Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
To say that I was excited to watch the final Harry Potter movie is an understatement. I was really, really, really, really looking forward to seeing the movie that I traveled for 2 hours from my home in Cavite to Makati the watch the film by myself. I don’t mind going to a theater and watching a movie alone. Sometimes I think it’s a whole lot better just going there by myself because I get to immerse myself in what I’m watching. (Note: I was in the Philippines last week because my grandmother died. I only came back to Dubai last night).
So going back to the movie. Hmmm. Where to start?
Overall, the movie for me was underwhelming. Compared to Part 1 which I thought was fine, Part 2 was a bit less than ok. I don’t want to say it was disappointing because the film had its moments (some expected and some surprising). But as a whole, it didn’t make me feel the same emotions I felt when I was reading the book.
Granted, there were A LOT of things that happened in the final chapters of the Deathly Hallows and it cannot all be cramped in a 2 hour movie. I understand that part but I was hoping they would have embraced more what was written in the book.
As for the effects, I thought it was superb and it was a treat watching it in 3D . Maggie Smith (who played Professor McGonagall) and Julie Walters (who played Molly Weasley) was amazing despite a relatively small screen time. Same goes for Matthew Lewis who played one of my favorite characters in the series, Neville Longbottom. I’m glad that David Yates highlighted his character by giving him some funny and dramatic moments in the final movie.
In the end, other than being underwhelmed, I also felt a bit sad. It was difficult not to get teary-eyed not because like Michael Jackson said, “This is it.”. Any Harry Potter fan who has followed the books and the movies for years would feel that a chapter of his or her life has finally come to a close. However, this not really THE END. So as long as there is someone who reads the books and watches the films, Harry, Ron , Hermione and everyone in the Potterworld will live on.
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and it ended well « BOTH SIDES NOW said this on July 17, 2011 at 11:47 pm |
Visually the film is attractive from an effects point of view. From the trailer alone you can see that this film has quite a lot of action in it, crumbling buildings, hundreds of spells and lots of fire. Everything looks excellent, from the wand duals to the dragons it all is amazing. Also this time around it is being showed in 3D and is the first (and (probably) last!) potter film to be shown in this way. Now I was very sceptical about this, especially since they announced that the films (originally both parts) would be converted from 2D to 3D instead of being natively filmed in 3D. I believe that what they should have done was what they did with Part 1, scrap the 3D. I’m going to say that it’s not wonderful, at times it’s pretty good, but never excellent. For the most part it’s okay. I’m going to compare it with the last blockbuster film to come out in 3D, Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The 3D effect is not even close to looking as good as what that film (shot in 3D) had. So I’m going to tell you now, 2D is the best dimension to watch this film in. Having said that if you still want to (or have to) see it in 3D by all means do, the 3D doesn’t take away anything from the film, but it doesn’t add much.
I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, they’re all so great and magical. But I didn’t consider the film series have been perfect whatsoever, but they have been still great movies. With that, I was extremely excited to view the end of the film franchise, and impressed with the trailers. So I had high expectations. And thankfully it didn’t disappoint, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II, blew past my already high expectations and I was enthralled!
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