The pacing never takes its time, despite the fact the film is 130-minutes long. It’s as if David Yates cut out 20-minutes of all the juicy character tissue beats to get back to the action. That’s mainly due to the rushed structure. The fact aside that their 19-years-later make-up looks off, there’s no genuine seeming emotion there to latch onto. And yet, that whimper of a goodbye at the train station rings hollow. To make their last hurrah a bittersweet moment should’ve been easy as pie, especially for those of us who dreaded the thought that this is the final adventure we’d be taking with these characters. These are characters that we’ve known on the big screen for 10 years. These are characters that are tremendously lovable, so why wouldn’t one want them to end all happy-go-lucky? There’s no big speech here to end things off, but rather a cold and stilted moment that is astonishingly ineffective. Tonally, they felt odd, but they were earned. After Sirius Black died in Order of the Phoenix, minutes later there was still that typical happy ending speech about how the power of friendship and love, a nice theme the series has always gotten down. After all the hell the characters had gone through in all these installments, they somehow managed to still remain upbeat. Most of the Potter films endings have always had a sense of schmaltz to them. The pacing constantly rushes through plot-points and once it gets to the end, nothing is to be felt. This time, on the other hand, their journey feels quicker and less fulfilling. This chapter picks up basically where the last one left off: the characters still on their long-winded journey to destroy the pieces of Voldemort’s soul. While Part I was short on action, it had a fully-realized heart that every great summer blockbuster should aspire to have. But as a cathartic and emotionally satisfying ending, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is not. Director David Yates‘ eye for battles is far more interesting than most popcorn films. The action is near nonstop, distinct, lively, and has huge stakes. As a summer movie, the final installment in this 10-years running is a blast.
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