Review : Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (2009)

MAGIC MASALA!

Rating: 2.5/5
Genre : Adventure / Mystery / Fantasy / Romance

Disclaimer : Before i start , i would want you people to know that i haven't read any of the books and i have been following only the movies.

So , does this movie satisfy a harry potter fan?
A little ,the reason being , the script 'almost' sticking to the book.This is quite because of the return of the screen-writer of the first 4 movies.
Though , there are parts which are deviated from the book and there are some omissions too.

Well , on the other hand , does this flick satisfy a regular movie goer?
Not much except for the special effects , the girls and the comic dialogues.

I would say that people who have been wanting to watch the movie after the book might be a bit disappointed.This might be attributed to the overdose of romance and comedy at the cost of deletion of important scenes especially the last fight scene which was omitted. (That is what i had learned about from my pal)



The Movie strikes a lower chord on the viewer's mind with too much of talking and less of action sequences but there are mind boggling scenes of quidditch and Dumbledore taking Harry to different places and also the scenes where Harry sees Tom Riddles past through safely collected memories by Dumbledore.It has its ups and downs and even though more of the former is prevalent , it fails to entertain on the whole.

There were people comparing this to the last week's summer bonanza 'Transformers 2' , i personally wouldn't want to compare both of them but still Micheal Bay did show us his 'magic'.

Acting , is one of the reason why this installment of Harry Potter is worth a watch.Everyone has developed their acting skills , the most significant improvement being seen in Daniel Radcliffe.He has totally churned himself into a fine actor and one can admire his casting on the film as the protagonist.
A Special note is to be given to the director for making the chicks (those portraying Hermione , Ginny , Luna Lovegood and some of the background stars) show their presence on screen and also to the cinematographer for the reason you people know.


Coming to the tech-aspects , CGI work is brilliant especially in the first scene where a bridge is destroyed by death eaters causing heart breaks in every architect and civil engineer's minds but nevertheless it was a visual treat.
Music was brilliant and the special effects were perfectly blended with the visuals though second half's audio was rather out of sync ,maybe because of some fault in the theatre although i watched it in sathyam RDX.

There are a lot of differences from the book , you can read them at :

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There have been lot of comments on imdb ,rotten tomatoes and other famous websites about this being the worst adaptation ever and there were also people saying that this was the winner of the summer releases but all that ain't true, this movie is definitely worth watching in the theatres and it is truly not 'THE' movie of the summer.

So , wrapping it up , HBP is certainly a bit of a disappointment but it has its own relishable moments.

Thank you for reading!

I am sorry if i made people who've been waiting for this movie to sigh after reading but the fact remains told and precaution given.