Disclaimer –
This writer is a massive James Bond fan.
He has collected every single release of James Bond on DVD and plans to
convert the same (shortly) into an enviable Blue Ray collection before the
release of Bond 2017-18. He can rarely
find fault in a James Bond movie and therefore can be classified as a “classic
fanboy”. Read on.
Showing posts with label Ralph Fiennes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ralph Fiennes. Show all posts
Friday, 20 November 2015
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Skyfall
It’s a dark corridor in a not so great looking room. Just that kind that James Bond (Daniel Craig) would find himself in. He takes a few steps. Prepares to take aim, walks into a slightly brighter room where 2 bodies are lying on the floor. In the next room, lying on a single seater sofa is Agent Ronson (Bill Buckhurst) who has been shot and is losing blood. Bond helps Ronson by putting some pressure on the wound to stop the bleeding but duty calls.
There is a laptop that’s lying smashed on the floor. The Hard Drive is missing. The drive that contains the identity of every MI6 agent under cover with several terrorist organizations across the world. Bond is asked to give chase and joined in a by-lane by an unidentified gorgeous dark lady (Naomie Harris) and a chase ensues. They bring a black Audi down but the killer – Patrice (Ola Rapace) gets away on a police bike.
A superb chase sequence ensues that leads you across the streets of Istanbul and then onto the roof tops. All through the chase, you are holding onto the arms of your seat. Unidentified gorgeous dark lady cuts off killer on bridge. Killer is smart and jumps off the bridge onto a train that’s passing by. Bond follows suit. Gun Shots flying all around the place. One gets Bond on the right side of his chest when he is getting into an excavator that is being transported by the same train.
Killer is smart. Tries to delink the two bogies. Bond is smarter. He uses excavator to grab onto the top of the bogie that’s ahead. Crushes a few VW Beetles in the process and jumps onto the front car. Fist fight time. That goes over a few kilometers inside tunnels across the hills. In the meantime, unidentified gorgeous dark lady has overtaken train and is setting up to take a shot.
No clear shot available. M (Dame Judie Dench) orders her to, “Take the bloody shot”. Bond is hit. Falls off the train into a ravine and a river a few hundred feet below the bridge. Cut to Skyfall by Adele that reminds you of Shirley Bassey singing the early Bond tracks. By now, you are quite certain – this is a great Bond movie coming up.
The entire cast oozes complete class. The classic Bond sarcasm still intact. Just enough chases and fights to ensure that the concept of Bond doesn’t take the back foot. Very slow and intriguing build up to the climax. A villain that makes your blood crawl and has unfortunately not been given sufficient screen time – Bardem enters halfway into the movie. If anything was missing, it would have been the women who weren’t available in plenty like they usually are.
For a Bond fan – superb movie. For someone who isn’t – you may not like it. I loved it. Especially the Sam Mendes touch – not someone who you would associate with a Bond movie but then – once a class director, always a class director. Ensure this is part of your weekend. 8 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi973841433/
There is a laptop that’s lying smashed on the floor. The Hard Drive is missing. The drive that contains the identity of every MI6 agent under cover with several terrorist organizations across the world. Bond is asked to give chase and joined in a by-lane by an unidentified gorgeous dark lady (Naomie Harris) and a chase ensues. They bring a black Audi down but the killer – Patrice (Ola Rapace) gets away on a police bike.
A superb chase sequence ensues that leads you across the streets of Istanbul and then onto the roof tops. All through the chase, you are holding onto the arms of your seat. Unidentified gorgeous dark lady cuts off killer on bridge. Killer is smart and jumps off the bridge onto a train that’s passing by. Bond follows suit. Gun Shots flying all around the place. One gets Bond on the right side of his chest when he is getting into an excavator that is being transported by the same train.
Killer is smart. Tries to delink the two bogies. Bond is smarter. He uses excavator to grab onto the top of the bogie that’s ahead. Crushes a few VW Beetles in the process and jumps onto the front car. Fist fight time. That goes over a few kilometers inside tunnels across the hills. In the meantime, unidentified gorgeous dark lady has overtaken train and is setting up to take a shot.
No clear shot available. M (Dame Judie Dench) orders her to, “Take the bloody shot”. Bond is hit. Falls off the train into a ravine and a river a few hundred feet below the bridge. Cut to Skyfall by Adele that reminds you of Shirley Bassey singing the early Bond tracks. By now, you are quite certain – this is a great Bond movie coming up.
