Okay. Right off the bat I have to say I'm one of the biggest Harry Potter fans in the world. I don't care what you say, I'm a bigger fan than you are. I've read all the books over ten times. Yeah, I just said that. So, you can imagine my giddiness when I heard the last movie was going to be split into two episodes. I was psyched. Then I saw the movie. I regretted my happiness for the split. I wished they would've made it one movie. I'll say, despite my craving for more, I enjoyed Harry Potter 7. This Potter might be the most different than any other movie in the series. The way this movie was shot was quite grim, to say the least. It doesn't move with the speed of the other movies, but I enjoyed that. The film starts with Harry, or actually seven Harrys, being transported to seven safe houses. It then goes into Harry, Hermione, and Ron's journey to destroy pieces of Voldemort's soul (otherwise known as horcruxes). They encounter some very dangerous obstacle's along the way, one of which is themselves. They then learn from Luna Lovegood's (a classmate of theirs from Hogwarts) eccentric father that one of the ways to defeat Voldemort is with the Deathly Hallows. The Deathly Hallows are three items that possess great power, each of them having to do with death. The elder wand is an unbeatable wand. The resurrection stone has the power to (you guessed it) resurrect people from the dead. Almost. And finally, the invisibility cloak. This is the only hallow Harry already has in his possession. Not only does it make him invisible to other people, but to death as well. Harry, Ron and Hermione learn about the Hallows from a children's story called the Tale of the Three Brothers. The scene where Hermione tells the story is beautifully done. It's shot very Tim Burton-esque. The movie is primarily a two and a half hour trailer for the next one, but nonetheless it's one of the best trailers I've seen in a while.
Studio: Warner Brothers
Actors: Daniel Radcliff (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Ralph Finnes (Voldemort
Release: Wide
DVD Release: TBD
Recap: A-
