Tastes like Goblin p*ss.......

Rating: 8/10 (20 November 2010)

Voldemort's power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione decide to finish Dumbledore's work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord.
But little hope remains for the Trio, and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned..
after seeing the Half blood Prince, i was not looking forward to this entry in the series one bit. They have cut the film into two to make more money (even though the makers say it's to elaborate the story, i can't remember a dance sequence in the book), and Yates was back to direct the film again.
Yates has usurped himself this time and brought ut a fast paced, witty and sometimes downright frightening (I hate snakes) entry into the long running series.
even thought the majority of the film is the trio camping and trying o find a way to destroy an amulet, the action really never lets up in the films lengthy run times.
okay, the film can feel a little like a quest for a certain ring sometimes with the three of them walking along the countryside and sometimes arguing and letting certain things influence their minds, but this is a minor quibble in what has to be the best Potter film since 'Prisoner'.
The three leads do not look like they are reading straight from the books now, and they even get a little bit saucy throughout, in fact the script is packed with innuendo
'it's ten inches but nothing special'
'thats a strange thing to wear in your sock'
but this only adds to the entertainment factor.
The only real problem with the film is the slew of Brit actors who were quite famous when the first film was released, now, just standing in the background not really doing anything but looking thankful for being in the film (Mark Williams come forward) and this happens quite regularly that it can become distracting.
But the real treat is the animated segment of the deathly hallows, very surreal and very eerie, perhaps the most involving bit of the film.
Feinnes oozes menace whenever he is onscreem and easily steals the film from under everyone involved, closely followed by Watson.
If you look a little closer in the connotations of the film, it's all going a little bit Star Wars, but that should not hinder such a well made movie and such a good step up from the dirge of the last film.
See it now and then moan for eight months until part 2.
But it's nice to have that feeling again, so long after the end of the two towers finished.