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I agree with #1 except I hated it a bit more.

Alex love everything, regards of content. All it needs is CGI and the capacity to piggy-back off an already established fan base.

#5 you picked the movie apart but at the end said it was great all around, so which is it? Where there tons of problems or a great movie? As far as I'm concerned you can't have a movie be both.

damn, Is there any blockbuster that can get positive responses lol

the ending is too short and need more lake thing but still pretty good that it got off the lensh of the book with the scene with THE BURROW

@#6 It was a great movie, the ending just made it not be an amazing movie. It had great visuals, nice balance of comedy, good acting, good balanced story. I was just dissatisfied with the ending and the last 30 minutes. You can have a great movie and still have negative thoughts about it. Not many perfect movies are made these days.

From the movie point of view, it was pretty good, i enjoyed it. But from the book point of view, it was terrible. They only dedicated about half an hour to what's in the book, the rest they kinda made up on hteir own. For most of it, it's like they weren't even trying to make it like the book.

I think the first two films were amazing, the third was still extremely good, the fourth was okay and then the fifth and sixth have just been so disappointing. So much was wrong with this film its unbelievable. Sure there was some funny bits that made everybody in the cinema laugh, but its harry potter it's not about making people laugh!!!! The director should have concentrated more on getting the main plot of the book into the film than trying to make the audience laugh and trying to show the characters maturity.

EPIC FAIL. I don't even know where to start! I don't think david yates reads at all because he has no clue about the main points of these stories. First he takes The Order of the Phoenix and fails to really introduce The Order of the Phoenix!!!! After this movie they still have not been introduced(as well as the death eaters). Now he takes The Half Blood Prince, a story about learning the secrets, strengths and weaknesses of Riddle and makes it a side story along with the emergence of the actual Half Blood Prince. The movie had no energy and the acting was poor. I can't blame the actors because we've seem them do well before. It all starts at the top ..... I think Yates should step down for the last two movies! ps Can anybody tell me what was the purpose of the vanishing cabinet if their was not going to be a fight? He brought them in to run away with him????

In fact, I think that alot of what was wrong with this movie was the fact that the director forgot it was a kids book, and while this does not mean it should be childish, there is supposed to be a certain sense of wonder attached to it. Instead of focusing on the idea that magic is an incredible thing, Mr. Yates decided that he would focus on the fact that wizards and witches are people too. He tried too hard to humanize the characters and ended up having them lose some of their personalities and having to rush through the IMPORTANT parts of the story. I go to a Harry Potter movie and want to recapture the early wonder of my childhood, but this movie just reminded me of the awkward years of teenage life that one can find in any average highschool...

I don't hear anyone blaming Steve Kloves for the way this film turned out. He wrote the fuckin' script for shit's sake. How about David Barron, David Heyman, Tim Lewis, and Lionel Wigram: The producers. They approve the script and hire the director. Essentially, they're in charge of content. You want to blame someone, blame them...Not Yates. That being said: It's a film, not the book. The book was just material to draw from, but by no means anything that we were ever going to see put to the screen shot for shot. Take a film class for fuck's sake. You might start to understand it. The film was good. The acting was better in this one then the others.

Thanks for the spoiler alert Jill # 20 you dumb ass! God Dammitt!!!!

how can you possibly love it??? nothing was explained. if you have never read the books you wont be able to understand anything of the 7th film from the half blood prince!! The main parts of the half blood prince is tom riddles life and memories and ginny and harrys relationship. neither of which are explained in this film. you see two flashbacks of tom riddle, and learn hardly anything about horocruxes. If you wanna watch a film just to make you laugh and see peoples relationships then fair enough you may enjoy it but in my opinion that is not what harry potter is about!

how was the new "where the wild things are" trailer?

@21 I understand what you are saying, but when I go to see a movie based on a book, I would like for the movie to resemble the book. It felt like Kloves read the back cover for insight. Why fix something that wasn't broken? Why take away all the emotion and suspense that the book made you feel and replace it with nothingness. O wait, I know why he did. It's all about the Benjamins. I would love to see someone who had true passion for the story write the script.

Great movie. I didn't read the book, so I don't know if the movie and the book are alike. It's a pitty that the whole love-thing is getting more serious every time.. I enjoyed it: 8,5

the lake scene was amazing and you really saw Harry and dumbledores acting skills. Tom felton was incredible, the main reason i actually stayed in the theater watching this film. The ending was awful, no funeral, no battle, harry not stunned under his cloak...just totally wrong. not enough flashbacks no development of harry and ginny MESS MESS MESS

