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Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), right, leads his pals Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) through a perilous battleground during “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2.” |
And so it ends.
The film series that began through a child’s innocent and optimistic eyes now concludes through a tested man’s view of a sad and battered world rife with death, destruction and the high cost a young wizard must pay to do the right things.
David Yates’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” proves a worthy and fitting final chapter for the eight-film series that has stretched across a decade. “Part 2” sends Harry off in grand fashion with a satisfying blend of character and action guaranteed to bombard our senses and touch our hearts before sending us into the real world with quiet hope for a waiting future.
The good news is that “Part 2” moves like a Michael Bay action film compared to the narrative malaise and studied, icy landscape montages in “Deathly Hallows: Part 1,” which covered the first half of J.K. Rowling’s novel.
Nonetheless, you can feel the “Part 2” filmmakers (particularly Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves) prodding the story along at a brisk clip, struggling to keep as much of the book’s dense details intact without sacrificing the movie’s momentum. They succeed most of the time. (Read more…)