Rating of
3.5/4
3.5 for Half-Blood Prince
allielujah - wrote on 07/16/09
As a movie by itself, I thought it was very entertaining and kept me interested throughout. As a movie in the Harry Potter movie series, I thought it flowed well with the others. As a book adaptation, though, I was rather disappointed.
I did not, however, go into the movie expecting to get dazzled. The others had left me disappointed from a "book to movie" sense and I had a feeling this one would be similar, though I had hoped I was wrong. A scene not in the book was added that, frankly, seemed out of place. Granted, this could just be the fact that it wasn't in the book.
Lack of characters, though, is what annoyed me the most. So much happened in the book that they just left out. Most of the memories were not played, though if I was told correctly they were taped, just edited out so hopefully the DVD will include them in the deleted scenes section. My biggest annoyance, really, was not including characters who were a big deal in the book.
And why didn't Neville have any lines? Seriously, I cannot recall one.
With all that said, I do think it is the best out of the movie series. And I have high expectations that the two part seventh installment will just be even better. Waiting is the only horrid part about the whole deal.
