I honestly think this film is slightly overrated. I mean they still made it Harry Potter which is what makes to very good, but when you compare it to the book, it dishonors the excellent literature in that book. So here we are with round Six of my Harry Potter Marathon
Plot: Narcissa Malofy, Draco's mother, makes Snape make the unbreakable vow in order to protect him during something that is being planned to happen. Meanwhile, Dumbledore takes Harry to see Horace Slughorn and convince him to return to Hogwarts as the potions teacher at Hogwarts Making Snape finally the professor of Defense against the Dark Arts. Back at Hogwarts, Ron gets a girlfriend and Harry si starting to have thoughts about Ginny. and over the school year, Dumbledore takes Harry to his office to show memories of Voldemort's past.
Like I said, it's not terrible, but with the way things were stuffed in, I could have been so much more. Many debate that it really should've been split in two like Deathly Hallows. Because here's the thing, the Order of the Phoenix rushed a fair bit and Goblet of fire rushed a little bit as well. The books are better in pretty much every reader's point of view, but both of them - mostly Goblet of Fire - still put it together were things, in the long term, can be understood by everyone - readers and non readers of the books alike, like the rest of the series. But while they do it enough were I for one at least give it a 70%, no more no less, while it still did an alright job at putting things together, it was so stuffed that it was christmas time in Hogwarts and we're only 20 minutes in Hogwarts we would normally otherwise wait around 50 minutes after they arrive at Hogwarts via the Hogwarts Express. I checked. Plus while they did a very good job with telling the story socially especially with the matter with Ron and his girlfriend Lavender, they didn't really get to much into the important parts of the movie like with the whole matter with Voldemort or really get into the whole matter about the Half-Blood Prince and his book except for helping Harry with that one potions class and taking part in technically teaching Harry Sectumsempra. I would kinda accept all of that, almost all of that, if they especially didn't really get into the HORCRUXES!!!! I"m not going to say anything about them for those of you who haven't watched the film or read the book, except that the Horcruxes are pretty much the most important part of the story of the Half-Blood Prince. It's what made us readers of the series super-ultra excited for the final book to top that it's the last one anyway, and while they gave us a fair idea at the concept, they did an extremely poor job and being any more specific than that. I mean my friend Mandy has, last she told me anyway, never read the books, and when I asked her how much she understood about the Horcuxes, she told me that they had to be explained to her by her other friends who have read the book after she saw the film. They may have done enough for some people who didn't read it by just giving us the concept in this film, but when they've stuffed so much that something as important, and the Horcruxes have to be explained more specifically than they did for people like Mandy, that's were I especially put my foot down and to this day, have a little bit of venom against David Yates for making this film as it is.
Acting/Characters:
Daniel Radcliffe/Harry Potter: he did a really good job as always. but I personally llllloooooovvvveee his performance when he drank the Felix Flixes. It's fun to watch every time. and he did a good job at reacting to a particular character's death in the end.
Rupert Grint/Ron Weasley: He was hilarious. from his relationship with Lavender all the way to when he accidentally drank that love potion. Grint pretty much did it a gain and a little bit more.
Emma Watson/Hermione Granger: She did very good too. especially when it came to he seeing Ron with Lavender. Good acting.
Alan Rickman/Severus Snape: Now don't get me wrong, they did a pretty good job with Snape to build things up a little, but it still could've been more.
Jim Broadbent/Horace Slughorn: He did a brilliant job with his character. my only regret was that his intro was spoiled for me because it was played at a "firstlook" thing in the theaters right before we saw this film, midnight showing. but luckily, even after that, there were still enough things that weren't spoiled that made up for it for what it's worth.
Tom Felton/Draco Malfoy: I know I actually haven't mentioned him yet in any of my reviews. But up till now, there wasn't too much to say since it was probably better that you guy see for yourself. But now there is something to say which is simply that they did a good job with portraying Malfoy with what he was going through and Felton did a very good job with his acting.
Michael Gambon/Albus Dumbledore: This was Gambon's moment to really shine as Albus Dumbledore. and with what they did show from the book, he did a very good job at it. It's times like this though, that I for one will wonder what it would've been like had Richard Harris lived to do the role to the very end of the series.
Music: I thought the music was very good.
Editing: they had some very good shots and cutting...right to the end to me. I mean once that one Inferi grabbed Harry they just cut to a whole much of shots from different angles that were shooting in front of him in like, under 3 seconds. And after the certain-character-who-will-not-be-named-for-those-who-don't-know died, they sort of did the same thing only with two shots. one didn't really show harry and the other was closer and did show more of him. and they cut from the one that didn't really show to the one that did really quick. They really should've just stuck with the closer one to show Harry Reaction to what is happening.
And that is my review for Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. while still telling a fair bit of the story and being a good film, I find it the weakest in terms of really telling the story of the particular book.
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