Worthy

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2011)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II was in one word: awesome. First of all the cinematography, the visual effects and the directing was great. Second, the acting. Emma, Rupert and Daniel were once again great, and then yet again nothing special. It were the others that made it. Ralph Fiennes was the star, while he put down Lord Voldemort in a magnificent way. And frankly, it wasn't just him that set the tone, Alan Rickman was great (and interesting to see how Snape too has emotions), Maggie Smith was wonderful and didn't we all just love Matthew Lewis as Neville? Rarely have I seen a movie which was thrilling and seated me on the edge of my very uncomfortable cinema seat, from the very beginning. I must say I think it can be quite hard to act when 'under influence of' the Polyjuice potion, but I reckon that Helena Bonham Carter did a great job as pretending to be Hermione pretending to be Bellatrix.
Unfortunately there were some lows in this film too, for example a minor plot error occurred when Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the Room of Requirement with Neville. Cho was there, and I couldn't help but wonder, why? After all, she was a year older than Harry was, and should've had her NEWT's during Harry's sixth year. I was lightly disappointed that there were only hints given to Dumbledore's past, rather than telling the story itself. In my opinion, this story forms Albus and Aberforth in a way in which we missed out on in this film. Another low for me were the deaths of Bellatrix and Voldemort, shattering to pieces. To me, just plain dropping death would've been enough. I would've preferred seeing the film in 2D, rather than 3D, as I did. It didn't add anything special, instead it just tires your eyes. And lastly, I just didn't enjoy the epilogue. It was awkward, not just for the audience to watch, but also for the actors to play, or so it looked like on screen. Harry's little dialogue with his son made me, and others in the audience groan.
But to set this aside, David Yates has done a wonderful job, and the script was overall very well done. The film made you bite your nails and close your eyes in the most thrilling parts of the movie, and then yet again you burst out into laughter at some of those parts. I can honestly say, it was absolutely worthy of my time and money.