Movie Rec: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part 1

This movie felt different from all the others that proceeded it; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 has more in common with a tense zombie movie like 28 Days Later or the empty landscapes of the plague decimated population of the excellent BBC series Survivors than it does with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. There are lovely and sad scenes where our three heroes, reluctantly on their own, wander through beautiful but deserted spaces (most eerily, a trailer park that seems like a setting straight out of a horror movie instead of a coming of age story full of magic and wonder.) Magic is not in short supply, but wonder and joy are, and the stakes could not be higher. The threats in this movie (to our heroes, to their world and the people they love) are more fully realized and the mood of the entire film is dark, dark, dark waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop. And when it does drop... bad things happen, and they keep happening. Put together, it's a tremendously satisfying and dark story, and cuts off at a very natural point. ( Spoiler-filled discussion ahead. )

tl;dr version: Relentless tension still makes for a great plot and excellent acting work makes this a real treat. But the best treat of all will be seeing Part 1 and Part 2 together. XD

Trailer Park:

~ Green Hornet and Green Lantern duke it out for green-related superhero movie.
~ Cowboys & Aliens got a disbelieving laugh from the audience when the title finally came up, and I'm inclined to agree. Seriously: you spend all that money to hire Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, and make all those pretty special effects and blow stuff up, and you couldn't think of a better title?
~ Yogi Bear: O RLY (Addendum: Justin Timberlake... WHUT.)
~ Am I the only one who's not dying to see the new Tron movie? This trailer made it look very headachy and predictable. (I invented A.I. OH WAIT THE A.I. HAS TURNED AGAINST ME!!!1!)