Meanwhile, the visuals, even with the grey lighting, look grand, particularly during the pensive flashbacks or the underwater sequence in Harry and Dumbledore’s horcrux hunt. That is not to say it does not get the blood pumping and heart pounding: the cast do fine and the action looks good despite some narrative hiccups. Whatever it may be, fans had felt its emotional impact was muted compared to prior deaths in the series, such as Cedric Diggory in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Maybe the hype had been too great, maybe Yates and Kloves should have included the funeral scene.
Yet in the film it came off as rather perfunctory. Still, its most infamous dark element was its ending: above all Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’s twists and turns, it was the end of Dumbledore that made it stand out. It is more fitting for the Highland setting, though it might make viewers check their brightness/contrast settings. That in mind, Warner Bros Studios had asked Yates to add more color to the film, but he did not want to lose the “very European” look. There are relationship troubles, near-death experiences, a poisoning attempt, and lots of desaturated colors. Not that there is much to laugh about, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince goes for a darker tone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince still.
Grint has a little less to do as Ron, though he manages to inject some levity into proceedings with his funnier scenes. Be it Watson’s Hermione and Felton’s Draco having more conflicting feelings, or Radcliffe’s Harry being more quippy. The central characters’ actors gradually improved with each film to where they get to express complex emotions more effectively here than before. Luckily the now-elder cast do better than their debuts. Child actors can only do so much before getting too old for the roles and that is why Dillane took over the Teen Voldemort role from 2002’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ Christian Coulson ( The Hours 2002, I Am Nasrine 2012). The film also focused more on young Tom Riddle, aka Voldemort (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin: Private Peaceful 2012, After 2019) than his teen counterpart (Frank Dillane: Sense8 series, Fear the Walking Dead series) during flashbacks. There are more pyrotechnics, though there is not as much drama. Though certain excisions, such as the usual intro with the Dursleys, or the ‘prophecy vs determination’ talk, take something away from the film.
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The Potter film series in general punched up the action scenes, while expanding certain roles at the price of others not everything could make the cut or each film would be as long as 1982’s Gandhi. Provided Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton: Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2011, The Flash series) and Bellatrix LeStrange (Helena Bonham-Carter: Fight Club 1999, Alice in Wonderland 2010) do not stop them first. If he and Dumbledore could discover just what that art was, they could put an end to him once and for all. Yet neither he, nor friends Ron (Rupert Grint: Snatch series, The ABC Murders mini-series) and Hermione (Emma Watson: The Bling Ring 2013, Beauty and the Beast 2017) can figure out who The Half-Blood Prince refers to.įortunately, thanks to some help from Dumbledore (Michael Gambon: Gosford Park 2001, Fortitude series), Harry discovers that a young Voldemort had learned a new Dark Art in the past. While trying to get through Potions class, he comes across a book listed as belonging to The Half-Blood Prince. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe: The Woman in Black 2012, Horns 2013) starts his sixth year at Hogwarts despite the rise of the Death-Eaters. Additionally, it helped the film that original Potter Screenwriter Steve Kloves ( Those Fabulous Baker Boys 1989, Wonder Boys 2000) came back after skipping Order of the Phoenix, thus making the story more interesting. © Warner Bros.Ī follow-up to 2007’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, David Yates ( The Girl in the Café 2005, Tyrant 2014) once again returned to the director’s chair, a place he would remain through 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and beyond. H arry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince still.