SIP Movie Review Blog

Now, we have just seen the final edition in the most highly publicized, longest running series on the earth. I am referring to Harry Potter, the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. It stars a lot of the same folks: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron), Emma Watson (Hermione), Michael Gambon (Dumbledore), Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix), Alan Rickman (Snape), and finally Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort-one whose name we do not speak!).

So this starts up right where the last (part 1) ended, Voldemort has recovered the most powerful wand in the land, the Elder Wand. So now Harry and friends have to hurry to destroy the three remaining Horcruxes, the elements that give Voldemort immortality. About these Horcruxes, when one is destroyed, they can sense Voldemort getting both angry and scared. He senses the fact the gang is gaining on him, and he is not happy.

So Harry, Ron and Hermione break into Gringotts. Hermione is disguised as Bellatrix, Harry is hidden in his invisibility cloak. They find one Horcruxe in a vault, trading a magic sword for it. But Griphook, who helped them get into the vault, traps them and leaves them to fight a huge security force. They escape in a very unusual way, now down to two Horcruxes. One is located in a storage chamber in Horworts Castle, where Harry went to school.

So Harry and friends break into the castle, Voldemort is furious. He attacks, the castle puts up a protective barrier, but it soon falls to Voldemort’s power and the Elder Wand. We have a marvelous battle between the school students, teachers and a ton of Voldemort’s bad guys, including some huge giants who move slow but crush anything in their path. The school does have a weapon of its own, the stone soldiers all have the ability to fight off the wizards, just not enough of them.

Voldemort summons Snape to the boat dock, and another truth emerges. Turns out Voldemort cannot use the wand to it’s full potential, since he did not kill Dombledore, Snape did. So Snape is in a tough spot. Not gonna be a scene spoiler, but it ain’t pretty. More battles go on and on, the kids are getting spanked.

Voldemort finally tells Harry, this is between you and me, meet me in the forest tonite, I’ll pull off my men. If you don’t I will kill everyone in the school. So Harry meets him. Now, we have Voldemort and his snake (Nagini) locked in a battle with Harry. Where did the snake come from, it was in the last movie, just a huge, fast, man eating machine. So Harry is outnumbered.

I won’t go too much further, you should see this one. It ends up well, in fact, we see what the future holds for some of our friends. 4 wands, and this is the best one ever in the HP series.