Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)


 Director: David Yates

Producers: David Heyman, David Barron

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) Rupert Grint (Ron) Emma Watson (Hermione)

The wizarding world is on fire! Death Eaters kidnap famed wand-maker Garrick Ollivander and destroy the Millennium Bridge in London. Later, Death Eaters Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange visit Potions Professor Severus Snape in his house, where Narcissa forces Snape to make an Unbreakable Vow to protect Draco Malfoy (Narcissa’s son) from any harm and fulfil his assignment of killing Albus Dumbledore if Draco fails to do so.

Harry Potter accompanies Dumbledore to persuade former Potions Professor Horace Slughorn to return to his former duty as Potions Master. Slughorn reluctantly agrees to that. Harry goes to visit the Weasleys, where he meets Ron and Hermione. They talk a bit about Dumbledore and then they leave for Diagon Alley in London, only to find it deserted with the only sign of life being near the joke shop Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes run by Ron’s older twin brothers Fred and George Weasley. Harry observes Malfoy going to Knockturn Alley which makes Harry suspicious about Voldemort recruiting Draco as a Death Eater. Back at Hogwarts, Harry borrows a sixth-year potion book belonging to the mysterious ‘half-blood prince’, which helps him excel in class and win a Liquid Luck potion. Want to know more? Watch the movie!

Alan Rickman’s deep voice was perfect for the role of Severus Snape. Draco’s scene in the room of requirement was quite nice. His discovery of the vanishing cabinet in the Room of Requirement which has a connection to another one in Knockturn Alley is amazing and also… bad. That allowed the Death Eaters to infiltrate Hogwarts and take over it. Did you know that the line ‘You dare use my own spells against me, Potter?’ is meme gold? It is the most popular one after the Hogwarts Express one from Chamber of Secrets. No flaws, except that a major battle, the Battle of the Astronomy Tower was nearly cut out.

I wholeheartedly recommend this movie because:

1.       The movie acting is astonishing.

2.       The movie’s screenplay is incredible.

3.       The darkness that was intensified everywhere, settling the darkness for the final films, was mindblowing.

4.       Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes, providing a little laugh, was a great change in atmosphere was very, very silly.

5.       Overall, THIS MOVIE IS MINDBLOWING (and dark)!

 

 

                                                                                

 

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