As I sit on my bed at 3:30 a.m. and munch on the 3.57 pounds of candy I bought prior to the midnight screening of HP6 (something that I am sure I will regret come sunrise), I once again find myself reflective of the experience which I just went through, and so I’ve decided that I’ll write my second review of a Harry Potter film, though hopefully it won’t be anywhere near as long as my last. The length of that sentence doesn’t really reinforce my hope. Oh, well. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a great film in many ways, however after just emerging from the midnight screening, I could not help but feel a sense of—and there is truly no other word to describe it—disappointment. At the time, I could not place this sense of emptiness, that somehow Warner Bros. once again came up short of my expectations, but now, after having a bit of time to reflect (30 minutes, at that), I think I can with confidence pinpoint the reason for this feeling. If you’ve read my review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, you’ll know that in my opinion, it’s really the most difficult book to deal with because Harry has suddenly changed character, and all the subplots cloud what the book’s sole purpose is: to have us discover that Harry is the one destined to defeat (or be defeated by) Voldemort. This translated into a movie that was really all over the place, the plot aimlessly wandering from one episode to the next, with us as the audience lost as to what to expect next. HBP, in contrast, has three clearly defined plot strands: the love subplot, the Draco/Death Eaters subplot, and the Harry-Slughorn-Tom Riddle main plot. The problem with the plot structure that was set up is that the love subplot takes precedence over all others in the film. Contrary to what director David Yates claims, the humor derived from the students’ traipses into teenage relationships (and their accompanying angst) does not enhance the film, but does the opposite: it mutes its emotional gravitas. Let me elaborate on what I mean. At the beginning of the film, before we even see the title screen, we are witness to a mournful scene, as paparazzi almost savagely take photos of Dumbledore and Harry who are standing outside the Department of Mysteries, the echoes of Bellatrix Lestrange’s taunting “I killed Sirius Black!” still ringing in Harry’s ears. This obviously takes place immediately after the battle in the room with the veil, and can be considered an “outtake” of sorts from the end of the fifth movie. Then comes the title screen itself. For the first time in the series’ history, the cloud-enveloped title is not accompanied by the trumpet fanfare of John Williams’ “Hedwig’s Theme,” but rather a dismal chord that pays homage to the scene we just witnessed. Next, we are witness to an attack within Diagon Alley, a rather scary event that includes the taking of a hostage with a bag over his head, immediately followed by the destruction of the Millennium Bridge. All of these things make us as the viewers expect one film, when in fact we get a completely different one. The portrait painted by these opening scenes is very grim: Harry Potter, as a series, has finally grown up. Yet, once we get to Hogwarts, it’s all fun and games: people snogging everywhere, jealousy at every turn. Lavender Brown was put into the limelight for far too long, and after the first 45 minutes, Cormac McLaggen is all but forgotten. While all this love in the air does make Hogwarts seem the last refuge for wizardkind against Voldemort, it is drawn out for far too long and in the end creates abrupt shifts in plot, an emotional rollercoaster for the viewer. If only this subplot was downplayed just a smidge, the film would be truly balanced, for the rest of it is BRILLIANT. Both the child and teenage Voldemort are ridiculously intense, a much better casting than the teenage Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. While I’m on the topic, this is the first Harry Potter film where I can legitimately believe that every actor was completely on top of their game. This is especially significant for our core trio. They’ve all finally matured physically and emotionally. The moment I truly noticed this was just after Ron’s been given the antidote to his love potion: his face changes ever-so-subtly, and you can tell that he felt its effect. From just a NUANCE. Fantastic. And Helen McCrory as Narcissa Malfoy? Gave me shivers. Could not have been a better person to play Draco’s mother and Lucius’ wife. The love subplot truly slows down the rhythm of the film. However, once we hit the point where Harry takes the Felix Felicis (and that nasty subplot goes away forever), it is—there is no other way to describe it—edge-of-your-seat intense. It was so intense that I literally had to think of other things while watching the movie to slow my heart down – I thought something bad was going to happen, it was beating so fast. I’ll sum up my feelings about the few closing parts of the movie briefly: The cave scene: PERFECT. The inferi: my precioussssssss???? The firestorm: FUCKING AWESOME. Dumbledore’s death: to-the-tee faithful to the book. (Though shouldn’t Harry have been restrained against his will??) The lack of the battle, according to Yates, was to save all the gunpowder for the last chapter. However, I found this to leave the movie on a very odd note; it felt incomplete. Every Harry Potter movie up to this point has had a battle as its climax. The climax here was the confrontation at the astronomy tower and arguably Dumbledore’s death (not really a climax… lowmax?) The lack of Dumbledore’s funeral wasn’t missed, as I felt the lifting of the wands in tribute to him was just as moving. Something to note: I couldn’t bring myself to cry at all in the theater… I wanted to, but the intensity of the scene leading up to his death overpowered my emotional circuitry… The most poignant moment was when we get a shot of the Great Hall completely empty, Dumbledore’s empty chair serving as a somber memorial. In conclusion, I give this movie a 4 out of 5. If only the love scenes were taken down a notch, this would be the PERFECT Harry Potter movie. I agree with the professional reviewers when they say this film felt like a prelude to Deathly Hallows. This sense was created by the lack of climax in the action of the film (in fact the most action we saw the entire film was during the Quidditch match). I look forward to November 21, 2010, and the beginning of the end of the film series, which promises to be spectacular.