The entire cast oozes complete class. The classic Bond sarcasm still intact. Just enough chases and fights to ensure that the concept of Bond doesn’t take the back foot. Very slow and intriguing build up to the climax. A villain that makes your blood crawl and has unfortunately not been given sufficient screen time – Bardem enters halfway into the movie. If anything was missing, it would have been the women who weren’t available in plenty like they usually are.
For a Bond fan – superb movie. For someone who isn’t – you may not like it. I loved it. Especially the Sam Mendes touch – not someone who you would associate with a Bond movie but then – once a class director, always a class director. Ensure this is part of your weekend. 8 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi973841433/
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Wrath of The Titans
Remember Clash of the Titans from nearly 2 years back. The One directed by Louis Leterrier (Transporter 1 & 2)? The one where a Greek man by the name of Perseus (Sam Worthington) finds out that he is no ordinary human being. That he is the son of the great God Zeus. And that makes him a demi god. He then goes on a great adventure to save the world and kill the mighty beast called Kraken. Remember?
Well I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t but I wouldn’t be surprised if you did either. Clash of the Titans was as my close friend Sandy says, “Pop Greek Mythology”. What made Clash even more Pop was known as “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”. But they were both that kind of a movie. Imminently enjoyable when you watch them but with not much shelf life. Well the news is that, Wrath of the Titans is the much awaited sequel and is probably a bit better and maybe a bit more memorable than the first one.
What started off in the Clash has moved a decade and Perseus has decided that he wants to have nothing to do with the Gods or godliness or anything that is prefixed with the “G” word. He wants to move back to the “F” word. OK now don’t get all excited we are talking of the word called “Fisherman”. He is peacefully settled on a coastal village with his son Helios (John Bell). That’s when his father Zeus (Liam Neeson) decides to come back and ask him for help. He doesn’t reveal much but expects Perseus to trust him and leave his son to save the universe once again. This time from the Supreme God Kronos – the father of Zeus, Posiedon (Danny Huston) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes).
I must accept that Wrath of the Titans is definitely better made that The Clash of the Titans. The Clash also had its thunder stolen by Percy Jackson who was I would guess more contemporary (or pop as mentioned earlier). The Wrath doesn’t have that problem lurking around for certain. The Wrath also sees a change of directors and for the first time probably, the direction to a sequel is distinctly better. Jonathan Liebesman doesn’t waste too much of time building up the story and doesn’t leave you short of action at just the right moments.
The use of special effects this time around is also much better. Especially the quality of the 3D which I thought was probably the best since Tintin last year. The recreation of the larger than life demons and the aspects such as Hephaestus’ (Bill Nighy) maze to the underworld prison of Tartarus is simply superb. This one has to be seen on the big screen to get the real impact. Without the effects, there is not much to the movie. Definitely worth a dekko for this weekend. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3446710553/
Well I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t but I wouldn’t be surprised if you did either. Clash of the Titans was as my close friend Sandy says, “Pop Greek Mythology”. What made Clash even more Pop was known as “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”. But they were both that kind of a movie. Imminently enjoyable when you watch them but with not much shelf life. Well the news is that, Wrath of the Titans is the much awaited sequel and is probably a bit better and maybe a bit more memorable than the first one.
What started off in the Clash has moved a decade and Perseus has decided that he wants to have nothing to do with the Gods or godliness or anything that is prefixed with the “G” word. He wants to move back to the “F” word. OK now don’t get all excited we are talking of the word called “Fisherman”. He is peacefully settled on a coastal village with his son Helios (John Bell). That’s when his father Zeus (Liam Neeson) decides to come back and ask him for help. He doesn’t reveal much but expects Perseus to trust him and leave his son to save the universe once again. This time from the Supreme God Kronos – the father of Zeus, Posiedon (Danny Huston) and Hades (Ralph Fiennes).
I must accept that Wrath of the Titans is definitely better made that The Clash of the Titans. The Clash also had its thunder stolen by Percy Jackson who was I would guess more contemporary (or pop as mentioned earlier). The Wrath doesn’t have that problem lurking around for certain. The Wrath also sees a change of directors and for the first time probably, the direction to a sequel is distinctly better. Jonathan Liebesman doesn’t waste too much of time building up the story and doesn’t leave you short of action at just the right moments.
