Then again: The success of Rowling's novels and of their film adaptations has proven that kids can grapple with darkness as well as light, and should. I'd be wary of taking kids under 9 or 10, unless they're really, really into Harry Potter, and have read the book in question. I appreciate the way Yates and company refuse to wallop this material with effects bombast, at least every second, as if trying to attack the audience with a Whomping Willow. I liked the grace notes, though, such as the way Dumbledore's last will and testament floats in mid-air and unfolds, carefully, so that Bill Nighy (as the Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour) can deliver a wee bit of plot. The Death Eaters' opening attack on Harry and colleagues, each disguised as Harry to throw the villains off the scent, does the job, though impersonally. Yates is best in the smaller scenes, less distinctive with the action set pieces. The story-within-the-story regarding the deathly hallows is visualized by way of shadow-puppet style animation, and the effect is quite beautiful. And if you think a film's music is a minor consideration, your ears have been lying to you. The first time you hear the sickening, sliding underscoring accompanying Snape's arrival at Voldemort's bi-monthly meeting, or whatever it is, you know you're in excellent compositional hands.
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Alexandre Desplat's musical score is the best of the series so far, never going for bombast when an undercurrent of emotion or menace or comfort will do instead. What works especially well this time? The little things. It's been most gratifying to watch Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint grow up in their parts, and to watch the aptness of the initial casting pay off. (The last film arrives in July 2011.) Still: We've come this far. Halving the series' final chapter, Kloves probably couldn't avoid fashioning a script that comes with the faint sound of a drumroll, setting up the finale. Much of screenwriter Steve Kloves' adaptation covers the lengthy road trip in search of the Horcruxes, with Death Eaters eternally threatening and the skies eternally portending eternal doom. By conventional "wow" standards it offers the least magic and conventional energy of the films so far. It has a heavy heart, and a sluggish middle passage. Director David Yates's film, his third in the string of Potter adventures, will not be for everyone. At this point in Harry's anguished saga, the saga doesn't care much about the needs of the newcomer. Rowling tale to market, reminding both fervent Hogwarts maniacs and the Potter-ambivalent of this series' priorities, its increasingly somber tone, as well as its dedication to one of the rarest of all franchise qualities: actual quality. Staffed with half the best character actors in Great Britain, " Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" brings the seventh J.K. We just respect and love the books too much for that."Ĭheck out everything we've got on "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1."įor breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more - updated around the clock - visit have reached the semi-finals.
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But we also never, ever would have done this if had not endorsed it and if we didn't feel that we were providing a better finale, with a more full sense of closure. will make more money with two films than they would have with one.
"I don't want to be disingenuous or dishonest about this," Horn told Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment President Alan Horn spoke about splitting the last "Harry Potter" novel into two films, acknowledging that there were certainly commercial reasons driving the final decision. In the article, it's clearly stated that the November-releasing first installment of "Deathly Hallows" concludes "at about Chapter 24 of the book, with Voldemort gaining possession of the Elder Wand, one of the three Deathly Hallows that allow the bearer to conquer death."īy all accounts, it appears that the scans are legitimate, potentially putting an end to countless hours of fan speculation about where the two movies would diverge. It would seem that the answer is upon us, as "Harry Potter" fan site Muggle Net has come across what appears to be scanned pages of a "Deathly Hallows" preview article from an upcoming issue of Entertainment Weekly.
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