I've seen the last Harry Potter film twice now, as I'm sure many many other people have. It just doesn't seem real that it's over. 10 years, 8 films, (mostly) same cast. It's amazing, really.
The film opens with some very striking imagery. Hogwarts surrounded by motionless dementors, their cloaks swaying in the breeze. Snape, silhouetted in a window. His face, almost blank. What is he thinking?
There is superb acting all the way around, surprisingly from the main trio (whose acting I used to giggle at...Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have actually gotten pretty good), but the best performance by far was Alan Rickman as the morally ambiguous Professor Snape. He knocked it out of the park.
The film definitely has its confusing moments...the plot can get a little complicated (I recommend seeing it with somebody who has read the book to clarify any confusion). I don't want to reveal much about the plot. If you've seen the previous films, you've probably already seen this one too, or plan to. If you haven't, then you won't know what I'm talking about, haha. But really, what made this movie for me was the emotional resonance. This group really outdid themselves.
For those of us who grew up reading these books and watching these films, imagining what house we'd be sorted into, what kind of wand or magical pet we'd have, and crying over characters we really felt we knew, it was a bittersweet ending to a very magical era.
Let's just hope the next group of kids start lugging around books as good as Harry Potter, and not Twilight.
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