Movie Review: Deathly Hallows Part I

No spoilers.

I enjoyed it for what it is, but. There was far too much shaky camerawork. I had to look away from the screen at times. Mind you, I was watching it on a non-3D, non-IMAX screen. The movie seemed to drag at times. I can appreciate the ambience of trying to build up towards a grand finalé, but eh.

Knowing it’s a two-parter, as the second hour of your time in the theatre draws closer, you can’t help but wonder if anything’s actually going to happen. Whether something will happen, whether it’ll leave some cliffhanger a la Matrix Reloaded, or whether it’ll just cut to credits with no explanation.

And, as the girlfriend says, there’s still more stuff left out. Which leaves someone like me, who hasn’t read the books, a little in the dark about certain nuances.

As I said, the movie drags a bit, and it felt like Rowling was channeling a bit of Lord of the Rings. Which isn’t necessarily bad, but it’s there.

Eh. I’ll see the finalé when it’s released, but I have no need to ever see this again.

On as semi-unrelated note, the girl and I watched Star Wars episodes IV, V, and VI when we got home. It’s fun stuff, but seriously, I can still see how I was bored to death with Star Wars when I was little. Too little exposition, too much mind-numbing action that serves no purpose. Yes, I’ll say it: the modern holy trilogy is quite boring at times.

(As opposed to the ‘original’ holy trilogy that is Lord of the Rings. I gotta get around to reading that one of these days.)