Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Directed by: David Yates Rated: PG-13 Running Time: 2 Hours
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t’s amazing, isn’t it? Most franchises barely last into their third (or fourth) films and still maintain a consistent quality, but for the past decade, the “Harry Potter” films have only gotten better. Looking back, I regret that I didn’t give it the chance that it deserved. I prematurely judged the series as appealing to only children when I first viewed “Sorcerer’s Stone” in 2001. Now we have the penultimate chapter, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” and the tone has grown increasingly darker and bleaker, shedding much of the child-like whimsical aura that permeated the first two installments. Based on the seventh and final novel from J.K. Rowling, director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves have decided to split the 759 page book into two films in order to do it justice. From a business standpoint, it’s a stroke of brilliance as it allows Warner Brothers to make double the money from the box office. Unfortunately, it does not really work when looking at it creatively as you’re essentially getting half a film with a dramatic stopping point. That being said, “Deathly Hallows” is not a bad film, in fact it’s great, though it suffers from uneven pacing, and drags particularly in the middle as it wanders aimlessly like the main characters. Yet the relationships between these characters still ring true, and the drama and desperation they feel as they descend into hopelessness makes us root for them even more. Combined with excellent cinematography and some thrilling action set-pieces, the first part is the perfect lead-in to the grand finale. After the death of Albus Dumbledore at the hands of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) at the end of the “Half-Blood Prince,” Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) decide to drop out of Hogwarts and set out 7 \ theSCENE \ WAREZ-BB.ORG
to destroy the remaining Horcruxes. These objects each contain a piece of Lord Voldemort’s (Ralph Fiennes) soul, and as long as they exist, he cannot be truly destroyed. With the help of the Order of the Phoenix, Harry is smuggled to the Burrow with several of his friends disguised as him by drinking Polyjuice Potion, though they suffer some heavy losses, including the death of Alastor ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody (Brendan Gleeson). Harry wants to set out immediately to find the next Horcrux, but Ron convinces him to stay until after the wedding of his brother Bill (Domhnall Gleeson) and Fleur Delacour (Clémence Poésy). Unfortunately, the Death Eaters attack during the wedding and the Ministry of Magic falls to Voldemort’s agents, who quickly begin Movies & Music