Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Hmmm, am I wild about Harry??? I think this movie, despite the hype, was a bit of a let down for me. Now I must tell you that it has been many moons since I read book six, but it did seem to me that this movie had some things missing. Let me tell you what I disliked first. Tonks! In the book if I remember right she played a much bigger role, and her hair changed color often, (like mine I must admit). If I remember correctly more time was spent at the home of Sirius Black and his house elf played a more prominent role in book 6. Wasn't it in this book that Harry began to discover his feelings for Ginny Weasley? Why do they keep leaving out Charlie and Percy Weasley who all had reasonably big roles in all of the books?? Did'nt Harry and Dumbledor search for more of the horcruxs before the end? There seemed to me to be a lot missing here. I am going to have to dig out book six and reread it! What I loved was the crisp clear picture, (we saw it on DB)! I have also loved the Weasley twins and all of their antics. They made me laugh out loud!!! Rupert Grint carried this movie in my honest opinion...especially when he ate the cursed candy!! The ending of this movie was just has I had imagined it when I read the book. All and all I am still wild about Harry and will wait patiently for 7 parts one and two. I must add a special thank-you to Jackie and Conor who let this old lady take them to dinner and the movie!!
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I also read the book long, long ago and had forgotten what was in it! I think it was just impossible to keep everything in the movie due to length. There was a lot left out and kind of a different feel from the book. I guess we'll see if putting book #7 into two movies enables them to leave out less. I like seeing the Harry Potter movies but not as much as I liked reading the books. For most books that I like, I refuse to even see the movies.
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