By now, you’ve likely heard about the record-shattered turn that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 had in theaters over the weekend, raking in an astonishing $476 million worldwide.

For those of you that did not manage to get out to the theater to see the film, believe you me, you are totally missing out.

I had the privilege to see the film twice over the weekend, and I must say it is the best film of the series.

For anyone that doesn’t want any spoilers, I urge to you discontinue reading now…

When watching part one of the Deathly Hallows, I was excited to see how they would put to rest the final book of J.K. Rowling‘s insanely popular series, and had many concerns as to whether the producers and crew were capable of fulling realizing Rowling’s dream on the big screen.

I was not at all disappointed with the end result…

One concern, or confusion rather, that I had had with the first part of Hallows, was the mirror fragment that Harry is found staring into in many parts of the film.

Those of you who have read the novels know of course that the fragment was part of a mirror that was given to Harry by his godfather Sirius Black back in book 5, but had not made it into the film series.

I was perplexed as to why the filmmakers decided to include something which had no previous explanation, and didn’t offer up one in the first part of Hallows either.

Thankfully, in an albeit brief scene at the Hog’s Head where the gang finally meet Dumbledore’s estranged brother Aberforth, the mirror was touched on. Phew!

Another concern I had was concerning the Pensieve scene where Harry learns about Snape‘s true motivations concerning Dumbledore‘s death, and long-time friendship with his mother.

I never thought in a million years that it would be possible for the movie to do it justice – for the fans to fully understand the complexity of the relationship between Lily and Severus. Thankfully, I was wrong, and in the film’s brief recap managed to give you the gist of the situation.

As for the rest of the film, it was action packed, fast-paced, and hardly a dull moment. It had a much shorter running time than I had imagined, and thankfully they were able to pack in a lot in a short time.

Overall I was completely satisfied with the way the filmmakers ended the series, and spent most of my nearly four hours watching the film, in tears.

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