cricketbat Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is a surprisingly entertaining movie, considering nothing really happens in the story. It's intense and dramatic and, at times, humorous. However, I don't know if it will hold up as well during subsequent viewings and it can't really stand on its own. Nonetheless, this is a well-made movie that is an excellent set-up for the finale.

Lee Bartholomew Whereas the second part contains all the action thus almost no substance, and skips around , totally chaotic wants to get done faster than it should. This one was much better off. Yes there is more dialogue but that was to be expected, it's a long book. It didn't rush things, and added some humor to it now and then. Not entirely sure why the second one gets better ratings. I assume people prefer action over substance. The only real substance in part 2 is Snape's end.. other than that , part 2 is way too short. Totally missed the great elf uprising. Like someone hit panic after the end of this movie. Think Peter Jackson did it better splitting 2 movies into 3 on which it's based on a single tiny book and still made it worth while. (Hobbit) So of the two I prefer this one. Maybe this will change with time but the last movie is so utterly confusing I'd rather read the book again. And probably makes zero sense to those who haven't. Keep expecting like a 30 minute extended edition to popup.Quality: 9/10 Entertainment: 6/10 (it's a dialogue movie go figure) Replayable:6/10 (second movie maybe more so just to doublecheck what isn't making sense and still doesn't.

lisafordeay Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 1 is part of the epic finale of the 2001 franchise about a boy who happens to be a wizard. This time around and Voldermort(Ralph Fiennes)wants Harry Potter dead and so there is deadly hallows lurking around. Its up to Harry,Ron and Hermoine to destroy them once and for all and get rid of this necklace that makes a user jealous(as Ron gets jealous of Harry and Hermoine bonding). Overall the effects are very good and the acting is decent. This was the film(well franchise I should say) that introduced me to Emma Watson. She will always be Hermoine Granger no matter what other film she is in(Beauty & The Beast was very good btw).Overall if you are a fan of the franchise I say check it out.

mistoppi The ending is closer and the movies are worse. Still they are trying to make an action film out of Harry Potter, but what's worse is how the filmmakers clearly don't know what to cut. There is such a long time of... nothing. They do nothing. There's some dialogue but it's not always entirely insightful. And there's the weird dance scene and all that. Yes, those scenes how Harry, Ron and Hermione were on the run for a really long time, but that's really frustrating for the audience. How about you cut that and make this film shorter - or better yet - include some things that were in the books but were barely mentioned in the movie.I also don't like the point where they cut the movie in two. I've checked so many times what is the half point of the book, and I think they should've cut the movie around there - where that chapter ends at least. But I guess they wanted to stuff the Deathly Hallows into this movie. Best part of the whole movie is the Tale of the three brothers. It's visually more stunning than anything we've seen in Harry Potter movies. It's so awesome it seems completely out of place in this movie. It's still of course an interesting piece of lore, and a nice way to take a break from the events in the movie. Everything went downhill after Prisoner of Azkaban. I've been wondering why I don't like Harry Potter so much anymore, but this seems to be the reason. None of the later movies were good.