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The Upcoming 2012-05-25 13:58:00

It's a brilliant farewell to "The Boy Who Lived", the last chapter makes sure his exit is the one he deserved

After 10 years and the best part of 20 hours of cinema, J.K Rowling'sHarry Potter franchise is departing from our big screens. The cinematicfinale of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ sticks withdirector David Yates for a fourth outing, but has the second part ofthis epic adventure done justice to the grand source material, and canit be anywhere near as good as its eerie and beautiful predecessor?Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has located the Elder Wand; one of thethree components that make up the Deathly Hallows. Harry (DanielRadcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) are awarethat his discovery has granted him incomprehensible power and are interrible danger. When Harry becomes aware that a Horcrux is located inHogwarts School, the trio must head back to the place where theiradventure began and defeat the vicious wizard who so eagerly longs forHarry's blood.When adapting a work so adored, it's difficult to know how an audiencewill react to any changes, realistically however these are only made tobetter the cinematic experience, not to devalue the novel.This moviefinds a balance between the two, it's incredibly faithful to the bookand only has a very few slight alterations which work perfectly wellwithin the world of the picture.Part 2 is easily as good as its predecessor; rather than having thecalculated suspense of the first part, this picture bursts with actionand energy right from the start. Both films are so different from eachother but perfectly capture the spirit of Rowling's final book. Thisfilm is a marvellous spectacle; it's exciting and intoxicating with itsglorious battle sequences, but as well as its cinematography and setdesign.Yates' direction is sumptuously executed. He knows Harry Potter so welland he direct the films with dedication which is clearly evidentthroughout. This film doesn't just rely on its action and spectacle tobe brilliant because the real success story lies in the character dramaand emotion.Without a doubt the finest moment is the lengthy montage of ProfessorSnape's (Alan Rickman) memories and how he has impacted on Harry'slife; it's a beautifully sculpted and timed piece that really digsunder his hard façade. The film also fantastically pulls at theviewer's emotional strings with the death and destruction of all thecharacters involved. For those who have read the book, you already knowit has an awfully high body count and we see the effects of this indistressing detail proving how adult this franchise is.However this last chapter does share one major thing with the 2010′sfirst part; tone. This film is dark in every sense of the word. It hasa deeply unsettling and brooding nature, created through its dim andambient lighting; some rooms only have light from a flickering candleor the trio's wands aided with the "Lumos" charm.The success of the story is highlighted through the performances ofDan, Rupert and Emma who, like the story itself, have grown in strengthover the last decade.Radcliffe is certainly strong; particularly with the emotional content.His portrayal of Harry is so beautifully defined and controlled. It'sthe same story with Grint and Watson too – both have high emotionalsequences and indeed intimate as the pair's love for one another grows.As always, the finest performer is Rickman. Snape is such a brilliantlycomplex character. He is a tragic hero, a tragic villain and a hopelessromantic for a lost soul. Rickman uses and portrays all these elementswith such skill.Verdict: ●●●●● It's a brilliant farewell to "The Boy Who Lived", and although thedeparture is deeply saddening, the last chapter makes sure his exit isthe one he deserved; an utterly unforgettable one.Red more reviews on www.theupcoming.co.uk

