Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Being a Harry Potter fan for the last six years or so, I have been following Harry Potter movies since its first installment. Somehow the dramatisation of books like the Harry Potter series often left me somewhat disappointed. The latest installment of the Harry Potter series was no different when I caught it a few weeks back. However, I will still give credit due to the movie producers and director for bringing the characters from this series live on the silver screen.

Although the plot was somewhat diluted, there were still some actings and scenes from the movie in which I found  memorable and worth mentioning. The character of Bellatrix Lestrange played by Helena Bonham Carter was reminiscent of the character of Irina Spalko, a villain played by Cate Blanchett in the movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull. Excellent portrayal of Bellatrix Lestrange and top class acting by Bonham Carter, albeit a very short appearence in the movie.

Another memorable character, Dolores Umbridge played by Imelda Staunton, was portrayed in a brilliant fashion. The portrayal of Dolores Umbridge by Staunton was extraordinarily real, it reminded me that such a character does actually exist in the real world. Although the appearence of this particular character was brief in this movie, it left a memorable impact in my impression of the movie. 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is based of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. The movie producers did justice to the dramatisation of this final book by producing a two-part movie. The story continues where in this installment Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione set out on a mission to locate all of Voldemort's Horcruxes and to destroy them. Thus, the plot saw them leaving Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for good, travelling all over the country searching for the Horcruxes, facing the imminent dangers posed by Voldemort's regime taking over the wizarding world. 

While Harry, Ron and Hermione journeyed through the country to find the Horcruxes, their courage and friendship were tested to a level unimaginable to them. Their wizarding skills were put to an extreme test while facing the unknown evil forces and dangerous situations on their own. They tackled these evil forces and dangerous situations with surprising capabilities in which only fully-trained wizards and witches are capable of doing. 

This first part of the two part installment of the movie showed the various incidents happening to Harry, Ron and Hermione in their journey of searching and destroying the Horcruxes, as well as battling the evil forces that were unavoidable and prevalent in their adventure. I supposed this movie was meant to be building towards the climax, which I think will be shown in the second part of this installment. People who have been following the Harry Potter series closely will be able to anticipate what will happen in the final part of this movie, which is slated for release in the summer of 2011.

I have read the Harry Potter series many times over and I think the books are better than the movie franchise, I only want to watch the final part of this movie franchise to see how well the Hollywood interpretation would bring the ending live on the silver screen and nothing more.