Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 Thoughts

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was originally advertised as a 3D movie which brought a lot of hype to the movie - even for those who were not particularly fond of Harry Potter.  (The movie has made $125.1 million since last weekend according to The Independent.)

Part one seems to have the purpose of setting up the scene and excitement for part two of this movie, because there isn't much that really stands out as being too remarkable or memorable after seeing this movie. This is coming from someone who is not particularly a Harry Potter fanatic, but the ending was more enjoyable than the beginning.

There are great graphics, but it just brings the thought of how much better the movie would look had it been put out in 3D. Part two is set to be released in 3D.

The pace of the storyline for part one seemed quick - although the movie was over two hours long. It didn't drone on, which was pleasant.

Without giving away too much - there is a brief scene that involves some strange nudity. The whole movie is really dark and dismal - it wasn't expected to be a bright and happy film, but the whole thing just seems so depressing and dark. Hopefully it won't fall into the same category as Spiderman 3 (which has been nicknamed Spiderman 3-Emo).

At the end one of the cutest characters dies (hopefully that doesn't give too much away), and it's quite upsetting.

It is surprising that there are a lot of Harry Potter fans who exist that who don't actually read the books - but I guess it is possible to just be a fan of the movies - it makes it so the ending and entire plot isn't already known. Maybe Harry Potter is more enjoyable that way.

Being someone who read the first four books and has watched some of the movies (not by choice) it wasn't too terrible to watch in theaters and it wasn't a waste of money, but seeing part two in 3D will probably be more enjoyable and thus lead to a more exciting and interesting review.

This isn't so much a review, because if it was a review the plot/story line would be more explained and elaborated upon, but this is mostly just a critique of the movie as a whole.