Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows - Part 2

[Marvolo]

So Harry could never do something like go back in time with the Time Turner that Hermione has & then bring someone from the pass to the future with them ?

No. This was left out of the fifth film, but in the book when Harry and crew break into the department of mysteries to save Sirius there is a fight with some death eaters in a room where the time turners are kept and the entire stock of time turners is destroyed in the fight. There are no more time turners after that. Also, Hermione had to turn hers in at the end of POA.

 

[jacobed]

Well you see Malfoy but I don't think they ever really acknowledge on another, maybe they do and I missed it.

 

[Marvolo]

I don't think it did. Why was Remus there? He was a minor character. We never even saw him die. We never met his son. Nothing with Remus and Harry really had enough emotional impact for me. To me the scene lacked the weight of previous scenes in the series.

I don't see why he needed the resurrection stone and what the point of it was.

Too many loose ends in the movie as well.

This is a fault of the movies. In the books Lupin has a much larger part, and is a major character. He is in it about as much as Sirius and interacts with Harry much more.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

just got back from it. loved it. 9/10....would be a 10/10 but I am a picky person and wasnt too happy about some of the things cutout/changed. Particularly how Voldemort dies.

Spoiler

i thoroughly enjoyed the part of the book where harry is basically trash talking him in front of everyone, add that to the movie and then have them running all over hogwarts fighting...

Talking doesn't work on screen Cory, pretty CGI does.

 

[Leenie]

Loved it! Though, there were a few things that kept this movie from being perfect.

Basically the gist of my "complaints" (if you can call them that) is that I think a director's cut needs to be released. At some points in the movie, I just FELT that there were some things missing.

And I think that Chamber of Secrets is my favorite of the Potter movies, though this one is really high up there.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Perfect.

 

[The Apocalypse]

The resurrection stone thing was weird. Like I was thinking maybe he would bring back Dobby as a last act or something like that but it really ends up being pointless. In fact why even call it a resurrection stone if it does not resurrection ?

Dobby? No, just no.

The movie didn't do that good of a job explaining it but in the book it was probably the most emotional part. There is a whole chapter of him just walking to the forest, him accepting death, and he just wanted to see his parents one time. I was in tears reading that. The movie kinda just took the best lines of the chapter and just put it in. It's still a nice moment, either way.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Just got back from a sold out audience for the afternoon showing. I loved it. I think it's the best one. You had so many beautiful moments and from the first scene on, they had me hooked. Everyone else said all the other scenes so I'll choose [BLACKOUT]Hermoine and Ron finally kissing. I loved how it just happened. And it was about damn time!

Oh, and Molly Weasley was awesome.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[LostSon88]

Well you see Malfoy but I don't think they ever really acknowledge on another, maybe they do and I missed it.

If I remember correctly, they look at each other and Malfoy (briefly) smiles at Harry.

 

[ALP]

37 year old Hermione looked just like 17 year old Hermione. Seriously did they even put any makeup on her? LOL Ron is a lucky guy.

 

[LostSon88]

Yeah Hermione didn't look all that different...Harry and Ron looked decent enough.

 

[LostSon88]

Well Lost Son, it's always nice to hear of late converts like this. But I highly, HIGHLY recommend checking out the books. Regardless of how it may affect your opinion of the movies, reading the books is a better and more fulfilling experience in pretty much every way. You'll love the characters (especially the supporting ones) SO much more, be far more dazzled by the plotting, and they'll finally give you a sense of the true magic that has almost entirely eluded the movies (I say this as a fan of the movies). Although I will say this...you'd be totally cool starting with Prisoner of Azkaban. That's where the books really get started, imo. I was never a big fan of the first two, and as long as you know the basics, you don't really need 'em. But Azkaban is still my favorite book, and features plenty of wonderful stuff that never made it into any of the films.

I know they may seem like a real time commitment, but PoA and HBP are actually pretty quick reads, and you may be surprised at how fast you can tear through the others. The LONGEST it ever took me to read a HP book was 2.5 days (OotP and DH). And I'm not a fast reader at all, but I just couldn't put 'em down.