The use of special effects this time around is also much better. Especially the quality of the 3D which I thought was probably the best since Tintin last year. The recreation of the larger than life demons and the aspects such as Hephaestus’ (Bill Nighy) maze to the underworld prison of Tartarus is simply superb. This one has to be seen on the big screen to get the real impact. Without the effects, there is not much to the movie. Definitely worth a dekko for this weekend. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3446710553/
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes’ first movie as a director leaves a lot to be desired to say the least. First of all, I have no clue to why he would experiment with his first movie in a language that is not really up everyone’s comfort level. I mean it is English alright but why Shakespearean English????? And that too in verse????
And the morons who seem to be running the movie houses in India could not think of adding subtitles to the movie? Else they should have sold 2/3rds of the tickets and kept a translator for every 2 patrons walking into the hall. Not a feasible solution right? SUBTITLES YOU MORONS!!!! As it is, we aren’t the largest market for Hollywood in the world. Your rank stupidity is not helping the cause. Surely Ralph Fiennes had his reasons to convert a lesser know Shakespearean play in Shakespearean but what is your excuse darlings? And then there is PVR who super intelligently decides to play J Edgar in Juhu and Phoenix but decide to release Coriolanus across all PVRs in the city. I cannot begin to imagine the plight of the Gujju Bens and Bhais (Sisters and Brothers) in Mulund and Goregaon wondering how to pronounce the movie – leave alone walk into the hall and try to understand it. Weird people have infested this industry I tell you.
Coriolanus is about this Roman general called Marcus Caius (Ralph Fiennes) whose arch enemies, the Volscians are led by Tulius Aufidius (Gerard Butler). Marcus Caius has fought several wars for Rome and has successfully defended its pride and honour not just by leading from the front but also by ensuring that orders are followed to the T. So much so that the people of Rome do not quite like him much. But a few wise people in the right places appreciate his efforts and would like to annoit him as Counsellor (the highest authority) in Rome. His closest friend, confidante and Senator of Rome – Menenius Agrippa (Brian Cox) lobbies really hard for his case. However, as luck would have it, he faces severe opposition from not just some of the common people of Rome but also the Tribunes (Paul Jesson & James Nesbitt) who not only oppose him but also get him embroiled in a serious scam which questions his integrity and also get him banished from Rome. Incensed, Marcus Caius Coriolanus, approaches the Volscians and joins hands with them to conquer Rome.
In terms of acting talent and execution, the movie doesn’t leave too much to be desired. It takes great courage to use a dialect of English that may not be best accepted by the people. And even more to get the likes of Gerard Butler and Vanessa Redgrave to narrate with consummate ease. So hats off to Ralph Fiennes for the same. He has also converted the story into a modern day setting with the use of costumes which is equally good. But watch it only if you have subtitles or else you will definitely be left groping in the dark for what was said. OK to watch on DVD. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2877398553/
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2
To start on a humourous note, here is a letter that was doing the rounds yesterday. It read
Dear Mr. Harry Potter,
If I had taken 8 movies to kill the villain in my movie, I would have give the money back
Rajnikanth
8 movies and 10 years down the line after creating enough derangement amongst fans and generating euphoria like never been seen before amongst young & old alike and contributing new the English language through hilarious but useful spells such as Wingardium Leviosa or the more deadly Avada Kedavra and spawning the careers of 3 kids aged 11, 12 and 13 who have now grown upto being 21, 22 and 23 (what a mathematical genius I am) respectively Pottermania finally comes to a close – correction – pottermania can never die; the series has come to a close. Pottermania took the world by storm in the late 90s, moved into being a cult figure which was sought only by the geeks of the world and has now left a legacy for many many generations to come. Purists may debate if I were to compare J K Rowling to the evergreen Enid Blyton but that is what marketing has done to the field of writing and extended the same to movie making. The fact of the matter is that kids these days would rather swear by Harry, Hermione and Ron and would have no clue to who Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Tim were.
