Harry Potter pt. 6

The last movie I saw in a theater.  I was hoping to finish the rest of the movies in time and I am glad I did.
It spends a lot of time explaining and tying up loose ends.  It also flashes back and plays the scene where Harry's mother dies and I could not stop crying.  Like, overwhelming sobbing that made the people in the theater uncomfortable with me.

It has an interesting take on death.  Not unlike the Princess Bride's 'mostly dead.'  Apparently the effects of the shield of love his mother created gave him the choice to 'go back' to life.  It isnt fully explained, but even without him his friends were going to keep fighting evil.  Also, those who are dead (like Harry's parents and guardians) claim to have been always present during the events of the film.  Death is not an end, but a change in the 'level' to which you can do and be. I want to think on that some more before I talk about it because the idea fascinates me.
One thing that I did not like was his repeated insistence that others were dying for him.  HE may have been the chosen one, but he wasnt the end-all be-all.  They were fighting for their way of life and for freedom to not be under a cruel, totalitarian dictator who would have killed up to 75% of them for blood purification reasons.

We learn that some people have been fighting for love all along and it looks different depending on the presuppositions of the one watching/judging.  We see some people make bad decisions and come to regret them.  They are dubbed 'evil' because of family history, race, proximity to evil, and/or opportunity.  Everyone is naturally selfish or jealous.  It is called sin and it is in us as much as it is in them. 
The key is compassion and forgiveness.  And evidence of a real change and time to heal and be apart for a while.  Reconciliation is not impossible.

One aspect that struck me was that one can piece apart their soul and place it in or on something and remain an influence.  I find it a fascinating concept as well as a possible truth.  I think places and things can hold memory.  I think human emotions and person-hood leave more than just a spiritual trail behind them.  Places of beauty are such because people go there to be happy.  Houses that are dark are that way because people fight and hate inside them.  (Think: the House of Seven Gables)
Wands in Harry Potter choose and feel and are beings that have loyalty and power of their own.  Yet, they cannot (without a person commanding them) create any spells or use themselves to do magic.  Thus the things we wear, the car we drive, our belongings contain a bit of ourselves, or a bit of their former owner(s).
That concept fascinates me and I really would like to ask God about it one day.

But in the end, we find that