A Harry Potter movie is primarily wand battles, the Hogwarts Express, classes with more or less friendly teachers, references to Voldemort, and a trio of lovable characters, right? One of its items is totally not Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, which airs tonight on TF1!
Rated 4 out of 5 on AlloCiné In this episode, Voldemort gains power, to the point where he has the Ministry of Magic in his pocket! To stop him, Harry, Ron, and Hermione go in search of the last Horcruxes, which contain various parts of the soul of He, Whose Name He Shall Not Tell. But with Dumbledore gone and isolated, our heroes feel very alone…
This “Part 1” explores more than usual the psyche in which the characters of the saga find themselves. Even we are treated with strong arguments that the public was not really used to. First of all, their journey to find the Horcruxes takes them to new places, and first of all, the school is in Voldemort’s hands: Hogwarts is not in the movie at all!
With the school in the hands of the Dark Lord and his minions, it is impossible for the trio and their friends Neville or Luna to attend classes. What’s more, the wizarding world is entering the darkest age of black magic: no time to go to class! Especially since only pure blood students are accepted.
But why two movies for one book?
In the picture, the school is only featured in a flashback from part 1, but Hogwarts will be seen again in part 2 of The Deathly Hallows. The community will be amazed to discover that the school will be partially destroyed during the huge battle!
Since there is only volume 7 of the Harry Potter books, the production initially wanted one film to complete the story of the young wizards. But the financial potential of releasing two films instead of one and the roughly 4 hour and 36 minute initial cutoff was a narrative headache. Two good reasons for splitting the conclusion into two feature films.
It’s a good calculation, because the first part will bring 972 million dollars, and the second part will bring 1.3 billion dollars! Like a wave of a magic wand!
Source: Allocine
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