Harry Potter

Theater Worthy

This rating kind of goes without saying. I loved the movie. I delayed going to see it a few days just because I didn't want it to be over. It was a great decision to split the last book. This movie was all the exciting parts of the last book. And they did a wonderful job of highlighting every climatic moment. I guess in a way it will never really be over. These movies will stand out in history. And even though I don't like watching movies more than once, every HP movie is good enough to be seen over and over again. What an epic journey. All I can say is, if you haven't seen it yet, go. If you haven't been keeping up on the series, catch up.  It is worth your time. It is amazing how true to the books they managed to stay

Well I don't know how many people have been reading about this epic movie series but certainly a lot has been written. I can't believe it has been ten years. That makes me feel a little old. But it was fun growing up on such a great story. I actually thought I would cry during the movie. I didn't wear mascara just in case. But they handled the deaths really well. They managed to keep some light moments along the way. I love a little humor in dark movies. The point was that these people could find hope when others failed, and the movie stayed true to that feeling.

It was interesting that Voldemort had such a large following when Harry had so few loyal to him. Surely there was a large amount of wizards that just decided to sit it out. Fear was enough to weaken the force of good. I really liked how they highlighted Neville in the movie. Since he could have also been the "chosen one" if Voldemort had tried to kill him instead of Harry, it was nice to see that he would have been strong in the face of Voldemort's siege.

They handled the major scenes so well, the white train station with Dumbledore was straight out of the book. The battle scenes were also exceptional, although I would have been satisfied if Bellatrix had suffered a little more.  A friend who didn't read the books was disappointed that Harry didn't deal a final, satisfying  blow to kill Voldemort. I liked that Voldemort was destroyed by his own pride. Harry didn't become a killer even for him.

I am glad to see that Emma Watson is moving on with her career. I am also in love with her hair and her decision to cute it to break her type cast mold, rather than going crazy like the Disney kids. I am excited to see her future movies and hope the other cast members can keep successful careers. I also loved Helena Bonham Carter. I always think she is amazing, she is great to hate as Bellatrix, but what was amazing is when she is playing Hermione after she drank the potion. She was so timid and felt awkward. She is so good.

I am still sad it is over, but what a great series! I can't wait to watch it again, and see how cute those kids were in the first one. I am so glad they were able to keep the whole cast for all of the movies, aside from, tragically, Dumbledore. What a wonderful ten years it has been with you Harry, Ron, and Hermione.