THE MOVIE SUCKED COMPARED TO THE BOOK I COMPLETTLY HATED IT. I THINK IF I HADNT READ THE BOOK I WOULD LOVE IT. BOOKS 1-3 WERE SPECTACULAR COMPARED TO THE BOOKS AND THE 4 WASNT TO BAD. BUT ONCE THEY GOT DAVID YATES FOR 5 AND 6 THE MOVIES JUST STARTED TO GET TERRIBLE COMPARED TO THE BOOKS. CHRIS COLUMBUS WAS BRILLANT HE MADE THE FIRST AND SECOND MOVIE AMAZING AND THEY WERE ABLE TO STAND UP TO THE BOOKS AND BE JUST AS GOOD. AND CHRIS COLUMBUS ALSO HELPED OUT ON THE 3 ONE. CRIS COLUMBUS NEEDED TO DIRECT THE OTHER MOVIES I THINK IF CHRIS HAD SIGNED ON FOR ALL 7 MOVIES (OR THIS MOVIE SERIES WOULD BE A MASTER PIECE. DAVID YATES IS A CRAPPY DIRECTOR FOR THE HP SERIES SOMETIMES I EVEN THINK DAVID YATES HAS NEVER EVEN READ THE BOOKS. TO TELL THE TRUTH I AM AXUALLY AFRAID TO SEE HOW THIS MOVIE SERIES IS GOING TO END DAVID YATES HAS SCREWED UP THE WHOLE HP WORLD AND TURNED IT INTO A JOKE I LOVE THE BOOKS AND LOVE MOVIES 1-3 AND 4 BUT 5 AND 6 SUCK. I OFFICALLY HATE DAVID YATES BECAUSE OF THIS MOVIE!!!! I LOVE THE ACTORS THOUGH.......

AWFUL.

I really enjoyed the movie!! I think it's one of the best films so far. I honestly don't think the absence of Dumbledore's funeral detracts from the film - I agree with #35 about the raising of the wands being just as moving. I actually think the missing battle at Hogwarts wasn't a bad thing - after the huge scene at the cave, I don't think the movie needed to go into an all out battle sequence. I would've liked to see Harry under the cloak and unable to move in the astronomy tower, I would've liked to have seen the proper development of Harry/Ginny and the burrow scene should probably have been replaced by something that was actually in the book, but overall, I loved the film. Was very impressed with Tom Felton - he delivered a much better performance than I was expecting. And the trio were all great - best acting of the series so far. Can't wait for Deathly Hallows!!!

@22, exactly

the movie wasnt bad but wasnt the best it was really entertaining throughout the movie even though there were some boring scenes through the movie but still entertaining and was i the only one that saw harry wasnt wearing any lens in his glasses when they were staring at the weaselys house on fire? well i think that was the scene anyways when did tonks start dating wolf dude i kinda forgot his name but still wat the hell and no i didnt read the book i never really had time do actually go to my bookstore and get it well i really hope the next 2 movies will be incredible and i think snape did not betray albus i think he was told to do that because 1.he made a promise to dracos mom 2. if albus trusted him i dont think he was that stupid he probably knew he was going to die that way he wouldnt give away him being a spy or something for albus so yea this was my first ever comment on any movie because i think it was really necessary so i give this movie 8/10

ok... I've read all these comment... SO is it worth the IMAX? I just hate the fact that we have to wait 'til the 29th for IMAX... ugh!

also, curtis, in response to some of your other posts, yeah, I mentioned that in my review about the lack of emotional impact created by the thrill of the cave scene... and I have a theory that since we all know what's coming already (SPOILER: Snape's actually good) we couldn't possibly have the same feeling of mystery/suspense that we had after reading the 6th book... I should also mention that I haven't read book 6 since 07, just before the last book came out; I plan on doing that as soon as I get through book 5 again, so my review doesn't reflect much on the quality of the adaptive screenwriting

I think something that people should know is that when you go to see a movie based off a book, you should NOT compare it to the book at all. Because OBVIOUSLY is will NEVER be as good as the book. It is a wonderful series written by Jo Rowling and that is why it's being made into movies. Because it's an excellant story. That being said I would like to say that I truly enjoyed this movie. Before this movie only One and Two, I believe, could stand on their own as movies. I was very much dissapointed with 3-5 as I feel that the acting was poor[not the trio's fault, they are only children] and the script even worse at parts. I feel that the 3-5 are only to be looked at as 'Companions' to the books. Because if you did not read the books you had no idea what was really going on. My greatest example of this is my brother who has not read the books but whom I always go to see these movies with. I always discuss with him at the end how he felt because he is there for the movie. He's looking for a story on screen because he's never read the books. And after movies 3-5 he always would ask me, "So..what really happened?" And I would then have to explain what he was missing and then it would piece together for him. This is not how a MOVIE should be made. WB should not be assuming each person in the audience has read the books. I feel this movie, though there was some irksome changes, was the best MOVIE thus far. It told a real story, the acting was far better, it set up the next installment[rather than some cheesy ending with Dan's face plastered to my screen] and flowed very wel. Back and forth from action to fun/romance so I was never bored.

