Movie Review - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Movie Trailer - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
The movie picked up from where it ended in Part 1. It started off with a quick scene of Voldermort (Ralph Fiennes) obtaining the Elder Wand. Shortly after that, the scene moved on to Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) giving Dobby a proper burial at Shell Cottage. Harry then spoke to Griphook the Goblin about entering Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at Gringotts bank to find a Hocrux. Harry recalled that Bellatrix big reaction gave him a feeling that a Horcrux may be hidden in there. Griphook agreed to take Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) there with a condition. Griphook wanted the goblin-made Sword of Gryffindor. Harry agreed. Harry also asked Ollivander, the wandmaker, to identify two wands that they took from Malfoy Manor. Ollivander identified that one belonged to Bellatrix and the other belonged to Draco Malfoy. However, Draco's wand has changed its allegiance to Harry.
Hermione disguised herself as Bellatrix (Helena Bonham Carter) by using the Polyjuice Potion and managed to slip past the Gringotts' goblin security along with a disguised Ron with Harry and Griphook under the Invisibility Cloak. They used the Imperius Curse on a goblin to help them reached the tunnels to the vaults. They were on a cart that will take them to Bellatrix's vault. Suddenly, they were stopped by a waterfall which removed all enchantment and caused the security alarm to sound. Upon reaching the main entrance to Bellatrix's vault, they could hear the breath of a dragon. Griphook guided them past the dragon guardian and into Bellatrix's vault. As they entered the vault, they started to look for the Horcrux. Harry spotted it and the very top end of the vault. It was Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. As Harry made his way towards the Horcrux, the items in the vault started multiplying. Griphook mentioned that the items were all cursed by a spell that enable them to multiply whenever they were touched. Harry quickly made his way to the cup and he got the cup. However, as the items in the vault multiplied so fast, the cup slipped out of Harry's hand and Griphook got it. Griphook asked for the Sword of Gryffindor in exchange for the cup. As soon as he they traded, Griphook took the sword and ran, leaving them behind in the vault struggling to get out of the forever multiplying items in the vault. When they got out from the vault, the Gringotts security had arrived and started firing at them, the three jump onto the back of the dragon, freed the dragon and flew away on it.
After flying a far distance, the three of them jump from the dragon and landed in the water. While in the water, Harry managed to read Voldermort's mind and saw that he knew about them getting the Hocrux. In rage, Voldermort killed many goblins including Griphook and the Sword of Gryffindor vanished from Griphook's hand. While in Voldermort's mind, he learnt that Nagini, Voldermort's snake was a living Horcrux. Harry also found out that there was a Horcrux at Hogwarts which was related to Rowena Ravenclaw.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione quickly apparated into Hogsmeade. As they set foot on Hogsmeade, they triggered the Caterwauling Charm alarm. Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus's brother rescued them. Aberforth told them that Albus (Michael Gambon) was not as noble as they thought. Albus sacrificed many things including their sister, Ariana in order to be a powerful wizard. Aberforth told them that they shouldn't trust Albus. Harry told Aberforth that he trusted the Albus he knew and convinced Aberforth to help them get into Hogwarts. Looking at the strong-willed Harry, Aberforth instructed his younger sister, Ariana who was in the potrait to help them. She walked deeper into the potrait and soon came back with someone. She went to fetch Neville Longbottom (Matthew Lewis), who led them through a secret passage back to Hogwarts. Upon seeing their return to Hogwarts, the other student cheered for their arrival. Harry then told everyone that he is looking for something that is connected to Ravenclaw but he do not know what it is. After much discussion, he found out that it might be the long-lost Diadem of Rowena Ravenclaw, which was not seen for centuries.
Severus Snape (Alan Rickman), now headmaster of Hogwarts, heard of Harry's return in Hogwarts. He gathered all students and staff in the Great Hall to warn them of their severe punishment if they were to help Harry in any way. Harry stepped forward and confronted Snape. As Snape was about to attack Harry, Professor McGonagall (Maggie Smith) intervened and fired her spells at Snape. Soon, Remus and Harry's alliances all came. Snape fleed. Professor McGonagall asked Harry how can they helped him. Harry replied that all he need now is time to find the Hocrux. McGonagall gathered everyone in Hogwarts to prepare for battle against Voldermort's army to buy some time for Harry.
