Film Reviews (Spoilers)

Hmm so despite having no money post-uni and being unable to work courtesy of my gammy foot....I have found my overdraft pretty handy to fund my cinema addiction.

I am about to go and see Harry Potter and the half-blood prince for the second time tonight. No-one can deny that the CGI is incredible, rendering the world of Hogwarts almost believable. Of the 6 films, this was my favourite. In fact, I was downright disappointed with the others...I didn’t even bother seeing 4 and 5 in the cinema.

As I could write pages and pages of praise for this film, I am sure readers are more interested in criticisms and my interpretation.
First, the 'death' scene did not seem adequate to me. I'm pretty sure the brave, and sometimes stupidly courageous Harry would not have stood by and watched his arch enemy murder his father-figure (Albus Dumbledore). Rowling staged this scene perfectly in the book, why didn’t they stick with that? So that Harry was forcibly restrained by Dumbledore's spell? It was highly uncharacteristic for him to sit-by.

The lack of tears from Harry as he is sprawled across Dumbledore's lifeless form disappointed me... Rowling emphasises, in each book, the importance of Harry's ability to feel, to love. Surely sniffing a fresh onion prior to- 'action' may have added the much needed emotion from the hero.
Emma Watson, on the other hand, was fantastic during this scene...and the entire film actually. Her sincere tears set me off - I need to start wearing waterproof mascara to the cinema!

I also wonder about the point of The Burrow being destroyed by Bellatrix and Fenrir? I cant see how that entire scene was relevant to plot development, it wasn’t in the book and I didn't think it was realistic. Why were Harry and Ginny not attacked? It would have been easy enough. Please enlighten me, if you can see how this merged with the rest of the film? Maybe I missed something.

Overall, I think the film flowed well and transferred the crucial plot and subplots from the book. The performances were fantastic. I know a lot of people criticise Daniel Radcliffe (as I have done already on one point) but overall, he is Harry for me. He isn’t the bog-standard hero, he is real, flawed and awkward - like every other teenager!
I highly recommend it to anyone. It had me laughing out loud and gripping my seat 5*s