Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1

I am excited about harry potter and the deathly hallows part1, i will watch it tomorrow as soon as i finish toy story 3 with my kids.

excellent. You wont be dissapointed.

This was an awesome movie!! I definately recommend watching it, but make sure you watch the other ones first. This isn't the kind of movie you want to watch as a stand alone, you need to have the background information first.

Here's my contribution to the Harry Potter reviews.



Well, here we go all you Harry Potter fans. The end is near and with Part 1 of the final chapter in this saga now out, the moment you all have been waiting for has finally arrived! Now I have read some reviews of people complaining about this movie and to those muggles, I say that this is not a movie for you! This was a movie made for those of us fans that have stuck along Harry for the full ride and are now being rewarded for our loyalty.

This movie finds Harry and his friends on their final journey in the battle against Voldemort. In order to be victorious in this battle, they must find several Horcruxes. I cannot explain what this means for fear of giving away spoilers, but suffice it to say that this is a long, arduous journey for our heroes. Along the way our heroes' patience, endurance (along with the audience's at times), loyalties, and friendships are tested to the max and we really get to see who is going to be able to persevere to the end.

The acting in the movie is good, standard Harry Potter fare if you ask me, and of course the storyline is interesting. The only problem being (and this is the only one I had read the book before seeing the movie which gave me an advantage to understanding it) that the information presented in the movie is done so in an inconsistent manner. The pacing of the movie is completely off with the beginning throwing a lot of information and activity at you, the middle dragging on for what seemed like an eternity (I actually checked my watch several times) and then again the ending throwing a ton of information at you in a short period of time.

If you had not seen any of the previous movies or read the books you will be at a complete loss with this movie and not enjoy it for a second. If you have watched the movies and not read the books, you again will still struggle to fully understand what is happening due to the inconsistent pacing. This is probably contributed to the fact that director David Yates is attempting to cover all the information in the final book within 2 movies which is going to be a difficult task. Yates taking on this task caused several key problems within the movie including the poor pacing, also the use of cheap camera tricks and the use of narrative to explain crucial plot points.

As a huge Harry Potter fan, I can safely say that this movie was a good set up for the next one which will come out in July 2011 and I anticipate that this will be the best one of the series. But as a stand alone film and for those who are just joining in on the Harry Potter phenomenon, this was a poorly done, rushed through movie.

Important plot points are rushed through at times, key characters are barely introduced or shown on numerous occasions, and scenes that are not as important or enthralling are stretched out in a vain attempt to examine relationships. There is good acting, some amazing scenes and great CGI in the film, however, this is not one that I would rush out and fight the crowds of teeny boppers to go see unless you are a die hard Harry Potter follower.

I give this one a 6 out of 10.

I don't often do reviews, but I really want to review this film....

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

In the world of Harry Potter, we believe in little sticks that can create glorious lit creatures, in trains that appear out of nowhere, in pictures that move, and a myriad of other magical comings and goings from the mind of J.K. Rowling. Let's face it, we all know Harry Potter is truly a marvel.

I always knew the books were the phenomenon, with the films coming in a poor second. To me, the films were created for those poor souls either too lazy or uninterested in taking the time needed to read and enjoy the books. Those first two films directed by Chris Columbus may have been interesting to those who didn't know about Potter, but to us Potter book readers, we were bored silly. The third film was finally treated as a film and was more visually interesting and faster paced. The next few films became darker and darker.... each getting better than the one before. I still feel sorry for those people who haven't read the books, but now, I believe the films have finally reached the stage where they can be compared to the books. I feel comfortable now saying this is a fine film franchise after all.

We have three actors who have grown into their roles, and if you really think about it, has there ever been another time in movie history where we watched the main characters really grow up? How marvelous is that? Daniel Radcliffe has graduated marvelously from those forced lines he once delivered. This time around, I believed he was Harry. There was a moment in this film where I actually felt Harry's pain. I never felt that before.

The decision to split this film in two, which struck me as greedy in the beginning, was correct. We now have something the other films lacked – depth. I challenge those that thought the pacing was off. There is a good reason for Harry and Hermoine and Ron to be rather lost in the woods. That is what happened in the book. These three have come a long way and they are so close yet so far -- they have emotional turmoil to go through! We now have time for an awkward dance between Harry and Hermoine that was probably the sweetest and most surprising moment in the entire series. We now have time to have Ron and Harry have a wonderfully staged fight.

