Thursday, Dec. 01, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

And just like that, it’s over. Kids who grew up with Harry are grown. The coming-of-age story has cometh and just like in life, things got ugly. This is the darkest installment yet…and I mean dark – we don’t see daylight until the end. Part 1 was days and weeks of hustle and bustle but the final installment of J.K. Rowling’s last book in the Potter series is a beeline to the climax. All the events take place during one gloomy day and everything happens in the wizard world. It is a fitting conclusion to a complex tale of mentors lying to you for your own good, betrayal and finding your way in the world once school is over and life begins. Only in this case, school is reduced to rubble and real life is a civil war. Potter, along with his classmates and enemies, complete a story arc that results in a cauldron of gold – well worth a watch.