I didnt see it but is it just me or is every "AWESOME SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER" turning out to be total shit to everyone...only one I thought that has came through is Star trek and I guess T2 but not really. Dont know I am just really disappointed with the movies lately. Really hope District 9 and Avatar come through but those are ones that seem like they just cant fail.

I learned a long time ago to judge adaptations not on how faithful they are to the material but to let them stand away - as long as they're basically faithful to the book and its themes the filmmakers need room to find their own ways of expressing things and adjusting the story so we end up with an actual film and not a scene by scene rendition of the book. I think this is a strong contender for the best Harry Potter film - along with the 3RD and 4TH films. Yates didn't do much with Order of Phoenix and we ended up with a film that was both bland, unengaging, AND unfaithful. Half Blood Prince is, at times - more unfaithful than people who've read the book would hope -, but it's for the most part a great adaptation. A five star production and a four star film, I'd say. And it makes you want to walk out of the theater, take a few steps down the hall and sit down again to watch the two Deathly Hallows adaptation. Bravo Yates, bravo Hooper! (Although if Williams returns for the last two films that's fine by me, but Hooper's score is very good this time.)

To me the film felt much like POTC 2, I left the cinema feeling numb. But besides that everything was excellent. The acting was top notch, major kudos to Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint they carried the film beautifully. And major Kudos to Bonnie Wright she came out of nowhere from more of a side character to a bigger and much more strectched character. Gambon really proved to be the right fit for Dumbledore and Alan Rickman was stupendous yet again. Tom Felton was amazing in this much larger role! My only problem with it was the pacing, to slow honestly but usually I can over look that issue. Which brings me back to the Pirates 2 comparsion, to long and left feeling a bit "numb" but I loved it. But to be frank Order of the Phoenix was better this is much like Goblet of Fire just a way to continue on to a better film, which I hope the last installment will be. In simpler words go see it! It is wondeful in its entirety. Form you're own opinion! 8 1/2-10! 3 1/2-4!

Oh and a minor note for those complaining Dumbledore's funeral was cut, I'm pretty certain that's the opening of film seven. Once again, it's to help the people who haven't read the books remember what happened in the last film. Personally, I think it was a wise choice.

Loved it. I think it's my favorite, with PoA being a close second.

It was very boring. The trailers had *almost* all the actions and the rest was very talky. I guess it was all set up for the next ones.

too different fromn the book, you barely see most of the characters, hagrid like what 2 times? the burrow DOES NOT get destroyed in the book, and in the book there is a funeral for dumbledore, which would have been great in the movie.they just left too much out , you wanna talk about character development, the whole 6th book harry is training to become an auror and the whole class is learning how to apparate, you saw none of this in the movie.i dunno, i think they botched this one

Not bad, but a tad disapponting. The whole love angle was fun at times but took focus away from the real story. But, the action scenes were excellent and the actors are getting better with each movie. It just falls short of greatness.

Watching it tonight no spoilers please LOL............................... Anyways the books are great the movies never have enough of what I want. They should be longer and darker. Enough of the political Bull Shit that must be in every movie to appease every damn muggle out there. If the Movies were page to page from the books then we would have 8 hour movies and 1 billion dollar budgets. Face it if you want to enjoy Harry Potter, Quit wasting your money on the Movie and go READ the best damn books out there. I will watch this with a open mind atleast I still got to read page by page of the books and I have that for my pensive in the future....................................

Also, to the people who say 'it can't be exactly like the book' i would like to point you right into the direction of the 'un-filmable' WATCHMEN.

Is there any kind of news about the funeral being in the seventh movie?

I agree w/ #76. Prisoner of Azkaban was my fave oof the series. HBP was still good. I rather enjoyed a slight break from the epic action and this also served to setup the last two films.

I enjoyed it ... quite a lot. But, there was too much missing from the book. And, too much to go into detail here. Suffice to say, they REALLY have to stop worrying about the length of their films, I think we'd rather have 3 1/2 hours of a solid film that brings out all the good things in the book, rather than dropping stuff so it can fit into 2 1/2 hours. Hell, I'd even sit through 5 hours. Which brings us to HP7 ... and it's 2 parts. Ugh, that sucks.

It was good, but not great. I keep hearing that the movie adaptation isn't supposed to be exactly like the book. That is a load of bull if I ever heard that. Honestly, that is why Harry Potter movies has been so good. The movies are so close to the books, it's like literally seeing the book on the big screen. Sure, there are are scenes, whole scenes, clipped out of the movie, but in the whole, the movie stayed true to the books, and best of all, they did it seamlessly. They meshed together long scences in and clipping out minor distractions (such as idle convorsation) for the sake of the story, and the results show as a seamless, easy to follow story that flows like a river. That is why I went to this one with such high hopes. However, this one didn't do that much. They focused far too much time on their relationships. They could have easily meshed that together and ship it as a subplot, rather than a huge driving point. Comment #21 said it perfectly. One particular plot not even seen was the part where Harry wanted to learn more of the Half Blood Prince. Where, excatly, did he play in this movie? Harry became a huge alchemy wiz because of that book, only to be found out by Snape. That is a huge subplot, and I don't believe subplots should be taken out. Hell, it could have easily fit in as a side plot, if we forgo most of the love scenes (and most of the movie, heh heh). As I said, I don't mind the occasional big scene cut out, but the scenes that were cut (the final battle being my prime target) were huge, and part of the story. Fleur had a wedding coming up, didja know? If you watched the movie, you wouldn't. All in all, for what it was, it was a really good movie, and I do not regret seeing it. However, I want to hear the story of J.K Rowling the way she told it, NOT the way Yates wants it to be told. If you are going to do that, change the title. The X-Men movie did it with Wolverine: EVolutions.

