I have been wandering how was I going to tackle this film way before getting to it... but well, time has come and there is just no going back; I´ll say it... this movie is pretty weak... and this is me putting nicely...
Before "Half-blood Prince" the series had a solid run, but this one really came close to make lost interest in the series completely. This movie should have been called "Harry Potter and the Puberty Blues"; more than half of the movie is about the cock tease romance between teen agers! making the main plot be a distant second! Why is Harry so suddenly interested in Ginny? Where did this come from? Granted, Ginny is a quite pie... but what happened with Cho? Is Harry that quickly to passed over the poor girl? Is it because she betrayed him? It wasn't intentional you know! Why are Hermione and Ron here? They do nothing at all! Who is the half-blood prince? Why is he called that? Can he help defeat Voldemort? Where does he live? Is he in Howarts? Oh yeah, we do find out who this prince is... but why? no people, a single line of dialog is not gonna cut it; there is a complete lack of emphasis on important story elements that NEEDED to be explored...
I am honest guys... out of all the Potter films, this one feels like the worst... the teenage hormones just take over everything in this film; the visuals are uninteresting, the acting is average at best, the writing is plain lazy and the directing feels unfocused... I think the only reason why this movie was made was because it was a chapter of the Potter saga and they just decided to include it because they HAD to make it, almost like the people involved didn't wanted to make the movie at all...
There are rays of hope in the movie, of something that could have been great and that is Draco Malfoy´s story line that is just nearly untouched upon... We know Malfoy is a cowardly bully, but this is the first time he shows a more human side; he is assigned with helping lord Voldemort in his mission and you can tell he doesn't want to but he must; has the life of his family and himself are in danger; Tom Felton did an amazing job showing Draco´s plight, I can tell he is a very emotional actor, he did a great job... shame the script doesn't let this interesting story line be explored much more in favor of teen agers making out for Twilight audience members... I also did a little research about the "Half-blood Prince" book and there is plenty of interesting story elements that were not mentioned anywhere in the movie; including extensive details about who the Half-blood Prince is...
I can´t bring myself to call this movie a good one when it was a film made more for the sake of having it done than something where authentic feelings were putted like in the first 3 films... "Half-blood Prince" is in my opinion the weakest of the Potter movies; putting ahead unnecessary relationship issues instead of the actual dark story I am sure Rowling told in her novel.
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