Harry Potter ends with bang(at least pre-epilogue)
PostedJuly 16, 2011
Armadeo
HP7.2 was really well done all things considered. Although there were several items that had been altered by the makers of the film, it still masterfully captures the beauty of the Prince's Tale and Snape's death before that. I can see why nearly all the actors and actresses loved the scene of the battle, but I keep coming back for Snape's memories. They were so well done and absolutely heartbreaking, and the soundtrack, while some reviewers have bashed for being all violin scores, sits well with me and I can honestly say I will see this again many times before it leaves the theatres.
HP7 was definitely a step up from the 6th movie, but I would think that splitting the final book into two parts would allow them to cover essential smaller plot details, and the pacing was incredibly fast. If one only looked at the calendar for the book on hp-lexicon.org, one would see that very little actually happens after Voldemort steals the Elder Wand. Much of the events in the 7th book take place before then, and some of the smaller details like the death of Pettigrew were just breezed over. It didn't even look like he'd died. Dobby looks odd in this movie; I much prefered him in the second movie, but what's done is done. I stand by my initial stance that it's a step up, but that's it. It is only a step up when it had the potential to be several times better.