first off, box office sales are not a reflection of a movie's quality, and if you believe they are, then you're just another casual cinema moron. I thought the directing style was interesting, and while I do not think it fit as well as it could of, I do give Yates kudos for having the guts to try and alter the way the story is portrayed. My real issue is with the added scenes (which were unnecessary because the book is already well written the way it is), and the fact that they left out a few minor, but potentially problematic aspects of the story. JUST TO BE CLEAR, i never expected this to be a dead on adaptation, I was just irritated that as I was leaving the theater, I felt like the screenwriters and producers had not read the SEVENTH book, where the reader realizes that a lot of these seemingly unimportant things are actually relevant to the stories conclusion. Several of these things wouldn't even have required any extra effort to fix, (simply placing a specific object in the background of a scene or two would have done the trick), and yet they weren't done, why? I was also dissapointed with the ending, just because we all know that if harry had been free to act in the tower, he being his reckless self, WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING. He wouldn't sit around and wait for the death eaters to just run away (which was also quite odd...)

Well first off, I liked the movie. 3 out of 5 stars. If there are added scenes in the Imax version I will go see it again and I will buy the DVD as well. Plus I will go see (midnight showing if able) both of the movies for The Deathly Hallows. But I did have problems with this movie. Keep in mind though I am a huuuuuuuge Harry Potter fan and I could sit through a word-for-word translation of each and every book. Yes, I'm a nerd like that. (There be spoilers from this point so watch out.) The problems I had with the movie... ...Leaving out the back story of Voldermort...It was really needed for Harry going into The Deathly Hallows. (Makes me wonder if they’re going to leave out Dumbledore’s backstory in The Deathly Hallows.) ...The whole movie was rushed, like all of the HP movies. In my opinion they should have been making two movies per book since The Goblet of Fire. (I know that would be impossible though.) ...The ending of the book leaves me in tears every time I read it (it’s my favorite book series of all time so I’m allowed ). The ending of the movie is sad, but nowhere near as emotional as the book. I felt let down at that because it’s the most emotional point of the entire series. That being said, they should've kept Dumbledore's funeral in the movie. …It seemed like they edited out the Dumbledore death scene because of “violent content”. (Example: Dumbledore getting hit by the Avada Kedavra curse from behind a glass globe thingie) ...They didn't need the scene of the “Burning of the Burrow”. It just seemed to me like whoever was responsible though "this movie needs more action!" so *boom* goes the burrow. Yet then they leave out the action that was in the end of the book. 0.o??? ...They could've focused less on the love aspect of the movie. It seemed like it was there only for comic relief when the movie really didn't need (that much) comic relief. ...the movie should've been PG-13. The books at this point aren't for little kids (J.K. was not writing them for little children at this point) and the movies shouldn’t be for little kids either. (If The Deathly Hallows isn’t at least PG-13 they will definitely lose something.) …They left out “Weasley is Our King” (Yeah I know, its not that big of a deal but they had the opportunity to put it in but left it out for some reason). Things I like about the movie... ...The movie followed the plot of the book (just about) spot on. ...Loved the cave sequence (I almost lol'ed at the army of gollums coming out of the water). ...awesome special effects. ...great acting especially from Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). (Although I thought Harry would be...ya know...angry after Draco broke his nose and left him on the train...go figure…)

It could have been alot better! It seemed to skip and not ever really get into detail, they focused way to much on the little stuff that had no meaning, I mean, I was hoping for the long thrilling action packed part of the movie, and for most of it all I got was the little gitty things, to me they should have had at least 30 more min in depth in the most important parts! It seemed a touch and go the whole time. Someone who hadnt read the books would be like, what? Please next movie, I want a heart racer with much , much more,anticipation.

@ 88, you're right on the dot to how i feel. i was mostly disappointed with the harry/ginny kiss scene. i mean honestly, wtf was that? and why didn't harry get a detention for what he did to malfoy? dumb dumb dumb. did the script writer even read the sodding book?

