Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) - Movie WATCH ALONG!!
Added 2025-04-06 13:01:01 +0000 UTCThe Harry Potter Saga comes to its harrowing conclusion... how do y'all feel about these adaptations as a whole???
Reaction Highlights: https://youtu.be/7iGnaYqZf5U
Watch Along: https://youtu.be/vHuP_3B_NCk
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Fun fact- Not only did Alan Rickman DID know about Snape's trajectory and ending, it's the entire reason he agreed to continue filming past the second or third film. He wanted to leave early in the franchise due to several dissatisfactory components of filming, but JK Rowling revealed to him the rest of the story (that she also knew because she wrote the final part of the story before any of the preceding parts) and convinced him to stay.
Nick Mitchell
2025-04-26 14:31:18 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite franchise reactions. Watched it twice with my kids lol. You guys notice Snape deflected killed the Carrows by deflecting curses.
Adam Ramirez
2025-04-12 18:07:05 +0000 UTCWhat a journey. I love doing these watchalongs with people who haven't watched or seen them as often as I have. Fun to see how close predictions get, like Greg predicting just how deep Harry's connection to the Horcruxes was. I will forever love these movies. As a book reader, there will always be certain smaller plots that were either just lightly shown, like Lupin and Tonks' romance, or happening in the background that only readers may have caught, such as Percy Weasley (one of Ron's older brothers) turning his back on his family and siding with the Ministry during the events of Order of the Phoenix but finally reconciling at the Battle of Hogwards. Looking forward to the next chapter of your Wizarding World watch.
Patricia Carrillo
2025-04-10 20:55:09 +0000 UTCIn all honesty and this might be an unpopular opinion but I hate watching characters I love die on screen it's not satisfying for me on any level (it's one of the reasons I got scared to continue AOT and I only got through GOT because of the many spoilers so I knew what to expect for every season lol) so I myself appreciate the lack of visuals because all it does is cause me such distress that I'm too distraught to focus so I was and am all for them not showing the deaths of many beloved characters in this franchise because seeing Fred, Remus and Tonks death would have been absolute torture for my mind, body and soul lol 😅 Sad it's over but at the same time I'm so happy because now whenever I'm in a HP mood I always have you (Greg) and Tara to rewatch it with 😁❤️❤️❤️
KaylaTheKing
2025-04-08 03:58:35 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed this journey. The Reunion special is a nice bookend to the series. Would be cool if yall reacted to it too
Blkm44
2025-04-07 13:08:07 +0000 UTCNooooooooo…it cant be overrr 😞 Ahhh man these were honestly some of my favorite reactions for some reason and I’m not even a Harry Potter guy lol. Excited to see whats next for Sci-Fi Sunday next! Stay sexy rejects!
Dee Murdock
2025-04-07 06:17:27 +0000 UTCI don’t disagree that Snape was heroic in some ways, I am more so talking about the labeling him as hero because I think there’s a difference. He still joined a blood purist group that perpetuated extreme hate and violence (and only left because he found out Voldemort was targeting Lily), and still relentlessly bullied children. Snape did do heroic things, but I just disagree with relatively common characterization of him a flat out hero. It’s very nuanced as well because in my opinion, Snape did the right things for morally wrong reasons nearly all the time. But i definitely see your point.
salene h
2025-04-07 04:02:56 +0000 UTCAlso, please react to the Reunion special on MAX and get the tissues ready. When I watch it, a bitch cried lol there's a line a actor says. So powerful and touching Y'all ain't ready to get those feels
mawii yoo
2025-04-07 03:41:12 +0000 UTCI would argue that your points actually paint Snape in an even more heroic fashion... He helped Harry so many times despite not even liking him. He held love for Lily and protected her son despite her ending up with the guy who bullied him. If anything, it is more impressive that he did all that he did compared to Dumbledore because he had way more reason not to do the right thing.
Zane Platt
2025-04-07 03:40:26 +0000 UTCWow, this journey was something special. Snape arc though. That was beautiful. Alan delivered a fantastic character that will live on for generations to come.
mawii yoo
2025-04-07 03:39:45 +0000 UTCplease watch the reunion on hbo before fantastic beasts
joe
2025-04-07 03:24:16 +0000 UTCWas looking for this comment. If it weren’t here I would have posted it 🤘🏻
Prato 24
2025-04-07 01:18:41 +0000 UTCScroll down to actual watch along video.
