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Aishwariya Majumdar(Ashy, ais, ashes of fire)

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Posted: 14 years ago

Hey Guys just here to tell you all that finally tomorrow is the big day. Please feel free to post all your reviews, personal opinions and after effects here. Let the magic continue till eternity. Hoping to get positive responses from all of you.

My review...

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Copy/pasting it:

Since we had one on HBP, I thought why not one for DH part 1 as well. I know this is supposed to go into the HP section of this forum, but that section has become awfully quite and inactive in recent times (though DM's state doesn't look very inviting either). So post your reviews and here. And a few more things to consider:

- How excited were you about it? And how did it turn out to be? Did it meet your expectation? How was it? Fantastic, decent, or dreadful?

- Thoughts on the movie and other technical aspects? The performances, direction, screenplay, cinematography, music, editing, visual effects, art direction...?

- How did the trio grow and evolve as an actor? Who was the best of the three?

- How close was it to the book? How much did they leave out that made you pull out your hair in frustration?

- Was the split appropriate or not? Was it effective? Was it really needed or did WB just do it to rake more money?

- How was the pacing? Did it drag at any place or was it too fast to follow?

- Any scene/dialogue/performance that stuck out?

- Anything in the movie that you [relatively] found better than the book (a particular scene, for instance)?

- Was it the best of the series? Where would you place it when compared to the other HP movies?

- Was it not better than Twilight? 😆

- Finally, on a quite unrelated note, are you still obsessed with this series or has that phase gone long ago?

Um, and what else? That's all I could think for at this point.

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Neeta

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Posted: 14 years ago

anupama chopra didn't like it =/

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is a curious film. Long stretches in it are a dull slog but many sequences are also gripping and surprisingly emotional. Director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves have split JK Rowling's sprawling and intricate last book into two films. So this one has no discernable narrative arc or climax and feels instead like a set-up.

It's all the information you need to see the next film, which will give us the final, epic battle between Harry and the Dark Lord Voldermort.

Our heroes – Harry played by Daniel Radcliffe, Ron played by Rupert Grint and Hermione played by Emma Watson – are no longer in the protective confines of Hogwarts, the school of magic and wizardry. Their beloved headmaster Dumbledore is dead.

The Ministry of Magic has been taken over by ultra-conservative, neo-Fascist leaders and Voldermort's followers are on the rise. This is a dark world, with little cheer or love to break the atmosphere of relentless gloom. At one point, even the three friends, exhausted, desperate and horrifically sad, tear into each other.

This is the dreariest Harry Potter movie yet but what's more problematic is, that it's also the most arcane. Viewers who haven't read the books or seen all the previous films will be lost in the complex plot, which involves the search for Horcruxes which are objects into which Voldemort has hidden parts of his soul and the search for the Deathly Hallows, three objects which make the person who possesses them death-proof.

Clearly Yates has no interest in catering to non-Potter fans and yet the film is so full of exposition that it becomes ponderous. There are of course several almost fatal attacks by the dark side and just as many escapes. These action scenes are nicely orchestrated—there is a real suspense and sense of danger—but after a while, the pattern becomes predictable.

What's more interesting is the human emotion and interaction between the three friends including a not-in-the-book scene, in which Harry and Hermione dance together, even as death surrounds them.

These actors, who have literally grown up in front of us, have wholly become these characters and yet, their acting doesn't have enough heft, to support the almost static mid-section of the film.

At no point does their predicament devastate you. Eventually then, Harry Potter is grim business—children under ten will find it very scary—but check it out anyway as preparation for the last film, which you will have to see, even if it's only to give the world's most successful film franchise, closure.

http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_review.aspx?id=568&albumname=Movie%20Review:%20Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Deathly%20Hallows

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Neeta

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Posted: 14 years ago

woooohoooo!

ilm Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)

Posted by Clair WhiteFeatured, Film, Film Reviews, The DailyFriday, November 19th, 2010

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I'm afraid of crows, I'm afraid of the possums that fight outside my window and I'm afraid that one day doing my assignments the night before they're due will one day come back to haunt me, however, one of my biggest fears is that I'm just a muggle who didn't get accepted into Hogwarts. The latest film in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1), further engrains this fear.

The film, which depicts the first half of J.K Rowling's seventh (and final) Harry Potter book, is undoubtedly the best so far. There are several possibilities as to why it is the best. 10 years since commencing the Potter films has seen the actors (particularly the main three actors: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint) mature and gain experience at their craft, the advancements in technology, or it may be due to the fact that ten years on, I am old enough to appreciate the spectacle of a Potter film. Whatever the reason, whether you are a committed fan or not, this film is extremely enjoyable.

