Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II Movie Review

This is a movie review that I wrote for my cousin's blog. I just want to repost it here to let visitors of this blog know how I felt about the movie because I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter series.

The movie “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II” was a great way to close out the series. It was a great combination of epic battles and touching emotional scenes. The battle scenes were well done and very intense. You can see how much Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) has grown as an actor. The scenes in this movie require a lot of emotional range of Radcliffe. Whether it is when he needs to confront Voldemort and his Death Eaters but also when he is required to show his friends and peers how much it means to him that they are all fighting against evil, in other words fighting beside him.

Director David Yates was able to take the audience deeper into the heart of the story because Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was split into two movies. Small plot elements that are crucial for the story are able to be incorporated into the movie because of this. This allows those that love the Harry Potter series to feel more connected to what is happening on-screen. A more faithful adaptation was able to be produced. Splitting up the movie let the makers of the movie construct an appropriate final showdown between Harry and Voldemort. There are definitely liberties that they [the makers of the movie] took but I believe that most fans will think that it is a solid representation of the world that J.K. Rowling created but it is still easy enough to follow for those that are not fans of Harry Potter.

College, NYC, and "Scrubs"

There is less than a month before I return back to school for my 3rd year of college. I have recently changed my major from Pharmacy to actuarial science. I am in New York City for the summer and I believe it is an experience that has helped me out tremendously. New York City can be an intimidating city at first but once you get used to it, it is not so bad. It also helps to have people that you know in the city and I do have a cousin that has helped me out tremendously.

I am interning for the summer in New York City. It is the first summer that I am doing it and I am enjoying the experience. It allows me to see first hand what the work environment will be like when I graduate and enter the job market. Besides the internship, I have also tried to see and do as much as I can in the city before I head back to the Midwest. I should go see a Broadway play before I leave New York. I mean that is one of the first things that people think about when they think about New York. NYC is a city unlike any that I have ever lived in before. You are able to find cuisine from essentially any country of the world. All of the different cities in New York are different from each other and even the different areas and subsections of Manhattan have their own local flavor to them. 

I also have a Netflix membership and I am currently very obsessed with the show "Scrubs". I guess that I got into it super late compared to everyone else. I can see why people like it so much. It has very memorable characters and a very unique method of presenting life from the perspective of a doctor. One thing that I am bummed about is the fact that I don't enjoy reading as much as I used to. I am trying to get back into it except during the school year, it is difficult to find the time to read. Other than that, I am anxious to return to school, excited about the new direction that I have taken in my academic career.