As Jeff Meyerson noted, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (Part 2) doesn’t have an intro or a synopsis, it jumps right back into the story that was suspended at the end of Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (Part 1). So you need to walk into this movie knowing where you are in the sequence of events. The writer and director also assume you’ve read the Harry Potter books, too, because nothing is explained. But, once you get past those caveats, the action in this film is fast and furious. I found Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (Part 1) a bit draggy in parts. There’s none of that in this sequel. I’ve seen all the Harry Potter movies and I’d have to say this concluding film is the best one of them all. For a movie franchise that’s taken in over $6 billion, that’s saying something. GRADE: A
Glad that you got out to the movie. I am sad to say both my knees are bothering me this summer.
I think I have missed too many Potters to give this one justice. Haven’t seen the last three .
Diane watched HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Part 1) to get up to speed, Patti. I’m amazed they were able to keep the cast together for 8 movies in 10 years! Hope your knees improve. If you ever want to talk about total knee replacements, I’m your guy.
It was also pretty amazing going to the screening on Monday, hearing all the screaming fans (a small percentage in costume), seeing the stars and filmmakers close up (we were five rows from the stage).
(For those who don’t know, I won tickets from a radio station.)
Was it perfect, no. I’d have added another five minutes to the final fight and the postscript (didn’t Harry talk to Malfoy in that scene in the book?) but they did an excellent job.
We’re going to go back and rewatch the entire series but I agree with you, this was not only a satisfying conclusion but probably the best of the series.
You saw HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (Part 2) in a circus atmosphere, Jeff. Things were calmer here, but based on the size of the crowd in our Regal Theater, HARRY POTTER will be the Summer of 2011’s Box Office Champion.
George, I see you posted at 1:50 AM. Did you attend a midnight showing?
My younger children are away from home right now; when they get back on Monday, the whole family (sans moi–am I bad for never having gotten into Harry Potter, either books or movies?) will be on there way to see this last installment. Meanwhile, my husband and our oldest daughter went to see “Horrible Bosses” last night–a movie I had no interest in seeing and, after they got home, discovered my lack of interest was well justified. However, to avoid the Harry Potter rush, my daughter and I drove to the theater to pick up tickets in the afternoon and the place (a 16-theater multiplex) was absolutely swamped. They had Potter in seven theaters and almost all of them were sold out for the day.
I’m too old for the Midnight Madness showings of HARRY POTTER, Deb. Matinees are more my style. Our Regal Theater was swamped with Muggles, too! Clearly, this last Harry Potter movie is going to set records.
My sister was planning on taking my 11 year old niece (a Potter fanatic) to a 9 pm showing of part 1 Thursday night, followed by the midnight show of part 2. I haven’t heard if they went.
The more surprising than Deb’s confesstion was Bill Crider’s: he’s read all the books but hasn’t seen any of the movies.
Diane and I have read all the Harry Potter books and have seen all of the Harry Potter movies, Jeff. But, we haven’t made our pilgrimage to Orlando for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, yet.
Well, Jackie, Beth & Maggie did it. I don’t know what the others would say but Jackie wouldn’t do it again. I think it was fun once but (naturally) is more geared to kids. And it wasn’t even that crowded (relatively speaking) when they went. One smart move they made was to get their tickets in advance; they saved money and avoided some huge lines.
It will be interesting to see if THE WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER remains as popular an attraction now that the movie franchise is over, Jeff.
I haven’t seen the last 4 in the theater, and haven’t seen the last 2 at all, as much as I liked the books, each seemed a little less entertaining than the one before. The first is still my favorite book, though not my favorite movie.
I figure there will be some kind of mega-disk blu-ray set with tons of extras that will pop up around Christmas time or so, and I’ll probably go for that.
Yes, there’s a mega-Blu-ray set in the works, Rick. They will sell a zillion of the complete set of HARRY POTTER movies.