I was very fortunate to be able to watch Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince first thing this morning (the day before the worldwide release). I have been waiting for the sequal for quite some time and was not disappointed with the overall movie. However, like last sneak preview, this one also had its flaws (although I couldn’t really come up with the full complement of ten).
- My biggest regret was the fact that due to great editing and limited time there were many terriffic scenes from the book that were omitted entirely.
- Replacing Michael Gabon for worst overplayed role is Ron Ron’s sweetheart Lavendar Brown way OVERplayed by Jessie Cave. You get the feeling that someone who wanted more told her that “you can’t posibly overplay your love for Ron”…unfortunately, they were wrong.
- “Mumbling” Draco Malfoy, played by Tom Felton. While Tom does a decent job as an actor, his accent, combined with him talking much too quickly makes it so you can’t understand half of his lines. Fortunately, it was only a total of 4 sentences.
- Not enough Nymphadora Tonks. Natalia Tena was only in one scend in the entire show, barely enough to get a speaking part and refresh her memebership in SAG.
- The wait between movies was too long.
- From the “what were they thinking” category, I can’t believe that they made poor Neville Longbottom a waiter. He goes from hero at the ministry to waiter at the Slug Club. Maybe Matthew Lewis needed to keep his SAG membership as well so they tossed him another line of dialog. Regardless, it was a poor decision for a character that was just beginning to shine.
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