Harry Potter 7 review and story summary in short. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is amazing picture filled with secret plots and mysteries with each coming moment. The movie has emotional touches as well where we see the romantic side of Harry and his friends. The director David Yates and writer Steve Kloves have divided the movie into two parts. This part is just the beginning of the climax and feels like a setup for the next one. The movie is filled with all the information you need to know for the final epic battle between Harry and the Dark Lord Voldermort.
Our heroes – Harry played by Daniel Radcliffe, Ron played by Rupert Grint and Hermione played by Emma Watson – are no longer in the protective confines of Hogwarts, the school of magic and wizardry. Their beloved headmaster Dumbledore is dead.
The Ministry of Magic has been taken over by ultra-conservative, neo-Fascist leaders and Voldermort’s followers are on the rise. This is a dark world, with little cheer or love to break the atmosphere of relentless gloom. At one point, even the three friends, exhausted, desperate and horrifically sad, tear into each other.
This is the dreariest Harry Potter movie yet but what’s more problematic is, that it’s also the most arcane. Viewers who haven’t read the books or seen all the previous films will be lost in the complex plot, which involves the search for Horcruxes which are objects into which Voldemort has hidden parts of his soul and the search for the Deathly Hallows, three objects which make the person who possesses them death-proof.
Clearly Yates has no interest in catering to non-Potter fans and yet the film is so full of exposition that it becomes ponderous. There are of course several almost fatal attacks by the dark side and just as many escapes. These action scenes are nicely orchestrated—there is a real suspense and sense of danger—but after a while, the pattern becomes predictable.
What’s more interesting is the human emotion and interaction between the three friends including a not-in-the-book scene, in which Harry and Hermione dance together, even as death surrounds them.
These actors, who have literally grown up in front of us, have wholly become these characters and yet, their acting doesn’t have enough heft, to support the almost static mid-section of the film.
At no point does their predicament devastate you. Eventually then, Harry Potter is grim business—children under ten will find it very scary—but check it out anyway as preparation for the last film, which you will have to see, even if it’s only to give the world’s most successful film franchise, closure.
Harry Potter Deathly Hallows earnings
In a press release sent out to the media, IMAX confirmed that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I grossed $16.1 million worldwide setting a brand new record. A good chunk of its earnings came from domestic audiences who brought in $11.8 million alone, with the film appearing on 239 screens all over the country.