Prato 24
2025-04-07 01:17:50 +0000 UTCYes, please react to the reunion special. You'd love it! :)
Nele Janssen
2025-04-06 22:21:49 +0000 UTCThese are my favorite movies of all time, and although they aren't exactly in line with the books, they are still amazing. There are just two key things that would've made them better for me. I wish they showed Harry and Ginny's relationship more. Harry was deeply in love with Ginny, and her with him. So much so that in the book, the last thing Harry sees before Voldemort "kills" him is Ginny's eyes. She is the last thing he thinks of because she represents what he has always longed for: a future with love and family. His act of giving up this future so that others may have their own future lives, and even so Ginny can start a life with another man, show that Harry understands the true meaning of love and sacrifice in the same way his mother did. His connection and love for Ginny in the books was truly amazing, so I wish the movies matched that (but I still love the movie Harry and Ginny). The only other thing I wish they emphasized in this movie was the Dumbledore x Harry dynamic and the Snape x Harry dynamic. Snape did not love Harry, despite what people might interpret from his memories. When Dumbledore says, "Don't tell me now you've grown to care for the boy," and Snape casts the Patronus, it is because he loves Lily. In that moment, he is saying, "I love Lily," which is why when Dumbledore says "After all this time", Snape responds, "Always." That is the only reason he protects Harry despite resenting and disliking him. Snape was only interested in keeping Lily alive, and by proxy, that meant saving Harry, too. Snape doesn't do everything he does throughout the series because he loves or even cares about Harry as an individual, but because Lily loved Harry and died for him, and Snape loved Lily. A lot of people walk away from this movie thinking Snape was an amazing man, and while he was a great character in the story who did good things, he was not the amazing man people make him out to be. People then look at Dumbledore as a villain who only saw Harry as a disposable way to win the war, but unlike Snape, Dumbledore truly did grow to love and care for Harry and says as much in the fifth book. Dumbledore often distances himself from Harry because he cares for him and doesn't want him to continue suffering, but he can't allow himself to think that way because Harry needs to die. I think if they had made these dynamics more clear, it would've helped people see the complexities in the characters rather than just throwing out the label "hero" and "villain" to characters that dont fit the bill.
salene h
2025-04-06 22:16:03 +0000 UTCSorry if others have already asked but any chance of you guys reacting to the reunion special on Hbo? It's a really nice watch after completing all the movies
Kubochaan
2025-04-06 21:39:49 +0000 UTCAlso Teddy Lupin was raised by his grandmother (Tonk's mother) but Harry was his godfather so was big part of his life.
Lisa - Marie
2025-04-06 21:04:29 +0000 UTCSo Harry and Ginny's children are called James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter and Lily Luna Potter, thought let you know as Greg notices the JSP and ASP on the trunks.
Lisa - Marie
2025-04-06 21:02:14 +0000 UTCPeople need to put more respect on Fleur’s name. She’s amazing. She went to work breaking those curses on Hermione’s arm.
Alexandria
2025-04-06 20:37:33 +0000 UTCThis was a fantastic series watchalong, sad that it has finally ended. But glad to hear that you guys will be covering the Fantastic Beasts films too. Had so much fun returning to these movies.
