Harry Potter - Is the hype deserved?

In a word - No. It isn't
However I have to concede that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 was a success in the cinema. Keeping well to the book (for the most part) leaving out things that only the hardened HP fans will notice. Things like a change in dialogue, however slight, were pointed out by my friend David O'Neil. Now to be fair I did my share of pointing out flaws

Example. What is stopping Voldemort from killing Harry? Harry's wand/magical connection the two share. A decent plot device to be sure. But what is preventing Voldemort from, say, running over him in a car, lifting him up in the air using a broomstick and dropping him from a great height or even shooting the angsty magical teen right in the face? (OK I'll give you, the gun thing, probably wouldn't work. They would probably walk around with a magical shield or something) Does Voldemort go through any of these simple methods and think "that could work" to himself? No. He does not.

Instead, he decides that he is going to search for a magical (more so than the others) wand from a wizarding child's fairy tale. This wand was supposedly carved by Death himself. Now as Harry Potter is a fantasy book, this is perfectly acceptable. However, Voldemort's thought process, is not.

But moving on from Voldemort's lack of logic or basic strategy and moving on to the man himself. The protagonist who, with no hint of a joke, seriously should have gone to specsavers. Harry finds, after a series of events, a legendary sword capable of destroying bits of Voldemort's soul. It has some how wound up at the bottom of a pond that has frozen over and so Harry decides the best course of action is to strip down and face probable pneumonia and possible hypothermia by diving in to get it.

Now seeing as the main tool he has at his disposal is magic, you would think he would use the wand to heat up the water or at the very least melt the ice so he doesn't get trapped underneath. But what happens? The necklace decides to try to kill him and drags him both away from the sword and away from the single hole he made in the ice....Nice move there Harry.

But still. Good movie. The book was better, but that's almost always the case. Anyway. Best characters have to be Dobby, Ron and George. Dobby because of the quote

Dobby wasn't trying to kill. Only maim, or seriously injure.

Dobby you were awesome. George for watching Ginny and Harry kissing in the kitchen with something in his ear and just saying "Good morning" And Ron, simply for being funny without trying to much, and for being the favourite out of the trio.

So the film leaves you sad, because of the ending, which I won't spoil, but excited for the next (and final) installment. Now as a person who doesn't enjoy Harry Potter, books or movies, as much as everyone else seems too, trust me when I say, This film is worth seeing. The dialogue wasn't as cheesy as it's been, (e.g "we have something Voldemort doesn't...something worth fighting for") the effects were pretty good, the story was good and it was comical at times.

It also left me with an insatiable desire to read the books again. Only problem is my sister Orla has taken then ALL to Glasgow with her. Damn her!