Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)

• Year: 2010
• Released: 19 Nov 2010
• Country: United Kingdom, United States
• Adwords: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 15 wins & 55 nominations total
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Harry_Potter_and_the_Deathly_Hallows_Part_1
• Available in: 3D, 720p, 1080p
• Language: English, Latin
• MPA Rating: PG-13
• Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
• Runtime: 146 min
• Writer: Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling
• Director: David Yates
• Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
• Keywords: magic, corruption, based on young adult novel, werewolf, isolation,

	7.7/10
	65/100
	77% – Critics
	85% – Audience

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 Storyline

While villainous Lord Voldemort begins taking over the Ministry of Magic, Harry, Ron and Hermione must race against time to finish Dumbledore’s quest to find and destroy Voldemort’s Horcruxes in order to stop the Dark Lord once and for all. On their own out in the world, the trio must rely upon one another as evil forces threaten to tear them apart. Will they succeed? Will Voldemort finally be stopped? What is the mystery behind the Deathly Hallows?

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totalitarianism takes over in the wizarding world

If you’ve read all the Harry Potter books, then you should know that, as the series went on, they essentially became an allegory for totalitarianism. Certainly one can see that in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1”. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson reprise their roles as Harry, Ron, and Hermione, respectively. The three are now having to live almost in secret due to the almost fascistic takeover of the wizarding world by Lord Voldemort’s (Ralph Fiennes) minions. In fact, while the three are undercover in the office building, the factory looks like something out of Nazi Germany or Stalin’s USSR: the employees robotically help to publish material which pushes a fear of the “other” (in this case Muggles, or non-wizards). Harry, Ron and Hermione are like the French Resistance, one might say.

Anyway, it’s a good thing that they broke the final book into two movies. So far, they’re doing a really good job not only bringing the magic to the screen, but also warning of the dangers that totalitarian entities – represented here by the Death Eaters – pose. I recommend it.

Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Brendan Gleeson, John Hurt, David Thewlis, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, and Julie Walters reprise their roles from the previous movies, with new additions Bill Nighy and Rhys Ifans.

My personal favourite of the Harry Potter movies so far

Just for the record, I love the books(for a while Philosopher’s Stone was a huge favourite of mine) and I personally like the films. None of them are masterpieces, but they are likable, entertaining and I think well made too. I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 with high expectations, there were many friends of mine who said it was brilliant and the best yet. After seeing it with my family last night I have to say Amen! This was a wonderful film in my opinion, and it does a very good job sticking to a mammoth story. I also think they made the right decision splitting it into two parts, if they hadn’t the result I think would have been too rushed.

If I do have a criticism here, I do agree that the pacing is rather slow. I think it started and ended brilliantly, it was the middle where it dragged with a lot of admiring the scenery. As beautiful as it was, it didn’t admit much to the story.

Criticism aside, I adored the production values. The darker scenes were indeed dark and somewhat bleak, especially the beginning at Malfoy Manor where it looked like a film noir, while the scenery in the middle of the film was gorgeous. The music was another delight, it was sweeping, grandiose, majestic, for me the most complex and most atmospheric of all the Harry Potter movie scores. The script is an improvement too, not that it was terrible in the other movies, but especially I thought the humour was better judged(ie. Moody’s comment about the polyjuice potion), while the story despite the slow pacing was never less than engrossing.

There are a few scenes too that I especially liked. One was Dobby’s death, I thought it was heart-rending. Dobby was so lovable and funny, and in this instalment cute too I think(loved the trainers), although I knew it was going to happen I couldn’t help shedding tears. I think what got me were his last words, they were so poetic and touching. Another was Godric’s Hollow, like the former I knew it was coming but it was done in an atmospheric and unnerving way I couldn’t help jump. I was also taken with the first “obliviate” scene, the regret in Hermione’s face and voice made it incredibly poignant, while the 7 Potters chase was both funny and thrilling. My favourite though was the Three Brothers animated sequence. I was wondering how they were going to do that, and after seeing that scene I have to applaud the writers. It was a clever and beautifully done sequence, with some haunting images especially with death. Harry and Hermione’s dance got mixed reactions in the cinema, some thought it was awkward and others like me liked it, at that one I thought they were going to kiss which I don’t think would have gone down well.

Yates’s direction is also much better than it has been. It wasn’t bad in the other two films, but here it looked as though he took real charge, and all the pivotal scenes here were in general wonderfully handled. The acting is mostly very good. Daniel Radcliffe is likable enough, and Rupert Grint has great comic timing. Emma Watson I think gives her best performance of the series so far and she steals every scene she’s in, while Alan Rickman while not in much is deliciously suave and dour. The two standouts for me were Helena Bonham Carter, whose Bellatrix was powerful and sometimes even scary and Ralph Fiennes who was really quite creepy sometimes without saying much at all. Bill Nighy’s Scrimgeour is good but not as memorable, while I do think they wasted the Dursleys.

Overall, a rock solid film that ended in a perfect place and my personal favourite of the series so far. In fact, it makes me all the more excited for the next. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Harry the fugitive

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, Part I finds young Harry played by Daniel Radcliffe and his posse Rupert Grint and Emma Watson fugitives after a palace coup at Hogwarts. The academy of magic has been taken over by Professor Rufus Snape after headmaster Dumbledore has been killed. It’s not just that Harry and his friends know too much, it’s that Harry has a mysterious connection with the mysterious black lord Voldemort, the evil genius behind all the bad things happening. And Voldemort is quite anxious to sever the connection and sever young Mr. Potter from immortality.

In this next to last of the Harry Potter series the familiar cast goes through their usual paces as young Harry and his friends are exiled from Hogwarts and have to live by their wits, knowledge of magic, and the help of friends. The Deathly Hallows refer to three charmed objects that he must destroy to keep Voldemort from taking over the world of magic.

This film received Academy Award recognition with Oscar nominations for Best Visual Effects and Best Art Direction. One thing the Potter films have done is certainly brought an appreciation of Charles Dickens to the young. After you’ve read J.K. Rowling’s work, you will love how she’s given such descriptive names to her characters in the way Dickens used to. And if Harry Potter isn’t a 21st reincarnation of David Copperfield, then I don’t know my Dickens.