Snap Review of Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

Posted by Matt Rosenberg on July 14, 2009 at 11:27 pm

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So, I was lucky enough to catch a sneak preview of the film on Tuesday evening, a couple hours before it premiered world wide at midnight.  Overall, Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince was a good movie.  I really wanted to say this movie was a great movie, but it wasn’t.  It was good; enjoyable, fun, great special effects and lots of cool scenes.

The film runs about 2.5 hours and flew by pretty quickly.  I read the books, so I do not want to analyze the book to film adaption.  I think they should be viewed separately.  There are a lot of side plots that are captured in the books, that are just not essential to telling the main story here.   For film, there is really only so much time to tell the main story, and even that has to be condensed. The main plot is captured fairly well, just missing some back story.

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David Yates, the director of the movie, did a really good job in taking this franchise to a more mature level.  As the years go by at Hogwarts, the kids are growing up, and we literally are watching them grow up.  So Yates had a task to evolve the film to a higher level of maturity while keeping its toddler base. I think he succeeds here. Both adults and kids will enjoy the film. More gritty, more violent, more teenage boy/girl interaction, and more emotionally realistic scenes.

The only thing this movie was missing was a little of explanation to plot developments.  As a viewer, I think the film missed out on telling us what was going on as the plot continued to unfold.

Also, the climax of the film is just good. If you read the book you know what I mean.  It could have been better.  I wanted to see more yelling, screaming, and suspenseful music. Especially with how the movie concluded in its final minutes.

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