As Harry and his friends who now look like him fly through the air, the Death Eaters intercept them. Whatever action was missing from 'Half-Blood Prince' is well represented here. It's light and humorous, but it's also the first time where the 'Harry Potter' films have actually made it feel like Harry and the people around him were in immediate danger. The sequence where Harry's friends drink Polyjuice Potion in order to turn into replicated Harry's is one of my favorite scenes of the entire series, and it really sets the tone for this seventh movie. Voldemort is closing in on Harry's whereabouts, but Harry's colleagues are willing to help him try and escape. Harry and his friends are now facing a very real threat of being killed by the Dark Lord. That's exactly what the movie was missing, and that's exactly what 'The Deathly Hallows: Part 1' makes up for. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the sixth movie did indeed leave out a lot of the action that took place in the book. Too much soap opera stuff going on with the young Hogwarts students trying to find love in all the wrong places.
The movie felt anti-climatic and bogged down with too much teenage, wizarding angst.
I enjoyed ' Half-Blood Prince' when it came out, but it always seemed like it was missing something.
