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(Part 1 here, Part 2 over here.) My feelings about them pretty much stand.

I covered both films at length upon their theatrical release. It does what very few big-budget series manage to do: it saves the best for last. Thankfully, this turned out not to be the case, and I'd even go so far as to say the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is in contention as the best finish for any multi-film franchise ever. I got into Harry Potter thanks to the movies, and while the series was never perfect-it didn't gel into inclusive moviemaking until the third installment the sixth film, The Half-Blood Prince, stiffed-I looked forward to each new release even as I feared they wouldn't stick the landing. If you started reading the Harry Potter novels at an age near Harry's, you'd grow up together. I had no idea that the tone of the material was going to age with Harry and his friends, that we would go through the difficult periods of adolescence, including awkward growth spurts and fumbled first loves. Had I known that the Harry Potter series was going to end up here, in a dark and challenging world where life is not all magic spells and problems dispensed with a wave of a wand, I'd have probably gotten on board and read the books when they were coming out like everyone else. Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the DVD editions included in the Ultimate Edition, not the main Blu-ray discs under review.