Rather than taking the Hogwarts Express to complete their final year at school, Harry, Ron, and Hermione abandon the familiar territory of boarding school to search for Horcruxes - that is, pieces of soul that evil Wizard extraordinaire Voldemort has extricated from his body and hidden throughout the world, ensuring his immortality so long as they are not all destroyed. ![]() Rowling wove a conclusion as ominous as it was elegant in the final installment of the Potter series, so too has director David Yates in Part 1 of Deathly Hallows. As Harry grew, his initial impressions of the wizard world as a utopian community populated by kindly magicians and fantastical shops evolved into a more realistic picture of a world that, while enchanted, carries its own share of bigotry, greed, and political corruption. The dark tone, however, is in no way a dissuasive element as fans of the books will point out, it is in keeping with the series. In its place are anxiety, dread, uncertainty, and even occasional moral ambiguity. Most notably missing are any traces of wide-eyed innocence from Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson). ![]() ![]() Gone are the snug dorms nestled in a hidden Hogwarts hallway - for Hogwarts itself, save for a small resistance from within, has been taken over by Death Eaters - and gone is the wisdom and comfort offered by late headmaster Albus Dumbledore. A far cry from its early predecessors, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has little room for cheer.
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