Happy Birthday Harry & Goodbye (screen)

Rating: 7/10 (31 July 2011)

It's 31 July so it's time to say it, above all it's will be the last opportunity: From now, that's it: no more movies to wait for.
For this last movie, I could copy and paste my review from the previous movie: no introduction for beginners, the movie sticks to the book and it's beautifully designed with an amazing cast that we liked to see get mature.
However, the final isn't really moving: my best feeling was to watch Hogwart on a big screen and on 3D. Having played the games and thus run for hours in Hogwart, it was like visiting my old school again.
In addition, there are also big flaws as well: first of all, the score is a pity: Going from John Williams to Desplat makes a lot of magic disappear. The score pushes no moments and all the drama falls simply flat.
Thus, either it's Yates who is a poor director, either it's the screenplay itself that is badly written. I don't know. But here are my arguments:

When Harry leaves for the old forest, he has no words for Ron...

When he meets there his parents, there is no effusion or great lines ...

After the victory, he is like a ghost because no one pays attention to him...

When he breaks the stick, he should have throw both sides of the bridge instead of using only one.

And I think Voldemort was killed by himself with his spell bouncing back at him (as in his parent's killings) but watching the movie, it isn't clear.
Well, my point is to say that a scene can shot on a lot of ways but with Yates, it's always the one with less emphasis that is chosen.
Now, at last, i will wait the special collector DVD set to watch the entire story because I have only seen 5 movies so far (stone, chamber, goblet, and the two hallows).
And maybe, in 19 years, they will shot again the ending with this same cast: HP was as much important for them than for us thus it will be an happy reunion...(But Emma had a good point: for them, before this fantastic childhood, they were like their children and in a way, this last scene was like a circle completed!)
For now, if you are in need of more Potter, i recommend you the excellent HP Wizardry, a brilliantly lavished book about all those adaptations !
"All is fine"....