Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1.
From the outset it should be mentioned that this review is possibly unfair to Mr Potter. Having not seen all of the previous films, and not really paying much attention to the few that were seen, there may be unnessary continuity issues which the average viewer may not suffer from. As such, here is a quick summary of what was known before seeing this film:
Harry lived under some stairs until a big bearded bloke picked him up to tell him he's a wizard and take him to wizard school. He soon discovers he's the chosen one who kinda killed the Big Bad wizard when he was a baby (that makes no sense btw). He and the Big Bad are eternally connected due to this and he has a scar on his head to prove it (huh?). The first movie was all about a big bunch of kids trying to score points to see which group won at the end of the year. Harry's team lost... but then won because someone pointed out he's the star. Awful ending.
...Harry kissed a Chinese looking girl...
...there was some kind of race through a maze which resulted in some young wizard dying and the Big Bad being resurected...
...an old guy died...
And here we are, the Deathly Hallows.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......
Seriously, this was so dull.
Harry and co teleport to new place. They get found. They wave wands at each other.
Harry and co teleport to new place. They get found. They wave wands at each other...
... for nearly 3 hours!
Pretty much nothing happens and anything that does happen either makes no sense or doesn't bloody get shown.
For example, Harry's BFF randomly gets upset, storms out, randomly comes back a few minutes later. Why? What was the point?
The Minister of Magic comes to see Harry. Next sceen we learn he's dead and the Ministry has fallen to the bad guys... what the hell happened? And why the hell did they leave us watching a stupid wedding while an epic war of good vs evil was taking place down the road?
How the hell do they just randomly keep being in the right place? We need to find these "Horcruxes"... oh look, there's one in the first house we go to. We need the Master Sword to destroy it... oh look, it's in this lake right next to us... Harry is drowning... oh look, BFF is back... ARGH!!!!!
How can you possibly build any kind of suspense when everything is just ridiculously easy? I mean, sure, in alot of films you kinda know certain people are not going to die at certain times, but this goes far beyond this. Not only do you know they're not going to die, you know EXACTLY how they'll get away. *Spolier*: They wave wands at each other, then teleport.
In summary then, if you like wand waving and the occasional teleporting you do not wanna miss this. Afterall, its currently one of the IMDB best movies of the decade...
... of cause, the "decade" started with 2010...
