Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 [M]

After all this time, after all that has happened, it has come down to this: Harry Potter against the Dark Lord Voldemort. After escaping the clutches of the Death Eaters that inhabit Malfoy Manor, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are back on track; hunting down the Horcruxes and destroying each one, thereby making Voldemort more and more vulnerable. But something has happened. Voldemort has become wise to their plan and now speed is of the utmost importance. But with three more to find, the heroes are running out of time. 

…IT ALL ENDS… 

That is the three-word slogan that now sends shivers of anticipation and excitement down the spines of every Harry Potter fan. For me, at around 3 o’clock this afternoon, it all ended. Yes, I have just returned from a stifling warm cinema and am now slowly coming to grips with the fact that it’s the end of an era. 

After all this time, after all that has happened, it has come down to this: Harry Potter against the Dark Lord Voldemort. After escaping the clutches of the Death Eaters that inhabit Malfoy Manor, Harry, Ron, and Hermione are back on track; hunting down Horcruxes and destroying each one, thereby making Voldemort more and more vulnerable. But something has happened, something very bad indeed. Voldemort has become wise to their plan and now speed is of the utmost importance. But with three more Horcruxes to find, the heroes are running out of time. 

I walked into that stifling warm cinema ready. I had read the books time and time again. I had grown up with these characters. And I was prepared to accept the devastating emotional blows that this final film in the Harry Potter saga would strike. I still broke and cried and sat trembling in my seat, letting the tears run freely down my face, showing my loyalty and love towards these characters. In comparison to Deathly Hallows Part 1, Deathly Hallows Part 2 is nothing but action, action, action. Having said that, that’s the way the book is written, the first half is all travel and wondering and planning, and then the second half is where everything just rapidly comes together, making this movie, as well as its predecessor (as I’ve mentioned before), the films truest to the book. 

For me, all the actors really proved themselves in Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the final chance for the talented people in the special effects and art departments to show what they can do. The entire movie is complete chaos and between the eerie enchantment of the ghosts and the amazing battle sequences, there is hardly ever a moment to breathe. It’s bloody fantastic! 

For those who have read the final book and were enraged, as I was about the ending, that ending is used to a much nicer effect in the film. In my review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I did say that the ending was much better suited for screen rather than page. 

Starring Daniel Radcliffe Rupert Grint, Emma Watston, Robbie Coltrane, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, Mark Williams, Julie Walters, Helena Bonham Carter, David Bradley, Warwick Davis, Tom Felton, Evanna Lynch, Clemence Poesy,  John Hurt, and Jason Isaacs, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is filled with chaos, battles, bloodshed, death, amazing special effects, drama, romance, and a few healthy doses of comedy, and is an amazing film and a really lovely way to bring a phenomenon that has strongly influenced so many children, adolescents, and adults, to an end.