I was eagerly waiting for the release of this movie. I booked tickets 2 days in advance. I went to the movie hall with so many expectations – And the movie lived up to most of my expectations. 
A majority of story hasn’t deviated from the book. It has Harry and Dumbledore digging into Voldermort’s past, Harry getting the Half Blood Prince’s portions book, the Unbreakable Vow, felix felicis, Slug Club parties, Horcruxes, Harry and Dumbledore getting the Horcrux, and on the romance side - Harry falling for Ginny, Ron and Lavender together making Hermione jealous. And all this is done pretty well…especially the romance part. The Quiddtich is also fun. The sequence where Harry and Dumbledore get the Horcrux is amazing.
There are some deviations too. The biggest of them is the ending. There is no battle between Dumbledore’s Army and the Death Eaters. Harry (in the movie) just watches Dumbledore die, Dumbledore doesn’t freeze him. There is no burial of Dumbledore’s body. Bellatrix and Greyback attacking 
The Burrow is another major deviation, an unnecessary deviation. They should have rather had the battle or the burial of Dumbledore. Also it would have been interesting if they had shown the tiara in the Room of Requirement when Harry goes to hide the portions book. (Arvindh immediately pointed this out to me in the movie.)
Out of the cast I would mention Allan Rickman as Snape is perfect. Pretty much what I had imagined Snape to be like when I read the book. The trio – Daniel Radcliff, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson have all done very well. Grint and Watson chemistry was there for quite sometime now, but its more enhanced here. Tom Felton too has done well.
On the whole its a great watch. For Pottermaniacs, the end is disappointing, but this is the closest you can get to the book.
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