The Boy Who Lived... Returns To Cast One Last Spell in Messy Potter Flick

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2011)

It seems like only yesterday that the first Harry Potter flick, "The Sorcerer's Stone" was having it's first TV spot on Nickelodeon after an episode of "Spongebob Squarepants". But like many kids of my generation perhaps we don't actually remember that happening but I wouldn't be surprised if it did.
After almost a decade of "He Who Shall Not Be Named", Dementors, new characters and different directors, it seems that everybody's favorite wizard will finally cast his final spell for the last time as the Harry Potter phenomenon comes to a close. In "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2", Harry, Ron and Hermoine are on their final search to find the last remaining Horcruxes created by none other than Voldermort, in order to stop him from continuing destruction in the Wizarding World.
After breaking into Gringott's Bank in the beginning of the flick, Harry, Ron and Hermoine set out to return to Hogwarts to battle it out and retain a Horcrux that apparently is hidden within the school. The trio return to the school, finding out now that Snape is the Headmaster of Hogwarts who after finding out Harry has returned, sets out to warn Voldermort. Soon, the battle between Voldermort's followers known as Death Eaters and the students & staff at Hogwarts begins. What starts out promising, is too fast paced for it's own good.
The film partially moves from one scene to another, practically going from Harry to searching for a Horcrux, to Voldermort, to a battle scene, to Harry again. What was suppose to be the Battle of Hogwarts turned out to be nothing but a disappointment. The battle moves on too quickly and just skips straight to the next scene and so forth. You hardly see any teacher or any student battle it out with a Death Eater. Mostly, their seen running away. Because of it's too fast pacing, the film hardly gets any deserving moments that it rightfully deserves.
The film is mostly covered up with humor which to me, is the second film in the Potter series to do so other than "Order of the Pheonix". The humor isn't bad, but it seems that the only purpose of this film was to take it into a much lesser dramatic approach than the previous installments and make it more funny.
Potter fans won't seem too disappointed in their favorite hero since the film practically ends on a good high note, but what seemed on like a thrilling adventure during it's TV advertisements, "Deathly Hallows-Part 2" moves on too fast and hardly matches the sense of deathly adventure that "Deathly Hallows-Part 1" had. It's pacing is quick, it's timing is limited and the story is told too rapidly. I won't lie and say I didn't enjoy the movie but I felt it skipped all the important elements of the book and just went straight to a high end screeching road. I am astonished that this is the best reviewed Potter film in the series and all I can say is; how can it not?
"Deathly Hallows-Part 2" is the shortest flick in the series and also the poorest by director David Yates who did a wonderful job with "Deathly Hallows-Part 1", the only film I think Yates did any justice to. though some great things that happen in the film are the break in at Gringott's Bank, the search for the Horcrux, Nevil Longbottom's sudden heroism (he practically shines in this movie) and Harry's suspenseful near de... well I won't spoil that. The film will leave you to tears so I suggest you take a box of tissues because it seems that Harry's journey has finally come to a close... rather too quickly.