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Like I predicted, this last entry wasn't very good. Spoilers, maybe.
Not awful as a film (it's clear the production team has making these cookie-cutter things down to a formula), but hardly enough to do the series, both the books and the films, justice, or by that turn to justify the buildup that's been coming since about the fifth film. The writing was lacking, all tension in scenes that should have been powerful and suspenseful was nullified by hurried exposition. Harry's climactic showdown and Voldemort's defeat were thoroughly underwhelming, which I can't believe they allowed to happen considering how the entire franchise is centered around the two antithesis wizards encountering one another again. Even the final scene with the new generation of wizards departing for Hogwarts just felt obligatory and tacked on, and the last shot in the film (and not just this film, but in the last Harry Potter movie ever) is the three main protagonists... just standing there. Fade.
Granted, it could have been far inferior, but it was probably the worst film in the series if you measure it by either standard set by the book or the previous films, a major letdown to fans of the original stories and one more compelling reason why Hollywood can't be trusted with anything when it comes to working with a premier product and a timetable. One big pulled punch.
Not awful as a film (it's clear the production team has making these cookie-cutter things down to a formula), but hardly enough to do the series, both the books and the films, justice, or by that turn to justify the buildup that's been coming since about the fifth film. The writing was lacking, all tension in scenes that should have been powerful and suspenseful was nullified by hurried exposition. Harry's climactic showdown and Voldemort's defeat were thoroughly underwhelming, which I can't believe they allowed to happen considering how the entire franchise is centered around the two antithesis wizards encountering one another again. Even the final scene with the new generation of wizards departing for Hogwarts just felt obligatory and tacked on, and the last shot in the film (and not just this film, but in the last Harry Potter movie ever) is the three main protagonists... just standing there. Fade.
Granted, it could have been far inferior, but it was probably the worst film in the series if you measure it by either standard set by the book or the previous films, a major letdown to fans of the original stories and one more compelling reason why Hollywood can't be trusted with anything when it comes to working with a premier product and a timetable. One big pulled punch.