Harry, Ron and Hermione started their search for the diadem. Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch) told Harry to speak to Helena Ravenclaw (Kelly Macdonald), daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw and ghost of Ravenclaw house. At the beginning, Helena was very negative towards Harry's intentions on the diadem. Harry knew that Helena had the intention to destroy the diadem as well. So he told her of his intention to destroy it too. She told him that she once trusted a man named Tom Riddle but he cast "dark magic" on her mother's diadem. Harry managed to convince her and she told him that the diadem was hiden somewhere in the Room of Requirement. While Harry was talking with Helena, Ron and Hermione went to the Chamber of Secrets and Hermione destroyed the cup Horcrux with a Basilisk fang. After destroying the cup, the two kissed.
Harry went to the Room of Requirement to find the diadem. He was trailed by Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) and his two friends, Gregory Goyle and Blaise Zabini. They began attacking Harry in the room. Ron and Hermione arrived just in time to help Harry. Harry got the diadem and soon, he saw Ron running away from a blazing fire. Goyle cast the Fiendfyre curse in the Room of Requirement. Goyle died in the uncontrolled flames, but Malfoy and Zabini were saved by Harry and his friends. Once in safety, they destroyed the Ravenclaw diadem with a basilisk fang.
While they were inside the castle looking for the diadem, there was a raging battle out there. Voldermort felt that the diadem was destroyed and he withdrew his army from the battle. He told Harry to meet him in the forest tonight if not, he will kill everyone who tried to hide Harry from him. Harry then continued his search for Hocrux.
Harry, Ron and Hermione arrived at a hut and saw Voldemort speaking to Snape. Nagini was there with him. They heard Voldemort telling Snape that the Elder Wand cannot be truly loyal to him unless he kills Snape. Voldermort then attacked him and instructed Nagini to finish him off. Voldermort and Nagini then left, leaving Snape to die. Before dying, Snape asked Harry to take his tears and look at them using the Pensieve in Dumbledore's office.
Harry took the tears to the Pensieve and saw Snape's memories. He found out that Snape and his mother were childhood friends. Snape fell in love with his mother but his father came along and took her away from him. Snape who fell deeply in love with his mother, begged Albus Dumbledore to protect her and her family. On the night of the killing, he was too late. When he arrived, Harry's mother were already dead. Since the killing, Snape protected Harry with his life because he loved his mother so much even though he hated his father. Harry also found out that he was made into a Horcrux because part of Voldemort's soul splitted off and went into Harry on the night of the killing. In Snape's memories, Dumbledore said that Harry has to die in order to destroy the hocrux within him.
Upon realising that he is a Horcrux, Harry went to meet Voldermort in the forest. Before he met up with Voldermort, it was revealed that he had the Resurrection Stone with him. As soon as he saw Voldermort, Voldermort cast a killing spell on him and killed him. Harry woke up and found himself in a strange white train station looking place. There, he met the spirit of Dumbledore. He explained to Harry that the part of Voldemort within him had been destroyed when Voldermort killed him. Now, Harry had the choice to return to the world or to die. Harry chose to return to his world but he pretended to die because Albus told him that help can always be found in Hogwarts. He needed to return to Hogwarts before revealing that he survived the attack.
Voldermort was delighted that he killed Harry. He took Harry's "dead" body back to Hogwarts and offered anyone who wished to join his army to step forward. Neville stepped forward and drew out the Sword of Gryffindor. Suddenly, Harry woke up and surprised everyone. The battle between the two sides began. During the battle, Molly Weasley killed Bellatrix Lestrange. Harry snared Voldermort away from Nagini, allowing chances for Ron and Hermione to kill Nagini. Both of them failed to kill Nagini but in return, they were being preyed by Nagini. Meanwhile, Harry and Voldermort both drew out their wand and attacked each other.
Just as Nagini was about to attack Ron and Hermione, Neville came and decapitated the snake with the Sword of Gryffindor, destroying the last of the Horcruxes. Voldemort was weakened by the death of Nagini. As Voldermort cast the killing spell to Harry, the spell rebounded and killing him instead. The Elder Wand then flew back into Harry's hands.
Later, Harry explained to Ron and Hermione that he was the actual master to Elder Wand because he disarmed the wand from Draco, who had earlier disarmed it from Albus Dumbledore. Ron asked Harry to keep the Wand but Harry broke the Elder Wand into two and threw it off the Hogwarts bridge.
Nineteen years later, the now married Harry and Ginny enrolled their son, Albus Severus, into Hogwarts. At platform 9 3/4, they met Ron and Hermione, who was also married and sending their daughter to Hogwarts. Just before leaving, Albus Severus told his father that he was afraid that he might be sorted into Slytherin house. Harry told his son to stay strong and be proud of whichever house he will be placed in. He added that the Sorting Hat will take his preference into consideration. The calm Albus Severus then boarded the train. Both couples watched their children left the platform, embarking into their own magical journey.
Movie Review - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Movie Trailer - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
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