Another rather foolish question, because naturally the answer is: a bit of both.  Well, more like a whole lot of both.  As I’ve previously mentioned, Part 1 of Deathly Hallows is my favorite film thus far, and therefore I’m ridiculously stoked (and terrified and devastatingly sad) about Part 2.  I guess I’ll just make a list.  Be warned, it’ll be chockfull of spoilers.

Things I’m OMGSOEXCITED For:

  • More than any other scene from any of the books, I am beyond thrilled by the thought of the final battle.  Holy mother of all that is magical in this world, that is going to be incredible, and it’s one of the very few things that the films do perfect justice to – fight scenes.  With magic.  And an epic soundtrack.  I just… wow.  I’m crossing my fingers that they include the stampeding desks, Neville lobbing vicious plants at Death Eaters, centaurs and giants, the house elves hacking at Death Eaters’ ankles (doubtful that they’ll put this in there since they totally cut out the Kreacher subplot :(  ), and the final charge against Voldemort’s forces.
  • Granted it’s another action scene, but I’m anticipating that the Gringotts break-in will be seriously cool, especially if they keep in the whole replicating-fiery-treasures thing.
  • MORE BELLATRIX.  I would watch 2 ½ hours of just Helena Bonham Carter raging around with crazy sexy hair if I could.
  • The Kiss.  Yes, “kiss” is capitalized, because if they play it out correctly, it will be that legendary.
  • The Fiendfyre and Crabbe getting his dumb ass burned – however, since they’ve really ix-nayed any development of Crabbe and Goyle, somehow I see this turning into a Draco-caused-the-Fiendfyre thing and totally forgetting about his cohorts.
  • More stunning scenery, beginning with Shell Cottage.  The last movie may have inspired me to move to Britain (no lie) just because of the vistas, so… keep ‘em coming.
  • The MOST INCREDIBLE fort ever in the form of the Room of Requirement with battle-scarred Seamus, Neville, and everyone else.  I 100% would give up everything in my life to live there.  If they cut that, I will, I will… I will just weep.
  • The return of Dumbledore. 

Things I’m So Nervous They’re Going to Fuck Up:

  • The Dumbledore back story – if they don’t explain it all in detail in Part 2, things are going to go downhill fast, because that was a serious drawback of the first movie.
  • Adequately explaining how the Elder Wand fell into Harry’s hands, because even in the book I had to reread that part about four times until I finally understood it, and I really don’t want to sit in a theater full of non-book-readers muttering, “Wait, what?  I don’t get it!  What happened?  Why is that his wand now?  Blah blah blah.”
  • Harry’s amazing defense of McGonagall in the face of Carrow.  I’m hoping that doesn’t get cut.
  • The Horcruxes.  Once again, WB have been total slackers on explaining how on Earth they know what the Horcruxes are (largely because there’s been no Voldemort back story at all), so I’m hoping that’s smoothed out at least a little.
  • Fred’s death.  Lupin and Tonks?  Don’t care that much about them – sorry, I just don’t, especially the movie versions of them.  Fred, however… oh, Fred.  I want to be bawling.  Do not disappoint me, WB.  Do not.
  • Pretty much every complicated twist of the story – there are so many plot turns and details that are entirely necessary to understand the EPICNESS of JK’s genius throughout the whole series, but I have a baddd feeling that they’re going to sweep them under the rug in favor of simplifying things that shouldn’t be simplified.
  • Percy’s reunion with his family – there’s no way they can make this good, since they entirely got rid of that subplot.
  • The birth of Teddy Lupin, since they (once again) deleted the scene in which it’s revealed that Tonks is even pregnant.  It’s disappointing because his birth is one of the main reasons that the deaths of Lupin and Tonks are so heart-wrenching in the books.

Things I Hope Will Be Better (I Know, Saying This Is Sacrilege!) Than the Book:

  •  Please, please, please make the whole Ron-takes-a-casual-jaunt-into-the-Chamber-of-Secrets scene not seem so haphazard and afterthought-ish as it did in the book!  Please. 
  •  Also, here’s hoping that the final fight between Voldemort and Harry is just a little more exciting than it was on the page.  Because to be honest, some things really are better represented visually, and that is one of them. 
  • The epilogue.  Wait, no, that’s a lie: I hated the epilogue in the book, but at least I trained myself to ignore it and pretend like it doesn’t exist.  The movie is totally going to shove it in my face and it’s going to be the last scene of HP that I EVER see on the big screen and that, my friends, is going to ruin my life.  I do not want to see a 36-year-old Rupert and Tom and everyone else.  Ughh disappointment in JK on this front.  I’m sorry, but it’s true.