Films like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme fantasy / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009) poster
1. Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017) poster
2. Baahubali 2: The Conclusion2017

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) poster
3. Baahubali: The Beginning2015

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) poster
4. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Superman Returns (2006) poster
5. Superman Returns2006

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) poster
6. Transformers: The Last Knight2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Battle: Los Angeles (2011) poster
7. Battle: Los Angeles2011

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) poster
8. The Chronicles of Riddick2004

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) poster
9. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) poster
10. Solo: A Star Wars Story2018

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

John Carter (2012) poster
11. John Carter2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) poster
12. Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

These are Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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