Showing posts with label Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Show all posts

July 18, 2011

We've been betrayed...

So I didn't feel left out, I watched Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 the other day. I'm not a huge Potter fan, I've never read the books, probably never will and although I'm proud that one of the most successful film franchise of all time is British, I find the films quite difficult to get on with. I'm an adult who understands the hero's journey and all that, but I have always found the Potter films hard to follow, they skip time in such a subtle way and there are so many characters. I'm probably just not that interested. Christ I've sat through Cleopatra and the directors cut of Dances with Wolves. And I understand Dune, (Okay so I don't understand Dune)

Deathly Hallows Part 1 was no exception to it's predecessors, at best it felt like a filler for the epic conclusion that has just hit theaters. Almost like standing next to an ugly person makes you look better - Deathly Hallows Part 2 couldn't be any worse than it's older brother...

Anyway, as an editor I was itching to cut all the boring 'Lord Of The Rings' style aimless wandering about out of Hallows Part 1 so I was rather pleased to find this.



These chaps have gone even further and condensed the last 7 movies into seven minutes...