Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 146m
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Peter Mullan, Imelda Staunton
Synopsis:
With Snape now in charge of Hogwarts, and the Ministry under the control of Voldemort and his minions, Harry and his friends find themselves increasingly on their own in their search for the remaining horcruxes containing the fragments of Tom Riddle's soul.
Review:
Our intrepid trio deserts the portals of school for the hazards of the real world (cue motorway pileups and collapsing pylons) and spend much of their time hiding in forests and shivering through the perpetual night which seems to have descended upon a doomed Albion. In short, a very dark seventh chapter in the saga, with some startling loose ends left dangling, such as exactly what happened to the guests at the wedding ambushed by Deatheaters. The brotherhood suffers from a bit of Skywalker/Solo sexual jealousy, and all the teenage emoting gets a bit trying at times; further, for a very narrative-driven bunch of films one begins to tire of the lack of anything meatier to get one's heart and mind into than the answer to the question of how Voldemort can possibly be bested by this callow bunch of early school leavers. Still, that's why they make good films, and this one rarely leaves one bored. The deft, Pienkowski-style animation used to tell the tale of the Deathly Hallows is worth seeing for itself.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 146m
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Peter Mullan, Imelda Staunton
Synopsis:
With Snape now in charge of Hogwarts, and the Ministry under the control of Voldemort and his minions, Harry and his friends find themselves increasingly on their own in their search for the remaining horcruxes containing the fragments of Tom Riddle's soul.
Review:
Our intrepid trio deserts the portals of school for the hazards of the real world (cue motorway pileups and collapsing pylons) and spend much of their time hiding in forests and shivering through the perpetual night which seems to have descended upon a doomed Albion. In short, a very dark seventh chapter in the saga, with some startling loose ends left dangling, such as exactly what happened to the guests at the wedding ambushed by Deatheaters. The brotherhood suffers from a bit of Skywalker/Solo sexual jealousy, and all the teenage emoting gets a bit trying at times; further, for a very narrative-driven bunch of films one begins to tire of the lack of anything meatier to get one's heart and mind into than the answer to the question of how Voldemort can possibly be bested by this callow bunch of early school leavers. Still, that's why they make good films, and this one rarely leaves one bored. The deft, Pienkowski-style animation used to tell the tale of the Deathly Hallows is worth seeing for itself.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 146m
Director: David Yates
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Peter Mullan, Imelda Staunton
Synopsis:
With Snape now in charge of Hogwarts, and the Ministry under the control of Voldemort and his minions, Harry and his friends find themselves increasingly on their own in their search for the remaining horcruxes containing the fragments of Tom Riddle's soul.
Review:
Our intrepid trio deserts the portals of school for the hazards of the real world (cue motorway pileups and collapsing pylons) and spend much of their time hiding in forests and shivering through the perpetual night which seems to have descended upon a doomed Albion. In short, a very dark seventh chapter in the saga, with some startling loose ends left dangling, such as exactly what happened to the guests at the wedding ambushed by Deatheaters. The brotherhood suffers from a bit of Skywalker/Solo sexual jealousy, and all the teenage emoting gets a bit trying at times; further, for a very narrative-driven bunch of films one begins to tire of the lack of anything meatier to get one's heart and mind into than the answer to the question of how Voldemort can possibly be bested by this callow bunch of early school leavers. Still, that's why they make good films, and this one rarely leaves one bored. The deft, Pienkowski-style animation used to tell the tale of the Deathly Hallows is worth seeing for itself.