After 10 yrs and 7 billion $ under the belt, the Harry Potter series has finally reached its epic conclusion. Let me start this by saying that I’ve never read even a single line from any of the potter books. I thought the first few potter films were a bit too kiddish for me (that’s how it was meant to be. I get IT), as the series progressed, the movies became more dark and interesting. Is the final film worthy enough to be the final part of such a successful series? YES.
HP7.2 picks up right where the previous installment ended with Harry and his friends mourning the death of Dobby and searching for the rest of the horcruxes of Voldemort. At a lightening pace, the film keeps throwing action set pieces and peels layer after layer of the plot. Before you know it, we are at the battle of Hogwarts, which is clearly one of the best action sequences of the series and is very imaginatively shot. I’m not going to get too much into the plot as either you already know it or I don’t want to spoil it for you. All that you need to know is Harry potter and Lord Voldemort are about to face each other mano-e-mano to end their rivalry.
Performance wise, all of the actors have matured with each passing movie and are at their best in this one. Even the ones who have been sidelined in the previous installments shine here. The main three leads show amazing development in their character arc and are now braver than ever. Neville Longbottom gets couple of the best scenes in the movie and the actor is having the time of his life. The same can be said about the rest of the performances and they all pitch in perfectly.
Technically, the movie is very sound. It has a great score, cinematography, VFX and everything that an epic needs. The writing is absolutely fast here and has gems of scenes placed throughout the movie. Watch out the scene when Harry and snape meet for the first time in this film or when Longbottom does his greatest contribution yet and so on. All of these scenes had me cheering out loud. Its pretty clear that if I hadn’t been involved in the characters I would’ve never cheered. That is the success of the movie. One complaint I did have was that it felt as if I had walked 30 mins after the movie had started but considering everything that had to be shown, I don’t blame anyone for this little problem (There’s no question of lack of character development here as they’ve been with us already for 7 movies and its not as if they have added new characters. We know these people already!!).
All said, HP 7.2 is a perfect and fitting end to one of the most followed series worldwide. It has enough action, drama and even crowd pleasing scenes. It is a terrific achievement for everyone involved to maintain the consistency for the entire series. The movies kept getting better and it finishes off on a great manner. Harry Potter 7.2 is a great send off.
My rating: 8/10
- V
P.S: I would really like to see Emma Watson in a lot of movies. She is absolutely gorgeous.
P.S2: With all the magic, I still don’t understand why they need the Hogwarts express. Cant they just walk right to the school from platform 9 ¾ ???
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