Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) by Srad — 14 Jul 2011

I am convinced that the critics who have raved about this movie and have given it such positive reviews haven't actually read the books. This movie diverges from the actual book way more than I could appreciate as a HP fan.

The Hogwarts battle scenes seem to be the director's own version of the events rather than a recreation of the book (if you've seen the trailers, you would have suspected as much). Unfortunately, while the first four movies brilliantly followed the books (given the time constraints of a movie), ever since director David Yates got involved, the movies have moved away from the books (Half Blood Prince being a great example of Yates doing his own thing).

Deathly Hallows 2 in my view does an even poorer job of visually recreating the book than Half Blood Prince did.