I was very disappointed with this film. I am a huge fan of both the books and movies, but I think David Yates by far was the worst director of the serious and now we are stuck with him for last 2 installments. He changes way too much of the original story that is already a GREAT story. He did this with the Order of the Phoenix a little but the Half Blood Prince might as well been a completly different story. Lavendar Brown got WAY too much screen time and Harry and Ginny got none. I think their romance was more important then the insignificant romance between Ron and Lavendar. He left very important information out, I mean he could of at least added the fight scence at the end like they had in the book, if he had done that I might of been able to overlook the nonsense he added throughout the rest of the story, not to mention completly leaving out the funeral. Very disappointed and I'm not even sure I want to see the last 2 installments in theatres..I might just wait to see them when they are released on DVD. VERY DISAPPOINTED!!!! I just can't even put into words how disappointed I was with this movie. I actually laughed when they all stood there with their wands lit in the air, I mean come on that's suppose to replace the emotions felt during the funeral, not to mention the fact the Harry actually breaks up with Ginny in an attempt to save her from Voldemort. I don't know I'm just very upset!

An episode of Dawson's Creek, that was perfect. Lots of uncomfortable teenage, coming of age pieces included here, and the director was clearly intent on capturing all the confusion that the main 3's age experiences. The story as a whole was very one dimensional, it was all about Harry. Sure, it is called Harry Potter.... but what has always been interesting to me as a reader is the other sub plots and secondary character development. Further, I was aghast when I looked at my watch and realized that they were intending to cram the cave and Dumbledore's death into a 10-15 minute window! Seriously, the death of Dumbledore gets crammed into the end almost like they just needed to get it in there. Also, and perhaps this is due to reading the book and knowing the ending, but I really wanted to hate Snape more and I just couldn't. I guess the battle that was covered in the book when the Death Eaters entered the castle just wasn't worth showing, I heartily think that was a pisser of a decision. So will Charlie be a werewolf? I also was looking forward to watching Hagrid charge across the lawn, getting hit with spells, and not being slowed down a bit, but alas, I just got more snogging. The only bright part was they spared us the overly indulgent funeral of Dumbledore but even that in the book left the reader wondering if perhaps Dumbledore was really dead! Too much cut out, too many storylines left unexplored, too high of expectations set by a brilliant book.

Best movie ever! Who needs to really understand the relevance of Snape, or Horcruxes, and who cares that there was a huge battle at the end and that JK wanted us to wonder if Dumbledore was still alive...all poppycock. Kudos to the director for flipping the bird to the readers.

Alara, it was Bill not Charlie. Learn how to read.

To all of you Potter Heads (I'm one too), I agree with all the comments stating the movie was good -wouldn't have missed it for the world - but VERY disappointed. Critical scenes not present - no emotion evoking anything! And what's the deal with how the inside of Hogwarts just didn't look like Hogwarts? And the Burrow, how did it get in the middle of a corn field? Not the Burrow we all know and love.. I admit I did get misty eyed at the end of the movie - only because I knew what I was supposed to be feeling, but just wasn't.

Well I really liked "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". But it being rated PG instead of PG-13 like the 4th and 5th film made all the difference. There was a little more comedy, but the most of the story lacked. I thought it was more of an introduction to Deathly Hallows. Since the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" film will be split into two films,(Part A and Part B) I thought HP6 was okay, since most of the story will be in Deathly Hallows. The cast got to show their true colors by actually acting and playing the roles of their characters and not letting special effects do all the work. I'm really excited for "Harry Potter and the Deathly-Hallows" and expect way more from it than any of the "Harry Potter" movies. Check out my Blog at rsoe.blogspot.com

seems like some people are disappointed in harry potter...when will people realize that no earthly movie will live up to our imaginative rendering of these great books...quit complaining and be happy that there is at least some physical interpretation of Rowlings publication...

it's not good movie . what i was expecting from it, it does't deliver that.lots more could be done in this movie.it fails to carryout the emotion of one when headmaster got dead. horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

I feel true disappointment with this film. I was looking forward to all of the great things that the Half Blood prince had to offer. I understand that you are not going to get everything from the book onto the screen but try to keep it as true as you can. The whole start of the film was a mess. There was no climax leading up to the battle with in Hogwarts that led to the Headmasters death. There was no real look into Tom Riddles past. They didn't even explain how Dumbledore obtained the ring. I was looking forward to seeing the memories and seeing that come alive on the screen. There was no look at how Harry tailed Draco through out the film to try and catch him. There was no real look into the new characters that popped up on the screen. What about Bill's big scene in the hospital? I feel like this film was a true let down. I don't blame the director alone for this but the writers as well. The actors were great, they have grown through out the films. The movie scenes were clear and beautiful yes but I would much rather pay to see a movie based on the book and stick to the actual story line than add all of this extra garbage that was not needed.

