Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince Movie

Want to hear a joke? The latest Harry Potter movie.

As I have previously said, I haven’t watched a Harry Potter movie since Prisoner Of Azkaban. After watching the trailer and reading several movie reviews, I decided to give Harry Potter another chance. It was easily my worst mistake in many days. Nick and I catched the movie in Digital 2K at Eng Wah. Even with that, it failed to even register on the movie rating scale, let alone dominate it

The plot was incoherent, senseless and most of all, altered from that of the book. What’s the point of making a movie based on the book if it is going to be different in so many ways. The starting was meaningless. Harry was never in a cafe. It would be way to easy for the Death Eaters to kill him off. Death Eaters do NOT travel in dark smoke. What was that supposed to be? Were they trying to make the movie interesting? Total Disaster. I was left wondering why they couldn’t kill every single wizard opposing the Dark Lord if they could just pass through a building in the form of smoke and set it in blaze in the process. Senseless. Since when was the Weasley House set on fire? I have read the Half-Blood Prince too many times. I have never read of The Burrow being set on fire. Maybe my copy of the book is missing a couple of pages. The movie was missing several key, essential parts. Dumbledore’s theory on horcrux’s, Dumbledore’s Funeral, THE Quidditch Match and most obviously and important, the BIG BATTLE at the end of the book! It was at least 75 pages long. And they skipped it. They completely failed to mention the ministry of magic. They missed out the House of Tom Riddle Senior, which I felt was essential in understanding Voldemort’s Past. Certain scenes like the time Dumbledore first met Voldemort missed key aspects like how Voldemort seemed power hungry and his independance, which were key aspects of character. And for heavens sakes! There was WAY too much emphasis on humour and love scenes. Sure, a tiny bit would make the movie refreshing, but David Yates (director) overdid it! And DUMBLEDORE does NOT interfere and was never curious in Harry’s love life! I was left wondering whether this was a parody of the book by J.K. Rowlings. So little action, darkness and what not. Too much love and humour.

The casting was good though. Almost everyone was perfect for their roles. Snape played by Alan Rickman was fantastic. He did a great job. Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) was great too, performing the occasional emotional scenes convincingly. The only misfit was Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) who looked more like Amy Winehouse. Music was average

Movie rating : 1.5/5.

The movie got the 1.5 thanks to the actors.

Conclusion : Save the $9.50. Go watch something good like Public Enemies.