After leaving their lives behind, the film centers around Harry, Ron and Hermione's quest to destroy the Horcruxes (inanimate objects which contain parts of Voldemort's soul), while both the Wizarding and Muggle worlds fall apart around them. Gone are the days of being safe within the walls of Hogwarts under Dumbledore's reign. Due to Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes) ever-widening control, no one is safe.

Clip: "The 7 Potters"

The Order of the Phoenix, a secret society who oppose Voldemort and the Death Eaters, are continuing to fight evil forces, however the Dark Lord continues to gain momentum. Death Eaters infiltrate Muggle society, the Ministry of Magic and even the Order itself.

Mystery surrounding Professor Snape's (Alan Rickman) alliances and the stability of the Malfoy's allegiance with Voldemort are questioned. Even the solid friendship between Harry, Ron and Hermione is put to the test. Old favourites Luna Lovegood (Evanna Lynch), Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and house elves Kreacher (voice of Simon McBurnie) and Dobby (voice of Toby Jones) feature and impact largely on the storyline of the film.

If you're a fan of the books, you won't be disappointed. Due to the splitting of the story into two parts, few aspects of the true storyline are overlooked. Highlights include a mid-air chase, all of the apparating scenes, the tale of the three brothers and the subtle humour throughout the film while the integration of animation, special effects and real life English locations adds to the overall experience.

While the ending is somewhat abrupt, it is appropriate and leaves plenty of story left for part two, which will no doubt amaze.

Directed by: David Yates
Written by: Steve Kloves (film), J.K Rowling (novel)
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter
Released by: Warner Bros.
Website: http://harrypotter.warnerbros.com/

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http://www.themarshalltown.com/zine/2010/11/19/film-review-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1/

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Neeta

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Posted: 14 years ago

Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1 – Review

Published on November 12, 2010 by Martyn Conterio

David Yates truly weaves the movie magic in this penultimate instalment announcing the beginning of the end. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 much like the Half-Blood Prince is a film with an awful lot on its plate. Luckily enough, it doesn't need to rush and can well afford to take its time.

Doom and despair is in the air as Voldemort's goons and sycophants gain domination of the Ministry of Magic and turn it into a Stalinist-like regime that seeks to ferret out and cleanse those loyal to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix. Imelda Staunton returns as uber-bitch Dolores Umbridge for a handful scenes clearly relishing her new evil status. You may also get the idea Yates is paying homage to Terry Gilliam's Brazil.

To match the dark material of the book the director presents a very gothic lighting atmosphere and Eduardo Serra's photography dispenses with the soft magic glow provided by Bruno Delbonnel in the previous episode. It ends up being various shades of black most of the time. In some respects, too, Harry Potter 7 is a bit like a road movie, what with the trio traipsing the length and breadth of the UK, searching for the missing Horcruxes.

Things really do become a bit grim and scary with one scene guaranteed to have you jumping six feet out of your chair as Harry battles Nagini the giant boa constrictor in a dilapidated house.

Was it worth splitting the book into two movies? If you're concerned its all filler and no thriller: think again. By creating two episodes the final battle feels that bit more epic and confrontational.

Some scenes are expertly mounted and there's the odd surprise thrown in too such as the animated episode in which Hermione reads the tale of the Deathly Hallows. It is the perfect solution to a tale within a tale and gives the audience some much needed visual guidance.

Another rather wonderful moment that has been getting some flak in the press is the part where Harry and Hermoine dance in their tent to Nick Cave's song 'O Children' which is playing on the wireless. This is perhaps the most refreshing and inventive thing in the whole series, especially as it does not appear in the book. It's an expression of geeky tenderness symbolising their relationship and closeness while making an aside to the fact the characters are in the darkest days of their lives.

As ever with such a massive canvas to paint on and explore, key characters come in and out like a draft. Mad-Eye Moody – as grouchy as ever – and Bill Nighy's Minister of Magic are little more than cameos. Same too for Professor Lupin and just about everybody else who isn't Harry, Ron or Hermoine. Even Ron disappears for a bit leaving his two pals to carry on the search alone together.

Yates is a clever director and really mines and demands Daniel Radcliffe raise his game. We get some truly adult moments such as the phantasmal scene where a near-naked Harry and Hermoine kiss during a Voldemort attempt to trick Ron out of destroying the horcrux they've found.

