Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

2011 • 130 minutes

About this movie

The motion picture event of the generation comes to a close in the second part of the final chapter in the monumental Harry Potter series.Following 2010's first installment, the boy wizard's final adventure concludes with the climactic final battle between "The Boy Who Lived" and the Dark Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Making their final standup on the ramparts of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, HarryPotter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron and Hermione (Rupert Grint and Emma Watson) face their greatest foe and make the ultimate sacrifice on the landmark journey that bestselling author J.K. Rowling first undertook more than a decade ago.

Ratings and reviews

This movie is an amazing ending to the series. Alan Rickman and Ralph Fiennes gave stellar performances, as well as the trio. It's action packed and keeps you on the edge of your seat and takes you through several emotions throughout. The score and the battle scenes are truly great and there are scenes that are just how I would've pictured as I read. However, the only thing I wish was different was the "end of voldemort" scene; -spoiler-I wish it had followed the books because the book gave a perfect cinematic and dramatic ending, with everyone standing there while Harry talks down to Voldemort. And with Harry talking to the headmaster and mending his wand in the headmaster's office, as opposed to the semi-awkward last scene showing the trio. However I appreciate that most of this movie does stay pretty close to the book. Overall, great movie.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2, is definitely a 5 star story with a very talented 5 star cast who brought life to the characters and made the viewer feel as if a wonderful world of magic actually existed. I wasn't happy with some of the changes in the movie but the well written story and supurb acting allowed me to overlook the script add-ons. Unfortunately, the dark lighting made it difficult to fully experience, causing me to yank a star and give it a 4.

Too bad they couldn't afford proper lighting. About 1/4th of the movie was just murky black and the rest was still excessively dark. I know that they wanted a dark effect for the movie because the story has become very dark and disturbing by this point. But when you in the audience spend whole scenes unable to understand what is going on it really takes away from an otherwise very entertaining conclusion to a great series. I check other reviews and found that a lot of people have had the same reaction.