Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Adios, old pal, old friend. Harry Potter, the boy who lived. You went out with a bang. And with the best movie in one of the greatest franchises in…basically…ever. This movie is genius. It does everything right that it could have done wrong. The film is possibly a perfect movie. It is one of the greatest movies I have seen in my entire life, solely because it had so many chances to ruin itself and never did. The film never sold itself out (Harry Potter never said ‘accio Coca-Cola!’), it never became an effects-ridden franchise, it holds the drama and emotion at the front lines and puts the wizardry in the background. It is an impossible task, one many have attempted and few have succeeded in performing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 succeeds perfectly. And it seems to be one of the films least likely to succeed this well. The film picks up right where the first part left off, having the great battle of Hogwarts, the epic showdown between Harry Potter and Lord Voldermort. That is the movie. In a nutshell, the movie is just a big war. It is the fantasy version of Saving Private Ryan, dark brutal war, filled with casualties, and filmmaking at its finest. I just love this movie. The writing, direction, and tone of the film matches the book perfectly, the acting reflects everything I wanted, and the film is just amazing. It is easily the single best movie in the franchise, and as of right now, it is the second best movie of the year, behind the ever-so-brilliant Super 8. And just to give you some perspective of that, I was debating whether Super 8 or Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 would get the top spot…for a week. I have way too much free time on my hands.
9.5/10