Movie Review: Relax! They Didn't Screw Up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Warner Bros Pictures Review in a Hurry: Relax. They didn't screw it up. The grand finale of the Harry Potter saga brings narrative and emotional closure by finally delivering the grand confrontation all the previous films were building toward. Nonfans may be a little lost, but then, how many nonfans are going to jump into a franchise cold at part eight? MORE! Top 10 Harry Potter Villains The Bigger Picture: Let's get the most obvious questions out of the way first. The 3-D, which always sounded like an afterthought, works well (especially in IMAX). The dementors that hover around Hogwarts are enhanced particularly nicely, and an underground-dwelling albino dragon is surprisingly scary in stereoscopic. Director David Yates still periodically allows some awkward edits, but he's gotten a lot better since Order of the Phoenix and is up to the challenge of ending things with a big bang. And he's not to blame for the franchise's curious early step of casting Warwick...