Comments on: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By: girldetective

girldetective — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:20:42 +0000

What I appreciated about the HP5 film was Yates’ efficient editing of an overlong book. Here, I thought, the editing was uneven. I don’t mind missing stuff, esp. if it’s no good, but the missing Snape stuff was pretty important in this one.

By: weirleader

weirleader — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:19:39 +0000

just got back from watching it, and I have to agree that I felt it a bit wanting in some areas. I hadn’t considered the lake scene superfluous, but now that I’m thinking on it, I agree with you.

I, too, enjoyed the character interplay, the entertaining banter. I’d love to see (similarly to the Tolkien films) an Extended Director’s Cut edition wherein might lie a few of the, in my opinion, meatier omitted portions — like fighting in the halls around the time of the attack or the final funeral. But that’s possibly just the packrat in me that can’t abide the dropping of details, especially in large chunks.

By: girldetective

girldetective — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:30:10 +0000

Your dad and I have disagreed before, on “Becoming Jane” I think. In some ways it was the best–visuals, the quidditch, the character interplay, how Dumbledore is FINALLY treating Harry w/o kid gloves. But the exposition was clumsy, and I very much wished the second to last scene at the lake was cut. Visually amazing, but superfluous, I thought, both in the book and the movie.

I liked #3 the best–Prisoner of Azkaban, directed by Alfonso Cuaron.

By: carolyn

carolyn — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:58:05 +0000

my dad liked it the BEST of all the Potter films.

By: Carrie K.

Carrie K. — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:52:23 +0000

I had the same reaction - I was slightly underwhelmed, though there were parts I enjoyed.