What a horrible movie this is and American media is all over it praising only the cinematography..the screenplay writer needs to be fired, the editor needs to be fired, the producer, David Heyman should learn to stick more to the book and Chris Columbus should be brought back. I just can't imagine how Jo Rowling allows doing this injustice to her books, when in fact she gets to see the film beforehand through its making and surely has a say in every scene shot. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is all about discovering the Dark Lord and why he turned dark, it's about exploring the special relationship Harry and Albus Dumbledore have, it's about the mysterious half-blood prince and leaving us angry about Snape, it's about HOGWARDS f***ing damnit and the serious atmosphere at Hogwarts as we approach the final battle, (instead everyone is shown in their own world in the movie). HP6 is about the special lessons Dumbledore gives Harry and their O.W.L.s, and how they learn to apparate & disapparate; where is the vampire at Slughorn's party? Where is Fenrir Greyback. Much of Hogwarts classes and atmosphere which was covered brilliantly in the first 4 movies is lost. This film should be re-made. I'm fine with watching another movie 6 and the 2-part movie 7. This movie is an abomination to the book (the acting is superb, special effects and cinematography is excellent). Music is poor, and missing Hedwig's theme at the opening. O is this what David's team has done (a very lousy job) to the wonderful books? As a Harry Potter fan, I've every right to expect the movies to stick to the book and to expect them to be based on the book. This is so loosely based on the book and takes too many WTF liberties (Harry flirting with the Muggle waitress? WTF? Dumbledore asking Harry about his shave WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! at an extremely inappropriate time, dropping so many characters and Snape already sort of giving away that he's on the positive side by telling Harry to remain silent instead of coldly arriving there and killing Dumbledore. O what non-sense this film is. Technically perfect but soul-less, it left me totally dissatisfied and wanting for more at the end, constantly feeling this is it? Book 6 was THE dark book about the DARK LORD, it was my favorite for the coverage Voldemort, Harry, Dumbledore and the dark magic and horcruxes get. The dark magic is missing from movie 6, all we get is constantly smogging teenagers who seem more concerned about their love life than their safety and threat to their lives. Why does Lavendar Brown get more screentime than Severus Snape, Remus Lupin or the Weasleys?

I fell asleep in the middle of the movie. Guess there was less thrills here compared to the last installments. Plus the ending is very predictable.

Say what you will, it was the most accurate movie to the books since the first one. There was the Burrow incident, but other than that Good job.

Disappointing for someone who loves the books and as a Youth Services Librarian believes in the power of reading. When the name of the movie is the Half Blood Prince, and someone who didn't read the book leaves the theater and has to ask: how is Snape the Half Blood Prince?, the movie has left out a crucial detail. When a movie leaves out whole important scenes, especially about the villain of the whole series, and charaters, there is a problem with the writing and adaption. 107, 109 and 110 make great points. If JK felt the battle was important to the book, why leave it out? The feel of the book for me is not in this movie. There are great performances, fine cinematography, but I am left fearing what the next two movies will leave out and wondering whether I should bother seeing them. I don't want to be this disappointed again.

I totally agree with #28. The important parts of the book which should have been explained were not. I do know they have to cut out scenes, that is fine otherwise you have an 8 hour long movie, and not everything is relevant in a book, but why add scenes that were never in it to begin with? Throughout the entire movie I almost screamed at the top of my lungs WHAT?!@$%# WAS THIS? One it was not in the book and two not even relevant. Explain more about tom riddle's. More about the memories and the horcruxes. The battle scene and the funeral. Rather than turn it into a cheesy teen movie and put so much emphasis on romances at hogwarts. Yes there are romances: harry/ginny and ron/hermione, but I think and yes this is just my opinion, too much emphasis was put on this and not enough on the main plot of the books. No I never took a film class but this is the very first time where I find myself so disappointed about a series that I love more than anything in the world. Almost made me want to cry. I am not saying I hated everything. I loved that they showed that it is also affecting the muggle world not only the wizarding world. But is it just me or they failed to introduced rufus scrimgeour's character as he was in the books and I think a little relevant perhaps not as important as the horcruxes or riddle or the main battle at hogwarts. Speaking of the "added" Burrow burning scene... I read the book and re-read it before going to see the movie and the burrow burning scene was when they were away from hogwarts for christmas right unless I missed something? From what I read there was no such thing that happened for one thing and second, rufus scrimgeour shows up with percy, pretending that percy missed his family but it was scrimgeour trying to get harry on the ministry of magic side. Again perhaps not as important as the horcruxes or the main hogwarts battle but at least IT IS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. As I read some comments, perhaps 30 minutes of the film was true to the movie the rest seemed like they made it up thinking it would be better, to me, again only my opinion, it was not better. At the beginning you hear draco as a task to complete from voldermort and he bothers to get the vanishing cabinets to get the death eaters into hogwarts and what happens when a lot of us expected the climax to be this great battle scene, they cut most of it to possibly make room for the teenage lovey dovey crap. As I said I feel really sad right now, it is the very first time that I felt so disappointed about my ultimate favourite book and movie serie. That they cut most import things to give too much, in my opinion, precedence to the teenage lovey dovey stuff. I do agree with the people on here saying harry potter isn't about being a simplistic little comedy or teenage movie with relationships and teenage hormones. A little of it, I wouldn't have minded as it was int he movie but in my opinion again, they could have cut some of those scene to give more importance to the main plot of this book. Hate me if you wish for saying this, but that is only my opinion, I respect anyone's opinion of the film. I mean I saw a lot of people laugh and perhaps enjoy this movie greatly, but my guess is they hadn't read the books. I don't expect movies to be EXACTLY word for word like the book, but at least take the time to read and re-read the books if you are writing the script to make sure you are grasping the most important parts of the story. True the books and movies were originally intended for kids but as the fan based grew and more and more adults started to read them and show interests, the series got darker and I am afraid with this film, I think it was a step down. And One thing that so bothered me is when dumbledore says to harry out of the blue "harry you need a shave" or something like that. Why was this relevant? Did they just want to make this film into a light comedy. It would be appropriate in a starring steve carrell (like in 40 year old virgin), the guy is funny. But I am sorry, I don't agree with turning harry potter into some type of comedy, teen drama thingy. if you want to see teenage love stories and drama you can see the miley cyrus movie or anything of the sort. But that isn't how harry potter was meant to be at least in my opinion. I didn't mind the scenes they allowed for that in goblet of fire, but it did not take up most of the movie. In half blood prince all I remember from this movie is the stupid bimbo that was lavender brown with her idiotic line "WON WON" . Yes that was in the books but could have been toned down a little to allow more time for the memories and dumbledore to explain the horcruxes a little more, or the battle scene to actually be a battle scene, etc. All in all I loved some things in this movie, but was quite disappointed, not what I expected. And It makes me sad.

