The Deathly Hallows review

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) 
Directed by: David Yates


          Today I’m reviewing the latest Harry Potter movie, The Deathly Hallows. I went down to the Galaxy last Sunday night to catch the 10:00PM show. It was easily one of the iciest days I’ve ever seen, which resulted in the spinning tires and fishtailing, but we took our time and eventually arrived. The idea was to go to East Side Mario’s for their movie deal ($20 dinner and a movie), but they were closed.  So we settled for McDonalds, enjoyed a few free coffees… and then slid our way over to the Galaxy (at 6km/h).

          To start, I’ve read a few of the Harry Potter books back in public school and remember not being able to put them down. I’ve also seen a few of the movies and thought they were pretty well done, and as the story progresses the movies become more directed at a mature audience. I know this franchise has a large following from people of all ages, so it’ll be a blockbuster regardless of how good it actually is.

          Once I found a good seat near the middle, I demolished a pack of mini-eggs and was good to go. To my surprise there was only ONE preview… what a rip! As soon as that Harry Potter theme kicked in the theatre when silent and Harry had our full attention.

          From what I gathered, everyone wants Harry Potter dead. Throughout the movie Harry is being stalked, and a few of his friends get injured or killed trying to protect him. All of Harry’s friends disguise themselves as him which was pretty hilarious. And when Harry is trying to get into some high security locations they use other people’s bodies... again hilarious. The movie is filled with some amazing CG fight scenes and even emotion (yes, there was a few tears shed on Sunday night).

Harry Potter's Owl.

          *This movie was also leaked to the internet before the premier, but it is doing just fine in the box office.

          Overall, for any Harry Potter fan this is definitely a great movie. I’m not going to lie, I didn't understand some of it, or know characters names but it didn’t really matter. There was a pretty epic part in the movie that definitely had the theatre choked up SPOILER ALERT highlight text Dobby dies by getting a dagger through his body at the end.  Also, Harry's Bird dies..
          I did however find a lot of similarities between this Harry Potter movie and Lord of the Rings. Just a few to note are:

1. Dobby= Gollum

2. Ron and Harry fight, Ron leaves= Frodo and Sam fight, Frodo leaves

3. Ron wears necklace and turns into a jerk= Frodo wears the ring on his neck and also turns into jerk

4. Dumbledore=Gandalf

       Overall I’ll have to give Harry Potter 4.5 dead Dobby’s out of 5.