Movie_Muse_Reviews 2012-05-25 02:09:13

Excellent - a more than worthy punctuation mark for this franchise

Eight films in just about 10 years and no rusty wands in the bunch — orhowever you wish to phrase it. The success of J.K. Rowling's "HarryPotter" series theatrically has been unprecedented in both box-officereceipts and critical success. Perhaps Warner Bros. and producer DavidHeyman are to thank for their careful supervision, or original directorChris Columbus for helping to envision a foundation for future successand casting three kids who proved as right for their roles at age 10 asthey do at 20. Maybe it's long-time "Potter" scribe Steve Kloves forfinding a way to give both fans and studio heads exactly what they werelooking for. Yet as the credits roll on "Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows, Part 2," the satisfying punctuation mark at the end of a truecinematic journey, it really all comes back to characters andstorytelling — to Rowling. "Part 2″ continues the final quest of Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe):find and destroy the remaining three Horcruxes and finish LordVoldemort (Ralph Fiennes) once and for all. To do so, Harry must sneakinto the vaults at Gringotts bank and then make his inevitable returnto Hogwarts, where a tremendous battle looms and his toughest testawaits.The path seems as equally harrowing for Kloves down the stretch. Thesecond half of the book — as with the final chapters in any saga, letalone "Potter" — contains a lot of dialogue to tie up loose ends and avariety of old (and even new) characters reasserting themselves in thenarrative. In more than a few instances he's faced with losingpropositions, but mostly comes out ahead. For every rushed or unusuallyslow sequence, untimely bit of humor or random bit of dialogue, there'ssomething he's personally added to make the film stronger. For example,a wonderful exception to much of what goes on in the film depicts Ron(Rupert Grint) and Hermione's (Emma Watson) venture into the Chamber ofSecrets, whereas the book never leaves Harry's side. We get to revisitthe second film's chilling and impressive Chamber of Secrets set, whichhelps create a "this is coming full circle in a dark and mature way"that Yates strives for throughout the film.As for the promise of action unlike anything we've ever seen, there'sdefinitely a spectacle to "Deathly Hallows Part 2," but the infamousbattle in Hogwarts is 80 percent background noise while Harry pursuesthe lost diadem, one of the final horcruxes. Essentially, the battlepossesses no narrative(s) of its own. We see all the things the bookmentions: giants and the spiders of Aragog and more, but it's alltossed together into mere presentation. Yates continues to make thedanger more gritty and palpable as he's done with the last few films,but "Part 2″ does not blossom into an action epic. For the shortest"Potter" film of the lot, I would've exchanged 10 more minutes of mytime to see some creative fight choreography and more of a flow to thebattle, at the very least to give some of the story's significantcharacters nobler deaths.Part of this is rightfully to keep the focus on Harry, which Yates hasalways done well. We feel his journey, we know what's at stake and weadmire the person he's become, the young man who knows what must bedone. The overall character focus of "Part 1″ gets a bit diluted,especially in terms of the dynamic between Harry, Ron and Hermione, butRadcliffe truly emerges into a leading actor in its place. The level ofincreased maturity throughout the series, namely in Yates' films, fromthe acting to the fact that the script respects the audience'sintelligence and doesn't spell things out with excessive dialogue,couldn't be more astounding. Little ones won't get this movie at allother than figuring out who wins when it's all over, but to be fair,who cares; the film gets to be much more profound in its tensestmoments like any grand finale simply has to be.On the topic of maturity, perhaps the most pleasantly surprising thingabout the film is its stillness. Even at the end, there's a calm and asense of maturity suggesting that the triumph of good over evil doesn'tcome with an Ewok celebration and fireworks montages, but a recognitionof all that was sacrificed. Other than the way the film handles acouple romantic moments, there's nothing cheesy or cliché about it.Most filmmakers would likely be inclined to give in to those types ofthings in a conclusion, but Yates stands firm with his grim andsoftly-spoken vision. The film ends happily, but not in the strictestsense of the word.So in spite of some unmet expectations and rough script edges, thisending still turns out worthy of the beginning and much more, whichsimply gives final testament to the power of the characters and thestory Rowling has told. Her sheer creativity results in the summationthat is "Deathly Hallows Part 2," a film that could not possibly bedisliked unless you disapproved of nearly every chapter before it. Herwords are the ones spoken in the most affecting moments of the filmsand her creations paved the legacy it will leave. Although few make itthis far, I doubt most franchises could end on a final note that wasn'tbetter than every note before it and still leave its audience as happyand satisfied as "Part 2″ does.~Steven CVisit my site at http://moviemusereviews.com

Nikhil Gujar 2012-05-24 08:08:22

Ultimate ending for the Harry Potter Installment.

I saw first day first show and really loved the way they have completedthe story with good note.... After seeing "Deathly Hallow's Part 1", Iwas desperately waiting for the last part. 3D too is amazing and storyis fast moving with lots of magic and wands... I feel this part hasmuch more magic compared to earlier. Also art, concept and charactersare well portrayed. I had prepared myself by watching Deathly hallowpart 1 one day earlier, to get the continuity feeling. Also there aremany twists which will amaze you and makes the story more interesting.After seeing the ending, I had feeling that they should pull the storywith fresh start for Harry Potter's next generation... :))))