Maybe i'll get to them someday...tbh its been years since i've sat down and actually read a book cover to cover. Probably why i'm so lukewarm to the idea.

hah it's been awesome keepin up with ya gettin converted! I was the same way last year...gosh this last movie was all kinds of epic!

Thanks man! Yeah, its been a pretty interesting week, lol. Its just weird when I look back at all the crap I used to talk about this series the past few years. Part of it attributed to the obvious comparisons to LOTR (which, similar to my HP situation I was also a late fan of but became pretty hardcore in the years following the movies).

Its just...fantasy stories has never really been my thing...EVER. However at the same time, i've always been one of those people where if something comes along and is seemingly universally praised by those who've seen it, eventually i'll give it a shot and see if it sticks with me.

Knowing the praise of the series throughout the years I simply never gave it a shot because the whole concept in general just seemed too "childish" for my tastes...I mean, kids going to a school for wizards? flying on broomsticks? and 'fighting' with wands? C'mon, i'm in my mid-20s!

Knowing my love for movies, it was only at the persistence of my co-workers (who are BIG HP fans) that I decided to give the series a legitimate shot. The way I tried to look at it was this--when you have a series of 7 movies where every single one has been unanimously praised by those who've seen it...why are you hating on it? Didn't make sense.

So I sucked it up, watched all 7 movies this week, caught the finale last night and I just have to say.

TOUCHE' POTTER FANS. TOUCHE'. I was wrong.

 

[chaseter]

I don't think it did. Why was Remus there? He was a minor character. We never even saw him die. We never met his son. Nothing with Remus and Harry really had enough emotional impact for me. To me the scene lacked the weight of previous scenes in the series.

I don't see why he needed the resurrection stone and what the point of it was.

Too many loose ends in the movie as well.

Remus was in these movies just as much as James and Lilly were. Harry knew Remus more than he actually knew his parents. Remus was a very close friend to Harry and he has been in these movies since Prisoner of Azkaban. It made absolute perfect since why Remus was there. Harry wanted all the people close to him that were dead to be with him when he went to meet Voldemort in the forest. Because Remus was there that somehow ruined it for you? WTF!?

You don't see him die in the book. His son is a baby. Does Harry need to meet a baby?

The resurrection stone was a mythical stone that allowed the bearer the ability to bring back anyone from the dead but not in actual human form. That is the point of the resurrection stone. If that was something that didn't make sense to you then none of these movie should make sense to you.

What loose ends? Name them.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

My ranking:

1. Deathly Hallows Pt. 2
2. Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Philosopher's Stone
4. Half-Blood Prince
5. Order of the Phoenix
6. Deathly Hallows Pt. 1
7. Goblet of Fire
8. Chamber of Secrets

 

[chaseter]

The resurrection stone thing was weird. Like I was thinking maybe he would bring back Dobby as a last act or something like that but it really ends up being pointless. In fact why even call it a resurrection stone if it does not resurrection ?

You not even watch the last movie or pay attention during it?

So Harry could never do something like go back in time with the Time Turner that Hermione has & then bring someone from the pass to the future with them ?

No. Not only are time turners highly regulated, if you go back and change the past then those events would have already happened. It showed it perfectly well in Azkaban. They went back in time to change the future but they were unaware that they had already changed the future, they just hadn't experienced it yet.

http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Time-Turner

I think a comparison to LOST is a good one. When they went back in time, they were actually the causes of many things that had happened in the past. They just had not experienced those things yet.

 

[Iceman]

Very good final film. I voted almost perfect as I would have liked an extra 20 seconds or so from many of the secondary characters. Loved the ending (I haven't read the books). [blackout](37 yr old Potter looks great!)[/blackout]

 

[Asteroid-Man]

I made these earlier. Thought I'd post them:

And of course...

 

[Hush]

Yes, but sometimes when you're adapting a book to a movie you can't just take things out. If you take out every other word from this sentence it doesn't quite make sense anymore. So they have to change things to make everything fit together nicely and flow nicely.

