Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince Review

　　Short Version: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince exceeds at continuing to develop the core three characters as they grow up and finally gives Malfoy a story arc of his own as well as showing us multiple dimensions to his character for the first time. However, huge flaws in logic and major story holes kill much of the enjoyment. Release: July 15th 2009 Genre: Fantasy Director: David Yates Staring: Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson SCORE: 5/10

　　Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince Review

　　By John - July 15, 2009 - 22:52 America/Montreal

　　Hey there folks. Thanks for checking out our Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince review. Well actually, it’s more like a discussion of the movie. There is no written version… only a video version. PLEASE NOTE… THIS VIDEO CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM THE MOVIE. IT IS DISCUSSED ASSUMING YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE ALREADY. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK IF YOU HAVE NOT. The short version is that I wasn’t thrilled with the movie for many reasons:

　　I’ll see it next week.

　　Lets see what i feel.

　　Thanks John 4 d review. John , again with the 5/10 , this movie is worth a lot more believe me. this has been a year of 5’s hasent it This is the summer of disappointment and will end with the train wreak thats called G. I. Joe. As for Harry Potter, I seen it today and I agree, way too many un important scenes, stupid secnarios, and disapponting story archs. I knew that after a few good ones there be one that was sub par and this is it. Lets hope they saved the best for last with Deathly Hallows. You are forgetting Inglorious Bastards is going to make up for the shit so far. i’m surprised u gave this a 5.

　　u didn’t even talk about the special effects/cgi or the action sequences. John did mention that there aren’t many CGI/special effects to talk about. And i feel he was perplexed with the many plot holes in the movie to describe anything else. no, he said there wasn’t much action/adventure.

　　He made no mention of the cgi At the end of the day, nothing about Harry Potter makes sense. These movies are made for little kiddies who’s brains are turned to mush from watching miley cyrus and the Jonas brothers. BRUNO REVIEW???????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????? I respectfully disagree. There is far too much death and darkness in the last two books for these movies to be for “kiddies.” The books themselves grew up as the characters did. Your assertion that these movies are for people who’se “brains are turned to mush from watching miley cyrus and the Jonas brothers,” frankly, insults me a bit. I know all the Harry Potter spoilers already but havent seen this movie yet. For those of you who have seen it yet (and have read the book), I have to ask: is the omission of the funeral at the end terrible or can the movie live without it? I’ve heard that the ending is very, very awkward:( Personally, Kristina, I thought the movie ended fine without the funeral. There is a short “ceremony” where all of the students and teachers raise up their wands upon the finding of Dumbledore’s body, which doesn’t pack as much a punch, so to speak, as the funeral, but I was okay with it. The film can live without the funeral but certain characters are omitted because of it (Aberforth for example). Instead of a funeral though, they had some wasted and emotionless chat in the aftermath. I was greatly disappointed with that scene. it’s ok without the funeral, but I would have liked to see the funeral, and the dumbledore spirit/phoenix rising. Y’know, in my review, I ended up giving this movie a 9/10. And having finished reading the book (for the second time) just hours before seeing the film, I have to admit, it was hard for me to notice any of these plot holes and logical missteps. That said, after hearing your thoughts about it, John, and looking back, I find myself saying…”Yeah, I know!” While some of the things that you mentioned actually are explained pretty thoroughly in the book (but again, the books are the books and the movies are the movies), there are also some things that – even in the novel – seemed a little odd.

　　About the only thing that I say in defense of the “cave scene” is that, even though the method used to get something as precious as a Horcrux does seem a little “weak”, for thte lack of a better word, there was also the issue of escaping the Inferi (the Gollum-looking corpses that crawled out of the water). So, while I can understand why that may’ve been a problem for you, I found that whole cave sequence to be the most emotionally impactful, and overall, my favorite scene in the film. Hey John are we going to get “I love you, Beth Cooper” review?

　　What about “Bruno” and “500 Days of Summer”? Thanks John when you said spolier filled, paused it n exit Holy God, you are not kind to this movie. I’d defend some points here, but you had such a solid rant against it, I don’t think it would to

　　change your mind any. I did feel that knowledge of the books was mandatory to enjoy this movie, but since I’ve read the books…well, I enjoyed the hell out of it. I agree with you though, the movie should stand on it’s own.

　　Also, know that big scary dude with a combover? That’s Fenrir Greyback, a particurlarly vicous warewolf. He got almost zero screentime, and I can’t even recall if he got a speaking part or not. Now, there was supposed to be a fairly big battle sequence after Dumbledore’s death, which for some unknown reason got cut from the script. I wish it was there, because…

　　WHY DO YOU HIRE THAT BIG SCARY DUDE TO PLAY A CHARACTER THAT’S KIND OF A BIG DEAL…AND NOT GIVE HIM LINES?

　　I think the movie’s biggest shortcoming is the exclusion of that scene. In fact, the scene with the cornfield isn’t in the book at all. I would have cut the cornfield scene and added the big fight at the end. In fact, I want to know who’s fault it is that that didn’t happen.

　　So yeah, Greyback was completely wasted in the movie when he should have been tearing shit up at the end. He had better be all over the last two movies, or I’m going to be angry. Sorry to hear that you didn’t like the film much John. Much of the 6th book details were not included in the film (presumably to include in the seventh film (first part). You mention the title being irrelevant. What about Goblet of Fire? The title was somewhat irrelevant as well as it only featured briefly. Draco was allowed back into Hogwarts because (as Dumbledore suggested), there may be a good person within. The actions of the father do not necessarily get mimicked by the son. Bad editing is why a reasonable explanation as to why they couldn’t cross the “puddle”. It is explained in the stories but is missed out in the film.

　　I thought the ending was too much. They should have ended on music as Dumbledore lay dead and wands were held aloft.

　　I personally loved the film (apart from the ending) although I can appreciate some of the points you’ve made.

　　Highly entertaining as ever John! Wow, you didn’t hate the first two but hate the third? That’s divergent taste right there. More on point though, while I enjoyed Half Blood Prince more than you I do think that towards the end it felt like a lot of things were cut. I never read any of the books and the whole, “I know where to find the horocrux.” (sp?) thing seemed out of thin air. The only thing I can assume is that Dumbledoor already knew about the horocrux thingies as he had a few already in his possession. Instead of just destroying them on his own, he wanted Harry to…I guess. Either way, I enjoyed it. I mean, if you can turn your brain off on Transformers then seriously. I really enjoyed the movie. Finally some humor in potter that actually makes you laugh. Great special effects, great music. OK, I’ve been following TMB for years and this is by far the most ridiculous review I’ve seen/heard. Granted, the movie failed in some areas (e.g. the development of trying to discover the Half Blood Prince) but there are many things John says are ’stupid/illogical’, and I’m trying to figure out how he came to these thoughts.

　　In common with John, I also have not read the book. I believe the movie should stand on its own two feet, but I felt the movie did just that – considering its a bridge between the previous and upcoming movie.

　　I do not feel like picking on each individual thing John says here, but, for example:

　　Malfoy situation: in real life, if your father is evil/in prison, as a son, you also get vindicated? Uh, slightly prejudice to say the least.

　　The elixer matter: it was not just drinking the elixer one had to deal with but also dealing with the fuckload of monsters (that strangely looked like golum) that came afterwards. I thought that was rather obvious.

　　Anyways, granted the movie was not as good as the previous one, but this “review” – awful and personally speaking, contained just rantsing.