Excellent!

Rating: 9/10 (8 August 2014)

Wow. This movie was incredible. It is one part of the finale, yes, but that only means that they can pack even more storyline into the two-and-a-half hour movie. No, it's not as wondrous as the others, but that's because it's 'all grown up,' as it were. WARNING: Spoilers follow.
In this movie, Harry, Ron, and Hermione go on the quest that they've been unknowingly preparing for since their first year at Hogwarts: to find the rest of Voldemort's Horcruxes, items that make him immortal, and destroy them. The movie opens very bleakly, with the trio preparing for the grim journey, either forlornly watching the sunset, watching the Dursleys packing up and leaving for good, or wiping their parents' memories so that they'll never know if they never come back. Things quickly turn for the worse when Voldemort takes over the Ministry of Magic and wraps his fist around every aspect of the lives of England's Wizarding folk.
This is definitely a movie that'll keep you in your seat. What impressed me the most about it was its loyalty to the book. Because they split the movie into two parts, they were able to do the seventh book almost literally. There is nothing left out. It has the same feel as the book did, and I felt like I was reading it again.
The mood that this movie captured was that of oppression and fear. Voldemort attains more and more power in your mind as you watch, turning himself into this force of nature that the heroes only have the gloomiest hope of defeating. He's everywhere – in the Death Eaters that fly openly across the sky, forcing the trio to hide; in the Snatchers that roam the woods looking for truants; in the radio stations that constantly broadcast the extensive lists of missing persons. The actors and the atmosphere the cinematography creates expertly throw the heavy mood of war on your shoulders.
Don't think that this movie is all gloom and doom, though. In every time I've seen it, there's out- loud laughter in the audience. It's all a strange mix. There's a convoluted heist; tense, epic battles; funny, awkward moments; spots that make you jump and a tear-jerking ending that leaves you groaning when the credits roll— not to mention an enormous cast of villains sporting propaganda, murder, coercion, and lies that make you want to break something.