Sure, books are always better, but I liked the dark setup and looking forward to the second part...
The decision to split the final book into two parts means this is the first entry in the series that lacks a complete story and it’s a shame that a large section of the film feels padded out. It certainly starts strongly with the central trio isolated and on the run, but also seeking a way to defeat Voldemort - the sequence in the Ministry of Magic being tense, yet still a lot of fun despite the stakes. It’s a shame the film drags in its middle section, not just in terms of story but also because the character moments and themes have been covered before and are becoming a little repetitive. It does pick up in the final act which leads to a surprisingly emotional climax and there is a beautiful animated sequence that provides some backstory and explanation to the title of the film. Perhaps the sheer volume of plot and story still to be covered in Part 2 meant this film was inevitable, but equally there are certainly elements from the final film that could have been added here and resulted in two more balanced films.
rewatch | Best done filming. Really, almost no fault anything. Well, Dobby! ((((( #loveforever
It was unnecessarily long. Too slow. Worst among all the movies.
I wish they would of cut this down a little bit and made the second act not as long and boring. The third act is great but it just ends. Nothing really storywise to stop with. I get they are making two movies out of one book but this was too much movie for not enough plot. I know the next one is where everything happens. Still I loved Harry and Hermione dancing. The deathly hallows part was really well done.
the dance scene impress me. otherwise, very well
The Harry Potter movies continue with it's established drag. Barely anything happens in this 2 hours and 30 minutes movie that ends abruptly. Our heroes spend most of their time just milling around doing nothing and traveling the countryside with no apparent purpose. There's a breakup between friends that has no consequence and is resolved immediately and a maguffin that just shows up with no explanation.
It's a shame that a film with such a strong opening was filled with filler in the middle just to stretch it so they could make another one and milk more money from the fans. I would've been a furious if I'd seen it in theatres when it came out.
The weakest entry in the series. Still a good watch, but it feels extremely lacklustre when compared to the other films - I think that's just something that often comes with being 'Part 1' of a two-part film. Still, there are some great moments in here, and it does its job well setting up the final film.
38 | The last time Harry Potter film has terrible writing is in Harry Potter and the Philosopher of Stone and it happened again in this film. The stakes were very low because of how the story exploited the power of magic. Every time the character got into a problem, they easily get away from it. Afterward, there was no sense of danger because we know they will be saved anyway.
Another ridiculous thing was there was no single person or organization to oppose the dark lord aggressively other than Harry Potter and the people he knew. If Lord Voldemort is dangerous and becomes a threat to the wizarding world, there should be a lot of people against him. This film did not show us that and only focus on Lord Voldemort's follower's cruelty.
We did not get a clear picture of how big Voldemort was a threat. Is an only a national threat or an international threat? And if a national threat put all wizards in danger, how do they just live alive normally. This film only said the people frightened by him and his followers but they also let their children go to Hogwarts which was Harry Potter's school. It is even worse when Harry Potter and Hermione are Death Eaters' main targets, Hogwarts is no longer a safe place. And Severus Snape who should be under investigation for Albus Dumbledore's death is the headmaster, The parents of the Hogwarts's students must be careless or something.
Honestly, lord Voldemort is only the interesting character in this film. And sometimes the funny presence of Ron made this film bit better. Other than that The main trio made a lot of blunders when they did not ask for adult help.
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Rating: 37.83
Plot
P1: 1.3
P2: 0.0
P3: 0.7
P4: 0.0
Director: David Yates
Favorite Characters
1.4: Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
1.3: Rhys Ifans as Xenophilius Lovegood
1.2: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
1.1: Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
0.6: Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
0.5: Toby Jones as Dobby
Character Score Meaning
Terrible : 0
Bad : 0.6 - 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.1 - 0
Average : 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 0.9 - 0.8 - 0.7
Good : 1.4 - 1.5 - 1.6 - 1.8 - 1.9 - 2
Great : 2
Dark, gritty, and slow, but is well made, and a very good adaptation of the book.
A strong beginning to a grand finale.
In my opinion the splitting of book seven into two movies caused HP 7.1 to be the weakest movie of the series: the second part of this movie drags on for too long and the ending is in the middle of nowhere story-wise.
However, the film is very well made, as are all the HP movies. And it has it's right to exist (if only to heighten the expectations and longing for the 8th and final Harry Potter movie!)."
I think this is a good movie but does not work so much as an adaptation. There are many things in Potter universe that should have been explained in this film.
"HP and the Deathly Hallows" was obviously written with the big screen in mind, so hopes were high that Yates would manage to NOT ruin this movie.
He did it anyway.
