Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

• Year: 2011
• Released: 15 Jul 2011
• Country: United Kingdom, United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 46 wins & 94 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201607/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Part_2
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2
• Available in: 3D, 720p, 1080p
• Language: English, Latin
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
• Runtime: 130 min
• Writer: Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling
• Director: David Yates
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
• Keywords: magic, school, based on young adult novel, wizard, self sacrifice,

	8.1/10
	85/100
	96% – Critics
	89% – Audience

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Storyline

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) continue to find the rest of Voldemort’s (Ralph Fiennes’) Horcruxes, until Harry discovers that one is at Hogwarts, they flee there as soon as possible, but Voldemort instantly finds out about their mission. The battle is drawn at Hogwarts as many people fight to protect Harry. Harry then realizes that people are dying constantly for his mistakes and then eventually fights Voldemort for the last time. Along the way, crucial secrets are unravelled, and the mysterious, but legendary, Deathly Hallows reappear.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 Movie Reviews

Gives meaning to the phrase, save the best until last

I have enjoyed all the films and love the books, and after how much I loved Deathly Hallows Part 1 this entry, continuing from exactly where the previous film left off, had a lot to live up to. It is less faithful to the mammoth but very interesting and wonderful book than its predecessor. However I found this, apart from one or two disjointed parts where you could tell that details had been left out and the arrival in Hogsmede and the duel between Mrs Weasley and Bellatrix seemed a little rushed, had more flow, was better paced and had more coherent storytelling and less of admiring the scenery than the previous entries.

What stood out for me was not only the darkness of it, particularly the last thirty minutes or so which was a tad anti-climatic but very intense too and also Snape’s death, but also the emotional impact. Gringotts(especially for the effects, the dragon being the standout), the moving Ressurrection stone sequence and Harry’s final scene with Dumbedore were very well done, but my favourite was the Snape’s memory sequence, which was beautifully done and quite poignant. Not only that, it’s my favourite Harry Potter scene alongside the Three Brothers animated sequence and the Cave Scene. The 19 Years Later scene was quite affectionate as well, with the use of the original music and all.

Once again, the production values are impeccable. The effects, apart from the odd ropey one in the Room of Requirement scene and Bellatrix’s death, are excellent particularly at Gringotts, while the scenery and cinematography are magical with a touch of austerity too, and David Yates delivers his best directing job. There’s also my favourite of Alexandre Desplat’s scores, I loved his ones for Girl with a Pearl Earring and The King’s Speech, the score was also one of the few good points about Twilight:New Moon and I found his score for the previous part very effective. What I loved though about this score was not just how beautiful, haunting and how incredibly melancholic it was, but also how much it enhanced the drama.

The script is very good a vast majority of the time, doing a noble attempt to stick to the spirit of the book. The humour is less stilted and corny than I can find it to be, and when the tone is tense and poignant the writing does an above decent job reflecting that. The pacing is never dull, if deliberately less rushed(Goblet of Fire) or glacial(Deathly Hallows Part 1) as some of the other entries, and the storytelling is always interesting and compelling while never convoluted.

The acting is very good. Rupert Grint is great as he consistently is, Emma Watson while not quite as good as she was in Deathly Hallows Part 1 gives one of her better performances of the series, Maggie Smith and John Hurt are always good value and while I didn’t find him easy to warm to at first until Half-Blood Prince in his brief but relevant appearance Michael Gambon is also good. Helena Bonham-Carter, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane and Tom Felton while neither are at their best here bring a pleasing sheen to the film. Three actors in particular I found stood out and gave their best performances of the series. One is Daniel Radcliffe, at first I found him likable yet wooden with some questionable delivery, however overtime I think he’s grown with more emotional range than usual. Two is Alan Rickman, while I have considered him one of the more consistent actors of this series him and the character of Snape really shine here, Rickman is especially good in the Snape’s memory sequence. Three is Ralph Fiennes, I think it helps that like Snape Voldemort is given more scope here, that said Fiennes is appropriately sinister in the role and certainly looks the part.

In conclusion, a wonderful film and for me the best of the series. And I still stand by my initial feeling that it was better filming the book as two movies, it would’ve have felt far too rushed as one. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Hogwarts Kids Are True To Their School

Watching Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part 2 put me in mind of the old Beach Boys song about Be True To Your School. What these kids go through for the Alma Mater is definitely above and beyond for most of us, but all in a day’s work for young wizards.

At the end of Part 1, there’s been a hostile takeover at Hogwarts Academy with perennial villain Alan Rickman the new headmaster. Michael Gambon has been killed and Daniel Radcliffe as protagonist Harry Potter along with two trusty sidekicks Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are in exile and seeking a way for an academic counterrevolution. That they succeed can be told to you by any of the millions of readers of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, but with a lot of interesting plot twists in which young Radcliffe learns a lot about himself and the very definite purpose he’s been put on earth for.

Though with the huge readership worldwide that the Harry Potter books enjoy, the only real criticism I can level at this or at most of the other films is that you really have to be immersed in Potter lore to know exactly what’s going on. And that’s bad if you missed a couple of the films when they were out as I did and still haven’t made them up as yet.

J.K. Rowling ended her series and this should end the series with public acclaim intact and fan base satisfied. For myself even with some problems following it every now and then I enjoyed this and the other films of the series. Harry Potter is a real hero who doesn’t use just magic, but uses his head to get out of troublesome situations. Poor Daniel Radcliffe though, he’ll be lucky if he ever gets another role like this one.

Passable conclusion to a largely disappointing series

Well, it’s better than the four films that preceded it and also an improvement on J. K. Rowling’s novel, so this final instalment in the HARRY POTTER series is doing something right. After an awfully po-faced and mock-serious opening, this film soon settles down by concentrating on sheer spectacle – and when it comes to on-screen magical mayhem and destruction, even director David Yates can’t mess it up.

The film is split into two halves, the first focusing on the set-up to the final battle between the forces of good and evil. This section slightly improves on what’s come before, although there’s still an unwelcome reliance on needless flashbacks and over-complicated scripting. Radcliffe isn’t bad, but both Grint and Watson are on autopilot and their supposed chemistry is non-existent, making any romance scenes a real laugh. The good news is that Alan Rickman gets (slightly) more screen time than before, although there’s so much happening that nobody else does.

The second half is all about the special effects, and splendid they are too. The story isn’t so great, but I can ignore that for the sheer energy that’s gone into bringing the climax to life – an energy notably missing from most of the series. There are still glaring flaws – like the cheat ending, which doesn’t follow through with necessary consequences and instead follows Rowling’s embarrassing insistence in protecting her little darlings. Just this once, I wish they’d changed it from the book.