Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II

Before I bog you down with details, let’s make this simple. If you enjoy the Harry Potter films and have seen Deathly Hallows Part 1, proceed immediately to your theater and see this movie.

Deathly Hallows Part 2 picks up exactly where the first part left off, and I mean that literally: it starts with that exact scene. It is essentially the third act to an extremely long film, and that’s not a complaint. The film covers the final third of the book, and while it adds some superfluous details, as the film adaptations of this series are wont to do, it hits all the points that the fans really demand (including my favorite character’s Crowning Moment of Badass, which caused me to squeal with delight).

Awwwww yeah

 

The scenes are all extremely well done, particularly the emotional backstory of one of the film’s supposed antagonists. As per usual with this sort of film, I take issue with the over reliance on CGI over practical effects, but again, everything is fairly well done so it’s hard to be too venomous on the issue. 

I strongly recommend not seeing this in 3D. Now, I have a lot of hate in general for 3D, but considering the effects in 2D were enough to make me feel like my eyeballs were exploding.