The last edition of the series will probably break all previous records of collections and earnings simply because it has been by far the most anticipated to date – thanks to the hype created around Harry Potters imminent death at the hands of Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort because the dark lord has got his hands on the Elder Wand. The movie takes exactly at the spot where Part 1 ended and continues with its dark cinematography. I get the concept of the deathly hallows guys but why would you want to make a movie primarily meant for kids into something that is so painful on the eyes. And in such a dark environment, the search for the remaining 3 Horcruxes (or should I say 4) starts with right earnest. Our 3 heroes break into Bellatrix Lestrange’s locker, talk to the ghost of Ravenclaw Tower, take the fight to Nagini (remember the hideous snake from the first part) and also take on Voldemort’s army in the bargain. All makes up for the right mixture of a wonderful way to spend your evening with family or friends. At the risk of sounding like a stuck record – maybe they could have added some light to the movie – just too damn dark.
The direction is as consistent as David Yates can get it to be. Considering that he has directed more Potter movies than anyone else (Chris Columbus -2 and one each for Alfonso Cuarón & Mike Newell), he would be – rightfully – under the skin of his character. The effects are as always fabulous but it is not at all mandatory to watch this or Part 1 in 3D and definitely not @ PVR (cant get enough of putting my request for lighter glasses). Wholesome entertainment as I had called for Part 1 also. Same score 7 on 10. Have a lovely Potter filled weekend folks!!!!
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi128621593/
Dear Mr. Harry Potter,
If I had taken 8 movies to kill the villain in my movie, I would have give the money back
Rajnikanth
8 movies and 10 years down the line after creating enough derangement amongst fans and generating euphoria like never been seen before amongst young & old alike and contributing new the English language through hilarious but useful spells such as Wingardium Leviosa or the more deadly Avada Kedavra and spawning the careers of 3 kids aged 11, 12 and 13 who have now grown upto being 21, 22 and 23 (what a mathematical genius I am) respectively Pottermania finally comes to a close – correction – pottermania can never die; the series has come to a close. Pottermania took the world by storm in the late 90s, moved into being a cult figure which was sought only by the geeks of the world and has now left a legacy for many many generations to come. Purists may debate if I were to compare J K Rowling to the evergreen Enid Blyton but that is what marketing has done to the field of writing and extended the same to movie making. The fact of the matter is that kids these days would rather swear by Harry, Hermione and Ron and would have no clue to who Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Tim were.
The last edition of the series will probably break all previous records of collections and earnings simply because it has been by far the most anticipated to date – thanks to the hype created around Harry Potters imminent death at the hands of Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort because the dark lord has got his hands on the Elder Wand. The movie takes exactly at the spot where Part 1 ended and continues with its dark cinematography. I get the concept of the deathly hallows guys but why would you want to make a movie primarily meant for kids into something that is so painful on the eyes. And in such a dark environment, the search for the remaining 3 Horcruxes (or should I say 4) starts with right earnest. Our 3 heroes break into Bellatrix Lestrange’s locker, talk to the ghost of Ravenclaw Tower, take the fight to Nagini (remember the hideous snake from the first part) and also take on Voldemort’s army in the bargain. All makes up for the right mixture of a wonderful way to spend your evening with family or friends. At the risk of sounding like a stuck record – maybe they could have added some light to the movie – just too damn dark.
The direction is as consistent as David Yates can get it to be. Considering that he has directed more Potter movies than anyone else (Chris Columbus -2 and one each for Alfonso Cuarón & Mike Newell), he would be – rightfully – under the skin of his character. The effects are as always fabulous but it is not at all mandatory to watch this or Part 1 in 3D and definitely not @ PVR (cant get enough of putting my request for lighter glasses). Wholesome entertainment as I had called for Part 1 also. Same score 7 on 10. Have a lovely Potter filled weekend folks!!!!
Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi128621593/
Monday, 14 February 2011
The English Patient
It is extremely difficult to make a choice between 2 movies involving Anthony Minghella. Nine – which had the screenplay written by Minghella and the other was a winner of 9 academy awards in 1997 including best director for Minghella. I have never gotten around to seeing The English Patient fully for some inexplicable reason. Probably the same inexplicable reason why I managed to see Deewar only in 2003 (OK now that’s no reason to beat me up… I did manage to see it right). So Nine had to wait for a different date. I am anyways getting a copy of the movie in a bit. For those who have not seen TEP yet (the unfortunate few like me) I would exhort you to not delay any further. One of the best movies made that year as well as to date and why it doesn’t feature in the imdb Top 250 is beyond me.
