A Step Up From the Previous Film

Rating: Null/10 (25 June 2016)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
*** (out of 4)
After the death of Dumbledore, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) finds himself on the run as everyone tries to protect him from Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and along the way learns who the Deathly Hallows were.
I really wasn't a fan of the previous film but this one here turned out to be much better. As I've said in all my reviews up to this point, I haven't read a single story in the series so I'm basically just watching the movies without the benefit of comparing them to anything. Whereas I thought the previous film was somewhat boring a long-winded, that certainly wasn't the case here and I ended up finding this one to be one of the best of the series.
What I liked most about this one is that there seemed to be a lot more emotion as the various characters are face some sort of battle against one another. There was a lot of inner fighting among the characters and I must admit that I was shocked to see how much I was caught up in the drama. There were a lot of scenes where Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint were in some sort of drama and the actors perfectly sold it. In fact, to me Watson clearly stole the film here and managed to turn in her best performance.
Visually the film is quite impressive, although the special effects certainly aren't as in-your-face as the previous film. Technically speaking the movie is impressive with some great cinematography, a nice rousing score and of course there are some very good performances. The beginning and ending are certainly well done and get your ready for what is to follow.