Who would ever have thought that the first two movies would remain the best by far?! Starting with III the movie makers took over and any soul out of the story.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is no difference.
Here are the worst missed chances and screwed up scenes:
1.) Departure of the Dursleys - no nice words from Dudley for Harry whatsoever, they just pack and leave.
2.) Scrimgeours reading of the last will: it is indeed more of a grandfatherly reading, no confrontation whatsoever. Very important scene in the book.
3.) Harrys kiss with Ginny - No guilty feelings for Harry, no Ron, no confrontation, instead Fred with a toothbrush in his ear.
4.) The wedding - too short, no emotions, no glamour. Aunt Muriel?? Doesn't really happen.
5.) Kingsleys Patronus - no dramatic effect whatsoever.
6.) Suddenly the kids are at the Ministry. Way too suddenly.
7.) The new monument in the ministry, which sends an important message can not be seen completely.
8.) The interrogation scene is not nearly dramatic or frightening enough. And it's good to know that lift doors stop dementors...
9.) WHY, God, WHY didn't Ron say "I see, you chose him" instead of that lame "I saw you two the other day"?!
10.) Harry and Hermione dancing - totally pointless and ridiculous, wasted time that could have been used for important other scenes.
11.) Bathilda Bagshots transformation was ridiculous, and if Harry had come that close to her in the book, he would have realized there was something wrong. And where the hell was Voldemort?!
12.) Harry realizes his wand is broken, his wand that worked on his own account against Voldi and used to be his most powerful weapon against the Dark Lord, providing the unique connection. You'd think Harry'd be at least a LITTLE desperate or devastated. But not in this movie. He just spits out: "It's done, get some sleep!"
13.) Ron saves Harry - well, you'd think that Harry would be a LITTLE more surprised, or thankful, or overwhelmed - so many emotions to pick from. Yates tells Daniel to show - nothing.
14.) I missed Lovegoods "Of course none of you has ever seen such a cloak". The whole Deathly Hallows were apparently nothing important, just something mentioned somewhere in the movie.
15.) Instead of getting killed by his artificial hand for showing mercy Wormtails get's pinched with a wand, squeaks "Ouch!" and falls over. Dramatic!!
16.) Last scene: Voldi blasting some flames up to the sky after taking Dumbledores tomb. No tension like in the book - will he get there before Harry, must Harry stop him, will Harry chose the Hallows over the Horcruxes, is Voldi aware of Harry existing at all?!
The book is filled with close escapes, and the book manages to take the drama and tension almost completely out of the story, or what remains of it.
As mentioned, the Deathly Hallows and their impact is not handled well.
Everyone looks great, especially the three kids.
But this film, like most of his predecessors, has no heart, no soul and gives a sh.. about the books and the compelling and masterful story.
1/10
Saw this in theaters (time is accurate on first play & 2nd play -- my note). I really loved the music in this one
Dobby: "Dobby never meant to kill! Dobby only meant to maim, or seriously injure!"
Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is the perfect setup for a grand finale but it's also a genuinely great entry in the franchise. We get the payoff of the previous entries with all the main and side characters feeling well built at this point and that really helps this movie. The drama between Harry, Hermione and Ron was on point and the emotional moments throughout hit hard (I cried at the end).
A good mystery relating to Dumbledore and the adventure feels more perilous than ever. Lots of moments that come straight out of a horror movie, the snake had me on edge. Loved the animation segment. I damn near lost my mind when Dobby showed up, highlight of the movie for me. Ralph Fiennes steals the spotlight whenever he's on-screen as Voldemort, only wanted more of him.
It's not perfect though, there's lots of stuff that lacks explanation (at least to me) and was probably in the books. Some characters barely get two minutes of screen time. Felt rushed in the first act. Appreciated the slower second act. Third act was pretty cool but I wanted it to be a little more eventful, maybe more villains biting the dust or a bigger impact on the overarching story. A great watch nonetheless, one of the better entries in the franchise. Super hyped for Part 2.
“dobby has no master. dobby is a free elf.”
slow at times, but still one of my favorites of the series. such a good lead-in to the next.
the animation in the deathly hallows story is just amazing.
the tale of the three brothers’ animation? that’s cinema at its finest !
They named a character Backshot? Hahaha.
this film is completely serious, and allows for a deeper dive into the darkness that has overtaken the wizarding world
Goated movie fr fr fr
6.5/10 - It's good but, at least sometimes, it's a bit too dark and boring for me. Not sure if it is better to have two movies for the final book but I appreciate it for the additional screentime.
RIP Dobby. You'll be missed.
