I'm one of the odd people that while liking harry potter, having seen the films and read the books, don't consider myself a massive fan. While the main story was very good, most of the films were quite bad (1-2-4) and the last book felt like she had a dart bored with peoples names on it, then just threw darts at it to see who dies(Spoiler warning, if you like a character It will die. If you sort of like one, they will die too) and personal found myself half asleep during the 5/6th books.
BUT, I have to say the over all deal with harry potter has been one of the best things to happen in a long time, it helped revive the ailing British film industry, it turned a new generation of children on to reading, it has a very, VERY strong anti racist/Classist message that it never EVER uses as a main defining point, rather a subtle message through out of tolerance, the subtle difference between good and evil. Its main characters were all Flawed, with weaknesses as large as there strengths (even the 'Mary Sue' Dumbledore if you read/watch all of 7) and most of all a not so cringe worthy "you can do anything no matter who you are" message that most other IPs make vomit worthy.
Im happy they gave this a worthy send off, Looking forward to watching it with my GF, do want to watch Jackass 3d First mind.