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singham roar' sunai diya.excellent movie. khans beware action super star ajay is back like a lion.

watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and was very pleased with how well it stuck to the book. Because of this, I had high expectations for Part 2. I mean, if you did so well in the first half, you have to do just as well in the second half, right? Right? Wrong.

The movie started off very well, starting from exactly where it left off in Part 1 and staying faithful to the book all the way to when Harry and co break into Hogwarts. That's where it starts to go down hill.

*Spoilers!*

The good:

- Neville. He was perfectly perfect even though his line was corny and melodramatic and his killing of nagini was not like in the book still not his fault though. I really wish they gave him more screen time because he was adorable.

- The Gringott's scene. Very well done.

- The emotion we are shown from Snape. . In the pensieve, we see a different side of him and it is a refreshing change and he deserves a oscar nod for his role.

- The battle at Hogwarts. It was intense and special effects were first rate.

- Rupert Grint and Dan Radcliffe and the rest of the cast. All of them give wonderful perfomances espescially dan who really gets into harrys character

OK you know it's bad when I resort to writing about that.

The bad:

- They completely took out the scene where Harry and Luna go into the Ravenclaw Common Room, where they are ambushed by one of the Carrows. It appeared as if they would show it, as I hope they would (I've always wanted to see the other common rooms), but then they don't. Hm.

- Fred's death scene. was hurried and not enough of an emotional moment nor do we see percys emotional outburst which was an very emotional moment. This was an insult to his character's memory.

- Crabbe's disappeared. Gets replaced by Zabini, and replaced in a different way by Goyle.

- Snape's memories are rushed and they take out some of the most interesting memories. They just go through a few of them quickly. I've always enjoyed the memories, because you get to see life at Hogwarts through the eyes of someone else for a change, in a different time era.

Some portions are over dramatizied for the sake of being epic and some of the soul of the books are sacrificed.

- There is not a single mention of Teddy Lupin. That is, until the end when Harry suddenly knows about Lupin's son. Weird, considering Harry was camping in a forest and hadn't heard of any of this.

- Collin Creevey is replaced by that random Nigel kid.Who the hell is nigel?He is not in the book.If they could keep a character not in the book then why was charley weasley never introduced?

- Still no mention of the significance of the horcruxes. Hufflepuff's cup is just a plain old cup that Voldy turned into a horcrux.

- Not enough interaction with characters other than the trio. Too much Harry. It's as if everybody else just have cameos.

-Malfoy who was seen bossing his friends till now finally breaks down and grieves over his lost friend showing his emotional side as well.

- Voldemort's and Bellatrix's death = explosion into confetti!Was ridiculous to say the least.Avada kedavra dosent causes bodies to burst.It causes instant death.

- Percy's on the good side all of a sudden. No explanation at all (a reoccurring theme with Yates, don't you think?).

- Harry does not fix his old wand with the Elder Wand. No, instead he takes the Elder Wand and SNAPS IT IN HALF. Is that even possible? I didn't think so. So Harry breaks the wand and then chucks it into the abyss. Really Yates, really?

- Goodbye Dumbledore's back story!

- Haary goes into the room of requirements without ron and hermione so when they suddenly come there after a while how did they know where to find harry?Also Harry is not congragulated by one person for defeating the invincible Voldermort.Shame.There is no felling of glory that such a thing is over.

-Very little is mentioned of the deathly hallows and that is a central theme in the book.

*End of Spoilers*

All in all, all of the personality and charm of the series was zapped away in an attempts to make this final movie is action-packed as possible. It's a shame to see something that you've grown up with, learned to love, taken and twisted into somebody's 'vision.' I mean, why bother adding your own unimportant scenes to the movie, when there are perfectly good ones in the book that you did not bother using at all? There's no...bonding with the characters, no connection with them you felt in Part 1. I did not feel the love for this movie like I had with the book. There was just so much significance that was left out of that movie, and it is such a shame. It had such potential to be a fantastic movie, and it fell short all because of the changes that were unnecessarily made.Still it was a good movie and all the changes makes it a dissapointing one not bad but it could have been lot better.

I liked the film. It's a good action genre film with a lot of comedy and certainly miles ahead of Dabangg (that most of us end up comparing it with). I watched it in Priya cinema hall (South Delhi) and everyone occasionally laughed or clapped.

I am surprised you gave the Dabangg direction 2.5 points and Singham 2 points! I would say Rohit Shetty has done a good job here. Dabangg deserved 1 point for direction and Singham deserves 2.5 or 3 for direction. I wish I could write my own review here (as a post) but I found no open invitation for guest reviews.

Singham is a very nice movie.its a awesome movie nice to see in watch-hindi-movies

It sucked... dunno why people are calling it a good actioner when there is no action in the climax...

Besides, the tone is not consistent and the jokes and the serious part do not gel...

I am not a Dabangg fan either, but at least it was consistent in tone throughout the film...

Also, I'm sick of these comical action sequences with incompetent CGI... if you are making an action film, please take action seriously... forget slo-mos & gimme sunny deol of yore anyday...

Movie has typical story about typical war between a policeman and powerful politician. Some scenes are seems like Dabangg. Action, script, dialogues, story, characters, all aren't impressive. Music and songs are also dumb. So overall it is a big flop.