WARNING: Spoilers Alert if you haven't seen the movie and don't want to ruin it, don't read on.
Today I went to see the latest installment of the Harry Potter franchise. I walked in there with a certain expectation as to how things would go, not so much in the plot development and scripting (since it has been a long time since I've read the book), but more in the overall look of the movie. Let me tell you, I was not disappointed.
This movie picks up after the events of the last, with the starting scene happening directly after the last movie, and then flashing forward a few months. The world is covered by dark clouds, and Death-Eaters are causing havoc even in the Muggle world. What follows are a series of events that lead Harry to the ultimate conclusion: he must leave Hogwarts to save the world.
Along the way there is a fair bit of romance, as things between Harry and Ginny, and Ron and Hermoine reach fever pitch. The graphics are just as amazing as always, and the world created is one that you can disappear into for 2 1/2 hours. If you really love HP, you would have cried when Diagon Alley was destroyed. Fred and George's store is gorgeous, though only briefly shown, and the new scenes are intense and well positioned.
The main point about this movie that I really wanted to see was the development of Draco's story. We've gone through most of the series being presented with a character who is antagonistic and manipulative, and a bit of a weakling. In this installment we finally get to see Draco for who he really is, a boy whose family situation requires him to do something that, ultimately, he doesn't want to do. He's faced with the only future his family will allow him to have, to become a Death-Eater, and he can't see any way around it, because he knows if he doesn't join them, they will kill him. When he runs to the bathroom to cry, it is because he's trying whatever he can not to kill Dumbledore directly, because he doesn't want to be faced with the reality of what he's done. If he curses someone into doing it for him it won't hurt as much. When the curse fails he gets scared, and then when Harry finds him in the bathroom he can't let himself show weakness, especially in the eyes of the person considered to be his enemy, so instead he fights him, trying to prove to himself and those who watch him that he can take care of himself.
I am ecstatic that we've finally reached the point where Ron and Hermoine will be together. It's something I've hoped for since the very beginning, and waited for once I found out that it actually happens. Ron is definitely my favourite character in most of this movie. He's grown up, but he still retains all those essential "Ron qualities" that make him loveable.Pay particular attention to the scene where Harry drinks the Luck Potion, it shows a lighter side to Harry that we rarely get to see, and shows us that Daniel Radcliffe can step away from the usual character of Harry Potter even when he's still playing that character.
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