Harry Potter Movie Review
As a serious fan of the Harry Potter novels, I must admit I am a bit biased when it comes to my reviewing objectivity for the movies. However, I will try to look at this as a normal movie, not the highlight of my autumn theater experience.
The first half of the final film of JK Rowling’s infamous Harry Potter hit theaters last week. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” documents the Golden Trio (Harry {Daniel Radcliffe}, Ron {Rupert Grint}, and Hermione {Emma Watson}) as they leave Hogwarts and travel through Europe searching for Lord Voldemort’s horcruxes. These horcruxes are imperative to defeat Voldemort because each one contains a part of his soul, and they must be destroyed for him to completely die.
Easier said than done. Harry, Hermione, and Ron struggle with the search and are constantly threatened by Death Eater or Ministry of Magic “Snatcher” attacks. Meanwhile, Voldemort continues to wreck havoc throughout the wizard and muggle communities. Add the story of the “Deathly Hallows” and its magical components into the mix, and one has a very complicated dark film.
This “Harry Potter” is not the joyous and magical world of children; instead, we are immersed in a depressing world of real terror and uncertainty. Director David Yates creates a stark and bleak motion picture, but such melancholy is necessary for this “Potter” film to really tell the book’s story. Yates does not rush the movie; splitting it into two parts was really quite brilliant and devout fans of the novels will appreciate the final book’s full transformation on screen.
Veteran “Potter” actors Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson shine again in this half of the final installment. Tom Felton gives a believable performance as the “I want to be bad but I’m really not” Draco Malfoy, and Helena Bonham Carter delivers as always as the chilling Bellatrix Lestrange.
The final half of “Deathly Hallows” hits theaters in July, and it will be a sad day to watch my generation’s novel series finish its onscreen life.
Author’s Note: Don’t take your young children to see this film- it’s too dark and too long for anyone under ten to handle.
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I am very impressed with your review! I have always been a dedicated fan of ‘Harry Potter’. I have not seen the movie, yet. I have read all of the books and am planning to read them all again! I must admit that saying the movie is all sad, is a bit off statement. All Potter books and movies have not just been about sadness but also about hope, friendship, family, love, trust, and most importantly, Living life. The things that go on in the Harry Potter Dimension are somewhat like what we teens face today, only on a wider scale. Harry, Ron, Harmione and others still go through teenage trials, Such as who your friends are, what you should wear, falling in love, and who is dating who, etc. All-in-all It has been a lot of amazingness and hope and tears and joy.
I thought The Deathly Hollows wasn’t that dark, by the way it differs from the rest of the Harry Potter movies. I could see how its a lot more darker than the first one but they’ve been getting more mature after each movie that comes out.