Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
August 4, 2009
Synopsis: The sixth installment of the Harry Potter mega-monster (in a good way) opens with Harry working with Dumbledore to persuade former (and soon to be) Hogwarts professor Horace Slughorn to assist them in their quest to end Lord Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince follows Harry and crew as they fight evil forces (including girls!) while trying to live their lives as teenage witches (I know, that sounds wrong, but is so right for HP and friends).
My Thoughts: If you haven’t read the Harry Potter series, you probably aren’t going to realize some of the important (and best, in my opinion) elements from the text that don’t make it into the movie. Regardless, the movie was phenomenal! I even jumped in the cave scene (which tells you how much I gotten into the film). I still love the HP movies even though things get cut. Readers/viewers have to realize that not everything can be in the films – they would just be too long. I also love how the young actors have developed – they have grown up so nicely!
For the Single Girl: Well, if you are one of the many SGs who are crushing on Daniel Radcliffe, this is a good movie for you. I, however, can’t get behind that because we first saw Radcliffe when he was 11 – that just seems wrong… Emma Watson has also brought Hermonie into the heroine age – not only is Watson a good role model for young girls (and maybe older starlets), she has portrayed Hermonie as a strong, smart and cunning young adult who is not afraid to fight for what she thinks is right.
