Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Review

starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes
director: David Yates

The end of one of my most favorite stories has ended with this concluding Harry Potter film. I am sad to see that there will no longer be anymore Harry Potter movies to gleefully wait for, however, I am happy to have been raised with the movies being only about a year older than Daniel Radcliffe. I read all of the books, so I already knew what was going to happen, but I was still almost in tears at about 10 different parts of the movie. I definitely loved this movie and I think that this one was the best Harry Potter movie since the first 3 were made for many reasons.

One reason I thought it was one of the best Harry Potter films was because the movie stopped dumbing down the audience. In my opinion, movies 5-6 went a different direction and focused more on trying to educate the viewers on the wizarding world, the characters, and wizard dialogue rather than just tell the story at face value like The Lord of the Rings movies had done. They should have just spoke and talked about things in the wizarding world like it was normal and the viewer (mostly having read the books themselves) would have picked up on it instantly, or after watching it multiple times. In The Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2, they through all of that away and just spoke and went on with the movie like it was all normal and the story was told the way it is supposed to be told, which is why I really loved this movie.

My second reason was that the filmmakers seemed to go back to the Harry Potter roots and had more 'emotional' scenes. Like the scene at the beginning of the film with Head Master Snape overlooking the students of Hogwarts as they were entering the castle while a deep ballad was playing in the background. The theme of darkness survived the entirety of the movie, which I thought was perfect for what was to come.

Although I thoroughly loved this movie, I was disappointed that we didn't really get to see Fred & George Weasley, Tonks & Remus, and some of the other Order fight during the big battle at Hogwarts. I would have loved to see them in their time of glory, especially since their fate was tragic. Also, John "Dawlish" Noe predicted a huge part in the final Harry Potter book which translated onto the movies where Professor Minerva McGonagall used a spell to summon most of the statues of Hogwarts to 'come alive' to defend and protect its home from the evil threat of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters, and the rest of his army.

A beautiful way to end the book was also the best way to end the film series. 19 Years Later you see the Trio, Draco, and Ginny all sending their own children off to Hogwarts for the first time. I thought it was a real touching sequence after the violence and chaos that was previously shown. It was wonderful to see them grown up with the wizarding world back to 'normal' like it was when Harry first got on the Hogwarts Express via platform nine and three quarters.