Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Review

starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes
director: David Yates

Like I said in my Deathly Hallows Part 2 Review, I thought that all of the creators of Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2 did an amazing job at capturing the tense urgency of what needed to be done within the story and the importance it all meant to the wizarding world as well as the muggle world. The opening of the movie was perfect, except I didn't quite understand why they didn't show the farewell interactions between Harry and The Dursley's. Although it was in the book, I wasn't that taken aback since only a couple minutes later, the whole crew shows up and they start turning into the 7 Harry's.

I thought that one of the saddest parts of the movie was when Hedwig came out of no where to help protect Harry on her own will, and unexpectedly to Harry, receiving the most god-awful spell in wizard history (The Killing Curse). Movie-wise, I thought it was a brilliant shot because it captured the quickness, sadness, and bravery of Hedwig, the beautiful snow-white owl that has been by Harry's side since he turned 11 years old.

I thought Rupert Grint did a great job in this film, it seemed like he was especially comfortable in some of the parts he was doing. For example: parts where he was angry and yelled at Harry, and the fighting scenes it finally felt like 'yeah, thats Ron MF Weasley'. Another example was when he had the Sword of Gryffindor and became livid after the Horcrux showed Harry and Hermione aggressively kissing and holding each other while naked.

Emma Watson did a fantastic job on the entire movie series in my opinion. In this movie, she was the glue to how the movie flowed and it was through her that showed the type of emotion that was supposed to be felt at any given moment. I think that kind of talent comes natural to her, and it really shows up on the screen. While Daniel Radcliffe had the tough task of being in almost every shot and having the mindset of a hero.

The saddest scene, in respect to Hedwig, definitely has to be awarded to the free Elf: Dobby. I believe that CGI has come such a long way that instead of just having monsters created, it can produce some of the most touching moments of a movie. If you didn't have your eyes watering while Dobby was drifting away, I suggest you check your emotion level because that was just plain heart breaking. It was devastating in the book as well as the movie, and I believe that Dobby's death was a foreshadow of what was to come and that there were zero boundaries on who could perish in the great war between good and evil.

I thought this movie was incredibly refreshing leading up to Part 2, and I am very grateful that they decided to have The Deathly Hallows made in to two parts.