Harry Potter - Carl Jones reviews the final chapter
Movie expert Carl Jones casts his eye over the final instalment in the Harry Potter story in this week's episode of The Ticket.

So this is it. The film the fans were desperate to see, yet never really wanted, writes Carl Jones. For this is the end of an era; the final big-screen appearance for Harry Potter and his wizarding pals, who have cast their spells on the world to create the most successful franchise in film history.
The millions who nervously turned the pages of JK Rowling's final book in summer 2007 already know the fate which awaits Harry (Radcliffe), Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson).
But the film doesn't need an element of surprise, or too much dramatic tension, when it has such an overdose of wall-to-wall action and spectacular adventure.
At the end of the last chapter, we left Harry and his cohorts plotting to capture the powerful Horcruxes, where Lord Voldemort has hidden his soul.
This one opens with Voldemort (Fiennes) stealing the powerful Elder Wand from Dumbledore's grave, which he intends to use to kill Harry.
The dark lord's dastardly accomplices Bellatrix Lestrange (Bonham Carter) and Lucius Malfoy (Isaacs) press on with their diabolical plans, while Severus Snape (Rickman) fills the vacant post of headmaster at Hogwarts.
Harry's mission eventually leads him back to the troubled school where fellow students Neville Longbottom (Lewis), Luna Lovegood (Lynch) and Ginny Weasley (Wright) are ready to lay down their lives to protect Harry from Death Eaters including Draco Malfoy (Felton) and his Slytherin sidekicks.
As the series has progressed, the films have become darker and darker, longer and longer.
This one, at a relatively sprightly two hours 10 minutes, never outstays its welcome.
If the first chapter of Deathly Hallows was something of a low-key road trip, focusing on the complex emotions and relationships of Harry and his best friends, this is an all-out onslaught of action and adventure in the best blockbuster tradition.
An attempted break-in at Gringotts bank in the opening minutes is breathtaking, setting the pace for what's to come, and the climactic battle of Hogwarts is served up with some truly spectacular digital effects.
In fact, Deathly Hallows Part Two probably has more action than the previous seven Potter movies put together.
Radcliffe has definitely grown into the part, and although the film's scale overshadows his wide-eyed, two-dimensional performance, his sombre reunion with long-lost friends in The Forbidden Forest is one of the most touching moments.
Watson and Grint shine in the slightly surprisingly few scenes they share, and the moment everyone's been talking about – the kiss – certainly delivers.
Elsewhere, Rickman's prickly Snape, and Lewis as Neville Longbottom in his finest hour, are the pick of the supporting cast.
The film isn't without a few niggles, though.
In the race towards this life-or-death conclusion, some of the other supporting turns we've grown attached to, like Julie Walters' loveable Mrs Weasley, get rather swept up and forgotten.
And the introduction of 3D is seemingly driven more by box office greed than creative necessity. The view from behind the specs is perfectly fine, but is a non-essential luxury.