Sunday 19 July 2009

MOVIE REVIEW : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince


HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

Directed by David Yates

Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson

PLOT

As Harry Potter begins his 6th year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he discovers an old book marked mysteriously "This book is the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.

REVIEW

+ I am a massive fan of both the Harry Potter books and films. Once again, this one is the best. +

+ It looked absolutely amazing. Invisible CG and stunning cinematography. +

+ Nicholas Hopper's music was once again great - though I'm looking forward to John Williams returning for Film 7. +

+ Great performances from everyone involved. Jim Broadbent steals the show as Slughorn, but the main three really up their game too. +

+ I loved the mix of dark story moments and romance - some people hate it, but relationships were one of my favourite things about Harry Potter. +

+ Sound design was wonderful too - very dark and mysterious the whole way through. +

+ Perfectly directed again by David Yates. I am very glad he is doing the final film too. +

+ I love the overall story of this book, and the really did it justice. They did cut a lot out, but I can't say there were many bits that I actually MISSED. +

+ I was worried about what they would do with the cave sequene. But it's fantastic. The Inferi and the fire were as good as I'd imagined them. +

+I knew exactly what was gonna happen... but was still so tense at the end. +


So this is the second film of the year to get a perfect rating, along with Watchmen. It isn't a dead on perfect film, you may not like it as I did. But I have a soft spot for all the Harry Potter films, and this is my favourite book, and I wasn't disappointed at all. Right now - I can't think of anything negative to say. I wanna see it again!


BEST MOMENT

It's a toss-up. Hmmm.

The cave sequence was always my favourite part in all the Harry Potter books and they really did it justice in this film. I loved every second of it.

I did also love when Hermione breaks down after seeing Ron kiss Lavender. It was a great scene, very well done with great performances from all the main cast - especially Emma Watson.

MY RATING
++++++++++





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