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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I Review
Myviewing - wrote on 11/29/10
If you've been under a rock for the last nine years, the Harry Potter franchise is now winding down to the final book, but with the obvious subtitle inserted, it's clear that this isn't exactly the final installment as of yet (that will come July of next year).
With Dumbledore dead, a shaken Harry, Ron and Hermoine must flee from their families from the overarching storm that is Voldemort and his army now in charge of the Ministry of Magic. The trio must now embark on a crusade to find the four remaining Horcruxes that will destroy Voldemort forever before the Muggle world is subject to the Dark Lord's wrath. That's the basic overall plot of the film and without giving too much away, the film is conclusive in the same way 95% of trilogy part twos are conclusive. Thankfully with the obvious setting and foreground, Deathly Hallows Part 1 makes sure to tell the audience that it is only one part of an overall grand finale.
Of course you might wonder, "Is it in general a good film on its own?" I can certainly say so for anyone expecting a faithful adaptation of the first half of the book or an emotional thrill rollercoaster of an adventure. As you might know by now the film is faithful to its source material and for better or worse everything that's been used to produce the Warner Bros. film saga is still in place be it the music or the actors, the music often being a tour de force of triumphant action and tension and none of the actors ever really sticking out to the point of being painful and a number even doing their job exceptionally.
It has amazingly been a pretty remarkable decade for the Harry Potter book series to bring its seven books to the silver screen, and it's nice to see that a series of overall good directors and production investments were able to make this series worthwhile for anyone. It is true that since Part 1 isn't a definitively ending film that the ending may end up feeling a bit defeatist, and the only other real problem is that minor parts have been removed but were nothing really to hollow out this portion of the story. I would say that if you plan on seeing Deathly Hallows Part 1, chances are you know what you're going in to see, just be ready for Part 2 once it happens.
