![]() ![]() ![]() One of my few critiques of this movie is the omission of Kreacher's tale: How Voldemort used the Black family's house elf to ensure the safety of his horcrux and how Sirius's brother perished in the quest to retrieve and destroy it. It's eerily understandable a decade later, with the world in its current state, how Harry attends a wedding and kisses his crush but also confronts corrupt leadership and plans his mission. Via Giphy (opens in a new tab) (Opens in a new tab)Īfter a woman is eaten by a snake at one of Voldemort's work meetings, the film's first act jumps between moments of brief joy, respite, and humor, amidst a growing cloud of gloom and doom. ![]() All of this is owed, as ever, to Chris Columbus's monumental work on the first two films, establishing an entire world of characters, creatures and effects that immerses us wholly to this day. Prisoner of Azkaban set a new bar for what the films could be visually. It draws on the gloom of Half-Blood Prince and the adrenaline of Order of the Phoenix and Goblet of Fire. Of course, Deathly Hallows - Part 1 finds itself in the position of being able to take such creative leaps because of the six films before it. The magical whimsy of " Hedwig's Theme (Opens in a new tab)" is nowhere to be found. The film plunges us in headfirst, declaring that this is a story of children bearing unimaginable burdens, and that Harry is not the only one to lose his loved ones to this war. In the Deathly Hallows novel, we begin - as we often do - with Harry, but hear about Hermione's monumental sacrifice later on. It's a powerful starting note, taking just enough liberty from the text. Against Alexandre Desplat's " Obliviate (Opens in a new tab)," one of the most stirring pieces of music in the series, we watch Hermione wipe her parents' memories and disappear from their lives in order to protect them. The film opens with a montage of Harry, Ron, and Hermione preparing essentially to go to war. ![]() A less knowledgeable scholar of the Potter film franchise might recall Deathly Hallows - Part 1 as "the one with the camping," which is extremely unfair because camping comprises roughly 23 percent of the movie's 146-minute runtime - but we'll get back to that. 19 marked the 10-year anniversary of this movie, which makes it a great time to revisit what makes Deathly Hallows - Part 1 so fantastic. ![]()
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