales, Australia. Hmm...
As for the book being stretched over two movies, it's not just a matter of making money. Deathly Hallows is incredibly dense. It's the only book that needs two movies to clear everything up. Can't wait!
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Posted : September 24, 2010 5:48 pm