Trailer for Harry Potter Finale Looks ‘Epic’

The end of the Harry Potter series is that much closer with the release of the trailer for the grand finale. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is out July 15, and the tease looks promising. "The quiet, almost elegiac opening seconds, though, are what get me the most," writes Nina Shen Rastogi in Slate. "I have no doubt that this final showdown is going to be a fist-pumping glory, but those brief glimpses give me hope that the human element won't get lost in all the wand-slinging battles." The trailer indeed looks "epic,' notes the Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy blog, which hopes the movie lives up to it. (More Harry Potter stories.)