Monday, July 25, 2011  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part
2    On Wednesday night I saw it again, determined to find out
why I disliked it so much, and whether I was just being too hard
on it. Interestingly, most Potter fans seem to have liked it
this time, which was not the case before. Mike Patterson though
has this interesting writeup pointing out in very specific
instances why the movie was bad. I myself have only raised my
rating a couple of notches. Seen independently, the movie is
decent, but after multiple readings of the book and ten years of
association with Harry Potter it is plain bad.  To get the good
parts out of the way, the Prince’s Tale was beautifully done,
Alan Rickman brings his marvellous portrayal of Snape to a great
ending. The movie was visually pretty good, and Hogwart’s
defending itself was well done, though a bit artificial in the
performances of the professors.  But in the bid to add action
and drama to the movie, certain themes of the book were pushed
aside, and that made t