Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

How To Put A Good End To A Series

This was a moment many people my age had been either waiting for, or dreading. This was the last installment to the Harry Potter film series, based off the last book of the book series. Harry Potter is a name that will be remembered about as fondly as Frodo Baggins, Captain Ahab, or Quasimodo, although I must admit it is more of a generation thing. Even still, the movie itself proves to be a great way to end the series, giving it's audience just about everything they ask for.

Since Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 featured all of the aimless trekking through the woods, the second part focuses completely on the action. The movie refuses to really pull any punches, starting from about fifteen minutes in with a shocking scene of black-comedy, where a brain dead goblin is burned alive by a dragon. He is only the first one to die in this movie, and the death toll is far from small. Werewolves are disintegrated by a magic force field, death eaters either burn alive or fall to their deaths due to an exploding bridge, and let's just say a CGI snake gives us a scene that just barely evades an R rating.

But the film is more than just an action movie, giving us scenes of raw emotion. The woman I was sitting next to (a good friend of mine) was sobbing at one point, and just to prove I'm not heartless, the same scene made me cry too. I'd also be lying if I forget to mention the film has legitimately scary moments as well. Of course one of those moments was from a bit of symbolism near the end I personally feel could have been toned down a little. Of course, being mostly an action movie, the movie does wrap itself up in a way so you don't feel like you've been sitting down for over two hours, and for this type of movie, that is a very good thing.

Sure, as a big Potter fan, my judgement may not be as fair as someone who is not. But, as a Potter fan, I still recommend the book series more. The movie, like the first part, gets a solid 3 out of 5. It's a bit better than the first part, which is also a good movie, and it gives an end to the series with no major complains on my part.