HPDH2

Short review of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2:

Good movie.  All of the principal actors have aged very nicely, and turned into really nuanced actors, especially Daniel Radcliffe. Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom showed the most growth as an actor and a character. (Not to mention he is a very handsome young man -- who would have foreseen?) The absolutely wonderful Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall has much more to do than in the past few HP movies. 

Alan Rickman is... Alan Rickman.  He is Snape. Ralph Feinnes is oddly subtle as Voldemort, about as unsubtle a character as you can get.

It is most definitely not worth the extra money in 3D.  The 3D effects, while there, were pretty subtle -- except for one or two moments where the movie was slowed down quite annoyingly to emphasize the 3D motion. The best 3D effect was clearly Voldemort's snake Nagini, and even that would be almost as scary in 2D. [Edited to add: IMAX 3D, on the other hand, was great.]

Given that I tend to get bored in all but the most engaging movie (short attention spans 'r' us), my attention wandered only very briefly in this one.  I felt it could have used a small editing -- maybe ten minutes cut here and there.

Entertainment Weekly gave it an A-.  That's about right.