This is why I always read books first, you let your own imagination run wild creating images which you perceive to be correct and true to the story. Your imagination is better than anything you read or watch.
This is exactly why I watch movies first. I'm a very visual person and I imagine what is going on. When I imagine something and the movie doesn't match, I get very disoriented and confused. Except, I obviously read the Harry Potter books before the movies.
What you have to remember about the Harry Potter books is that they age with the kids in the stories. The first book is written on a 5th grade reading level while the 8th book is at about a 9th grade reading level. They get increasingly darker and more adult-like as the characters age. That's one thing I liked about them. They age with my students.
You know this was part 2 right? It was only the final third of the last book. As a dedicated potter fan they left nothing unanswered. I'm fact they explained things better in the movie than they did in the book IMO. The last third of the book was very chaotic. It was the final battle of a war.
