Harry in Love
There is a little bit of magic in the air.
The sixth film in the Harry Potter series, otherwise known as the Half-Blood Prince, gathers where it leaves before and makes great strides in character development and drama between the characters. It is the most elaborate portrayal of the people who populate the Harry Potter movie. Fans should be delighted in this one. The casual viewers may begin to understand why fans love the softly spoken and fragile characters who attend the sorcerer school.
It is true that much of the humor in the ongoing film series has disappeared much like one of Potters' own magic tricks. But, instead, we are getting a witty exchange between the major characters who many have come to know and love. There are some very good moments in the film as romance begins to sprout between the teenagers who are discovering the more tender side of life.
The smothering of kisses and awkward glances decorate the film scenes as it is taking place in a real life high school. The children of the school are fast growing up. They are beginning to have feelings for each other.
One of the brighter moments is Harry's friend Ron's enraged brotherly touches when he finds out his sister has a crush on someone. He is more deeply disturbed when he finds out the blossoming romance between his sister and Harry himself. And he intervenes in a very clumsy fashion.
Not only that, the love triangle explodes when Hermione Granger (always played well by Emma Watson) develops her own cravings for Ron, a teenager crush. And he becomes very jealous when he finds that he has a girlfriend and becomes upset with this process. Love is a very dangerous. It's handled deftly and beautifully, with a great humor, as she nearly assassinates Ron with several birds that strike at him like a storm. There's enough humor in the film to counter the coming darkness that would surely erupt soon.
It is almost as if the filmmakers know the most toughest and darkest film is just around the corner. So they're giving up a little more lighthearted entry into the film series in hopes of getting many people relaxed, putting them into a comfort zone. This is only the second to last film to be made.
Much of the humor is made by the always welcomed actor Jim Broadbent who plays Horace Slughorn who is a potions instructor. Where many of the love potions are derived from. He is a great actor to watch and you may have seen him before playing Indiana Jones scholarly colleague in the fourth Indy movie. Here Broadbent provides just enough comic timing to set his character apart from the others. He offers a kind of old fashioned, daffy character who is lovable, but his own side of the story is perhaps one of the most tragic... he hides some of the most key elements to the series. He is one of the best characters yet.
Noted are the acting abilities of the three main characters who clearly know how to reflect off each other. They know each others' weaknesses and strengths. They are like the pieces of the puzzle. With one piece missing, the entire puzzle would be in ruins. They are a perfect assembly of actors. The beautiful comedy part given to Daniel Radcliffe as he plays Harry as a happy-go-lucky guy is one of the film highlights when he points out about the dead spider's pinchers. It's extremely funny.
But it is like a theater of comedies that is turning into a flood of darkness. One of the best things in the film is the young boy who plays Tom Riddle, later to become Lord Vordemort, as he is actually the real-life nephew of Ralph Finnies. So there is a great amount of silimiarities between the actors due to family heritage. It's a very good movement on the casting front.
Right from the very start of the film, you do see how relationships are worked into the story. When the one restaurant waitress was almost picked up by Harry as a date. And then you dig deeper into the world of love stories that makes this film. There's an enthusiastic youthfulness about feelings and emotions. And it gives good acting opportunities for the younger members of the group to perform.
But it's not all light and dreamy as the film hurls into one of the more darker endings of any of the film series. The shock is made greater because of the film's developing of a love story for the past two hours. Then finally the film takes you by the hand and leads you into a dark place. One of the film's major characters is killed off. I'm not going to tell you who. You'll have to find out for yourself.
But Harry Potter is left on his own now to carry the fight by himself. With the help of his two best friends. He gives up his love for Ron's sister. A great sacrifice. It is becoming a personal story for Harry who must grow up far too fast. He is no longer childlike boy who first appeared to the Hogwarts school filled with optimism. Now he is an older boy who must carry the world on his shoulders. And everyone in the audience can feel his pain in doing so.
The sixth film in the Harry Potter series, otherwise known as the Half-Blood Prince, gathers where it leaves before and makes great strides in character development and drama between the characters. It is the most elaborate portrayal of the people who populate the Harry Potter movie. Fans should be delighted in this one. The casual viewers may begin to understand why fans love the softly spoken and fragile characters who attend the sorcerer school.
It is true that much of the humor in the ongoing film series has disappeared much like one of Potters' own magic tricks. But, instead, we are getting a witty exchange between the major characters who many have come to know and love. There are some very good moments in the film as romance begins to sprout between the teenagers who are discovering the more tender side of life.
The smothering of kisses and awkward glances decorate the film scenes as it is taking place in a real life high school. The children of the school are fast growing up. They are beginning to have feelings for each other.
One of the brighter moments is Harry's friend Ron's enraged brotherly touches when he finds out his sister has a crush on someone. He is more deeply disturbed when he finds out the blossoming romance between his sister and Harry himself. And he intervenes in a very clumsy fashion.
Not only that, the love triangle explodes when Hermione Granger (always played well by Emma Watson) develops her own cravings for Ron, a teenager crush. And he becomes very jealous when he finds that he has a girlfriend and becomes upset with this process. Love is a very dangerous. It's handled deftly and beautifully, with a great humor, as she nearly assassinates Ron with several birds that strike at him like a storm. There's enough humor in the film to counter the coming darkness that would surely erupt soon.
It is almost as if the filmmakers know the most toughest and darkest film is just around the corner. So they're giving up a little more lighthearted entry into the film series in hopes of getting many people relaxed, putting them into a comfort zone. This is only the second to last film to be made.
Much of the humor is made by the always welcomed actor Jim Broadbent who plays Horace Slughorn who is a potions instructor. Where many of the love potions are derived from. He is a great actor to watch and you may have seen him before playing Indiana Jones scholarly colleague in the fourth Indy movie. Here Broadbent provides just enough comic timing to set his character apart from the others. He offers a kind of old fashioned, daffy character who is lovable, but his own side of the story is perhaps one of the most tragic... he hides some of the most key elements to the series. He is one of the best characters yet.
Noted are the acting abilities of the three main characters who clearly know how to reflect off each other. They know each others' weaknesses and strengths. They are like the pieces of the puzzle. With one piece missing, the entire puzzle would be in ruins. They are a perfect assembly of actors. The beautiful comedy part given to Daniel Radcliffe as he plays Harry as a happy-go-lucky guy is one of the film highlights when he points out about the dead spider's pinchers. It's extremely funny.
But it is like a theater of comedies that is turning into a flood of darkness. One of the best things in the film is the young boy who plays Tom Riddle, later to become Lord Vordemort, as he is actually the real-life nephew of Ralph Finnies. So there is a great amount of silimiarities between the actors due to family heritage. It's a very good movement on the casting front.
Right from the very start of the film, you do see how relationships are worked into the story. When the one restaurant waitress was almost picked up by Harry as a date. And then you dig deeper into the world of love stories that makes this film. There's an enthusiastic youthfulness about feelings and emotions. And it gives good acting opportunities for the younger members of the group to perform.
But it's not all light and dreamy as the film hurls into one of the more darker endings of any of the film series. The shock is made greater because of the film's developing of a love story for the past two hours. Then finally the film takes you by the hand and leads you into a dark place. One of the film's major characters is killed off. I'm not going to tell you who. You'll have to find out for yourself.
But Harry Potter is left on his own now to carry the fight by himself. With the help of his two best friends. He gives up his love for Ron's sister. A great sacrifice. It is becoming a personal story for Harry who must grow up far too fast. He is no longer childlike boy who first appeared to the Hogwarts school filled with optimism. Now he is an older boy who must carry the world on his shoulders. And everyone in the audience can feel his pain in doing so.
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