[SPOILER]
Director: David Yates
Writer: J.K Rowling
Released: 2011
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Not a moment to rest! This really is a second part, as in, it can’t really stand alone. If you consider it as a film separate to the first, you may feel exhausted by the constant running and relentless fighting. However, it really is more that that. It is the final of a ten year long series and the conclusion to the first Deathly Hallows.
It’s less mystery and more confrontation. We discover who really is on the bad side and who was betrayed by who. Snape is not who he said he was and does not actually work for the nose-less Voldemort, but the late Dumbledore who apparently had a plan all along to raise Harry to fight he who everybody had feared since Potter arrived. Wow! So it really is the end. No more questions and a whole lot of wand-throwing and Star Wars-like action!
The final scene is cringe-worthy… I really don’t think it was necessary to show the next generation of the three characters. The best ending would have been where Harry, Hermione and Ron walk away from the ruins of Hogworts… not the barely-old-enough-to-have-children threesome back at the station… It’s too unbelievable-a little facial hair and older clothing doesn’t add ten years, I’m afraid. Also, the part where Harry dies and goes to a heaven-like state did not quite sit quite right with me either. Or perhaps I’m just not into the sappy, sentimental shenanigans…. However, I am not disappointed. Because it is the second of two parts; not an isolated film.
Helena Bonham-Carter’s performance made it exponentially awesome – as per usual – playing Bellatrix who is a manically dangerous but feminine killer. So cool. This film is just as dark as the previous, but more of an action than a mystery with the equally fantastic cast and crew who have created another whopper. Technically incredible, of course.
It’s an end of an era, and for the people who were young enough and old enough to grow up with these characters I’m sure you’ll feel a weird sadness now that the series has ended, too.
A great finale, nevertheless.
Connie’s rating: 7.6/10
Thanks, enjoyed reading that. Yep, good films alright. But for me, everything is based on Star Wars in the Harry Potter series.
Harry is Luke Skywalker, we can see who Darth Vader is, instead of learning a light sabre, Harry learns to use a magic wand. Instead of a speeder, he drives a broom stick….
Harry Potter is Star Wars.
Well, that’s my rant of the day.
Great reviews.
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Thank you for visiting and for your comments. Just to remind you in New Zealand, we write with British-English, not American-English (colour, not color).
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Connie
I have never thought about this issue that way and you really made it more clear to me.