By: Robert Acosta
Cast:
Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort
Plot: Harry must find all the horcruxes in order to destroy Voldemort and along the way, finds out about the deathly hallows which are 3 elements that can make a wizard nearly unstoppable.
Review: I've never been a apart of a movie that was broken up into different parts but are the whole movie. I'm not sure if Harry Potter is the only to do this but I doubt it. Nonetheless, it's extremely effective and suspenseful.
HP 7 starts off by showing the wizarding world and the state that it's in and it is not good. Everyone in both the wizarding world and human world are both fearful of the events going on, mostly in the wizarding world. Harry has to move from his place to the Weasley home, where he will be at the very least, watched over. From there Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, go from place to place trying to find the horcruxes that will stop the all powerful Lord Voldemort, while also finding security.
So going into this movie, you should know a part 2 is coming. So somewhere along the ride, the movie is going to get cut at a certain point. Don't get too disappointed at where it gets cut, it's a pretty good place to stop it.
The series has gone into a whole new world. It's still the wizarding world but it's seen in a whole new light. The main characters don't spend any time at Hogwarts, the school where most of the last 6 films took place in. Everything is outdoors or in some houses where they spend very small amounts of time in. It shows the whole universe in a new light and I gotta say, it's refreshing. Not that I didn't like the Hogwarts scenes in the other movies but it's great to see a change.
Some main characters you don't see very much and it's fine. Professor Snape is litterally in like 5 minutes of the movie, as is Draco Malfoy. The Weasley parents are shown very shortly, though they've been featured a lot the last few films.
The action is there, but there isn't a whole lot of it. You have the beginning parts that features action, some small parts in the middle and likewise in the end. There is however, a lot of crucial stories that they're building, a lot of good drama that needs to be shown. The lack of action is more than necessary, it holds true to the book. Which brings me to this next point.
It was brought to my attention by my colleague that had he been watching the film as a normal movie goer, he would have found the movie to be boring and dragged out. That's a reasonable statement. My rebuttal, and listen good people, is this. A normal movie goer, with no knowledge of the books of Harry Potter or at least the last 6 movies, should not be going to see this. Not that I prohibit you, but let's use our common sense. For the first time you decide to go see a Harry Potter movie and it's part 1 of the last film. That doesn't add up.
For fans of the movie, you're gonna love this movie. It holds true to the book, all the characters are maturing exactly the way they should and it's flat out phenomenal. Here's to the 2nd part being just as good, if not better. That's where all the action is by the way.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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