Movie Review- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

As the final film in the Harry Potter series, Deathly Hallows Part 2 needed to be fantastic, and since going into this, 2 of the 3 films directed by David Yates have been very good, I had high hopes. The first part of the Deathly Hallows was fantastic, and in my opinion the best of the Harry Potter series so far. This part picks up where the last left off, at Dobby's funeral. It follows Harry, Hermione, and Ron on a trip to Gringott's bank, and then back to the central location of Harry Potter, Hogwart's school of witchcraft and wizardry. This is were the last stand takes place, when Harry and the students and the Order of the Phoenix fight against Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Anyone who has read the books knows how it all ends, but for those who haven't, I won't go any farther and ruin it here. Safe to say its a very emotional and satisfying end to the series. As a fan of the books, I have some minor gripes with ways they chose to put things in the movie, but those are not for a movie review. Strictly as the movie goes, it was done very well. The F/X are terrific, and all the actors from child to veteran have grown with the series and gotten much better. Alan Rickman alone gives a supporting actor worthy performance in his final turn as Severus Snape, who is now the headmaster of a Auschwitz like Hogwarts. Other actors who have been with the series since the beginning also get their due after being absent from the previous film all together. Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom and Maggie Smith as Professor Mcgonagall get more to do here then in the rest of the series combined, and the film is better for it. I give Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 9 Ninja Stars out of 10, and personally bid a due to a series that I have loved for a long time. The film is directed by David Yates, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Maggie Smith, Matthew Lewis, Michael Gambon, Warwick Davis, John Hurt, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Kelly Macdonald, Ciaran Hinds, Bonnie Wright, Robbie Coltrane, Jim Broadbent, Gary Oldman, and David Thewlis.