Anything-But Hallow

Rating: 8/10 (3 March 2013)

It's well known in my small circle that I'm not an overall fan of the Harry Potter seriesbut damn, what a great finale.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Deux, or HP7b, was not just fun, exciting and adventurous, but it was a wonderfully written and tight conclusion wrapping up multiples of story lines without over doing it. It's for die-hard fans to pinpoint all the singular references from the previous seven movies. (It helps me that, instead of waiting the year – or in some cases, TWO – in between, I watched them all within 9 days. Yeah, even I had a day off in between)
The revolutions in this, including some major character's motivations, were enjoyable and it was nice to finally get the answersespecially after having to sit through an astounding 1,178 minutes of film to get to a conclusion that was foretold from all-but minute one.
Basically, I've already given the synopsis, but with more clarity: it's the final (and thoroughly EXCITING) battle between No-Nose and Harry Potter, the boy that livedthrough their first meeting 16 years prior. There will be destruction. There will be deaths. There will be blood. And mercifully, no one spoiled who died, or when, but I actually expected more deaths from more significant characters.
In fact, as spoiler free as people were courteous to be, the way they ranted about the deaths in Deathly Hallows, I had it narrowed down to one of two (of the countless) main characters who were going to kick the wicked bucket. I was wrong.
At any rate, I had a ball. It certainly was one of the best (and thankfully, was the shortest) of all Harry Potter movies, although if I were to rank them, it would go something like this:
1. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
5. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
7. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Well that concludes, and probably for good, my Harry Potter journey. As much as I complained (okay, RAGED) through some, as much as I got excited in other parts, I did have fun and will be happy I got through all 19½ hours to say, once and for all: I do have an open mind to all cinema. Even ones that aren't typically my cup of British Tea.
Cheers!