francine-k 2012-05-23 13:52:32

beautiful and perfect way to finish 10 years of work

I am a huge Harry Potter book fan, and have always been a bitdisappointed with each film. There has always been key aspects leftout, bits that weren't put together as well as the novels, etc. Butcoming into this film I was hoping to not leave the theatre thinking, Iwish they had done this or that, and after waiting in line for 7 hours,I left the theatre with tears in my eyes and a feeling of uttercontent. Through out the movie each piece that has hung in the airthrough out all 8 movies, was finally tied together, finally you wereable to understand what everything was for and why it happened thatway. The film finished with perfection, and although much did differ fromthe novels it was changed only for the better, and in this case (unlikein past movies) they actually succeeded in making that change, BETTER. I recommend not only seeing this movie as soon as possible, but if youare not too familiar with the Harry Potter tale, please go to a blockbuster or a book store and either watch or read this series, because itis truly a masterpieceGreat way to finish the series, and i'm truly saddened that it is timefor goodbye.

themuddoctor 2012-05-23 01:18:08

A hugely satisfying finale

Watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (say that tentimes fast) it dawns on you just how well crafted the entire series hasbeen. This final installment perfectly ties everything up with just theright amount of gravitas, intensity, and feel-good warmth. This is nolonger a film series for kids, it's a film series for people who werekids when they saw the first film, and are now at the precipice ofadulthood, just like Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), andHermione (Emma Watson). This has been key to maintaining the utterhysteria over all things Potter over the past decade. Read my fullreview at: http://bit.ly/nXwqK9

aambrose-109-328589 2012-05-22 17:59:15

Satisfying, but still disappointng

DH Part 2 was adequate and satisfied my need to see how Hollywoodfinished the set. I give them props for most of the film, especiallythe "19 years later" epilogue - albeit Albus looked more like Snapethan his father. My major criticism is the same I've had the the James Bond films sincethe early 60's: why take a more than adequate story and special-effectit to death?Most vivid example: following the movie I reread the last 30% of thebook. Perhaps the most engaging chapter was "The Flaw in the Plan." Ifthe filmmakers had simply used J.K. Rowling's dialogue, the movie wouldhave been a "10"; as it is, most fans will probably be doing as I did -rereading to see if they'd missed something.Bottom line: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Hazawashere 2012-05-20 19:39:42

!!!Epic!!!

I thought the movie was !!!Fantastic!!! It had drama, action, greatvisual effects and great acting. It is a great film that I could watchover and over again and not be disappointed or bored with. The moviehas a lot of funny, action and drama scenes. It has everything that agreat movie needs. I feel sad that this fantastic movie franchise hasto comes to an end ;( . It's great from the get go it's not slow tostart nor do you lose interest quickly like in some other films, Ihonestly don't see why people complain about the movies just because itdoesn't follow the books word for word but who cares it's a great moviethat deserves peoples respect. The only thing I was disappointed withwas how long it took for part 2 to came out after part 1. Otherwisenothing else is wrong with it so stop complaining that movies based onbooks don't follow them word for word the directors and producers stilldo a fantastic job.

blackmamba99971 2012-05-20 01:54:21

What Can I Say?

Absolutely fantastic. What a great ending to the most popular movieseries in history. Harry Potter, (Daniel Radcliff) goes for it all tostop Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). A seething evil entity who does notknow the word lay down and die already. With hog warts at the brink ofdestruction, Harry and his team must find key elements to quellVoldemorts life force which are bound to a cup, a snake, a tiara, andHarry himself. A brilliant look into the past of Snape (Alan Rickman)who was in love with Harry's mother first Lily (Geraldine Sommerville)but never got to go further than friendship, gave us a peek as to whoreally was Harry's real father. Whether it was Snape, or was it JamesPotter (Adrian Rawlins). We will never know, yet the battles werebreath taking, with magical wands at full strength, and soul eatersflying across the field looking for more victims. This was truly amarvel in itself. A wonderful story, fantastic acting from legendaryactors such as Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Maggie smith, Tom Felton,Gary Oldman and many many others. This is a pinnacle of film making.But the last part was by far the best, where Harry and his team are nowMothers and Fathers to their own children, sending them off to hogwarts. Maybe in the future, a new evil presence will show itself, togive the new age a brand of justice in their own way. And it is allthanks to Radcliff, Grint, Watson and above all, J.K Rowling, themastermind behind the books and movies, thank you Rowling for so manyyears of expanding the imaginations of children from all around theworld.

