And your points about what you wish they had focused on more is exactly what I’m talking about. They didn’t get the themes right in the film and instead opted to just make stuff look cool. And that especially disappointed me since they decided to delay the release!

It wasn’t that I didn’t like the film, I was just more disappointed by this one than any of the others.

I think you make good points, but I still enjoyed a lot of it. Slughorn was awesome. The scene with Katie Bell and the necklace was awesome. The cave scene was almost perfect to me, save for wishing they included one line from Dumbledore when examining the wall: “Oh, surely not. So crude.” and him being disappointed. I really wish they had developed young Tom more, and I even more wish that they showed Dumbledore knowing Tom better, his motivations, his weaknesses, why the “trophies” he took from his victims as a boy were important, etc. That was the whole point of Dumbledore’s lessons with Harry. And the other thing I feel like was kinda important that they didn’t focus on was Harry questioning Snape’s loyalty more, and even more importantly, learning that it was Snape that told Voldemort about the prophecy. If they included that, they could have included what probably gave me the most chills while reading the book the second time through: the part where Harry calls Snape a coward and accuses him of killing his parents, and Snape’s reaction of utter pain on his face.

However, like I said, I still enjoyed it more than most all of the other movies. If pushed, I’d probably still have to say I liked OotP better as a movie, but HBP would have to be second for me.