Thursday, 16 July 2009

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

SPOILER ALLERT! If you don't like spoilers don't read it!

Well... what can I say. I was always disappointed when I watched the other Harry Potter movies. The two first tryed to stick to the book so hard that became boring. The third was the best IMO. The fourth was the worst IMO. The fifth was "swallowable". The sixth was THE BEST HARRY POTTER MOVIE EVER DONE!
Of course it wasn't perfect like the book, some things weren't explained well and for a person that doesn't read the book it can become quite confusing. (All the way home I was explaining things about the book to my bf), these parts where Dumbledore is training Harry about the Horcuruxes were too fast; but no one can deny that the movie was quite good. It was the best adaptation from book to big screen. I laughed a lot, I was tense and I cried. The timing was really good.

Some people have been saying that the movie sticks too much to the teenager questions and dating and kissing. Guess what? They ARE teenagers and that on the book all the time. I don't think that they have exagerated on this. The relationships between Harry/Ginny and Ron/Hemione are really important and they must be explored on screen.

The bridge scene had all that controversy but I think it was nice. It was important to show how things have changed since the dark lord return and it's much better than two ministers talking. Come on! This is Hollywood and book and movies have different timings and dynamics.

I really liked they showing what was going on inside the room of requirement with Draco, I think it shows very well the conflict inside the boy. He didn't really want to do that but he needed. And Snape ah! Snape. I was afraid that he would be left aside but his value in the story was well shown. Congrats to Alan Rickman for his work, we could really see that Snape didn't want to do what he had to.
To choose the lower point of the movie it was the attack to the burrow. For me it made no sense having that on the movie. This time could have been used to wand fights when the Death Eaters arrived in Hogwarts. I mean, it was only Bellatrix running through the tables and destroing the china? Then the fire on Hagrid's house. No fight, no Dumbledore's Army, no Bill and so on...

The choose the higher point of the movie it was the cave scene. Watching it was like really entering the book, it was perfect. Those cristals in the set, everything there was perfect. Congratulations to Daniel and Michael in this scene, it was really hard and tense.

In the cast the lower point was Jim Broadbent, not his acting but his Slughorn. I think that just wasn't ok. The higher points were definately Rupert Grint, believe me, from the trio he's the best one. I couldn't stop laughing in the scene he was "poisoned" by the love potion. His facial expression is unbelievable. I can't wait to see his new movie "Cherry Bomb". And Tom Felton, he was really good indeed, by the same reasons I said before: we could see the conflict within him.

Well... the movie is really, really good. The screenplay was good, the cast was great, it's nice to see how the actors are growing up with the characters. The effects was very good. Well... I give it 4 stars. LOL

2 comentários:

Sigg3.net said...

I really love spoilers but these were utterly disappointing. But I do like the way you write. For instance, this sentence implies closet homosexuality, probably unintended at that: "Congratulations to Daniel and Michael in this scene, it was really hard and tense."

Btw, my gf is a huge Potter fan, as well as her sister, and they say the movie really sucked. I am not qualified to say, as I loathe the entire franchise. Congratulations, you are now just another consumer of shallow entertainment. Nice blog though. good luck!

Mira said...

Thanks for writing this review, Nana! I haven't seen the film, but I'm sure planning to. I'd go with my husband, who haven't read any of the books, but we just like to watch those movies together. Actually, the forth is our favourite one. I disliked the fifth, but hey, at least Gary got a half-decent screen time.

I was afraid there will not be enough Snape here. I just love Snape! About Rupert Grint: I think the kid has talent. He's a better actor than Daniel or Emma (at least the role suits him better). I have no idea why he's the least popular one.

PS-I updated my blog!