Bangell99 2012-05-19 20:57:04

Boring, Ridiculous, Devoid of Tension

The final nail is hammered into the coffin of Harry Potter as theseries dies in a stupid action-fest. I'm going to list three reasons Idislike this movie and the direction the Harry Potter films have taken,and then I'll let you all lynch me.1. ToneTone is important to a movie. You can make it dark, or light-hearted,or funny, or scary, but if you mix it up too much you'll end up with afilm that's hard to take seriously. Harry Potter started off as acharming phenomenon for kids - the peril was mild, we were constantlymeeting magical new people and creatures and it was all great. Then wecome to this movie, and by now I've got no idea what the tone is meantto be. It's certainly not a light-hearted movie for kids any more. It'snot really an adult film either. You've got something close to horrorin one scene, and then you've got comedy, and then romance, and it'shard to tell when you're meant to be excited or laughing or scared. Theconstant humour and the earlier films have established this universe asa very light-hearted one, and so when we're introduced to Voldemort andhis big, evil taking-over-the-world plan, there's not really much of asense of danger. People try to tell me that the series has grown andmatured as its audience has grown and matured. Now, I started readingthe books when I was very young, so I'm part of that audience. I'drather appreciate it if people stopped feeding me that crap - you picka tone and you stick with it, or I won't be able to take anythingseriously.2. No TensionYou can spend as much as you want on amazing visuals and complex actionsequences, but they won't be exciting unless you make the audiencecare. I have to be worried about whether the protagonists will succeed,and the obstacles need to be hard to overcome. In the earlier films,they had interesting obstacles: look at the first film, where they hadto get past a series of tests to get to the philosopher's stone. Thenin the second, they hatched a plan to transform into other people inorder to sneak around. It was tense; they could get caught.The new films may have cool visual effects, but they're unimaginative.The phrase "deus ex machina" sums up a lot of this movie. For example,they enter the bank. Holy crap, a giant dragon! How will they overcomethis?! Oh, don't worry, this goblin guy is just going to ring a bell.Yeah, keep ringing... There we go, problem solved. Wow, how exciting!Now, let's get the thing we came in to get which the audience doesn'tcare about... Oh no, the room's filling up with gold, but I'll justkeep going and... Yeah, there we go, got the thing. Now, let's leave.Oh, no! The place is collapsing! How will we get out?! Oh, a massiveflying dragon we can ride on. That's convenient. Off we go!It just felt like a series of things which happened. Every obstacle hadsome immediate and convenient resolution. Even when Harry died we allknew that he'd just somehow come back to life. It just sucks out allthe tension.3. Harry Potter is RuinedLike I was saying earlier, remember how Harry Potter used to be acharming adventure for kids? By the end of this series, that's allgone. They don't spend much time in the magical castle, they spend itin the dull English countryside. Every book used to be a fun adventureat Hogwarts, which was full of mystery as well as familiar, enjoyablepeople and settings. Now our lovable fictional universe is the settingfor some uninteresting conflict which we don't really care about. JKRowling wants to make a load of points about modern issues andpolitics. In the end, these turn out to be very shallow, broad, anduninteresting. Here's a hint: your books got popular because we wantedto read about Harry's magical adventures, not the Ministry of Magicgetting taken over by Nazis. Oh, no, wait, it's a serious series foradults now, no more childish fun to be had here. Anyone who watched George Lucas ruin the Star Wars franchise with theprequel films will see that mirrored here: iconic, wonderful,interesting things from the earlier films are shoved into the film inexcess. George Lucas had a billion lightsabre duels. In Harry Potterwe've got a massive fight with wands. It looks amazing; bolts of redand green stuff flying all over the place, people getting knocked down,things exploding... But that's not the point of wands. Think back tothe duel between Harry and Malfoy in the Chamber of Secrets. Thatlooked rubbish. It was small. But it was far more exciting and grippingthan hundreds of wands discharging all over the room like they're laserguns. Likewise, remember the duel between Harry and Voldemort at theend of the fourth film. Different coloured streaks of magic stuff cameout of the end of each wand and the only real action was in Harry'sface going grrrrhnnngrrrr... But that was great - it was the firstproper face-off between Harry and his mortal enemy; it was a clash ofgood and evil, an exciting showdown with the villain. Now all that'sbeen ruined.There are many more things I could list. The fanboys will hate me inany case. But this simply wasn't a good film, and the magic of HarryPotter is long gone.

pujya29 2012-05-19 03:35:58

Harry takes on Voldemort in this last movie.

