"Circles" and "Pentacles" are both powerful magical symbols so it only seems reasonable to select Circle Of Pentacles as the fractal image for the review of Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince. WARNING: the review will be quite short.-
What can you say about the sixth movie in a series that hasn't already been said? Not a lot (hence this very short review). Fans who love the series will keep loving it and turn out in droves to see the movie. (Worldwide audiences boosted the latest "Potter" offering to 100 Million in the first day). If you aren't a fan you won't go (unless forced) and you won't care one way or another. I'm an unabashed Harry Potter fan so I'm likely to stick with the series to the bitter end (even if it becomes complete and utter crap).
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Make no mistake--Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince is hardly "crap" in any way, shape or form. The tone is dark and foreboding (show by the muted colors of the movie) and, while there is humor, it is low-key and none too prominent. Sadly, it is getting harder and harder with each passing movie to believe three leads as teenagers (Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in particular). Still everyone does a fine job and you can forgive their age. As usual the FX and costumes are first class and wonderfully realized--perfect for the movie.
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The movie runs over two hours but it felt rushed through most of the movie. Still, considering the source material, if they tried making the whole book into a movie it would be a twelve hour miniseries. Even so, I often wished I had re-read the book before seeing the movie as I found myself going "say what?" in spots. Several subplots were dropped and many of the secondary characters got only the briefest time on screen or failed to make an appearance at all. (Again, I understood there were time constraints to deal with.) Fans will understand and forgive--but anyone else probably wouldn't want to try jumping on the bandwagon at this point.
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FINAL GRADE: B+
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