Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Plot: Harry is back at Hogwarts and this time there is a new potions master, Professor Slughorn. Dumbledore has asked Harry to get close to Slughorn as the professor has a memory that Dumbledore needs to help work out how to destroy Voldemort. Meanwhile Harry finds a potions book which used to be owned by someone calling themselves ‘The Half Blood Prince’ and it has some useful spells in it, love is in the ait for Ron and Draco is acting suspiciously with a new cupboard in the Room of Requirement.
My Thoughts: These films are getting darker and scarier as they go on. Who remember ths light cheesiness of the Philsopher’s Stone? It is a long film but still only manages to skim you through the story without much depth. The whole ‘Half Blood Prince’ seems to be a secondary story element and is not developed in as much depth as you would expect given the fact that it is in the title. Perhaps it should have been Harry Potter and The Rush Through To The End. And the film doesn’t leave you satisfied, but much of that is to do with the nature of all seven books as a collection. This film really does lead on to the next, setting up the anticipation of what is to come. However there are some things the film does well… especially when it comes to Hermione’s and Harry’s love interests.
On the whole, a ‘good but not as satisfying as the others’ film which will fans will enjoy and non fans should avoid!
Best Bit: The fight in the corn field
Score: 7/10