Like all the anticipated Harry Potter fans I have been waiting to watchthis movie. And while doing that i read all the books again and thebook 7 twice - and that was the mistake i committed! Because when I sawthe movie i could not help but compare the movie with book and I haveto say this - it was not what I had visualized. The problem was the name of the move: Harry Potter and 'blah blahblah... - so any thing other than Harry Potter was completely ignoredfrom the movie. use of invisibility cloak, life of Lupin and Tonks, thewhole room of requirement scene, Ron and Hermione, Earlier movies established so much about dementors being a crucial partof Voldemorts army but no there were no patronuses ! However Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort was amazing and so evil ! Anotherone who completely stole the show was Severus Snape (Alan Rickman).Short screen presence but brilliant performance... your heart almostgoes out for him. The best adaption of book in the movie was King's cross scene and theworst was the duel between Voldemort and Harry Potter. They should havestuck to the book. Technically, I don't know that much but I didn't like the whole moviein black. There could have been more light, more sparks, I know it wasevil and all but a bit of light would have made it easier to on theeye. I feel Rupert Grint is a better actor than Daniel Redcliff. He has somuch more to offer on screen.Rating 5/10One more point for just being the fan of the series.

Samrat Raychaudhuri 2012-05-19 03:11:14

Very true to the book!! Excellent Finale!!

It was a very fitting finale for a saga that has endeared us to thesethree kids turned young adults. We literally watched the troika grow infront of our eyes, sharing their trials and tribulations, their joysand sorrows, their success and failure in equal measure. We now seethem carry out the grand responsibilities entrusted on them and bringthem to its logical conclusion. They suffer great losses whileachieving it but they did manage to rid the wizarding world of itsgreatest scourge and in turn save us muggles (he-who-must-not-be-namedhad threatened to rid the world of muggles) as well.Shot at great locales and powered by tour de force performances by ouryoung thespians, aided by outstanding CGI effects the saga ends leavingan empty hollow in our chests. Whilst enjoying the cinematic journey inthe theatre I was also overpowered by the sense of loss brought on bythe realization that we wont be watching another one of these in thetheatre again. I don't have any more to add as most of us know thebooks and so as a result knew what we were about to see. I had only oneproblem with this movie. There were some famous faces only seen in oneor two scenes (Emma Thompson for instance). I wish they were given morescreen time. All in all a great movie. Please go and watch it. Its apity none of the HP films managed to gross over a billion. Some verypathetic ones did. Hope this one manages it aided by YOU.

Neville Samuels 2012-05-18 13:36:39

Remarkable Finale

There was a lot of wand waving going on in Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows, Part 2. Although I haven't read any of the books, or seen allthe eight movies, this film was remarkably well done. Except… for the 3D. Watching this movie in an IMAX format was great,but since the film is mostly in a dark, shadowy setting, seeing it inthe third dimension makes it look more dim.Superb performances that didn't disappoint. Especially from the oldermembers of the British acting fraternity. After ten years, in this final film, the evolving maturity of thecharacters seemed natural, especially since all the actors havesteadfastly committed themselves to the franchise, playing theircharacters right to the end.A good mix of serious dramatic moments, action, humor and sadness. Sadthat the story comes to an end, and that maybe we'll never see thesethree famous wand wavers together again.Recommend seeing this movie, one of the best of the year, and in 2D.

salvador_paniagua 2012-05-16 19:45:33

The Future Oscar Motion Picture winner

Well, The Wizard of OZ, Beauty and the Beast, The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring, Avatar, and The Social Network should havewon the Oscar Motion Picture; but there's one film will win of 2011Motion Picture, it's should be this movie.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a huge, biggest-hitsafter making $1 billion over:($1,328,111,219), amazing reviews,outstanding performers, powerful special visual, and a great arts ofevery battle scene.Daniel Radcliffe and Ralph Fiennes did fantastic jobs on theirperformers, but Alan Rickman did outstanding performers, he reallydeserve a Oscar for his Supporting Role.This movie is the best of all Harry Potter series! This is a A+++ filmof 2011 and the rightful movie to win the Motion Picture of Oscars!But, if this movie doesn't win the Motion Picture, me, my brother, andthe rest of the fans will be mad and frustrated!

