Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Warning, spoilers.

I just got back a few hours ago from finally seeing HP DH P2. Which is a long, annoying name, and for the rest of this post, I will be shortening it to DH2. I figured right now is the best time to write something about how I feel, since I'm over the initial shock, but my body doesn't have enough tears left in it to start the waterworks again.

I'm going to start off and say I was absolutely terrified for this movie. Deathly Hallows was my favourite book, and most of that was because of the stuff that'd be happening in this movie. There were so many deaths that could have been handled poorly. Surprisingly, most of them weren't. DH2 ended up being my favourite of the Harry Potter movies as well. It was beautiful, and it had the right mix of the war and the emotional parts.

There are a few complaints I'm going to get out of the way first though. First off, the entire Slytherin house being ordered to the dungeons. As you all know, I am a Slytherin. I would have liked to fight. At least in the books, they were given the option (even if most of them left, some did come back). I also think that scene could have been a lot more dramatic, with everyone taking out their wands towards the Slytherins. I just generally felt that part was a bit of a let down. I was also EXTREMELY annoyed by the addition of Neville saying he was "mad for Luna". I'm sorry, but maybe it's the anti-Neville/Luna shipper in me, but I literally rolled my eyes at that part. It was just awkward, out of place, completely useless, and terrible. The last scene I was particularly displeased about was Fred's death. All you see is him crouching alone in the corner, before they're in the Great Hall and crying over his body. One of the things that made me even able to handle his death in the book was that he'd just forgiven Percy, the first in his family to do so, and was sharing a joke with him. He died laughing with the brother he never thought he could laugh with - not alone in a corner.

Now that I've gotten that out of my system, I'll tell you what I loved. Everything else. The biggest highlight was Snape's memories. I feel like it was done amazingly. I was sobbing the whole time. I know they changed it a bit, but I think it was perfect.

I'm really still a bit too much of an emotional wreck to try to explain more about how I loved the movie. I'm probably going to see it next week, so I'll report back then.