Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Review
Posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 by sacul in
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Let me just say that hype is a funny thing. The 6th movie in the Harry Potter series was supposedly the best so far, according to many reviews that I came across prior to the movie. Walking into the cinema, I expected to be blown away, and, after approximately two and a half hours later, with the credits rolling, I still did not get that feeling, not even an ounce of it. Walking out, I wondered if I should have played 2 games of pool instead, it would have definitely been a more entertaining experience. What was wrong with the movie. Well, for starters, absolutely nothing happened throughout the movie, well, except for one 'thing', which happened in the last 10 minutes, but that was it ! Now, I did not expect anything Transformers-esque with Harry Potter. I didn't expect huge fight scenes every 5 minutes, nor did i expect Megan Fox to pop out in a skimpy outfit and pout for the whole world . But what I got instead was utter rubbish. Every scene could be described with one word, boring. The dark tone supposedly amplified in this movie was nowhere to be seen. The score (music) for the movie gave it a little bit of hope, but it was countered with one boring scene after another. If there was a story to be told fine. But the story was bland, with the BIG reveal to who the half blood prince was turned out to be disappointing. They mentioned it, and just moved on (WTF?). Another big complaint I have with Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the romance in the movie. This movie 'supposedly' ( and I stress the word supposedly ) finally shows the dudes and gals from Hogwarts finally maturing and falling in love, except, the make a huge deal over a small kiss. I mean, come on, aren't Harry, Ron and Hermoine supposed to be 16 or 17, and the amount of fuss made over a kiss (snogging in the movie) would make you think they were about to have sex. Watching Harry Potter was like watching clothes dry, the atmosphere totally sucks, it's slightly funny, the story is utter crap, and there isn't any action what so ever. You're better off watching paint dry.
You'll love
- Learning the term snogging (kissing)
- Making fun of Dumbledore
- Throwing popcorn at people in front of you to cure your boredom
You'll hate- Absolutely no action
- Absolutely rubbish story
- Everything about the movie, until the credits roll, where the torture finally ends.