We went to one of the early-evening showings "to avoid the queues". Not that there were any at our local multiplex - there were screenings every half-hour.

So what we got was a half-empty cinema full of young kids who got bored really quickly dashing up and down the aisles and in and out of the doors. They weren't impressed by lots of dialogue and no Quidditch, I assume. As this was going on during some of the key scenes a lot of the effect was lost on me. Bah! Humbug! They shouldn't allow kids into these children's movies!

But I agree about Imelda Staunton, about Fred and George, about Sirius, and the three protagonists. I was just slightly irritated about details that were thrown in as a nod to longer plots in the book, but then not developed. Why was Kreacher there at all? Some of it felt like scenes from the book just strung together for the sake of it.