"Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2" – a retrospective

Pop Culture Double Date

We conclude our Harry Potter re-watch with the earth-shaking final entry in this series of films. For all the heroics of our intrepid titular character, is this really Severus Snape's movie? Is Narcissa Malfoy the secret MVP of the Harry Potter universe? Was it right that Neville Longbottom should be the final wielder of the sworn of Gryffindor? Did we really need the post-time jump epilogue at the end of the movie? And what does it say about the long arc of the story we've just watched that in the final shot of this movie, Harry and Hermione stand next to each other in the centre of the frame with their respective partners either out of shot or relegated to the background?