Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton
Also starring Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, and Jessie Cave
Rated PG
Warner Brothers
3/4
Welcome back, Mr. Steve Kloves. I have missed you greatly. For those who are not like me and do not spend numerous amounts of time reading up on movies, Mr. Steve Kloves has been the screenwriter for all of the Harry Potter movies except one: the Order of the Phoenix. The difference, I think, is obvious.
Order of the Phoenix was too dark and left out too many important things. It was the shortest movie for the longest book. See the problem here?
While Half-Blood Prince is also dark, it has additions of humour and has breaks in the darkness. At least, as far as cinematography is concerned.
This Harry Potter film follows Harry (Radcliffe)'s sixth year at Hogwarts, where he deals with a crush on Ron's sister (Bonnie Wright), Ron (Grint) and Hermione (Watson)'s busted friendship due to Ron's obsessive girlfriend, Lavender (Cave), trying to coax a memory out of the stubborn Proffessor Slughorn (Broadbent), learning some interesting spells from the Half-Blood Prince, and trying to figure out what the sneaky Draco Malfoy (Felton) is up to.
There are some very cool things here that go on. While the opening of the movie does not follow the opening of the book explicitly, it shows us, very well, the destruction going on in both the magical and Muggle world. There are a few despeartly heartbreaking looks from Hermione that make her crush on Ron all the more obvious.
There is a scene around Christmas which was not there in the book. And here, I am afraid, I must forewarn you of a spoiler:
They burn the Weasley's house down. And at first, I wondered why. A friend of mine
suggested that it was a metaphor for the fact that the Weasley's have nothing but each other. If so, it could also be forshadowing of what they still have to lose for this fight.
I have two last things I'd like to point out. One is Tom Felton. He is quite - no, very - good as Draco Malfoy. Is Malfoy sneaky? Yes, but he is also afraid, very afraid. And for a good reason.
The second is the sneak peek into the next movie. No, there is not a trailor at the end of the movie. However, readers who have finished Deathly Hallows should be able to point out a prop that will mean something in the next two movies.
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