do you know what we need? more stuff written about HPATDHP1

I went to see harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 only yesterday (with my friend Diana who lives in laaandaaan) and i really feel the need to write about it. So I’m going to. You could call this my review if you like.

The problem with reviewing a film like this is, well actually there are a few. Firstly you have to decide what perspective you will take. You can review it as a film, a standalone movie as some people (though few) will be seeing this as their first harry potter film. You could write about it in terms of the film franchise, how well it continues on from the last 6. Or you can write about it from the view of a fan of the books.

As a fan of the books, i loved it, and enjoyed it immensely. It’s probably my favourite of all of them so far. I’ve always felt that since the forth book the films seemed more like a condensed clip show of bits from a filmed version of the book completely, it had all the story points in place, butsences, characters and themes were missing. Hermione’s charity for house elves, the fact that everyone thinks Harry is being paranoid about Draco in half blood prince, Rita Skeeter's wider involvement are all things that’s get lost in translation. This time round i feel like very little gets missed out. One change i did notice was Dobby's involvement with Kreacher's hunt for Mundungus, and of course Kreacher’s happy little house elf phase. i can see why they did this, i think it’s dead clever, many people would have forgotten about Dobby, so bringing him back now makes it less confusing when he appears later and two overly happy to serve house elves would have seemed too much, and made house elves seem two dimensional.

As a film however, it’s not a very good one. I can appreciate from an objective view that it is all build up and no conclusion. For any other film i would have found that quite frustrating. Also I’m not entirely sure i would fully understand the plot, with its 11 different magical artefacts, i don’t feel like it is properly explained what horocruxes are. From the film alone you don’t get as much of an intimate idea of what sort of thing they are looking for, or where they are likely to find them. Ginny and Harrys relationship doesn’t work on film either.

Before i end I’d like to make a quick note about (SPOILERS FROM HERE ON) Dobby's death. I’m glad to say that they did this perfectly. Even those who have never read the books (so only know dobby from film 2) should find that moment very sad and very touching. The only thing that stopped me from crying was my marvelling at how different and more realistic Dobby looks now. More of a fault of my own than that of the film makers.

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So to concluded, HPATDHP1 is great for fans, but not as a film. Hopefully the final part will be done in just the same way.