Well...Good but not Epic...Could have been longer and better

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2011)

I went to see Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with my 13 year old nephew. We have read all books and seen all movies. We fall into the hardcore 'Harry Potter' 'J K Rowling' fan category :) And given the fact how good the first part of Deathly Hallows was, we had very high expectations from the second part. But after seeing the movie we both were a bit disappointed and a lot unsatisfied.
Initial part of the movie was good, the director stuck to the book in most parts. But the later part and the most crucial part of not only the movie but the entire Harry Potter series was disappointing. The battle in Hogwarts was not epic at all and I mean at all.
Unless I give few details I can't justify why I was disappointed with the movie. So here are few spoilers...
****Spoilers*** The movie should have featured Hogwarts battle in more details. I was utterly disappointed with not showing following parts: 1. Fred's battle scene and how he dies. I didn't understand why this part was not in the movie 2. Harry and Luna's battle in Ravenclaw common room 3. Details from Snape's memories. Come on, Snape's secret I feel is one of the most important plots of the whole series. 4. Harry mending his wand using Elder wand. Why show him break the elder wand. Really??
I was also disappointed with Harry's dual with Voldemort and the way they have shown Voldemort's end.
End of ****Spoilers***
But again, we had read the book and went to see the movie with an expectation to see, if not all but most of the spectacular plots from the book. I always felt that for people who had read Harry Potter books before seeing the movies, it was always like a curse. You expect too much and get out of the theater a tad unsatisfied.
All in all a good attempt but as I said earlier not Epic. Could have been better, much better actually! But past 10-11 years were really good years of my life. There was always a harry Potter book or movie to look forward to :)