More later, but just a thought now... (movie spoiler)

I couldn't help feeling inordinately pleased that Hermione's parents got screen time and that the director chose to show us Hermione removing herself from their lives. Though the actors who played the Grangers (David and Jane, in my head) were not at all like the type I would have imagined for my fic, Emissary (http://community.livejournal.com/sshg_exchange/205524.html), I thought their inclusion in the movie was a fitting tribute to two very important people in Hermione's life, who up to now, have received very little attention!

On a completely unrelated note, my favorite line from a critic's review:

"If Voldemort can gather these Deathly Hallows before Harry and company destroy the Horcruxes, he will become the immortal Master of Death (known in the Muggle world as Dick Cheney)."
- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com