The final installment of Harry Potter, finally has broken the 1 million dollar mark, and the only one of the series to doing so in 14 days of release. The one that was the highest grossing one, was the first one "Sorcerer's Stone" from 2001. But also take into consideration the ticket prices from 10 years ago......obviously 3D/IMAX theaters weren't even around, nor were the inflated prices of today's tickets, which range between $10-$12, not including the additional 5-6 dollars for the 3D/IMAX options. It may have broken many records in its scale to success, but already lost a lost of steam since the opening day, due to other competition such as Captain America and Cowboys and Aliens, to name a few.
Will I consider that the end of HP went with a giant bang.........NO! Far from it if you ask me, but it was still better than most endings from other movies. The movie barely was over 2 hours, the main bulk of the movie was already done in Death Hallows 1. But Deathly Hallows 2 did end with a 25 minute, or so, assault of Hogwarts, by Voldemort and crew. The climactic end between good and evil, ended the same way as in Goblet of Fire, with a wand fight, in which Harry, ended up winning, and Voldi, going up in ashes. In the past, I felt that Goblet of Fire was really cut short from what should have been and felt rushed, DH2 takes that feeling and places it on itself. This movie, though good, I still rate at 7.5. Had they left the rumored cut scenes, especially the memory scenes from Snape's past, this would have been made into a better movie. Had they made the fights between Voldi/HP and Bellatrix/Molly fights longer, it would have made a difference. The death scenes of some memorable characters were either cut short, or not seen at all. Frankly, an additional 15 minutes would have sufficed enough to feed the curiosities of Potter fans, leaving them satisfied well knowing that the end of an era, has gone up with fireworks galore, instead of the feeling that, it was well enough, but could be better.
In all, good movie, fast pace, and a good job. Snape finally is seen in the good light for the first time in 10 years, and has many IMDb.com poster, posting, Alan Rickman for an Oscar nod.......he, was in fact, the best actor in this series. Daniel, played an awesome HP. Rupert's faces, funny as heck for some comedic relief. Emma, acting did get better, and moreso without the weird eyebrow thingy she was doing around Goblet of Fire. Maggie Smith, can't complain at all. Brendan Gleeson, wonderful supporting character as ever. Michael Gambon, missed, but will never be forgotten as Dumbledore.
