Alright so if you don't know the basic premise of Harry Potter then you must have been living underneath a sound proof rock for the last 9-10 years. So that being said i am just going to get right into it:
- I read the book, it was good.
- The acting was pretty good, but then, the franchise has always had a strong supporting cast and decent leads.
- The movie would have been even better in 3D, but it was real enough for me in 2D. Call me old fashioned but c'mon, does everything have to be seen in 3D? Haha.
- It's quite amazing watching it, you see Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson (Harry, Ron, Hermione) grow up through out the movies, it makes the whole franchise far more... Well, credible? Yeah i'm going to go with credible even though that isn't really the word i was looking for.
Now, i didn't have much i didn't like about the movie. It was pretty solid. But if i had to say one thing it would be that the dialogue wasn't always believable. But i say 'wasn't always' because honestly it was believable 99% of the time so it's really a pretty small gripe.
I think that the effects were good, the snake was especially well crafted. I hate snakes. Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) had great make up and effects put into him and i think i liked his scenes the best ( seriously- best part of the movie).
As for favourite characters:? Well now that i have seen all of the movie's i can safely say that i have 4: Neville (Matthew Lewis), Seamus (Devon Murray), Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) and Voldemort. Yes they are not featured as much as the 3 main stars but they were, well, great. Neville only made it on to my favourites because of this last movie- i always liked Seamus though. Bellatrix is mostly because Bonham-Carter is so insanely good as her that i am practically forced to think see is the best acted character in the whole series. And as for Voldemort? I always barrack for the villain. I have no idea why.
Close runners up include: Proffesor McGonagall (the great Maggie Smith) and Snape (the totally awesome Alan Rickman). Freakin awesome, seriously these two have always been in the franchise and managed to spark up even some of the lesser efforts (Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the phoenix).
4/5. Great flick. My Mum would see it again (she dragged me there, i honestly could have waited) i wanted to see Horrible Bosses or Bad Teacher. Ah well, this was cool anyway. :)
"The Boy who Lived, come to die" Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2
(This is hard for me to admit but i was shaking throughout the movie because it was so good, not just because the theatre was cold.)
The issues I had with this movie were mainly with the storyline and direction. I don't think enough attention was given to the hallows (particularly the invisibility cloak) - had I not read the books, I don't think I would have understood that Harry was the true owner of all the hallows, because they barely mentioned that harry already owned the cloak.
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