STARRING: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint (Harry Potter 1-5); Michael Gambon (Sleepy Hollow); Jim Broadbent (Moulin Rouge)DIRECTOR: David Yates (Harry Potter 5)
WRITER: Steve Kloves (Harry Potter 1-4)
PLOT: Harry Potter learns about Voldemort’s past while trying to figure out the identity of the half-blood prince and dealing with multiple love triangles.
FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 I have to admit that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was one of the weakest installments of the series. The Half-Blood Prince made up for it and more. This was a really fun movie. Some of the credit should go to Steve Kloves. He’s written all the screenplays except the last one, so it was nice to return to the lighter side of Hogwarts, amidst the dark tones throughout.
4 Half-Blood Prince is beautifully shot with Bruno Delbonnel (Amelie, Across the Universe) behind the camera. Interesting camera angles, perfectly framed shots and smoothly flowing visual effects make this film captivating.
4 It’s nice to see the kids grow up. The multiple love triangles allow the actors to express their full range of emotions. Working in a school, I see these kinds of interactions all the time; the actors in this film nail it. Fun stuff.
4 There’s a great sequence in the film where Harry Potter is high on luck. Radcliffe is quite funny during this bit. It takes a little pressure off of Rupert Grint who gets the lionshare of the comic relief.
4 My one disappointment is that I was hoping for a more intense climax. I didn’t like the fighting free-for-all in the last movie, but I was hoping for something a little bigger for the climatic death scene. It was sad but not big enough for my liking. I am, however, looking forward to the last two-part chapter.
RECOMMENDATION
See it in the theatre
(Definitely worthy of the big screen)
COMING SOON
500 Days of Summer, Funny People
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