Name of Topic Being Reviewed: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Category: Movie

Rating:

This has been a fitting ending to a very wonderful series both in paper and in film.

I have little complaints with this movie.  Everyone has done their absolute best and you can see it as the film progressed.

The movie took place after Dobbie's burial and they need to search for the remaining horcruxes.  So, the three heroes were off again, first to Gringotts to retrieve the Hufflepuff's teacup and then to Hogwarts to find Ravenclaw's diadem.  Along the way, they were helped with their classmates and teachers who have been fighting the good fight in school while they try to protect their last hope against Voldemort.  Until finally, two horcrux remained: Nagini and Harry.  Then a final battle that where good finally triumphs over evil.  And then a little aftermath of everything in the end.

Like I said, a fitting ending to a very wonderful series that spanned for 10 years. I was teary-eyed when the final credits finally rolled, knowing that there will never be another book that will be converted to a movie (unless JK Rowling would write another series telling the story of the kids...hayz...wishful thinking for me).

Anyway, on with the review.


The CGI, was amazing and the scenes and locations were shot pretty well.  The camera angles were not crazy that even in 3D, it wasn't a roller coaster ride.  The fight scenes were amazing, the clashing of colors between green and red and when the Death Eaters where flying around in their dark cloud form was really amazing, it can take your breath away.

For 10 years, the actors have done an amazing job in playing their roles pretty well that they have really brought the book to life.  From our heroes, Harry, Ron and Hermione, to Voldemort and his death eaters.  They played their roles well that people would now have a hard time disassociating them with their characters.  One of my favorite scenes was when Hermione transformed into Bellatrix to enter Gringotts.  Helen Bonham Carter was amazing as she got Emma Watson's mannerisms as Hermione pretty well.  You could clearly see the contrast of her acting as Hermione and her as the real Bellatrix.  Tom Felton's Draco Malfoy has been portrayed brilliantly as the conflict between what is right and the love for his parents can clearly be seen on his face as he struggles to find out where he fits in.

The scene that I was most touched was the death of Snape...when on his last breath he looked at Harry and told him that he had his mother's eyes.  The was the saddest yet the most touching scene in the whole movie for me.  Alan Rickman was the perfect Severus Snape.  Thank goodness he agreed to be in the movies.

It was almost a 5 out of 5 for me.  I just have one pet peeve with this movie and it's the lack of time to put everything in.  I mean, the book was already split in two and still there wasn't enough time to put all the important elements in the movie.

It would have been great if the scenes of Snape's childhood was a bit longer showing more scenes from their teenage years.  It would be nice if they have showed how Lily's and Severus's friendship fell apart because Snape started to hang out with Death Eaters and he called her a Mudblood.  To me, the scenes of Snape's childhood were too short and too distorted.

It would have been great to have the epilogue part a bit longer too, showing all the other kids and not just focused on Albus Severus alone.  It would have been a nice view to see almost everyone there in platform Nine and three-quarters as a last hurrah for everyone concerned.

But all in all, it was a fitting ending.  Now, I am anticipating the DVD release.  I just hope the DVD would have a lot of additional scenes that they couldn't incorporate in the movie....like what they have done in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.