With Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the hands of the enemy, these three have to strike out into the world at large as they look for those Horcruxes, which as magical receptacles for fragments of Voldemort’s soul simply must be destroyed. Potter ( Daniel Radcliffe) and his best pals Hermione Granger ( Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley ( Rupert Grint). The only thing that stands in his way is the boy Harry Potter, who must be killed, and by Voldemort personally, if the Dark Lord is to consolidate his power.Īs Voldemort’s dark mark becomes visible in the sky, everyone, Muggle and wizard alike, flees for their lives from the dread Death Eaters. What the minister is referring to, of course, is a bid for universal domination by Lord Voldemort (a chilling, barely recognizable Ralph Fiennes).
Our world has never faced a greater threat.” Nighy sets the tone for the latest film when, as Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, he looks right into the camera and croaks, kind of like a British John Carradine, “These are dark times, there is no denying it. In fact, the Potter films are so loaded down with the best of British performers that Bill Nighy, who was added to the cast this time along with Rhys Ifans, wasn’t really kidding when he commented, “For a while, I thought I would be the only English actor of a certain age who wasn’t in a ‘Harry Potter’ film.”
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 1 MOVIE SERIES
You don’t make $5.7 billion in theatrical revenue, however, by being cavalier about your source material and the watchword for the “Potter” series in general, and this film in particular, is making the audience feel like it’s in safe hands.
has split the final effort into two films and is likely kicking itself for not having thought of that with the earlier books. Understandably distraught about “Hallows” being the last of the phenomenally popular J.K. There is something different, however, about this Potter movie, and that is the words “Part 1" that end the title. Much of the plot of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” involves the attempt to find and destroy a series of Horcruxes, and if you haven’t a clue about what they are or why they’re important, you might as well stay home.
It’s a tribute to how much the series’ true believers are being counted on to carry the film that this latest episode makes little attempt to bring newcomers up to speed about what’s come before. If you haven’t there’s no point in trying to catch up now. What’s the latest Harry Potter film like? If you’ve seen the previous six, you already know.
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