Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) by Nicholas F — 02 Oct 2012

Completely lacking in imagination, storytelling, and cinematography, this is one of the worst I have seen in the series. Aside from the first 15 and last 15 minutes, The Hallows is the most boring and badly presented to date.

I understand character development and a sub story was going on during this portion, but it is so blatantly spoon fed and boring it was borderline offensive. Characters should be developed by following them through a story, not by stopping (or slowing) the story to develop the character! As for audience appeal I can say only this: being a PG-13 movie with such dark and sexual overtones the dialog and presentation feels aimed at the intellect of a 6 year old audience.

Further, the way that characters just hop in and out of scenes, unannounced, and unexplained ruined most every major action sequence for me.The three main characters can't ever figure anything out on their own or spot obvious traps.

They just dumbly wander from dangerous situation to the next while trying not to unravel simple clues. They are constantly bailed out by random characters showing up at just the right random time and place.

I didn't read this book, but I have read a few, and the author seems to describe the situations and traps as subtle and tricky. The director failed at this concept completely.