User blog comment:Kacieh/Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 1 Review Page/@comment-3227744-20101123122445

Amaaaaazing. (All additional a's as necessary for emphasis.) I'd like to avoid adding spoilers to my review, but please read with caution or at least the knowledge that certain moments of the film will have slipped in here and there. First, it's lovely to see how the cast has grown both literally and figuratively. And finally, Ron (well, Rupert) is given prime screen time to demonstrate his skill in acting a character that is very rounded, as opposed to the prior films mainly allowing Harry (Daniel) and Hermione (Emma) the time the screen. This is in no ways an insult to the production, writing, performance of the films, just to be clear. I really loved how the movie started and from the first moments onwards, the stage was set for highly dramatic movie and it was unceasing. Definite spoiler here, but even though there was some deviation from the book, I loved how the film showed Hermione in her home going downstairs from the comfort of her bed to cast Obliviate on her parents. It was so touching in a rather devastating way, and much more escalated than what happens in the book (which says Hermione only casted a charm that could be undone at a later point). Another spoiler here, I know the dance scene between Harry and Hermione has caused a lot of "wtf," but I really enjoyed it. It gave them more of a human quality (if that makes sense), and expressed how they really are only 17 years old, and how in a time of great stress, they've only got each other and that even in such horrid times, simple (silly) acts that take one's mind off a cruel reality can be a remarkable thing. One thing on the negative side I would say is that I wish the film hadn't left where it did, and instead on a more hopeful note. But really, this movie was wonderful. The deviations from the book made sense (for time, money, progression, to heighten the effect of a ~2.5hr movie) and I felt were well earned. This truly makes me wonder just how magnificent Part 2 will be.