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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 8.5/10
Harry Potter is on a dangerous journey that will not end well for many people. His last remaining family member, Sirius Black, was killed by Bellatrix two years ago at the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore met his end by the half blood prince and ex-Hogwarts professor Severus Snape. With Dumbledore out of the way, Lord Voldemort’s only mission is to kill Harry Potter while Harry’s mission is to locate and destroy 4 horcruxes, each containing a part of Lord Voldemort’s soul.
If this doesn’t clue you in by now, this is a dark film with a seriously bleak and depressing atmosphere since everyone around Harry is in danger of being tortured or killed just for being associated with him. Wizard and witches of muggle descent are being imprisoned or killed because of their status and worst of all The Ministry of Magic is now controlled by Lord Voldemort and his cronies, making Harry undesirable #1.
I think one of the best idea’s that was integrated into the film was when Hermione read the Deathly Hallows story out loud for everyone at Lovegood’s house, but instead of just watching her read a book, they made that sequence into a short Tim Burton-esqe animation involving the three brothers and their encounter with death while she narrated the story.
And for those of you who have read the last book will get the subtle reference mentioned by Hermione when they entered Godric’s Hallow where she states “I still think we should have used the polyjuice potion to disguise ourselves”, which is what they did in the book.
Have I mentioned the sweet chase scene yet? No? Well, imagine The Matrix highway chase scene where Neo is fighting the numerous Agent Smiths and replace that with Harry and Hagrid fighting against the death eaters while driving a modified super-fast flying motorcycle through traffic.
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