techagek
2025-04-06 20:19:14 +0000 UTCYeah. The movies make him seem like a genuinely good guy doing double agent stuff In the book he is a genuinely awful guy who did a few good things. And he did those good things for all the wrong reasons lol He didn’t care at all if Harry or James died. Just that Lilly died. He essentially became a Nazi just because his crush rejected him. For other reasons too. He genuinely believed in pure blood supremacy. he called Lilly a mud blood. James did bully Snape. But James was an asshole type guy who matured. Became a hero. Wasnt a bigot. Snape low key has incel vibes in the books. Lashing out when he doesn’t get his way. And considering he is a massive bigot who called Lilly a slur he low key deserved to be bullied And then even once he joined the side of good, he still bullied literal Children Harry was bad enough. But at least kinda made sense cause he hated James. But in the books he relentlessly bullies Neville and hermione. And countless others Hermione had a spell done to her that made her teeth grow long, and he said he didn’t notice a difference Neville’s worst fear was Snape (that part is in the movie). Like no child should have their worst fear be their teacher He didn’t have to do this stuff lol. Like to keep up appearances I can understand him doing awful things once he become headmaster But before Voldemort had even returned he had no reason to torment children. He did it causs he liked it That isn’t to say I don’t like Snape. I do. And I like how complex it is. It’s not necessarily black and white He did after all contribute to Voldemort’s downfall both times. That can’t be ignored. But deep down he is a hateful bigot. Maybe he dropped some of that bigotry as he got to know Harry. But I don’t think we can just excuse tormenting children just cause he did good things
Connor Vide
2025-04-06 18:02:07 +0000 UTCthese are the few adaptions that while reading the books I genuinely get thoughts of “man the movies suck. They cut out some of the best parts and added so many irrelevant scenes” But then when I watch the movies I forget all that and get swept up Like the 6th is my favourite book. And least favourite movie. Because all my favourite parts of the book were cut out. Which actually makes 7 and 8 make less sense. (For example, most of the horcruxes just come out of no where in 7 and 8 in the movie. We see them in 6 in the book). And what annoys me is they ADDED the scene where the burrow burns down just to add some action I guess since there isn’t much in the book. But if we didn’t have that scene there would’ve been more room for some of the important book moments to set up the final movies But then I watch the movie and I’m like “man I like this lol” It’s hard to hate the movies because they do a lot right. I always convince myself I hate the movies and then I watch them every 2-3 years and I’m like “never mind”. It’s one of those logical vs emotional things Logically they changed and removed so much that they’re basically hollow shells of the book. But emotionally, the acting, the visuals, the sets, the way magic and wonder is depicted, all gets me swept up Other book adaptions dont do that. They both cut things out, change, and add things, and then also fail as films These at least are super well made movies. Everyone behind and in front of a camera did such a good job that it’s hard to hate them lol
Connor Vide
2025-04-06 17:54:56 +0000 UTCThe reunion is a fantastic watch.
Walker 4IB
2025-04-06 17:48:54 +0000 UTCi could list so many times i genuinely laughed with or absentmindedly responded to a question or comment one of you had made, but that would make for a long, probably boring comment. so i won't. but what i will say is that, given how bleak, what unending misery has seemed to permeate everything we do as of late, i appreciated every moment immensely. i'm so sad it's over. thank you both so much (and the whole behind the scenes team) for these last couple months of sundays. you all brought joy when it feels nearly impossible to cultivate at times, and i am so grateful. <3
sanrac
2025-04-06 17:35:48 +0000 UTCIf you go back and pay attention to Snape when he is talking to Bellatrix, he said he had deceived one of the best wizzards of all time. Bellatrix acted put off, then he said, Dumbledore is a great wizzard....Those were 2 complete separate sentences. The one he talked about deceiving is Voldamort. He was supurb at Occlumency. That's how he was able to deceive Voldemort.
Melissa Creel
2025-04-06 17:33:01 +0000 UTCNever read the books, but these movies were a true staple of my childhood that helped mold my fictional interests in life. The story and world are so iconic and I get such a huge hit of nostalgia every time I rewatch. I’ve looked forward to your and Tara’s magical reactions so much the past weeks and it sucks that the journey is over, but I’ve loved watching you guys embrace the series. Thank y’all so much!!!
ZBKND
2025-04-06 16:43:48 +0000 UTCI love these movies but one of my gripes with it is that they cut important scenes including a redeeming scene for malfoy near the end of the film where he helps harry. They also cut a scene where dudley apologizes to harry in the previous movie. Great movie but they really took malfoy's redemption and cut it, now people who only see the theatrical cut will see malfoy as a coward. Looking forward to Fantastic Beasts!
A. Saffari
2025-04-06 16:41:04 +0000 UTCAnytime I rematch these films, I always end up watching 'A Very Potter Musical' 1&2 because those were so big while I was in undergrad (probably due to my proximity to U of M but also because YouTube was this still young thing that people put stuff on). If you ever have down time, go check out Team StarKid. It is circa 2009/10 so quality isn't the best but 19/20 yr old me loved the parody! I'll sing 'Harry Freaking Potter' 'Granger Danger' and 'Voldemort is Going Down' while rewashing these films!
