08-02-2009, 06:56 PM
Quote:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. If you haven't seen the earlier installments, don't go. And to be honest, the actors are becoming too old and Rowling's world has no surprises left. Alan Rickman remains the one who makes the movie worthwile, but otherwise, I may be forgiven if I conclude that the magic is gone.Well, I'd say that if you've read the books, don't go but wait until it's on tv. It's not that Rowling's world has no surprises left, but the movie fails to show them. The book was simply too long and the unfolding plot too intricate. About 70% of the plot does not even make it to the screen, and the parts that do are sometimes twisted. I mean, Dumbledore is killed and a fierce battle follows - only it doesn't! Just harry hiding under the stairs. :evil:
It seems to be about the teenies getting in and out of love, with some wizardry inbetween. Those who'd want to see the battle between good and evil will be disappointed. Voldemort never makes an appearance, his dark forces who start killing normal people seem occcupied by pestering harry only, and the best scene in the book (Britain's PM being confronted by the wizards 'due to the extreme emergency') is never shown either.
I can only imagine that Rowling let her control of the production slip because she's tired of the whole thing. :evil:
As part X in the series I'd say it's not that bad.
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