okay. did noone see Harry pick up the ELDER WAND from Dumbledore's desk???? WHY WOULD HE DO THAT?

@117 - Stop comparing the movie to your precious book. It's your own fault for reading the book before going to see the movie. Did you really expect to not watch the movie picking at every missed detail? You sound so ridiculous! Rambling about how much they ruined your favorite series. Go hang yourself! So they missed a few details and cut some things short... it doesn't make it a bad movie. Your comments are so ignorant. Who cares if Dumbledore tells Harry he needs to shave? I bet you are the same idiot who got upset that Harry was in a diner talking to the black girl. WHAT RELEVANCE?! It's ignorant people like you that get ppl to not see movies cause you tear movies up when you review them forgetting that they are just there for entertainment.

i stopped reading the series after the 4th book (too childish for my tastes) but decided to check out what potter was up to in his newest flick. i had no clue what was going on. i sat there at the end wondering...wtf did i just watch? for a big budget/hype movie, this sucked. the love stories are largely undeveloped and the characters just dont have any chemistry...but they are kinda limited as they cant recast. if you havent seen it, wait till the next one comes out and watch it together. maybe it will make some sense. or just read the book as it seems most think its better.

i read the book(about 3 years ago), and seen the movie. I am very dissapointed with the movie. There was no back story of how dumbldore got the ring, from voldermont's mother. And no funeral for dumbledore. My guess, because the are splitting the last book into 2 movies(which i think is a bad idea), these sceens from 'thbp' , will be shown in 'tdh'. my guess is the whole production team, only looked at the cover of 'thbp'.

did anyone think that leaving out the part where he finds out that snape was the one who took the prophecy back to voldemort important. the part where trelawney gets thrown out of the room of requirement while harry is on his way up to dumbledores office and she says that she heard someone whooping, [which was malfoy]. what about the part where he gives the felix potion to ron and hermione and ginny to keep the safe while he is the one that faces the real danger. they left out the gaunt memory completely, also the memory where riddle takes the treasure from the old woman and the one where he asks dumbledore for a job. how the hell is harry going to even know where to start finding horcruxes if dumbledore has not explained riddle's mentality and how he collects trophies?

When you leave the theater, you feel sort of disappointed. Th movie was a bit dull and thye should have cut the romance scenes. The cave scene was awesome in my opinion. It would have been nice to see the battle at the end of the movie. Basically this movie is set up for the next one. I don't see why the PG rating was an issue. Prisoner of Azkaban was also rated PG and was a good film.

I hated it it was boring and not attention grabbing if you ask me i say she should have combined half blooded prince and deathly hallows..I mean she could have summed half blooded prince in an hour, then spent another two and a half hours doing the last book it wold have been way more interesting....

#51 Why the HELL did you have to give that away!! I have been holding on to Deathly Hollows like a fine bottle of wine. How dare you even speak about ANYTHING from the next installment? This is a review about Half Blood Prince, not Deathly Hollows. Screw you and GFY!! As per the movie, and nothing about anything outside of the movie, I was pissed about the battle being left out, the addition of the burrow getting destroyed (WHY!!!!???), and Harry not being under a spell when Dumbledore died. Those are HUGE changes to the book. Yes, books get adapted, but books get made into a movie for a reason. They are good on their own. You adapt a movie to fit 650 pages into a two hour movie, so things are usually left out. But changing such important things is just absurd. Looking forward to reading the next (and last, sniff sniff) and watching the last two films (bring back Cuaron!!)

Simply put this movie (like every other movie in the series) does not do the book justice what so ever. Voldemorts past experiences and memories are left out, the sequence to dumbledores death is incorrect, plus tons of other aspects I can not remember off the top of my head. I read the 6th book the first day it came out and have not touched it since so I can not elaborate as my memory is foggy. I do remember the book had a much more serious shock to the ending however.