Friday, 12 August 2011

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2"

"luxury cinema" : adjustable leather love-seats and a service-button!

Liked it. Particularly in the beginning they did not hasten the story, they did not flash-boom-bang you into everything again. They even slowly increased the volume so the end would be suitably boom-y.

the 3D worked well. Gritty images, and hardly any artifacts.

Acting and stuff: good enough, though Dumbledore (or his lines?) in the "trainstation" during Harry's death sounded very fake and silly. From the book I remember seriously "feeling" his death: there was no question about it that he was dead. In the film, it was obvious it was "just for now". A kind of deus ex machina, come to think of it, but perhaps the book did a better job of explaining it.

Music: not very interesting at all, but there were a few good soundeffects.

Any film that shows an army running across fields has a LotR feeling: they certainly set a standard.

No long ending stretching. Good.

Seriously enjoyed it. The bits I didn't enjoy, did definitely not ruin it.

But is it really never explained why Harry and Voldemort are arch-enemies? He killed his parents, yes, Harry carried part of Voldemort, yes, but why could Harry resist him? I cannot describe it, but an underlying, very deep motive or reason seems missing.