Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (DVD)

I have been a fan of the Harry Potter series ever since I watched the first film a number of years ago. Since then, I have anxiously awaited not only the books hitting the shelves, but also the films hitting the big screen. Yesterday, my wife and I went to watch the sixth of a potential 8 Harry Potter films, and Harry's penultimate year at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth film and book of the series, and sees Harry enter his sixth year at Hogwarts. Since he first realised that he was a wizard, and indeed one destined to be the 'chosen one' to rid them of the evil of the darkest wizard ever Lord ...  Read the complete review

I have been awaiting the arrival of this film since the release of its predecessor "Order of the Phoenix" two years ago now. It was delayed last year because of the overflow of blockbusters, but finally made it to UK cinema screens on 15th July 2009. I eagerly booked my tickets, and debated whether or not to reread the book before I went to see it. I decided not to because I knew I would just sit there and pick holes in what they've missed out of the book and it would ruin my enjoyment of it. My other half and I sat down in our comfy cinema seats (no really, they were comfy!) and looked forward to nearly three hours of brilliant cinematic ...  Read the complete review

Once again, the Harry Potter hype machine promised us that this would be the darkest year yet at Hogwarts. And, once again, everyone was too polite to point out that they've been saying this since _Chamber of Secrets_ came out several years ago... But there was a great deal of expectation surrounding this sixth film, based on the penultimate book in J K Rowling's seven volume epic of magical larks in wizardland. So how does it measure up? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter is not a happy boy-wonder-genius-action wizard when we meet him in a railway station cafe. He's still sad about the death of the character at the end of the ...  Read the complete review

I've read some of the Harry Potter books in the interests of keeping up to date with children's fiction. However, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is where I stopped. After reading about a third of the book I decided it sorely needed some ruthless editing and life was just too short to wade through any more. I decided to wait for the film to find out what happened in the end. As in all the Harry Potter stories the film begins with the end of the summer holidays. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is becoming very interested in girls and he's just set himself up with a date when he is magically whisked away by Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) the Hogwarts headmaster. ...  Read the complete review

I went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last Saturday with my little sister. I didn't want to go but my sister was dying to watch it so I took her. I used to absolutely love Harry Potter but as I got older I grew out of it. As we got into the cinema I was ready to watch what I thought would be a boring film, but I was so wrong! The film was actually excellent. - The Film Itself. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was supposed to come to the UK last year, but because of the overflow of Blockbusters it was delayed a whole year. It finally came to the cinemas on 15th July 2009. As soon as it came out in cinemas floods of people were ...  Read the complete review