DrApplePie 2012-05-16 08:19:57

Good... but good enough?

The final piece of a decade of Harry Potter movies is in many ways aworthy conclusion, but just as much a mere shadow of the novels' superbstoryline. It was most impressive to see the darkness and despair thathad build up over the -let's say "prequels" to HP&TDH2- come to aclimax here, which in my opinion is the key to the final book. The longshadow of catastrophic events to come was still echoing in my mind fromPart 1 and I was very excited when I went to see HP&TDH2. One one handI was amazed how much thrill this production was able to generate, as Ihad read the book and knew what was going to happen. On the other handI must say that not only the tension that should / could have beenarching over Part 1 & 2 was missing somehow. But also -over the attemptto create a movie that was able to live up to the huge expectations ofthe audience, HP&TDH2 had become trivial and hollow in many scenes. Whynot take a little more time to make ALL the important scenes count?What with the hasty kiss between Hermione & Ron, Dumbledore's brotheror Harry having to cope with the facts that the price of victory willbe the most terrifying for him? Action-wise it was fun to watch, -notsuperb as an action movie, but great as a final Harry Potter film. Whatdisappointed me most was the weak ending. The production team couldhave done a better job, as the final battle between harry and Voldemortjust couldn't create that feeling of a cinematographic climax; therewas no thrill of this special moment just before a catastrophe is aboutto happen. As a Harry Potter fan I must say to the production team: OK,a movie simply can't reproduce all the charm and depth of the books.But in the end you just missed the important parts. The final book isNOT about action or an epic showdown. 7/10

Nina Anderson 2012-05-15 22:00:57

Perfect

All of the Harry Potter films have been phenomenal, but this one standsout. Part 1 has been noted to lack action, but Part 2 is a masterpiece!Everyone knows the story, Harry, Ron and Hermione are hunting for thelast Horcruxes, which are Voldemort's secret to immortality, andeverything ends with the final, epic battle between Harry andVoldemort. The film follows the book brilliantly, but I have to admitthe beginning felt a little rushed. Many fans, including myself,expressed disappointment in the fact that many scenes are missing, suchas Dumbledore's back story and Fred Weasley's death, which makes manyparts of the film confusing for people who haven't read the books, butnevertheless, Harry Potter goes out with a bang. I loved the final duelbetween Harry and Voldemort, which doesn't happen in the book, and wascompletely action packed and utterly brilliant. Ron and Hermione's kisswas long awaited and doesn't disappoint, although keeping it the sameas in the book would probably have been better. The scene in the GreatHall where Harry, Ron and Hermione mourn Fred, Lupin and Tonk's deathsis extremely emotional, but as I said, showing Fred's death would havebeen better, partcially as those who haven't read the book may beconfused as to which Weasley died. His death in the book is such apowerful moment between the Weasley's, mainly Percy, who in past filmsabandoned his family, and the whole moment just brings them alltogether. The scene still brought tears to my eyes as both Fred andGeorge are my favourite HP characters. Another of my favourite scenesis when Harry has the Resurrection Stone and is reunited with hisparents, Sirius and Lupin. Although I have to say, the best moment inthe entire film was Snape's memories. Alan Rickman seriously deservesan Oscar for his performance! The scene really pulls things together,revealing Snape's past and many other things. Oh, and the epiloguescene was very good. Personally, I would have liked it to be longer andfeature more of the moments in the book, such as formal introductionsto Harry and Ginny's and Ron and Hermione's children. I would have alsohave loved to see Teddy Lupin, who I was looking forward to seeing, aswell as James running up to his family and shouting out that Teddy andVictoire were kissing. When Harry hugged his youngest son, Albus Icried a little inside. Arthur Bowen is the perfect choice for AlbusPotter, and I adore the scene between them. That ending makes me wishthat JK Rowling writes another HP book, this time about Albus's firstyear at Hogwarts. The epilogue is another of my favourite scenes, and Ilove the fact that they kept the original music from the Philosopher'sStone as well. When watching that scene I held onto my friend and weboth cried. Overall, the best possible way to end the Harry Potterfilms. That was an incredible decade and will never be forgotten. Thankyou JK for sharing this with the world! xx

artistgp 2012-05-15 10:16:15

Eh....

