Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 9.5/10
The best Potter film yet.
Spoiler:
I can't wait for November 2010.
The best Potter film yet.
Spoiler:
Let me start out by saying that I never read the books. My 5th grade teacher started reading the first one in class one day, but then stopped altogether. I saw the first Potter movie and wasn't too enthralled by it, but I continued to see the movies anyway, and got more and more into it as the movies came out...and H-BP is easily the best one yet.
The actors(namely Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson) have all gotten better with age. Radcliffe still leaves something to be desired, but Emma Watson was as good as ever. She truly makes it so easy to love Hermione.
Some scenes were just plain epic...best example would be the scene in the cave when Harry is being dragged under water by the corpses/whatever the hell they were, and then suddenly here comes Dumbledore with a fucking fire tornado that would make Satan jealous. So, so awesome.
And then...the scene at the top of the tower. "Avada kadavra!" I knew it was coming...but it was still pretty upsetting. Dumbledore was an extremely likable guy and a true bad-ass. I didn't read Deathly Hallows yet and I don't intend to, so I have no fucking clue how Harry will find the remaining horcruxes and defeat Voldemort. Dumbledore's been there each step of the way, and now Harry is on his own(so to speak).
A friend of mine who reads the books was upset about what they left out(as usual) and spoke of a fight that took place in Hogwarts between the Death-Eaters and the students. That would've been nice to see, but, oh well. The movie was two and a half hours.
I'm kind of happy that I never read the books, now. Once the remaining two movies are released, I'll be glad to go back and read them and see what was left out, but for now, I'm excited that I have no idea what happens in the 7th book and two final films.
The actors(namely Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson) have all gotten better with age. Radcliffe still leaves something to be desired, but Emma Watson was as good as ever. She truly makes it so easy to love Hermione.
Some scenes were just plain epic...best example would be the scene in the cave when Harry is being dragged under water by the corpses/whatever the hell they were, and then suddenly here comes Dumbledore with a fucking fire tornado that would make Satan jealous. So, so awesome.
And then...the scene at the top of the tower. "Avada kadavra!" I knew it was coming...but it was still pretty upsetting. Dumbledore was an extremely likable guy and a true bad-ass. I didn't read Deathly Hallows yet and I don't intend to, so I have no fucking clue how Harry will find the remaining horcruxes and defeat Voldemort. Dumbledore's been there each step of the way, and now Harry is on his own(so to speak).
A friend of mine who reads the books was upset about what they left out(as usual) and spoke of a fight that took place in Hogwarts between the Death-Eaters and the students. That would've been nice to see, but, oh well. The movie was two and a half hours.
I'm kind of happy that I never read the books, now. Once the remaining two movies are released, I'll be glad to go back and read them and see what was left out, but for now, I'm excited that I have no idea what happens in the 7th book and two final films.
I can't wait for November 2010.
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