Yates does have fun with Ron's lovelorn paranoia and there's some great laughs had from Hermoine's annoyance with the poor chap. It's amazing, when you think about it, how we've all forgotten Chris Columbus is the man who helmed the first two pictures. He'd have been utterly out of his element with the nature of the later books. David Yates creative decisions don't always work but none of them backfire. Don't forget he's got a lot of people to please and still find artistic fulfilment. It's the sense of fantasy, grand narrative and quest – such an ages-old device – that really gives the films teeth.

None of them have been out and out classics but fans love them and will return time and time again. The books translated so well to the silver screen because they didn't have the burden of being literary efforts. Perhaps JK Rowling got carried away with herself towards the end delivering doorstop-sized novels but entertainment remained the key factor along with identifiable archetypes we can latch on to. The last children's book served to us that was literary ended up being undone by studio cowardice. Yes, I'm talking about The Golden Compass.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is probably the strongest film of the series. The fact we've got to wait a whole year to see the very final part adds anticipation and a sense of true climax. This time next year it'll be 'So long, Harry Potter!' as we shuffle out into the foyer and straight to the boxsets. In other words: the end has no end.

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US Release: 19th November
UK Release: 19th November
Australia Release: 19th November

http://www.filmshaft.com/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1-review/

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^ No need to post critics' reviews here. We already have Rotten Tomatoes for that.

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Neeta

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Posted: 14 years ago

^um, well, not everyone on IF knows about rotten tomatoes, atleast I didn't until last year. plus it's only easier for the IFians.

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Post the RT link. I can't as I am typing from my mobile.

The movie is receiving mixed reviews, the most common form of criticism being that it dragged in the middle during the camping scenes. How on earth did HBP gain more critical acclaim than this? If it is worse than HBP, then that's not saying much, right?

So has it been released yet?

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rohini

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Posted: 14 years ago

EEEKKKKKSSSS!! i just saw the movie first day first showww!! here's my review

When i entered the theatre, it was packed (I almost had to fight for a ticket), when the Opening Credits began, it was greeted with hoots and whistles (that were positive) and from that moment I knew that this was going to be a helluva ride. From the very beginning, the movie proceeds at breakneck speed and each and every important detail from the book is portrayed with meticulous precision. It is a fascinating delve into the journey of the trio in the real world where they now have to face the evils that shroud the wizarding world and have to rescue the world. The fight sequences right from the point wheree the death-eaters attack the seven harrys to the trio's escape from the wedding scene to their exploits in the ministry of magic and godric's hollow and malfoy manor-everything is so brilliantly shot it is mind-boggling. It will keep your eyes glued to the screen and especially in the action sequences which will blow your mind in the truest sense. The character-relationships are also portrayed brilliantly..just as they are portrayed in the book. The evolution of the characters of harry,Ron,Hermione is shown in such a breathtaking and moving way that you cant NOT love them. The experience is simply beautiful..even beyond beautiful..

In terms of the performances...all three of them shine through. Daniel's best performance that I've seen-the maturity in his acting impresses throughout and you can really see how much he has improved from aboy to a man. Rupert grint is the most entertaining of the lot as always..his comic timing is superlative but in this movie, he also shines in the more serious scenes. In the fight between Harry&Ron and the part where Ron stabs the horcrux, rupert steals the show. Emma is great too, though i feel her character is given much less scope here..maybe she will have greater scope in the second part. Ralph Fiennes astonishes in his voldemort act..though he appearsd for a considerably shorter duration..he still emerges brilliantly as the evil mastermind. To my greatest disappointment, Tom felton is hown for only 2 scenes! :( i wish he was shown more often! :P

Overall,this definitely is the best film of the series-stunning visuals,great locales,brilliant performances and ofcourse..lots of magic totally stole away my heart..and i'm sure it will steal more hearts too!

S P O I L E R S (becuz i just cant keep it all pent up anymore! :P)

-the seven potters scene! it was hillarious!

-the scene in which harry&ginny are kissing and george suddenly turns up and says 'good morning' very calmly.

-the scene in the ministry when reg cattermole's wife thinks ron is her husband and actually kisses him..and right then ron returns to his actual form! LMAO! its hillarious!

-after Ron comes back and becums all besotted with hermione

-the fight scenes as I mentioned

-when dobby dies..it is the most emotional scene in the whole series