I get that but why didn't they just adapt it properly in the first place? I mean its been the same writers except for what 1 or 2 flicks? Plus there is no reason to change what he did for the Elder Wand or add the confrontation with Snape. I get that cinematically it works to a degree but it also doesn't make a terrible amount of sense either, he needs time to get the horcrux so he decides to confront Snape? Just yeah. I feel like it could have been done better but oh well. I wish Kloves would have had J.K. write the adaptions and then work them out for the movie and polish them. Thank God they are doing that with Hunger Games.

For those saying that the beginning of this movie was rushed...do remember there was another 2 1/2 hours before this, building up.

I do remember as I watched the first part literally right before the second as that was how my theater did it and it still felt rushed, we spent all of 5 minutes in Gringotts and he SOMEHOW figured out that the Cup was a Horcrux. Yes I get that he can sense them but it just seemed like it was too easy and sped along to just get it out of the way and it wasn't paced well enough and moved along too quickly.

 

[Tony Stark]

Great ending to what may be considered one of the great works of the 21st century. While I would put this a notch below Return of the King, as far as how great of a movie it is, I have to give this series it's compliments going through multiple directors, different visions and children who grew up infront of our eyes.

There are definitely some complaints for me, the beginning dragged, and the final confontation between Harry and Voldamort you saw in the previews. There are some whiz bang moments. Considering the book has been out for 4 years, I'm just going to spell it out, if the mods consider this "spoilers" so be it, it's nothing that hasn't been known about. Every money scene from the book you want to be there is here. Snape giving Harry his memories, Harry seeing his parents and Sirius in the forrest, Nevil Longbottom standing up in the face of certain doom, and of course the Epilogue it's all there. The death scenes while not really shown are there and dealt with, and extremely emotional.

Hat's off to Alan Rickman who really delivered on his part. For all the suprises that were in store for this character it's all there. It looks like some of the scenes in the pensive were filmed back durring Deathly Hallows, and hat's off if they were able to keep that under wraps for the last two years.

There are obviously some complaints, and I've made it no secret I've not been a fan of David Yates directing style, and some of those complaints can be made here. The drab, dreary, grainy film filters are just as annoying here as they were in the previous films, and the action scenes are somewhat disjointed and out of place. There's too many moments where it's like your watching a BBC drama than a blockbuster movie, but I have to give credit where credit is due here, overall he makes it work, despite a very weak opening 20 min.

As a series I will happily give the whole thing a 10/10 recognizing all the efforts that went in to creating this thing. It was a huge undertaking, but having Rowling to produce the whole thing, but still allow creative direction from each of the different directors, the whole thing works out brilliantly.

As a stand alone film I will give DH part 2 a 9.5/10, it has moments of impact just as powerful as Return of the King did, but Return of the King was really flawless even in the theatrical cut, and I could not say the same of this.

Still a tremendous accomplishment and worthy of all the money it will no doubt rake in this weekend.

 

[thejon93]

Hey guys, I saw the movie twice today (first time I've every done that for any Potter movie) and one thing still continues to confuse me. Why the hell could Hermione not just pull out Bellatrix's wand to show to the goblin when the four were in Gringotts? Was that a continuity error? Because she uses the wand later in scene to try and find the Horcrux in the vault.

Also, "Best Supporting Actor" this year better make room for Alan Rickman's portrayal as Severus Snape because it adds a brand-new depth to the series that deserves to be rewarded. Brilliant job by him in particular.

 

[Dwarf Slayer]

I'm kind of shocked at how horribly they dropped the ball with this movie. I've had issues with all of the David Yates' movies, but this one takes the cake. I don't want to get into a wall of text, but I'm extremely disappointed. This movie didn't have any intensity to it at all. Harry is just casually walking through Hogwarts when he is looking for Ravenclaw. How about running? It's not like the end of the world is at stake or anything. I saw it with people who haven't read the books and they hit me with a barrage of questions after the movie.

Like all of the David Yates movies, it chooses to focus on a lot of pointless stuff rather than the important details (SEE: cutting out all of Voldemort's back story in favor of some teenage romance in HBP). It's kind of like all Yates previous failures at adapting the other novels kept stacking on top of each other until it collapsed in on itself with this movie.

