DIR: David Yates • WRI: Steve Kloves • PRO: David Barron, David Heyman • DOP: Bruno Delbonnel • ED: Mark Day • DES: Stuart Craig • CAST: Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Bonnie Wright, Alan Rickman, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter.
The Half Blood Prince is the sixth film in the Harry Potter series and is much the same as the last film but answers a few mysteries to people who haven’t read the book. The special effects are very impressive and have come a long way since the first film, so that things look at a lot more realistic now. There are lots of scenes that young pre-teen girls would giggle at in this movie, particularly the parts about Ron’s girlfriend. Overall, this film seems to be suited to a higher age group now because the characters are getting older so maybe thirteen-year-olds instead of ten- or eleven-year-olds which would have been a suitable age group for the first few films.
There is a deeper sense of evil in this movie and Snape has definitely become more evil – which is about all I can say about him without ruining the film. There are still the regular scenes such as on the Hogwarts Express, in Ron’s house and Quidditch as there have been in most of the previous films. Harry still continues to be forever lurking and sneaking around in the corridors following people.
It is overall an okay film but it doesn’t seem to stand out from the other films in any great way. I’d say that Harry Potter fans will still love it.
Chris Webb
Age 13
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is released on 17th June 2009.
