Incredible

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2011)

Writing this review is obviously extremely late in the game, but who cares! "Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part I" is without a doubt one of my favourite entries in the series. David Yates really gets a hold of the power, and darkness of the book and brings it out for us to see.
*PLEASE NOTE THIS CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOTH PARTS OF THE DEATHLY HALLOWS!*
Within the first few minutes, already we're getting a sense of dread as Harry watches his Uncle Vernon, Aunt Petunia and cousin Dudley move out and leave him all alone. Ron watches the skies from The Burrow as black clouds cover the sky, and Hermione, well I had forgotten she mentioned it in the book, and thus it had me choking up, she erases her parents memory of her, and we get a a series of shots of family photos as Hermione fades away forever.
The film progressively gets much darker as The Order of The Phoenix arrives to take Harry to a safe house now that Lord Voldemort is aware of his location (No thanks to Severus Snape...but we'll get to that in Part II) and we witness the death of Alastor "Mad Eye" Moody and Harry's beloved owl Hedwig.
The film continues on with Harry, Ron and Hermione seeking out Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes which were explained in The Half-Blood Prince (Tom Riddle's Diary, Marvolo Gaunt's ring, the necklace, the Diadem of Ravenclaw, The cup of Hufflepuff, Nagini the snake and Harry himself)
However, it isn't until the last 10 minutes of the film where we feel the overwhelming power of darkness as audiences everywhere cried alongside Harry over the death of Dobby the House-Elf. Part I ends with Lord Voldemort stealing the Elder Wand from Dumbledore's tomb and shooting a curse into the sky.
So, this is without a second doubt one of the best entries in the Harry Potter saga (Many people tend not to listen to me since my favourite is actually the Goblet of Fire) but trust me, both parts of the Deathly Hallows will not disappoint, and will end off the Harry Potter saga nicely.