Deathly Hallows trailer review!!!

Movie Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Release Date: November 19, 2010
SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't read the book and don't want commentary that might spoil parts of the story that will be presented in the movie, you probably shouldn't read past the first paragraph :)

I had intended to do this post last month when this FABULOUS trailer came out, but life got in the way! I'm sure many people can relate to that :) I'm so excited to talk about the Deathly Hallows trailer! Those of you who know my love of all things Harry Potter will understand that keeping this entry a reasonable length will be a tough thing for me to do (I'll try, but no promises)! lol
My first observation is that even though this trailer is for Part 1, it contains a lot of scenes from Part 2 (which will be released in July 2011), as we see in the opening scene of the trailer which is from the "death" scene at the end of the book, followed by a quick shot of a meadow and the trio along the banks of a river, then back to the death scene and one of my fav quotes from the trailer. "Harry Potter. The boy who lived...(long pause)...come to die." Voldemort's snake nose is always a bit freaky to see in those close ups - good, but freaky. Also, I don't like Harry with 5 o'clock shadow. Just an observation. Did you notice that you can see Voldy is using the elder wand??
We got to see glimpses of A LOT of scenes. I tried to count how many different scenes were included. I didn't manage to count them all, but there are 35+ scenes represented in this one trailer. I felt like they managed to show us a lot without making it feel like we've seen the whole movie already, which is tough to accomplish. I hate it when I go see a movie only to find out that I've already seen all the important stuff in the previews.
My fav scenes: Wow...tough to choose, but I'll give it a try! The "death" scene, the seven Potter's, the Hogwart's scene where you can see the defenses burning away, battle preparation scenes, Voldemort sending lightning into the sky (probably from the scene when he steals the elder wand from Dumbledore's grave), the fire in the Room of Requirement, Snape cowering against the window (possibly his death scene??), and the final battle between HP and Voldy in the courtyard.
My concerns: If you've read the series, you will note from my previous list that all but one of the scenes I mentioned are most likely going to be in Part 2. That leads me to wonder - what is Part 1 going to be like? I pretty much assume that Part 2 will be a bigger, more exciting movie because it's the finale of the franchise and has the most action. I sincerely hope though that Part 1 is good as well. I was definitely disappointed that we didn't get more background on the horcruxes in Half Blood Prince. That leads to my second concern - that the lack of backstory established in HBP will make the horcrux storyline awkward in Deathly Hallows. Or, even worse, that they won't feature the horcruxes much in DH, which would be really disappointing because they are such a huge part of the book.
Overall, I LOVED this trailer and I seriously cannot wait to see the movie! I liked the two statements they included - "Finale of the World Wide Phenomenon" and "The Motion Picture Event of a Generation." Maybe they're a little cheesy, I don't know, but I liked them. If you enjoy discussions of Harry Potter related stuff - books, movies, theme park, etc. - you should subscribe to Mugglecast on itunes (if you don't already). It's a great HP podcast and they recently did a trailer discussion that was really good. Also, I may be starting another blog in the near future that will cover the Potter books. I'm thinking I will cover a chapter each day and start with Deathly Hallows so that it's discussion is done before the movie comes out. Then, I'll go back and start at the beginning with Sorcerer's Stone after DH comes out, if I'm having fun with the new blog :)
Hope you are looking forward to DH as much as I am!!! Can't wait until Midnight on Nov. 18th!!!