It sucks that lots of nice characters are already gone (Sirius, Dumbledore, Cedric, etc.).
This movie got a bit boring, especially at the middle, with only Harry, Hermione, and Ron (mostly) left together.
I like the three of them but I still miss the other characters (it's like when nearly all of the Jedi died at the end of episode 3).
The darkness (also visually) and depressing tone doesn't help either... :o
I'm also angry at Hermione for erasing her parents' memories of her! I get why but it's still a super egoistic move (she doesn't want them to get hurt but doesn't leave that decision up to them). She's an essential part of her parents' lives and deleting those memories basically kills her parents for they are quite different people now. I wouldn't do this to my parents (and definitely not without their consent)!
"The ministry has fallen" was quite a dramatic message! Tbh it was only a matter of time though...
At least they managed to progress in their task to eventually kill Voldemort.
The Deathly Hallows are interesting (Harry has already the cape, Voldemort now has the wand, and the status/location of the stone seems still unknown).
Probably my least favorite of the franchise as it begins promising as the opening scene with everyone attempting to get Harry to the Weasley's safely is game changing and there is excitement for the hunt for horcoxes, but the film ends with only one found and way too much to be left for the finale. But its still a great Potter film.
The controversial splitting up of the last Harry Potter novel into two films proves to be detrimental to the series and undermines the material, resulting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 being quite lackluster. Picking up shortly after the last film, Harry and his friends set out to finish the work of Dumbledore by finding Voldemort’s horcruxes and destroying them. The story is long and boring, and really goes nowhere. It feels incomplete in a lot of ways, as it resolves nothing and doesn’t further the plot. Additionally, most of the performances are dull and uninteresting; lacking the passion and spirit that the other films have. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is a monotonous film that fails to stand on its own and is only mildly entertaining.
The Harry Potter series
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-philosopher-s-stone-2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-chamber-of-secrets-2002
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-goblet-of-fire-2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix-2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-2009
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-1-2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011) https://trakt.tv/movies/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-2011
A good set up for the finale, with some great cinematography and emotional beats.
I actually quite like the second act for one, it has this brooding, moody tone and you have some of the best acting from Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in there.
There are quite a lot of action beats in it (not that many actual sequences though), which are mostly good, but I wasn’t a fan of how the chase near the end was edited together.
The logic can also be a little thin in places (What’s this mirror Harry suddenly has? Why were they only traced once, during that coffee shop visit? Why doesn’t Bellatrix recognize Ron and Hermoine after Order of the Phoenix? What are these distraction trumpets that Harry uses in the ministry sequence, and how did he get them?), which are mostly things that were omitted from the book and probably should’ve been in here somewhere to make the script a little tighter.
The animation style they used for the deathly hallows story was very creative, but I always found the hallows themselves to be a needless addition, overstuffing the plot with macguffins. The focus is on the horcruxes for 90% of this and part 2 regardless.
7/10
Whatever I said about the previous two films, including the bad habit to kill off a loved character as a cheap way to close a boring film on a high note (and this time it kind of works).
In my opinion this is the most uninteresting of the 8 movies, but that doesn't mean it's uninteresting.
Story: 6/10...a few pieces fall into place, but it just drags on way too long and there's not a lot of plot or character development
Dialogue: 6/10...suffers from the absence of virtually every adult character from the story so we're left with teenagers talking like teenagers
Performances: 6/10...probably the strongest work from Rupert so far in the series. Radcliff and Watson are fine.
Misc.: 7/10...some new settings and spells
Overall: 6/10
Worst in the franchise, I'm not sorry
Might be one of the most boring and pointless moves ever, they spend the whole film just walking around in the woods.
The first and last acts are done well. The middle however is slow, boring, and uneventful. Unfortunately that drags this film down significantly. Probably my least favorite entry in the series.
after six films in which they have reduced everything to the bone (especially the last three) in this it was impossible to do it while maintaining a logical sense of the events, but the result is rather boring
Watching this after reading the book makes so much more sense.
Part One of the Deathly Hallows is an amazing film. I loved it immediately when I first saw it on the big screen in 2010. It‘s just so epic and dark. I also really love the score by the brilliant composer Alexandre Desplat. Overall just an amazing film that is a first part to an even more epic film but can easily stand on its own.
It fascinates me that how I find so many new details in this movie even though I’ve already watched it lots of times.
haven't read the books, but the pacing in the film did not work. Maybe it could work better as a 3 hour film if both parts were combined into one film?
