Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part Two (SPOILERS)After so many years of being a Potter fan, reading the books and watching the movies, I thought it would be appropriate to attend a midnight screening for the final chapter. Clocking in at just over 2 hours, Hallows Part Two is by far one of the strongest of the series. Growing up with Potter and watching Radcliffe, Grint and Watson on the screen for 10 years really has given me an emotional bond to this movie series, that won't go away, even though I find their performances irritating in places, and have done since the start of the series, I just can't not enjoy it.
Without a doubt though, in my eyes, Alan Rickman completely steals the show in this one. I've loved Snape ever since the start, and he has become my favourite character in the series, and seeing everything happen last night really makes me appreciate him a lot more as an actor. He is brilliant, and I couldn't stop myself from getting rather emotional at 'The Princes Tale'. Perfectly acted, and performed.
The Battle of Hogwarts is indeed a brilliant sequence, taking up most of the movie. It was fantastic to witness really. Seeing many of our favourite characters fight, and in some cases, die, really did give me goosebumps. Although, bar
I felt some of the deaths didn't have that much of an emotional impact, most happened off screen which didn't really help matters. It was nice to see Maggie Smith in place, and it was brilliant to see McGonnagle in combat. Although, I have to say that it would've been nice to see more of the other supporting cast have their moments to shine. It was a shame Slughorn, Hagrid and pretty much the rest of the staff were given smaller roles, I felt it would've added to the urgency of the situation if we saw these characters spill blood and locked in battle, rather than confined to the background.
Another issue I have with this movie, and it's minor, but I really felt that Harry should be a little more pissed off at Dumbledore and his actions, and as Snape likened them to be 'raising Harry like a pig to slaughter', I thought some anger really was needed by Harry here.
The epilogue was handled perfectly and you have no idea how much of a smile came on my face when I heard John Williams' 'Reunion of Friends' used for the first time in 9 years. I really wanted them to use this and I was so glad they did. A brilliant send off to an entertaining movie series!
PaulMehhh. Average, but alright.

Movies Seen:
127 Hours
True Grit
The Kings Speech

Black Swan
The Hangover - Part Two
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two
The Tourist
Scream 4
Paul
Rio
Movies looking forward to:Cowboys and Aliens
Unknown
Biutiful
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Cars 2
Johnny English Reborn
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Inbetweeners
Sherlock Holmes 2
The Adjustment Bureau
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Fair Game
Limitless
Battle: Los Angeles
The Rite