Yeah, it is pretty annoying the way they change some things in the movie..sorry to those of you who like it, but i hated that whole dragon scene in GOF.
Anyway, the people i am most looking forward to seeing is Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix (she looks so evil!) and Imelda Staunton as Umbridge. They were both perfectly cast to me! :)

The thing is they did not emphasise the whole rita skeeta thing so know they cant have people acctually beleiving harry!

Yeah, Luna's Patronus is a hare and (apparently) Ginny's will be a Phoenix. They just want an excuse to wow everyone with their amazing visual effects...it's annoying. From the trailer, I think the Ministry scene with Voldemort is WAY over-done and over-emphasised as well as Luna's character (and obviously Hermione's - it wouldn't be a HP movie without Super!Hermione). But I think they made the right casting decision by casting Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix - she looks great! God, I just hope that Harry's and Cho's relationship deteriorates the way it should because non-book fans might be really confused if they suddenly break up in this film and Harry goes out with Ginny in the next

Helena Bonham Carter is going to be awesome! She really knows how to get into character. I wish they would go word for word by the book but every HP movie they release is never like that. No suprise there.