Ever since OOTP, I knew Yates would end up ruining these movies.

 

[ALP]

Hey guys, I saw the movie twice today (first time I've every done that for any Potter movie) and one thing still continues to confuse me. Why the hell could Hermione not just pull out Bellatrix's wand to show to the goblin when the four were in Gringotts? Was that a continuity error? Because she uses the wand later in scene to try and find the Horcrux in the vault.

Also, "Best Supporting Actor" this year better make room for Alan Rickman's portrayal as Severus Snape because it adds a brand-new depth to the series that deserves to be rewarded. Brilliant job by him in particular.

As for the first bit I was thinking the same thing...but you know what, the Goblin was already suspicious of her. I suspect he was asking for her wand to keep it. It wasn't until he breathed in the magic shrooms that he quit questioning her.

Snape wasn't in the film for long but I can't give enough praise. Such an incredible portrayal. The best part of the entire movie. I dare anyone to say a single bad thing about Alan Rickman

The Prince's Tale was beautiful. I wasn't expecting much after Yates screwed up Snape's Worst Memory in Half Blood Prince but he redeemed himself with this one. Hell, even Michael Gambon was perfect in his scenes.

 

[thejon93]

As for the first bit I was thinking the same thing...but you know what, the Goblin was already suspicious of her. I suspect he was asking for her wand to keep it. It wasn't until he breathed in the magic shrooms that he quit questioning her.

Snape wasn't in the film for long but I can't give enough praise. Such an incredible portrayal. The best part of the entire movie. I dare anyone to say a single bad thing about Alan Rickman

The Prince's Tale was beautiful. I wasn't expecting much after Yates screwed up Snape's Worst Memory in Half Blood Prince but he redeemed himself with this one. Hell, even Michael Gambon was perfect in his scenes.

Yeah. That "shrooms" moment made it all forgivable while I was questioning it. That, and the number of casualties in the film, was my only real gripe, but it was still a phenomenal film.

I know that he wasn't in the film long, but neither was William Hurt in 'A History of Violence' and he was nominated for "Best Supporting Actor".

And, yes. The Prince's Tale was beautiful. It was the best part of the movie and it was the best scene of the entire franchise. Oddly, I've come to uncover that the flashback scenes (ex. Dumbledore's memories from 'Half Blood Prince') have been my favorite scenes of the entire franchise. If anything, J.K. Rowling should write a new, original book based entirely around a flashback scene and make it a movie. I would see that in a heartbeat.

 

[flickchick85]

Maybe i'll get to them someday...tbh its been years since i've sat down and actually read a book cover to cover. Probably why i'm so lukewarm to the idea.

Oh I totally understand. I was in junior high school when I started reading the books (after the first film had already been released), and by then, the required reading in school had totally killed reading for me. I hadn't picked up a book to read for fun in a few years by that point. But these books made reading fun for me again, and for that I'll always be grateful.

 

[Tony Stark]

I'm kind of shocked at how horribly they dropped the ball with this movie. I've had issues with all of the David Yates' movies, but this one takes the cake. I don't want to get into a wall of text, but I'm extremely disappointed. This movie didn't have any intensity to it at all. Harry is just casually walking through Hogwarts when he is looking for Ravenclaw. How about running? It's not like the end of the world is at stake or anything. I saw it with people who haven't read the books and they hit me with a barrage of questions after the movie.

Like all of the David Yates movies, it chooses to focus on a lot of pointless stuff rather than the important details (SEE: cutting out all of Voldemort's back story in favor of some teenage romance in HBP). It's kind of like all Yates previous failures at adapting the other novels kept stacking on top of each other until it collapsed in on itself with this movie.

Ever since OOTP, I knew Yates would end up ruining these movies.

I agree that Yates was not a good choice for these movies, but I do disagree for this one. Sure as I said in my reviews there's some annoying stuff, like changing the whole part about what Harry does with the elder wand. I mean what was the point of showing Harry's wand breaking in the last movie if they cut out him repairing it in this one?

But overall, I feel he gets more right than wrong. Part 1 is a different story, and that one was extremely weak.