Geoffrey Clifton (Colin Firth) and Katherine Clifton (Kirstin Scott Thomas) are a happily married couple. They know each other since they were 3. Almost like brother and sister as Geoffrey says. They both find themselves in Egypt in the late 1930s to help out an expedition that is being led by Count Laszlo de Almásy (Ralph Fiennes) a Hungarian cartographer who has been contracted by the Royal Geographical Society along with Madox (Julian Wadham). That Katherine is the only woman in the entire group which does put most men at a lot of discomfort. But Almasy more so who finds himself attracted to her like never before. One cannot say that the feelings are not reciprocated but they take a while to surface and then there is no looking back as the two find themselves spiraling into a whirlpool of intense love that pretty much blinds them towards everything around them.
TEP is shuttles between the late 1930s / early 1940s and the mid 1940s where the war is about to finish. It is narrated by Almasy who, towards the end of the war is struggling to stay alive after his charred body is recovered by arabs from a plane crash and he is being taken care of by Hana (Juliette Binoche). Hana is a Canadian nurse who believes that she is cursed because everyone who she gets close to dies in the war. When she loses one of her closest friends on a mine field, she deicdes to stay back at a monastery and take care of Almasy.
Very few movies are able to create such clear character sketches like TEP has managed to. Yes it was helped by that Sri Lankan born Canadian writer called Michael Ondaatje and now I have to read to book to figure out if the movie did justice to it. If there is any flaw that I can find with the movie it would be the pace but that is more that offset by the award winning direction and the strong performances from every single person in the cast. Juliete Binoche went on to win the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress. Ralph Fiennes and Kirstin Scott Thomas were nominated in the lead roles. And Anthony Minghella went on to win the Oscar for the Best Director for his best work to date. A nomination in almost every important category and wins in 8 of them would be indication of the fact that in the 9th and the most important of them all, The English Patient was an obvious choice. This one is definitely course material for schools that deal with Cinematography, Costume Design, Art Direction, Editing and Sound. I give it 8.5 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdGAHjaOcM
Geoffrey Clifton (Colin Firth) and Katherine Clifton (Kirstin Scott Thomas) are a happily married couple. They know each other since they were 3. Almost like brother and sister as Geoffrey says. They both find themselves in Egypt in the late 1930s to help out an expedition that is being led by Count Laszlo de Almásy (Ralph Fiennes) a Hungarian cartographer who has been contracted by the Royal Geographical Society along with Madox (Julian Wadham). That Katherine is the only woman in the entire group which does put most men at a lot of discomfort. But Almasy more so who finds himself attracted to her like never before. One cannot say that the feelings are not reciprocated but they take a while to surface and then there is no looking back as the two find themselves spiraling into a whirlpool of intense love that pretty much blinds them towards everything around them.
TEP is shuttles between the late 1930s / early 1940s and the mid 1940s where the war is about to finish. It is narrated by Almasy who, towards the end of the war is struggling to stay alive after his charred body is recovered by arabs from a plane crash and he is being taken care of by Hana (Juliette Binoche). Hana is a Canadian nurse who believes that she is cursed because everyone who she gets close to dies in the war. When she loses one of her closest friends on a mine field, she deicdes to stay back at a monastery and take care of Almasy.
Very few movies are able to create such clear character sketches like TEP has managed to. Yes it was helped by that Sri Lankan born Canadian writer called Michael Ondaatje and now I have to read to book to figure out if the movie did justice to it. If there is any flaw that I can find with the movie it would be the pace but that is more that offset by the award winning direction and the strong performances from every single person in the cast. Juliete Binoche went on to win the Oscar for the Best Supporting Actress. Ralph Fiennes and Kirstin Scott Thomas were nominated in the lead roles. And Anthony Minghella went on to win the Oscar for the Best Director for his best work to date. A nomination in almost every important category and wins in 8 of them would be indication of the fact that in the 9th and the most important of them all, The English Patient was an obvious choice. This one is definitely course material for schools that deal with Cinematography, Costume Design, Art Direction, Editing and Sound. I give it 8.5 on 10.
Watch the trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFdGAHjaOcM
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1
If it’s a Harry Potter movie one has to see it whether I write a review or not right? So I was wondering for all of yesterday about what I should be writing in this review. Tough one to decide. But after all of that, I thought, maybe I should tell you about a story within a story. They story of the deathly hallows.
