Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

[Chrisksaint]

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It's weird thinking back how it all started with Sorcerers Stone to how it evolved into something like Deathly Hallows.

Yeah really cool how it slowly built up to more i guess evil encounters.

I just can't get over this series finally being over, I felt the same way after I finished reading the 7th book in like 2 days.

[Jonesy]

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Just got back from seeing it and LOVED it! The best movie of the series and probably the best movie I have seen this year.

For me each movie really did a good job of building on the last and slowly becoming more mature as the characters themselves matured.

There were a few bits of dialog I missed due to all the cheering etc so I'm looking forward to picking this up when it comes out on BR to watch it more thoroughly.

9/10 from me....

[KSUowls]

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Yeah really cool how it slowly built up to more i guess evil encounters.

I just can't get over this series finally being over, I felt the same way after I finished reading the 7th book in like 2 days.

Two days? I was a same day person. Nothing quite like those extended reading sessions caused by new Harry Potter releases. I loved the way the story evolved. I wasn't really upset after this last movie. I was disappointed with the some of the outcomes from the 7th book so I guess I had already resigned myself too much.

It is weird though knowing that we will never hear this again in a trailer for a new movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHwXSyGf4tQ&feature=fvst

[WyxHarmon]

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It's really weird to have it over.

I remember going to midnight releases for the 5th, 6th and 7th books. All really fun nights.

[Sportsforever]

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Took the wife to see this last night (she's read all the books and I've seen all the movies with her). I thought it was good, but I also thought it was too short. I think clocked in at just over an hour and a half.

Having not read the books I was confused at several junctions, but all in all I enjoyed it. I'm just not sure they should have split the last two movies up...I think it was a money grab with how short this last one was.

[jmood88]

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Took the wife to see this last night (she's read all the books and I've seen all the movies with her). I thought it was good, but I also thought it was too short. I think clocked in at just over an hour and a half.

Having not read the books I was confused at several junctions, but all in all I enjoyed it. I'm just not sure they should have split the last two movies up...I think it was a money grab with how short this last one was.

It's not a money grab at all, this one was just over 2 hours and the last one was 2 and a half hours long.

[Sportsforever]

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It's not a money grab at all, this one was just over 2 hours and the last one was 2 and a half hours long.

They list this one at just over 2 hours (2 hours, 5 minutes), although in actual movie time it is less (I think I clocked it at 1 hr, 40+ minutes). When they announced they were doing the final book in two movies, the reason given was that they wanted to be able to really go into depth. I just expected more detail/depth from this one...they could have done the last book in one big movie.

[KSUowls]

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They list this one at just over 2 hours (2 hours, 5 minutes), although in actual movie time it is less (I think I clocked it at 1 hr, 40+ minutes). When they announced they were doing the final book in two movies, the reason given was that they wanted to be able to really go into depth. I just expected more detail/depth from this one...they could have done the last book in one big movie.

I thought it was 125 minutes of actual run time? Idk I didn't clock it.

Either way I don't think they could have done this in 1 movie. 2 1/2 hours for part 1 and part 2 that was by your count pushing 2 hours. It might be hard to sell people on the idea of a 4+ hour movie so they probably would have ended up cutting even more out.

[Sportsforever]

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I thought it was 125 minutes of actual run time? Idk I didn't clock it.

Either way I don't think they could have done this in 1 movie. 2 1/2 hours for part 1 and part 2 that was by your count pushing 2 hours. It might be hard to sell people on the idea of a 4+ hour movie so they probably would have ended up cutting even more out.

When movies are quoted on run time that always include the credits. I clocked the movie at around 1:40-45 so I'm guessing about 20 minutes of credits?

[Steel5]

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When movies are quoted on run time that always include the credits. I clocked the movie at around 1:40-45 so I'm guessing about 20 minutes of credits?

Run time does include credits. Are you absolutely sure you clocked runtime at 1:40 to 1:45? Credits should be 10 minutes tops. And that is the absolute most you should from a credits time.

[Beantown]

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Run time does include credits. Are you absolutely sure you clocked runtime at 1:40 to 1:45? Credits should be 10 minutes tops. And that is the absolute most you should from a credits time.

Clocked it tonight from about 9:15 to 11:10 or so.

[Steel5]

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Clocked it tonight from about 9:15 to 11:10 or so.

That makes more sense. That's an hour and 55 mintues, and there is probably ten minutes of credits.

[SinisterAlex]

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Just saw it and I have to say AWESOME movie and I'm really disappointed to see the series end but, with that being said....

I was really disappointed with how many things they left out, for example:

Spoiler

At the end of the book, Harry uses the Elder Wand to mend his Phoenix wand, but in the movie, Harry breaks the Elder Wand in half and you don't even see him show his wand....

Or

When Voldermort and Harry were fighting, before they fought, Harry explained why he couldn't be killed, how Voldemort had no friends, and most importantly, who the Elder Wand belong to by explaining how it was his (Harry's). Instead of doing this, they just fought right away.... (plus in the book, they fought in the Great Hall around everyone in the school, not outside the school by themselves...)

I could go on and on about what they missed. I understand it's a movie, and no one wants to sit there for 2 and a half hours, but I thought this was downright stupid not to include stuff like this.

[Steel5]

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Just saw it and I have to say AWESOME movie and I'm really disappointed to see the series end but, with that being said....

I was really disappointed with how many things they left out, for example:

Spoiler

At the end of the book, Harry uses the Elder Wand to mend his Phoenix wand, but in the movie, Harry breaks the Elder Wand in half and you don't even see him show his wand....

Or

When Voldermort and Harry were fighting, before they fought, Harry explained why he couldn't be killed, how Voldemort had no friends, and most importantly, who the Elder Wand belong to by explaining how it was his (Harry's). Instead of doing this, they just fought right away.... (plus in the book, they fought in the Great Hall around everyone in the school, not outside the school by themselves...)

I could go on and on about what they missed. I understand it's a movie, and no one wants to sit there for 2 and a half hours, but I thought this was downright stupid not to include stuff like this.

That sucks they didn't have those two things. In Part 1, there never explained that they got caught my the snatchers because Voldemort's name was tabooed and that really irked me.

The films are for people that have read the books for the most part. Without having read the books, the films have plot holes galore.

[Jonesy]

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I read the books as there were released and have such a crap memory that it's almost like it all fresh to me now watching the movies this long after reading them. I remember the main points but I can't remember all the little details for the life of me.

I did think that bit about him

Spoiler

just snapping that wand

was a little weird though.

Apparently this movie has opened at near Avatar levels so it's gonna be BIG at the box office (as expected I guess). I thought it would be huge but not this big!