I bet those of you watching along with me were totally shocked by that character's death at the end. Can't say I didn't warn ya, though. I DID tell you that there would be beloved and sympathetic casualties. Dumbledore is far from the last innocent casualty in the war against Voldemort, too. Upset though I know many of you were about Sirius's death, Dumbledore is such a more important and instantly likable person that it almost seems unfair to kill him off (for those of you who were wondering, yes, he is dead). I hope that you people watching paid close attention to Draco's Disarmining of Dumbledore (trust me, that'll turn out to be important). As you may have also noticed, because there are so many of them, there are so many plot points from the previous films that are slowly being pulled together that even people who started watching them as if cramming for a test will likely have a hard time keeping up with all the details.
Steve Kloves and David Yates return to their respective positions as director and writer for this installment (the former was replaced by David Goldenburg as writer of the previous installment), and the mixture of writing and visual direction style don't quite mesh as well as the last installment. David Yates's visual direction style is basically custom made for a really dark film, but, while this film is a little bit darker than its predecessor, Kloves is clearly trying to pull off double duty by portraying the boy-girl crushes more prominently than ever before as well as bring on the darker side of things, which results in an odd mixture of debauchery, capers, slapstick and romance, and unlike in its respective source material, it doesn't quite gel together all that well. And yet, despite this, as well as being a bit too short, it is still entertaining thanks to J.K. Rowling's masterful storytelling, thrilling action sequences, and a jaw-dropping cliffhanger ending that will have viewers on tenterhooks awaiting the next film.
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