Harry Potter and the Half Blood Awesome
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I have been incredibly busy so I finally saw Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on Saturday. They had the clothes of Dumbledore, Luna and Harry on display in the lobby of the theatre!!!
Story: I liked how the plot line of the story was focused on the romance and relationships of the characters. All of the other movies have been so focused on the Harry/ Voldemort aspect that they leave out significant plot lines of relationships and friendships. They even got the little Pansy flirting with Draco bit that they always seem to leave out. This movie caught everything up and tied it all together nicely.
One thing I didn't like was the burning of the burrow. I understand why they had that fight scene and I ended up liking it... but burning the burrow? That was unneeded and annoying. What are the going to do about the wedding of Bill and Fluer? And where were Bill and Fluer?
I also thought the screenplay was actually good. Usually it pains me to watch the characters say their horribly cheesy lines, example: Hermione in OOTP walking to the window, "we are going to need a teacher." I usually cringe and feel embarrassed for the actors but this time, I was laughing with the characters and not at them.
Film: I thought the cinematography was stunning. It reminded me of Amelie with its swooping motions and fluid movements.
They really used colors to the best advantage in this movie. OOTP was dark, blue, grey and dull; every scene was the same and after a while everything seemed monochromatic. In this movie, each outfit and scenery described the mood of the characters. While some colors were vivid, others were washed out. It was a lovely contrast.
Each shot seemed to have significance in this movie. The one I really remember was at the end with Ron sitting down and Harry and Hermione talking together. It totally set up the character relations through the next book. Nicely done.
Characters: Through the movie I kept in mind the separation of the book characters and the fact that the movie is done with actors portraying the characters.
Narcissa: I was absolutely upset when they announced who was playing Narcissa. She looked nothing like the books description and she was a brunette. Then the pictures came out with the multicolored hair and I was even more angry however this changed when I saw Narcissa on screen. She didn't bother me at all. In fact, I think she did a great job, I really liked her performance.
Dumbledore: So much better. Michael Gambon wasn't so quick and perky as he usually is. Not to mention that they finally made his hair white instead of brownish white. I was actually happy with his performance, very well played.
Snape: A.m.a.z.i.n.g.
Tonks/Lupin: All I need to say is: Who cast these people?
Draco: Draco is one of my absolute favorite characters. He is evil yet confused. He is strong and yet so weak. Draco is amazing. I was so excited to see that Tom actually looked the part. Instead of being short (cough, cough, Harry) or just not playing the part right (cough, cough, Hermione) Tom nailed it. He is my new favorite student actor of the bunch. I was so whole heartedly happy with his performance.
Ginny: I wasn't thrilled by Bonnie but I wasn't too upset. Yes, she could have been stronger but I don't think they wrote her character as strong as the book portrays her. I think that she and Harry got their kiss robbed from them though.
Hermione: Emma usually annoys me but she did a great job. Not to mention her hair finally looked right and her costuming was 10x better than ever before. Cuddos.
Ron: Funny, good... he didn't change. He was still really good. Very funny in the love potion scene.
Harry: Daniel, daniel, daniel. I have never liked him as Harry and I don't think I ever will BUT, he did a good job. He was really good in the Slughorn memory scene. He was way better than he normally is and he wasn't bleeding every 2 seconds.
Devious Comments
Dumbledore...I can't talk about him without getting sad. The whole fire whip thing was awesome though.
And Snape was just amazing as usual.
The whole Tonks and Lupin thing is depressing to me. They are one of my favorite couples in the series, but on screen, I don't know. They kinda lose it for me.
The Draco scenes were intense. Tom had so much emotion in them.
Ginny was good. I have nothing bad nor very good to say. I wanted a bigger kissing scene.
Hermione. I felt so bad for her. Her crying scenes were really believable for me. You truley felt how sad she was.
Ron was Ron. Just funny.
Harry was hil-ar-ious. When he took that potion.
Overall, the movie was great. I did not really like the last couple, especially the 5th. This movie def. got me excited for the next two.
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Thanks for all of your digression on the characters and movie. I love it!!!
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ROW
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But otherwise i absolutely loved the movie, i won't re-say everything you just said lol but i'm absolutely in love with David Yates and i was since i saw the trailers.
I do agree and am happy they finally caught up with the relationship plots, except for the fact that because they gave it little to no bother previously, it was kinda out of nowhere.
I thought Tom Felton did an amazing job and i was really really impressed with his performance as i was actually with all of the actors. I've never had a problem with any of them, except Michael Gambon, in the past. But i thought every performance was a step up, for some even more so. This version of Dumbledore is near perfect in my opinion. The problem for me was in his past performances, he was too violent, or loud, or fast: and Dumbledore himself could be all these things, but not in the way Gambon portrayed. He was much more serene and calm with much more of the book's quirk. And yeah, i too appreciated the white hair.
SNAPE
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As for the horcruxes... I think they did just fine with it. I would have liked to see a little more horcrux action but at least it was there, explained and foreshadowed. We know what will happen and how it will happen even if they need to digress more in the next two movies.
I just love Draco. :3
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ROW
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I know they didn't say much about what the horcruxes are... but knowing the movies Harry will say: "well this is the locket of Slytherin so maybe he use things from the founders!"
I dunno... I kindly disagree with you and I think it will work
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ROW
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I think Bellatrix works in the same way Narcissa works. The actresses are so good they MAKE it work.
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ROW
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I saw this with my friends, and they had to keep me from walking out of the theatre at the sucky bits. Like, where the heck is Bill? And Ginny and Harry's breakup scene? Next time it's probably gonna be something like;
RON: Hey Harry, did I mention that I have a random brother named Bill that's getting married to that veela bird from The Triwizard Tournement? And that you're required to go to the wedding, because even though the movies say you've never met him, you like Bill because he's cool and a Weasley.
HARRY: (as they're Disapparating) Ginny, I'm breaking up with you for your own good! Don't follow me!
Although, I do like Evana Lynch (or however you spell her name) as Luna. She is spot on and a very good actress. Rupert Grint was amazing in the love potion scene.(Although the poisoning made me gag a bit.) Tipsy Hermione unnerved me a tad, but it worked well. And I thought that she was a bit too foward when it came to the Ron/Hermione relationship. I wasn't aware of the actress playing Narcissa until I saw the film. Her hair and looks scared me, but her acting made up for it. And the Inferi looked like a bunch of Gollums to me. Those were not very dead body-like.
However, the funny bits ("and the pincers" *clickclickclick*) were very well played.
Probably the best of them all, despite the flaws. (But my favorite is Prisoner of Azkaban, simply because I saw it before I read the books. I saw it, bought the book, fell in love with the series, and hated all the other movies.)
This was a very long and rambly comment and I apologize for it.
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