Since the fourth film of the “Harry Potter” series, the number of negative aspects of the films has increased.I personally think that J.K. Rowling made a great job with her books, but the film adaptations were not a good idea in most cases. The director of the fifth and sixth film, David Yates, didn’t really see the point of this series. He didn’t receive very good criticism because he manipulated the story, changing things, omitting very important steps of the adventures, etc. and generally modifying it. Most of the fans of Harry Potter were frustrated when they saw the last two films and they hoped that the director Alfonso Cuarón, the one who directed the third and best film “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” would return.
The 19th November 2010, the first part of the last film “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” was presented by the director David Gates, but the second will be presented in June 2011 in our country.
On my opinion, I think that Gates and the protagonist Daniel Radcliffe have woken up. Daniel had lost popularity since the fourth film. People started thinking that he didn’t put enough care and passion into his films and what he really wanted was to finish fast and start a new life outside the 10 long years he had dedicated to Harry Potter. Even though he has made many mistakes, in this last film he has done really well.
One positive aspect of the film is that the director has looked for new and very beautiful places to shoot the outdoor scenes. Apart from that, the film contains incredible special effects which show a great effort by the whole team. Moreover, the design team chose the clothes and makeup for every single moment of the film really well, e.g. when Harry is deformed, and it has more dramatic scenes thanks to the new gore (blood) that has been introduced. Finally, there are some very good scenes like the one in Malfoy’s house.
These are very good aspects that have been improved since the last films, but it also has some important bad aspects.
To begin with, the film leaves out some very important steps of the book, like the importance of the argument between Ron and Harry, which in the film is just superficial. Or when Lupin goes to visit the three in Sirius’ house and Harry gets angry with him. Secondly, another mistake is that in the film characters appear at a specific point but as time passes, they don’t appear again for the rest of the film. Finally, people don’t like the film being divided into two parts, it’s better to see it all at the same time and not one part now and then the other one a year later.
In conclusion, the complete film promises to be a very good film, and probably, one of the best of the series.
