Harry Potter movie

I saw the new Harry Potter movie today for the second time (once with my dad, once with my mom). It was so much better than the book...

1. Even though nothing actually happened until the last 15 minutes.
2. Even though I really don't like Michael Gambon as Dumbledore--he's dark and creepy where Dumbledore's supposed to be a constant beacon of hope even in the Wizarding World's darkest hour.
3. Even though they kept the whole Ron-and-Hermione-love-each-other thing (okay, okay, it's not like they could get rid of it) despite the fact that Ron's a total dweeb in the movies and Hermione has no chemistry with him.
4. Even though Harry and Ginny fall in love despite the fact that Ginny: a) looks exactly like his mother, b) has no character, c) was dumb enough to be possessed by a diary, and d) worshipped him from when she was a toddler.
5. Even though Harry and Hermione have on-screen chemistry and clearly are meant for each other (I never shipped them in the books, but on screen it's always their scenes that actually work for me).
6. Even though they blatantly disregarded a lot of rules that had been established in previous books/movies, like no doing magic outside of Hogwarts and it being impossible to apparate in Hogwarts.
7. Even though they kept the lame plot of Dumbledore showing Harry his memories instead of just telling him what they contain and teaching him to be a better wizard.
8. Even though they added a totally pointless action sequence at the Burrow.
9. Because Harry isn't a total moron in the movie like he is in the book; he doesn't ignore Dumbledore's one task (to get Slughorn's memory), and he's not shown to be hopeless at silent spellcasting.
10. Because I actually almost felt sorry for Malfoy, probably because the guy playing him is pretty hot (yes, I am lecherous).
11. Because the cinematography was good.
12. Because Jim Broadbent was well cast.
13. Because Dumbledore still died.
14. Because Ralph Fiennes' nephew played Young Voldemort and was nearly as creepy as his uncle.
15. Because there were no Dursleys.

My rating: 3 stars.