Reviews by Matt

This one is going to be short and sweet for two reasons. The first being that since the full title of the newest Harry Potter movie is “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1,” It just seems unfair to grade an unfinished movie…and believe me, it is unfinished. The second reason is that I fell asleep a few times at the midnight showing—which had nothing to do with the movie.

I will address the second reason first. As many of you know I am in graduate school for elementary education. On Tuesdays and Thursdays this past semester, I have been in a classroom doing some teaching. Well the Thursday of the premiere was one of those. I was up at 6:30 and in the classroom until 2:30. Then I had class from 4:45 to 7. I should have gone back to my apartment and taken a nap before the movie, I did not. My friends and I went out for a few drinks after class. So by the time 12:01 Friday morning rolled around, I was on a long day with very little sleep plus a few beers. I tried my damnedest to stay awake. I took the toothpick out of my swiss army knife and poked it into my thumb to stay awake—it does not work by the way. Needless to say I missed large chunks of the movie. Not that I was lost, I had recently reread the book and knew enough to fill in the sleepy breaks.

Now to address the first reason. The movie literally just ends. It gets to a point and the credits roll. It is because of that that I cannot review it properly until July when part 2 comes out.

What I saw I liked and I am looking forward to the second part.

8 out of 10
Rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence, frightening images and brief sensuality
146 minutes