Once upon a time, there were 3 brothers, The Peverell brothers, who were on a journey somewhere (didn’t pay attention :P) and they get to a river that is in spate. The river would have normally swallowed anyone who dared to pass but not the Peverells. They used their magical skills and built a bridge across the river. As they were crossing the river, they encountered someone who was extremely upset. Someone who is not very pleased about being cheated – DEATH. But contrary to what you expect, Death doesn’t kill them. The scheming person that he is, he offers them 3 wishes instead – one each only. None of them realize however, that it is a trap that Death is setting for them, to claim their lives at a later stage in their lives.
The eldest brother, Antioch Peverell asks Death to craft him a wand from Elder wood. He wants it to be the most powerful wand ever made. Wish granted. However, as he goes about defeating all his enemies, he is killed in his sleep by an envious adversary – Death Wins. The 2nd brother, Cadmus Peverell, asks Death to give him a stone that would help raise anyone from the dead. Armed with the stone, he goes back and tries to get the love of his life back. He does get her back but is unable to truly be with her. Distraught he commits suicide – Death Wins. The youngest of the 3, Ignotus Peverell, the most humble of them all asks death for a method which would shield him from everyone’s sight. He goes on to live a long fulfilling life and death is really not able to locate him thanks to a wish that was granted by death himself – ironic right. Nevertheless, years later, Ignotus finally welcomes death into his life after handing over the cloak to his son. Hence the sign of the Deathly Hallows as seen with Xenophilius Lovegood (Rhys Ifans) who tells our heroes the story.
Peppered with the search for the Horcruxes that would finally lead to the death of Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), the Legend of the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 makes a heady combination for not just Harry Potter lovers but for the population in general. David Yates is known only for directing the previous 2 editions of Harry Potter i.e. Half Blood Prince & Order of the Phoenix. But I guess he did go to film school and learn a thing or 2 about creating excitement in movies. The last but one edition of Harry Potter (thanks to the smart work of making it into a 2 part movie) is not your complete edge of the seat drama but it has its own thrilling moments. Some of them are quite scary. This one is definitely for the family all the way through. 7 on 10 like probably all Harry Potter movies to date.
Once upon a time, there were 3 brothers, The Peverell brothers, who were on a journey somewhere (didn’t pay attention :P) and they get to a river that is in spate. The river would have normally swallowed anyone who dared to pass but not the Peverells. They used their magical skills and built a bridge across the river. As they were crossing the river, they encountered someone who was extremely upset. Someone who is not very pleased about being cheated – DEATH. But contrary to what you expect, Death doesn’t kill them. The scheming person that he is, he offers them 3 wishes instead – one each only. None of them realize however, that it is a trap that Death is setting for them, to claim their lives at a later stage in their lives.
The eldest brother, Antioch Peverell asks Death to craft him a wand from Elder wood. He wants it to be the most powerful wand ever made. Wish granted. However, as he goes about defeating all his enemies, he is killed in his sleep by an envious adversary – Death Wins. The 2nd brother, Cadmus Peverell, asks Death to give him a stone that would help raise anyone from the dead. Armed with the stone, he goes back and tries to get the love of his life back. He does get her back but is unable to truly be with her. Distraught he commits suicide – Death Wins. The youngest of the 3, Ignotus Peverell, the most humble of them all asks death for a method which would shield him from everyone’s sight. He goes on to live a long fulfilling life and death is really not able to locate him thanks to a wish that was granted by death himself – ironic right. Nevertheless, years later, Ignotus finally welcomes death into his life after handing over the cloak to his son. Hence the sign of the Deathly Hallows as seen with Xenophilius Lovegood (Rhys Ifans) who tells our heroes the story.
Peppered with the search for the Horcruxes that would finally lead to the death of Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), the Legend of the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 makes a heady combination for not just Harry Potter lovers but for the population in general. David Yates is known only for directing the previous 2 editions of Harry Potter i.e. Half Blood Prince & Order of the Phoenix. But I guess he did go to film school and learn a thing or 2 about creating excitement in movies. The last but one edition of Harry Potter (thanks to the smart work of making it into a 2 part movie) is not your complete edge of the seat drama but it has its own thrilling moments. Some of them are quite scary. This one is definitely for the family all the way through. 7 on 10 like probably all Harry Potter movies to date.
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