harry potter and the deathly hallows 1 review

With a parade of wonderful British actors filling exceedingly vivid parts, casting has been the series’ most consistently strong suit throughout remarkably, only one major actor, Richard Harris, died over the course of the decade, and he was undisruptively replaced by Michael Gambon (though regret still lingers that Peter O’Toole wasn’t cast as Dumbledore in the first place was it thought he wouldn’t survive this long?).Īfter Chris Columbus launched the franchise capably but with less than dazzling flair, producer David Heyman smartly chose Alfonso Cuaron and Mike Newell to stage the next two –the best of the series artistically - then settled on TV director David Yates for the long march to the end.

When some quick shots at the end remind how incredibly young Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watsonwere when this all started, one marvels that they’ve all grown up to be as physically plausible for the roles and sufficiently talented as they have. It has been an extraordinary run, really, marked by careful planning as well as very good luck.

Harry potter and the deathly hallows 1 review