The Darkness begins

Rating: 7/10 (23 November 2010)

This is the first Harry Potter movie which refers to a part of a book and not the whole. This may have to do with the fact that the last book of the series is quite long or with reasons of profit or possibly both. It is a good movie in general with aspects of fairy-tale, modern angst, Kafkaesque interiors and Orwellian situations, as well as poignant scenes of family relationships or even subdued and latent eroticism.
The main actors support their roles ably while scenes in the Ministry of Magic remind one of classic political movies such as Brazil.The sequence of events is that of the book and the choice to present the sub-plot of the Hallows of Death with animation instead of actors is I think justified.
I recommend this movie to the numerous fans of the series although I think that for viewers above a certain age limit the myth of Potter has started to blur. It meets expectations though, what more can be achieved with such material in hand. Mind the enchanting dance of Harry and Hermione.Also the bell has started to toll for Mad-eyed Moody the auror and Dobby the house-elf, and it is just the start of the Hοlocaust that the last book contains and which we are presumably going to see in Part 2.