I will start by saying that I really enjoyed the Deathly Hallows: Part1. I thought, for me, it was the best of the Harry Potter films. Part 2isn't a horrible movie, it actually starts out with some really wellshot scenes. Nice pacing and a serious tone to what's being set up.I must say though that by the end of the film I felt very unsatisfied.I was told that the film was full of action and little else, but itsalmost like they decided to not put any heart or emotion into the film,while at the same time not really having all that much action in iteither.I was very very unhappy with how they portrayed the ending. Weak. Itstrayed from the book a good bit......and not for the better. I alsofound it quite odd with what they chose to spend lots of time on andwhat they decided to cut very short.The series is now over and it is what it is. I just wish they couldhave nailed the last piece.

joaotomas_10 2012-05-13 17:25:34

It's Official... Epic Movie, Epic Saga and Epic Goodbye

I'm out of words to describe this masterpiece.Sadly after 10 amazingyears we say goodbye to characters we have grown to love likerelatives.First of all I'd like to congratulate David Yates fordirecting this in the best possible way he could and for making one ofthe most spectacular finales ever seen on screen.Daniel,Rupert and Emmashine as always but Alan Rickman is very deserving of an Oscar for hisperformance which completely stole the show.The score is great,thescript is great (very good twists for those who didn't read all of thebooks) and the action scenes are fantastic. Overall this film created abar and reached it with great style and I think it could be capable ofgetting an Oscar nod for best picture and more than capable of being anunforgettable blockbuster.So to finish it all off I'd like to sayRon,Hermoine,Harry you will be missed.

kathiasousa 2012-05-13 11:24:02

A pathetic excuse for what should've been an epic movie

My husband and I compromised our integrity on the knowledge of the mostbeloved books of all time when David Yates took control of thefranchise, thereby effectively beginning its downfall.... however,rather than bore you with infinite details on how Yates manages to skipmost of the greatest bits and substitute them with paltry unnecessaryfigments of his own inexplicable, disconnected imagination, we're goingto stick to THIS PARTICULAR MOVIE.In what could have been Yates' greatest defining movie of his career,attain him a legendary status amongst the directoral elite, rake inbillions at the box office (true fans would have watched this no lessthan 20 times), he manages to leave us in the same state as the crowdin the great hall after what was supposed to be the greatest battle inwizarding history (and no one was there to witness it!)- Utterly Bored,disappointed and completely unaware of what had just happened! To befair - the movie-making, special effects, and storyline (althoughtwisted in the aforementioned imagination), seemed to be heading for anepic ending... up until the pensieve (the most powerful part of thebook- Snape's revelation) the incredibly romantic, highly emotionalstory created by Rowling was reduced to a slide-show of muffled voices,and disconnected scenes- mostly consisting of James and Lily! ... anddownhill it goes....Yates has flippantly undermined Neville's importance in the story byhaving him slit Nagini a new one by pure chance with no knowledge ofwhat he was doing- his speech was weak- - the speech he made toVoldemort sounded lamer than an Air Supply song,..as were a quite a fewother bits of dialog.... anyone catch the emotion between Harry andGinny-"Hello there"- alright?.... gonna die today are we?.... OK, gottarun!Yates' new inventions that would be well suited to other moviesinclude... 1- Prof. McGonagals "Lets lock the Slytherin students in thedungeons" - 2-Voldemort and Harry can now suddenly feel horcruxes beingdestroyed- never happened in the previous movies 3-The horcruxes arejust little objects that Voldemort thought of picking up in DiagonAlley on his way to lunch with the Malfoys, and now appear to have an"Accio Harry" effect and call out to him! Losers that gave this movie a10, read the books and join the true fan club- every horcrux had itsown tale and significance! Rowling spent 10 years of her life creatingthis world... Yates appeared to have planned the movies while on hislunch-break! 4- It's OK to ignore Harry and sip on a cup of Joe justafter the epic 'good over evil' battle. 5- Its more important that Ronand Hermione blush and hold hands than run to hug their friend who'sjust saved the entire wizarding universe. 6-Ol George (from Fred nGeorge) grew his ear back for this installment! wonder what that spellsounded like? 6-Its OK to snap the ELDER WAND with your bare hands andthrow it off a bridge- who's gonna fashion you a new one??? As I recallolivander and gregorovitch and are bit tied up these days... 7- Voldy'sbeen working out - you can tell by the way he suddenly wants to slapHarry and use physical strength rather than the magic he's mastered.100001 later, lets get back to some other weak points-Harry's mum displays all the emotions of a corpse (pride, joy, tearsfor the son who's done them proud...its all there, only its Siriuswho's more maternal)- Dumbeldore was unbelievable! Cocky, arrogant and incrediblyfrustrating, while the book portrays him as broken, embarrassed and soproud of Harry's bravery.. (instead we sat through- "k lightning-enough with the questions..gotta fade into oblivion, Yates budget onfireworks doesn't have any pennies left for my wages...")- No grand finale after Harry kills Voldy, no fireworks, nocelebrations, its like no-one's happy about it...potentially the mostemotional, tear jerking sequence, 10 years of this creation, but we'releft with faces that portray "ehhh, miss old Voldy already... bloodyharry... why'd you have to go do that now?" Seriously- watch the actorsfaces as he walks through the great hall!- Voldy and Ole Trixybells alone seem to have been made of weaker stuffthan the other death eaters and wizards as they exploded into confetti-last time Voldy did that, he came back! (thinking of your own sequelnow Yates?)- cant wait...Enough said... we'll end with the faint and distant hope that Rowlingawakes from the imperious curse and allows someone else to remake thesemovies capturing the integrity they deserve, until then .. once againto all those who gave this movie a 10, READ THE BOOKS NOW ... Or atleast get YATES to do it....

