This movie in one word

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2011)

Throughout the series every movie had something missing. Of course every movie had parts that were cut because they simple didn't have time to show everything. All of that has always bugged me until this. This movie was everything the book couldn't be. While it did have to cut out parts that really were important, it said everything it had to say. It finished everything that had to be finished. This movie tied up all the loose ends and it did this with a flourish. The action was at the amazing pace that only that 8th instalment of a long series could provide (without disregarding the story). Still a two hour movie of just thrills would have been a bit too much and it certainly provided some breaks. Emotional scenes, like Neville coming full circle, showed that as much as the series was about magic none of us could wield, it was also about character that the best of us could aspire to. It was breathtaking. It was triumphant. It was to the fans, to the books, to Harry Potter and all the faithful at Hogwarts: Justice.