Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Rating:	★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Kids & Family

There are only a few of the movie adaptations of this series of books that I could say I enjoyed to the fullest. "Prisoner of Azkhaban" was one. I felt touched by the book and the movie itself (ok, I admit, I almost copiously shed tears...in other words "emo").

Taking into account the limitation that movies have in bringing to the screen the nuances and details of the entire story of the Boy Who Lived - I felt that the "magic" had not been wholly captured in its story-telling, not even in the powers of special effects harnessed by the film-makers.

The reason I dilly-dallied in watching this film was the surprising fact that though "Deathly Hallows" was the last book in this story I have been diligently faithful in reading - it wasn't my favorite, and I was dreading looking at its movie and finding the book better in this case.

I was smiling though when I came out of the theater after I stayed up to watch the last credits roll up on screen - I thought maybe there was some extra scene at the very last second.

This time I could swallow the semi-bitter pill of having what would have been crucial scenes in my opinion being left out of the movie mix.

I missed the reformation of Kreacher (foul creature he may be). I probably missed seeing on screen how my imagination had him dolling out food to the trio as they stayed in the OfTP's ex-headquarters.

Development of relationships between the other characters are, I grudgingly admit, not needed in this movie. The scene between Harry and Ginny is probably enough not to shock you as to how they would end up 19 years later in the storyline. There were also some changes in how certain circumstances were presented, entirely different from the book.

But other than that, I could support the idea that the story was edited enough so that non-followers of the books could enjoy it and just leave the rest to be explained by Harry Potter diehards. That thick tome of the last installation is sometimes intimidating even to bookworms like yours truly.

The best and most jaw-dropping part for me was seeing all those beautiful, sweeping landscapes where the trio perched their tent. It was more than how I imagined the scenes to be when I read and wondered worriedly about their perilous trip.

The special effects were as I expected, and I expected no less from their magical skirmishes.

All good things must come to an end.

I'm glad that at least on the first part of the "end", the movie adaptation brought me back to the what I internally defined as the real magical world of Harry Potter.

The picture below is from the internet and is different from the book I have in possession of.
It is the jacket art of the Bloomsbury (UK) edition of DH.



If you haven't seen Harry Potter DH part 1 on the big screen, I recommend you go out and do it now, as seeing it on your tv screen as you hear the dvd player whirring around will not do justice to the sights and action.