youngman44 2012-05-10 15:08:18

Simply The Best

Far and away the best film of the series. Very emotional and moving -great action; tension; and a phenomenally well done ending. Very, verysatisfying in spite of the melancholy of the fact that a movie seriesmany fans have followed faithfully for the past 10 years. I was not a fan of the early movies but went to all of them anywayssimply because my kids enjoyed them so much - they ostensibly grew upat similar ages as the Potter - and had read every book. The films have generally improved but there is no doubt this last filmwas great. Unlike the other films, part 2 of the deathly hallows wasactually, in my view, better than the last half of the book. I foundthe action in the book difficult to follow and maintain coherency.Perhaps it is that fast paced and complex action is easier seen on thescreen than penned on the page. Nevertheless, this is head and shoulders the best of all eight Potterfilms. It brings to a close what is, really, a very powerful culturalphenomena in western society. The themes of redemption; of imperfection of characters; of love; ofjustice; and self-sacrifice all play a part. I felt that Rowling hadmade the teen characters too foolishly flawed and emotional - far morethan many are at that age. But this particular film - while notneglecting that feature - presented the characters in a stronger light.Especially Harry. Well done Daniel Radcliffe.

Alise_shenle 2012-05-10 00:51:16

Exciting but Hilarious in a bad way

So the effects were spectacular--come on, we've all fantasized abouthow Hogwarts would be torn apart, haha, and how the stone soldiers willfight giants. But it was really funny in an unintended way. 1. MoldyVoldy seems to be a weak doddering old man, with no menacing air atall. 2. Snape makes me want to fall asleep as he talks to s-l-o-w-l-y.But he looked quite handsome when he's in love with Lily Potter, and asa kid. Hehe once in his lifetime probably. 3. Dumbledore looked evil 4.Harry suddenly became really pro at dueling. 5. Ron is a idiot who juststates the really obvious 6. Hermione becomes dumber after just onekiss from Ron. 7. Neville suddenly become a hero that always carry hissword around. 8. Prof McGonagall rocks. The funny parts: When Voldykill Harry, he purposely drag out the "AVAHDAR KEDAVRA" which he thinkssounds epic but which really sounds hilarious. Bad dialogue. Voldy:"the boy who lived..." no longer? Harry: "You-know-who" sucked? Yeah,he sucked. Funny images including baby Harry with the weird lightningscar. When Voldy laughed and kept on repeating Harry Potter's death.seriously the whole cinema laughed. When the death eaters storm intoHogwarts with Harry and giants roll off the cliff--OMG those dumbgiants were farming and then they're too fat and roll off, HAHA. WhenNeville woke up admist the fighting and he looked dazed, really funny.The giant protective sphere being attacked by "fireworks"--looked likesperms attacking an egg lol. I guess some people will cry becausethey're sentimental, but to me and my friends, it is just hilariouslyfunny. I love Harry Potter, but to me this seems more like a TV finalepisode than a stand alone movie.