The Deathly Hallows Part 1...so far...

Rating: Null/10 (21 November 2010)

Not the strongest beginning to the end of the Potter franchise, I must admit! Yates is not who I imagined, would handle this one...but alas there it is, it's done! There were a few issues I had with the movie itself...The cast is great as always, and never thought they took away anything from the movie however...
Yeah...the editing is not this movie's strong suit...among other things. It was good, but I am still of the belief that for the end movie they should have sought the services of another director. David Yates is a competent director, but he just that, I don't see any imagination on his part, no originality, he is able to deliver a competent visual version of the story, but that is where everything stops.
Personally, I would have wanted to see Alfonso Cuaron return at the helm of the franchise. "Harry Potter And The Prizoner Of Azkaban" remains my favourite of the entire franchise, followed closely by Mike Newel's "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire".
Don't get me wrong, it is still a good movie, but I don't know how to put it in words, its as if the magic is lacking from the movie...its as if the film is in an odd way flat and subdued...even Chris Columbus got that part right... I also expected more from Alexander Desplat (he did a wonderful job with "Syrianna") in the soundtrack department, it is though, after the fourth movie they just stopped caring about the music, which is so important to the movie franchise.
A 7 out of 10 for now, but I must stress this, I cannot fully grade the movie until I have seen the second part, only then, when I have seen the movie in its entirety will I give a final rating...Oh well I'll wait until next July!!!! When all is said and done, I will give a more detailed review of "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows"...
PS For full disclosure...part of this review also appears as a posting on one of the IMDb general discussion threads...