Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (Fan Review)

Anybody who's anybody and calls themselves a true Harry Potter fan (and was somehow able to get tickets despite the hoards of people) went to see the final film, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows part 2 today. So did I and my friends, we actually had to book tickets using a credit card for the first time ever, but that's not the important part.

The important part is that this movie IS worth the one year wait we had to endure. Honestly speaking both parts could have been one entire movie and nobody would have noticed. A word to the few who haven't seen any of the previous movies, WATCH THEM. This this one is no sequel. It has no recaps, no flashbacks and certainly no easily visible explanation for the acts committed and deeds done by either the protagonists or the antagonists and the montage where you get to see parts of the journey which the trio commenced on all those years ago? Well it's there to tell you the truth but it's been integrated into the actual story by originally the author herself and now expanded upon by Warner Bros. (anybody who's seen previous movies will recognize various set pieces used in them).

Now, like one of the major complaints against Warner Bros. was the rampant deviation from the actual plot of the book to fit into a tiny 2-3 hour time-frame and I must say, it does come back to bite them in their posterior one or two times in this one. Now although it’s a known fact that there are deviations in the actual plot from the book, I would say that it (I can’t even believe they pulled it off considering it was thought of as impossible till as recently as one week ago) really makes the experience all the better (Especially the final fight)! Maybe it’s because that unlike the books which require readers to have quite an imagination, the movies are visual media.

Now going on towards the movie itself, it was edge-of-your-seat to say the least with almost every character being portrayed as the BADASS (s)he is! The story if not very clear for beginners, flows smoothly and each and every character is chalked out pretty accurately. Special mention goes to Ralph Fiennes whose portrayal of Lord Voldemort is worthy of the highest praise for he manages to accurately read a character whose true personality was a mystery to all except The Boy Who Lived and Dumbledore himself. The slight manic disposition coupled with that sense of insecurity of the antagonist induced by the discovery of the true intentions of his adversary is nicely portrayed by Fiennes. And Radcliffe? A boy who rises to the occasion, faces his fears and uncertainties in the hour of need and overcomes them to accomplish the greatest feat of heroism the world has ever known, can it be said in any other way?

With all that said and done, I still say the movie could’ve have been a whole lot better, but only because there’s ALWAYS room for betterment no matter what you do!