'The Boy who lived.... Come to Die'
Hogwarts is in flames, Students and Death eaters battle through the ancient halls and Harry Potter is ready for the final showdown with Lord Voldemort. After leaving off the first part with 3 of the Dark lords Horcruxes destroyed the heroic trio are left with the task of destroying the final 4 pieces of Voldemort's soul. From a daring bank heist atop a dragon from Gringotts to find another Horcrux, Harry believes another is hidden still at Hogwarts and so the group head back to a drastically changed castle under the control of none other than Severus Snape, who under the watchful eye of Voldemort has full control of the magical school of witchcraft and wizardry. Discovering Harry has returned Voldemort prepares his dark followers and takes flight for the final battle, while Professor McGongall, alongside the rest of the teachers and students of Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix ready themselves to stand between him and Harry. The race begins to make the Dark lord mortal and defeat him before he has the chance to completely destroy Harry and everyone he loves. It all ends here....
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint display the characters as they always do and it really wasn't going to change for the final chapter which in no way is a bad thing, while having some sour moments in previous entries in the final chapter its all or nothing and each of them when on screen give it their all to show the emotion of Harry, Ron and Hermoine finally finishing the fight against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Ralph Fiennes is once again superb in his portrayal of the deranged and sinister Dark lord, switching from hysterical vainglorious to rage-full hatred as the events of the film take place and Voldemort comes face to face with the boy who lived for a final time. While all the characters above pulled out all the stops the real emotion and power of the film came from the Good/Evil Severus Snape, who from Day one at Hogwarts shared a complicated relationship with Harry and when all the truths are finally revealed the character of Snape is seen in a completely different light forever, thanks to the amazing skills of Alan Rickman. All the supporting cast too, have their moments of brilliance with the stand outs being Matthew Lewis(Neville Longbottom), Maggie Smith(Professor McGonagall),Helena Bonham Carter(Bellatrix Lestrange) and of course Evanna Lynch(Luna Lovegood). In this film it really did tie together all the characters from over the years and showed why the franchise has become so well loved, through all the fantastic performances.
Now, like every potter i did find it lacking some of the small things which made me love the books but then these aren't the books. This film showed that it could fit all the key emotional and dramatic aspects of the book and still have time to fit in stunning visuals and cramming in the side stories of each character amidst all the tension of the fight against Voldemort. It managed to retain the slick humorous elements whilst keeping the overtly dark theme of the final closing chapter and actually leaved without giving a drawn out ending, focusing more on the story itself. For me like everyone of my age Harry Potter has been a major point of my childhood, after waiting for all the books and watching all the films and even to seeing them age and mature along with us, This is the end to a major motion picture phenomenon and it really is a film that has to be seen not for the least point that its just overall a brilliant film and it truly did go out with a bang and one final long awaited Expelliarmus.
9 / 10
FIN.
Hogwarts is in flames, Students and Death eaters battle through the ancient halls and Harry Potter is ready for the final showdown with Lord Voldemort. After leaving off the first part with 3 of the Dark lords Horcruxes destroyed the heroic trio are left with the task of destroying the final 4 pieces of Voldemort's soul. From a daring bank heist atop a dragon from Gringotts to find another Horcrux, Harry believes another is hidden still at Hogwarts and so the group head back to a drastically changed castle under the control of none other than Severus Snape, who under the watchful eye of Voldemort has full control of the magical school of witchcraft and wizardry. Discovering Harry has returned Voldemort prepares his dark followers and takes flight for the final battle, while Professor McGongall, alongside the rest of the teachers and students of Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix ready themselves to stand between him and Harry. The race begins to make the Dark lord mortal and defeat him before he has the chance to completely destroy Harry and everyone he loves. It all ends here....
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint display the characters as they always do and it really wasn't going to change for the final chapter which in no way is a bad thing, while having some sour moments in previous entries in the final chapter its all or nothing and each of them when on screen give it their all to show the emotion of Harry, Ron and Hermoine finally finishing the fight against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. Ralph Fiennes is once again superb in his portrayal of the deranged and sinister Dark lord, switching from hysterical vainglorious to rage-full hatred as the events of the film take place and Voldemort comes face to face with the boy who lived for a final time. While all the characters above pulled out all the stops the real emotion and power of the film came from the Good/Evil Severus Snape, who from Day one at Hogwarts shared a complicated relationship with Harry and when all the truths are finally revealed the character of Snape is seen in a completely different light forever, thanks to the amazing skills of Alan Rickman. All the supporting cast too, have their moments of brilliance with the stand outs being Matthew Lewis(Neville Longbottom), Maggie Smith(Professor McGonagall),Helena Bonham Carter(Bellatrix Lestrange) and of course Evanna Lynch(Luna Lovegood). In this film it really did tie together all the characters from over the years and showed why the franchise has become so well loved, through all the fantastic performances.
Now, like every potter i did find it lacking some of the small things which made me love the books but then these aren't the books. This film showed that it could fit all the key emotional and dramatic aspects of the book and still have time to fit in stunning visuals and cramming in the side stories of each character amidst all the tension of the fight against Voldemort. It managed to retain the slick humorous elements whilst keeping the overtly dark theme of the final closing chapter and actually leaved without giving a drawn out ending, focusing more on the story itself. For me like everyone of my age Harry Potter has been a major point of my childhood, after waiting for all the books and watching all the films and even to seeing them age and mature along with us, This is the end to a major motion picture phenomenon and it really is a film that has to be seen not for the least point that its just overall a brilliant film and it truly did go out with a bang and one final long awaited Expelliarmus.
9 / 10
FIN.
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