And we now have time for Hermoine to narrate a wonderfully drawn “story” of the Deathly Hallows. That was also a surprising moment. Well done.

I believe this was the best film of them all. For one thing, every single time that huge snake showed up, I was pulling my coat over my eyes and screaming like a teenager. Brilliant. Isn't that what Harry Potter is about anyway? Aren't we supposed to be kids again?

Of course, it is easy to see how different this film is from the past, but I believe it isn’t only the darkness of the story that makes this so special – it’s the decision to really tell the story this time by actors who have become their characters.

I cannot wait for the second part. I never thought I would get this excited. I'm also excited to see more of Snape next time.... god love him, that murderer!

Good review, that dance between Harry and Hermione was probably my favorite scene

Here's my literary analysis for the film


From the beginning of the movie, I was thinking if reference was made to the Holocaust. A professor who majored in Muggle Studies and in defence of their bloodline was captured by Voldemort and then killed.

Later throughout the movie, it was evident already. There were recurring elements that reflect one of the major theme is revealing the horrors of ethnic cleansing like those of the Jewish massacre. Muggle families need to register their particulars and secret agents were always on the run to catch those with "inferior blood". Propaganda was always printed and widely distributed by the Magic Ministry(which fell into the hands of the evil) to further condemn and smear the names of those with non-magical blood.

Totalitarianism and Subversion also ring a bell at points of time. When the ministry was infiltrated by death eaters and Voldermort's team, truth was often distorted, oppressive measures were in place, "dissents" like harry potter had to be captured and "inferior blood" has to be cleansed. Voldermort would remind one of Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin. Dictatorship.

Dolores Umbridge is a conservative education worker and would tweak the education system according to her agenda by hook or by crook and she ended up working with the dark forces. She is a power hungry bitch.

The movie also seem to hint that sacrifices need to be made for the greater good. The achieve the end, sacrifices are inevitable and necessary. When the Order of the Phoenix had to escort Harry to the safe place, Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody died as a result of protecting Harry. Dobby was also killed when he attempted to save Harry and gang when they were captured and held as hostages in the Malfoy Manor.

If you ask me what the movie smell of, I'll think that it smell of death. Death was imminent throughout the movie and Ron was afraid that Death will be upon his family and guards by the radio continuously and hope that the names of his beloved ones wont be broadcast. He got into a fight with Harry later and told Harry that he could never put himself in his shoes because his parents were already dead.

Harry Potter, Ron and Hermoine also had to isolate themselves from the rest to seek the hocruxes in a bid to destroy Lord Voldermort. Loneliness bears the "death" smell too, dont you think?

Here's my crazy-late (I'm like three films behind right now) review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1:

Good stuff, I am very happy to read your thoughts and am very happy to see that my thoughts about the trailers may have been correct. These last two films look to be a very fine end to a franchise that struggled mightily in the middle but appears to have really found its way home. The last installment (part 6) was probably the best I'd seen since the first two and now these last ones, well, I'm really looking forward to them. I am gonna hold off though until they are both available.

By the way, have you read all the books Chris? I can't remember if I asked you that before or not. But anyway, the last two books were really quite dark in their own right, so the flicks should be much darker, I says.

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Thanks. I actually don't like my review much. It took me forever to write and I think it's pretty mediocre, but I hope it's informative.

Yup, I've read all seven. I think I started a bit before book four came out, so for books 5-7 I was waiting along with everyone else, and I read the last two in the first few days after the release. Lots of thought speculating along with everyone else, of course, as to what would happen. I really love them, and I think they're absolutely going to stand the test of time. And they're loaded with references and parallels to classic literature. Rowling is clearly a big fan of the classics, and there's a lot more to analyze in the books than I think some people give them credit for.

Anyway, we diverge a bit about the earlier and middle films, but I completely agree otherwise. I thought ...and the Half-Blood Prince was probably the best film in the series, too, and if you like that I have to imagine you'll like Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Can't blame you for wanting to watch them back-to-back, either, though I don't have the patience for it, myself.

Oh, and I just can't speak highly enough of the animated sequence I mentioned in the review. It's truly fantastic.

I poured some vodka on the floor when Dobby died. RIP

Really liked how they used the animated sequence to clearly explain the back story of the Deathly Hallows