Well, we're on to the final battle between Harry and Voldemort, though somehow, despite the six preceding films and a forthcoming Part Two, it feels a little too soon. How can something still seem abrupt when it's been developing for almost ten years? One way, which I consider largely responsible in this case, is to procrastinate about developing the big bad. Voldemort enjoys an appropriately in-depth history in the books, though even there he moves in the shadows and rarely appears in the flesh, but in films he's been almost an afterthought. A victim of the constant trims and clips that have leeched depth from the print editions for years. I always figured they'd get around to him eventually, but now we're in the endgame and named characters are dying and it's quickly become clear that we aren't going to get much more insight than "no nose / killed parents / generally mean guy." Which is odd, considering how much care and effort went into defining and expanding the story's huge, diverse supporting cast.
Another problem is the whole loom, doom and gloom aspect of this climax, a storm which has been gradually gathering for the last several chapters. Where the first year or two were whimsical and colorful, resonant with talking portraits and leaping chocolates, the mood has turned decidedly gray as Harry's class has aged into young adulthood. A tonal shift is to be expected - after all, isn't everyone a little depressed and melodramatic in their teens - but there's no relief in Deathly Hallows 1. It's a hundred fifty minutes of relentlessly dim, trudging melancholy, completely tired and emotionally flat. Night is always darkest before the dawn and all that, but just a little flash of optimism would go a long way in this regard, especially as the original material's been awkwardly split in two so the credits roll at the base of a steep downward slope. Man, does this movie beat you up.
Harry Potter 7's technical work represents a new high water mark for the series, delivering all sorts of crazy, large-scale, wand-based battle scenes and grim, haunting locales, so it's got that going for it. The acting is generally strong, too, with Ralph Fiennes stealing the limelight as the effectively slimy, paranoid antagonist. There's just no getting past the crushing, invasive dullness of it all, nor the odd transposition of a few light-hearted themes and characters into that deep, dark new atmosphere. One scene, in particular, is like watching Jar Jar Binks get the tear-jerking "Bubba in Forrest Gump" farewell treatment. Sorry to say, but for all its promise and fanfare, this just wasn't very good.
Script: 7
Splitting the novel into two films is a wise decision since there is quite a lot of loose ends to tie up at the end. Having two films allows more time for world-building. And while the film satisfyingly adapts the biggest moments from the novel, many subtler details, such as Harry's and Dumbledore's extended backstories, remain largely unexplored.
Main cast: 9
The main cast members have grown and matured to the point where they can naturally launch different emotions at each other. The two final movies are their best performances in terms of emotional content.
Supporting cast: 11
Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton ... it's a party for British acting royalty. And it's as good as it ever gets.
Protagonist & antagonist: 10
Voldemort is joined by many henchmen and returning villains that all pose more or less of a threat to Harry and company. Death eaters, snatchers, fake allies; the list goes on and on and dangers lurk everywhere.
Production: 10
It can't get much better than this in terms of direction and cinematography. It's bleak and dark they way it should be, evoking a sense of danger and chaos. My only gripe with cinematography is the shaky-cam chase towards the end.
Post-production: 11
The CGI is beautiful; the score haunting, sad, and majestic. The Tale of The Three Brothers is very nicely animated.
Atmosphere: 10
The atmosphere is properly dark and the stakes feel high. There are grains of humor spread throughout, but the sense of despair, loss, and war looms strongly on the events. It also hits all the right emotional strings.
Pacing: 7
This is the slower half of the two films, with the biggest action pieces saved for part two. I can't help but feel that this is nothing but a build-up for the big finale. Still, it feels like they could have made the cut a little bit earlier and leave the Malfoy Manor part to Part 2.
Expectations: 9
After a couple of disappointments, this film largely delivered what I expected it to do.
Replay value: 9
It has some of the best moments in the series and it's tremendous fun even after several rewatches.
Score: 93/120
I still haven't read the books so this is all completely new for me. I do like the grim and dark setting the last few movies provide. Away from school, finally following a great quest. Looking forward to the final chapter!
This first part of the conclusion is interesting because for the first time the characters are not in Hogwarts. What was a protection before is now controlled by the enemy and our trio can only count on their own ressources. Some parts are slow but the beginning and the ending are strong and the animation of The tale of the three brothers is beautiful.
Is it a movie or is it?:
http://reading-rebel.blogspot.com/2017/10/movie-review-harry-potter-and-deathly.html
Lamest movie adaption EVER!
Shout by Oliver ConzenVIP 5BlockedParent2015-11-24T08:48:56Z
The first part of an overly long movie. It is actually a pretty good adaption, because the characters spend most of the time doing nothing, which is true to the source material.
This doesn't really work for me and just diminishes the rewatch factor.