- Some other changes - eg: the showdown b/w Harry and Voldy is an actual several-minute long duel instead of the Reason You Suck Speech from the book - are intended towards setting aside the narrative element to concentrate on the visuals of the conclusion, and it pays off with some truly amazing scenes. I can guarantee that Neville Longbottom fans will have the time of their lives in the second half; he is just walking talking awesome. Even gets a kickass Big Damn Heroes moment - and the applause in the theatre was bigger than the one Harry subsequenty got for killing Voldemort. Seriously, the movie's worth watching just for Neville, trust me.
The only major flaw that I can find is that you don't really feel the Anyone Can Die chaos of the battle - in the book, the students who drop dead left and right are the ones we've met and known for years, and it has the right impact. Since the movies never really bothered to give detailed screentime/characterization to these characters, and also because the actors playing them have changed over the years, we don't know these people, so they're just one step above mooks. And all the characters that they did bother to give named roles to - like Luna, Cho, Seamus, the Patil twins, Lee - they all survive the battle. Even Fred and the Lupins' death didn't strike the way I thought it would. On the plus side, the sheer amount of awesome Spectacle could put Michael Bay to shame.
All-in-all, Easily the most HSQ-loaded movie in the series.
Deathly Hallows review - Part 2
....(contd. from review part 1)
- Some other changes - eg: the showdown b/w Harry and Voldy is an actual several-minute long duel instead of the Reason You Suck Speech from the book - are intended towards setting aside the narrative element to concentrate on the visuals of the conclusion, and it pays off with some truly amazing scenes. I can guarantee that Neville Longbottom fans will have the time of their lives in the second half; he is just walking talking awesome. Even gets a kickass Big Damn Heroes moment - and the applause in the theatre was bigger than the one Harry subsequenty got for killing Voldemort. Seriously, the movie's worth watching just for Neville, trust me.
The only major flaw that I can find is that you don't really feel the Anyone Can Die chaos of the battle - in the book, the students who drop dead left and right are the ones we've met and known for years, and it has the right impact. Since the movies never really bothered to give detailed screentime/characterization to these characters, and also because the actors playing them have changed over the years, we don't know these people, so they're just one step above mooks. And all the characters that they did bother to give named roles to - like Luna, Cho, Seamus, the Patil twins, Lee - they all survive the battle. Even Fred and the Lupins' death didn't strike the way I thought it would. On the plus side, the sheer amount of awesome Spectacle could put Michael Bay to shame.
All-in-all, Easily the most HSQ-loaded movie in the series.