You’ll recall that Voldemort hits pause on his bombardment of Hogwarts castle for the students to collect their dead and reconsider handing Harry Potter over, and it’s during this interim that we see that a number of beloved characters didn’t make it out alive. To consider that this place that once embodied safety and comfort is now a war zone. Harry and Luna turn back to the location of the Horcrux, but take a beat to look out the window, to glimpse the wards going up as protection around their school that are almost definitely going to fall. Luna Lovegood ( Evanna Lynch) stops Harry as he’s hurrying up a staircase, surrounded by students scrambling to take cover as their professors and allies put wards up around the school outside. Take for example the scene where Harry is trying to track down a Horcrux related to Rowena Ravenclaw. Yes, it features the legendary “Battle of Hogwarts” and there are explosions and magic fights and a goblin getting absolutely decimated by a dragon, but by and large director David Yates allows scenes to linger, stopping for a moment to allow the film’s characters to relate as human beings in the midst of almost-certain destruction. Part of what sets Deathly Hallows – Part 2 apart is that it’s a surprisingly quiet film.
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