Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Harry Potter and the .... Part 2(now known as HP)  I took my wife to see this and chose to leave the children at home. That was probably a good idea. As seen from the last few HP movies and from reading the books, the last few movies were going to be dark. And of course the mood and the on screen views were definitely dark.
I can see why there was a two part final movie. They wanted to make more money. Pretty much the only real reason. I think that with a little bit of an extension of time the Final movie could have been just one part. But then again why do that when one can make twice the amount of money. But alas I am writing a movie review not a review on the greed and corruption of Hollywood which we all know exists but we love to soak it all up.
The movie was Dark. I wouldn't recommend children under the age of 11. There isn't a lot of blood but there is a lot of killing. Voldermort is a scary guy and some of the little ones might be scared off from all that. I would think that if you hadn't have read the books it wouldn't be hard to follow the movies but there would be holes that are hard to fill in. Some of the emotions you felt in the book from people dying aren't really there. I think due to time constraints they played the death scenes down and tried to hurry to the action scenes. This isn't a bad thing necessarily but you lose interest in characters when there isn't a mourning period of sorts. Acting was decent, its really hard to tell because it seemed this one was more about action than acting. Things did happen quickly and the flow was much better than part 1.
If you are a fan of HP films then this is a must. That is a no brainer right there. If you have been hiding in a dark dank hole or living in your momma's basement for the past 5 years or so then first get a life, otherwise go watch the movie. It was a good summer flick. A lot of people will be dissapointed at the ending but its OK that's what happens when you get tired of writing a series and can't really figure out how to off the bad guy in a glamorous awesome way. Its not an Oscar contender for best Screenplay but is a good visual ride.