Hooray, the new Harry Potter film is here. Was it worth the wait? Well, more yes than no, which is a good thing.
Alright, so we all know the basic Harry Potter storyline, right? Harry Potter is the chosen one, and he is the one who must face Voldemort (=o !!!) and kill him. Voldemort (klhasdkjhsd!@(*&@#) is of course the deadliest wizard in the entire world (omg), and his only botched murder attempt happened to be on Harry Potter. As the story evolves, Harry Potter gets older, hornier, and progressively closer to facing Voldemort (damn it, stop saying his name) once and for all.
In this 6th installment of the Potter series, Harry and Dumbledore embark on a CSI style investigation of Voldemort's (!) stored memories from childhood in hopes of maybe unlocking some sort of secret that will help bring the evil wizard down to China town. While this is going on however, life resumes, and the audience gets a painful (maybe pleasant for some) reminder of what it use to feel like to be a teenage. I don't know if director David Yates decided on keeping the estrogen flowing throughout this movie simply to compete with the Twilight series, but shit, these kids are fraking horny.
Now, don't get me wrong. This whole hormone thing was clearly present throughout Rowling's series, and on purpose to boot. But, as a fan of the books, I never once felt that the Voldemort (!) storyline fell second to the teenage drama that was going on. I also felt that because there was so much emphasis on the teenage life throughout the film, there was little room for all of the wizardry that should have been going on. Now, I do hate comparing book to film, but this is an issue that I must bring up. I have not read the Half-Blood Prince book since it came out, mainly because I did not want to be disappointed when the movie came out because I knew that shit would get changed in the movie, thus leaving me utterly annoyed. However, with that being said, there were some very key things that this movie fumbled the ball on. For instance, the entire wizard battle at the end of the book is non-existent! What the fuck! Director Yates, shame on you! That could have been epic as shit! I just used four exclamation points in a row I'm so angry! (Fuck, now 5! 6?)
But lets be honest here. I'm not here to compare the book to the film. The film, on it's own, is a good one. There weren't any dull moments in the movie, but there weren't any that blew my mind either. The story was paced pretty well, and considering the amount of material Yates had to work with, he did a decent job cutting it up and creating a happy medium. Some things about this film that did absolutely 100% blow my mind however, were the special effects and cinematography. This is some Grade A shit guys and gals. And trust me, you don't need to be a movie junkie to realize that whats up on that silver screen, from a technical standpoint anyway, is nothing short of staggering.
Recommendation: The Potter book fans will be content, and surely consider this to be a worthy installment in the film series. The Potter movie fans however, won't know what was left out from the book, and will probably like this movie a lot more. Clearly, the only real recommendation here is to stop reading this review immediately, and instead, to start reading the Harry Potter series as opposed to watching it.
Rating: 3/4
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