Simply Faded
2025-04-06 16:13:47 +0000 UTCYou guys spoke about Draco's conflict and there is a deleted scene showing Draco in the Courtyard battle scene that would've changed things and people are very upset that it was cut from the movie https://youtu.be/1p2Iu8LUX1Y?si=q2jiiBv8M6Svv8iL There are more deleted scenes on YouTube from all the movies
Tara
2025-04-06 16:13:27 +0000 UTCI've been looking forward to this. Time to cry. Again lol
Stoner_Architect
2025-04-06 16:06:51 +0000 UTCYeah same i thought they woulda had it on here besides the full length version :(
Ben
2025-04-06 15:47:54 +0000 UTCHBO produced a reunion special of sorts that would definitely resolve any post series depression. Yall should watch and react
Kevin
2025-04-06 15:42:16 +0000 UTCI'm so sad, I was watching the reaction highlights on youtube, then the video went down, i came and paid for the patreon subscription so I could literally finish it lol, but the link to it is to the youtube video that's been taken down D:
Kay
2025-04-06 15:41:46 +0000 UTCThe video just got removed from youtube?!?! What happened haha. I just got my snacks ready :(
RoflMao
2025-04-06 15:38:05 +0000 UTCIt's not entirely clear in the flashback but Snape was a bad guy during the events of Voldemort's first attempt to take over until he found out Lilly was a target. That's when he came to Dumbledore and changed sides playing a double agent.
Adam Ramirez
2025-04-06 15:36:49 +0000 UTCI read that Alan Rickman hesitated to accept the part but was told by J.K Rowling the character arc at the end for Snape so he could portray the character knowing his love for Lilly and his role in protecting Harry. That sold him.
Adam Ramirez
2025-04-06 15:35:18 +0000 UTCPlease watch the H20 ( Harry 20 years later documentary )- has so much great backstories and it’s just amazing
Noelle
2025-04-06 15:31:20 +0000 UTCguys plsss watch fantastic beasts trilogy after this plsss
dialgon
2025-04-06 15:27:12 +0000 UTCPlease, please react to the Pitch Meeting compilation of the Harry Potter movies by Ryan George. It's hilarious. I started crying the exact same moment that Greg did - when Sirius said "...because we're in there", pointing at Harry's heart.🤧
Stephanie
2025-04-06 15:26:49 +0000 UTCBuckle up. It's about to get emotional 😢
LeSheezy
2025-04-06 14:53:42 +0000 UTCI do love this movie, I have a lot of feelings about how the movies did the confrontation between Harry and Voldemort and Voldemorts death, but overall it's a very good conclusion. Also ease up a little on Draco, he is a scared kid who just want to be with his mum. I feel bad for all of the actors in the new TV show, they have to step into the shoes of some of the greatest actors of multiple generations.
Dannielle
2025-04-06 14:45:51 +0000 UTCThe movies very much paint Snape in a more positive light than he is in the books. He is definitely the most interesting character and has done good things, but he has also done a lot of very bad things that the movies leave out.
Dannielle
2025-04-06 14:44:31 +0000 UTCI’ll be watching this tomorrow. I hope they react to those pitch meetings for these movies. The videos are hilarious.
John F.
2025-04-06 14:15:34 +0000 UTCAbout the polyjuice potion: in the books, it does change their voice completely as well. The movies left the actor's voices I'm assuming to make sure we knew who was who
Shelby
2025-04-06 14:02:53 +0000 UTCI hope you guys react to the reunion they did on HBO! ❤️
Alycia Ortiz
2025-04-06 14:00:30 +0000 UTCI just woke up and this is the best notification I could have had 😁 I'm so excited
JC
2025-04-06 13:51:29 +0000 UTCPlease don't forget to watch the Reunion special
Tara
2025-04-06 13:25:30 +0000 UTCOmg, I can’t wait to react to this later. It’s been a blast watching this with you guys!
Hades
2025-04-06 13:07:44 +0000 UTCLiterally just refreshed to see if it’s here yet. Can’t believe we’re here and it’s all over.
Divinerights
2025-04-06 13:02:01 +0000 UTC
