Definitely the best film of the series. The other films, while having wonderful cinematography, blah, blah, blah managed to take out huge, relevant chunks of the story in favour of pretty shots of trees/action/stupid substories/emotional heart-string tugging/more action. This one, however, manages to cram pretty much all of the relevant issues into the 2 and a bit hours. OK, so they could have explained the taboo a bit better, and the wedding scenes all felt a bit contrived, as though they were just a means to an end, the meeting with the Minister for Magic wasn't as powerful as they could have made it, and there were bits that, as an avid fan of the books, didn't really flow properly. However, that all said, the action was wonderful, the emotional scenes between the three leads were fantastic; they really have grown as actors. And the end; well, I cry at adverts, so it was no surprise I bawled like a small child, but it was heart wrenching. I'm very much looking forward to the final part, even though it means the end. I just hope Part 2 is as good as Part 1. Enjoy!