Yesterday, I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One. It's taken forever to get hold of the DVD, but my friend felt sorry for me because another one is taking me to see Part Two on Sunday. Hopefully.
I thought that it was very good, like they always are. But they do do too much of the not-playing-music thing. If it was done less, the running through the woods scene would have been amazing; really fast paced music like the main menu on the DVD would have bee perfect instead of no music.
Action was fighting for existence in the film, although that isn't a bad thing. The amount of action in each film has been building and building, so that, wrongly, many feel like HP7 doesn't compare to the others. The last film probably has lots of action in it, so the lack in HP7 will just make the action in the last one seem even bigger and better. Clever tactic, Harry Potter People!
I really liked what they did at the beginning with the three characters doing their own little things. The Story of the Three Brother's cartoony bit was utterly brilliant. The Dursley's not getting more film time was disappointing, but it wouldn't have been anything that moved the story along so no wonder their film time was limited.
The last five minutes or so felt very unwanted as if the editors were fed up by that point but not fed up enough to stop it being brilliant. It is over two hours long so I don't really blame them, but they'll make it up in the eight film! If they don't I know a few people who might cry...
So star rating? **** and a half. The extra star would have been there if all of my little moans were resolved. A shame, really, because the acting was flawless. I especially liked the person who played Bathilda, that was very good. ***** for her!
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