Harry Potter and the Half Baked Prince

WARNING!!! HARRY POTTER MOVIE SPOILERS!!!



Okay, so yesterday I saw the Half Blood Prince...

I couldn't possibly describe how much they messed up. It wasn't a magical movie with a little bit
of romance. It was a romance movie with a little bit of magic! There was way, way too much
lovey-dovey, mushy, gross stuff, a lot of it which wasn't in the book at all. Some things I understand, like how they had to get Harry and Ginny together in the Room of Requirement.
The book's way would have taken too long. Although effective in showing Harry's... ahem...
longing for her, he and Ginny didn't have such prominent run-ins.

Plus, Hermione never liked McLaggen in the book. Harry, Ron, and Hermione
ABSOLUTELY did NOT climb Borgin and Burke to spy on Malfoy. Ginny, until they
finally did get together, showed no obvious signs of feelings for Harry in the book.
The Burrow was NOT attacked by the Death Eaters! I don't even know where they got that
idea... -.-'
And why was Harry in a cafe when he first showed up? Hitting on some waitress? Was this in
some hidden never-before-seen edition of HBP that I've never heard of? Or maybe some
invisible print in the original printed versions?
No?
Then what the heck was he doing?! What were the movie makers doing?! This book is not
like others! It's beyond other books! So they don't have to dumb down HP on the big screen!
On a last bad thought, it felt like a "Best of Harry Potter" vid; it was so abrupt in scene changes.

On the good side of this, Sir Michael Gambon truly disappeared into the Dumbledore role
in this movie. The effects were swingin'. The scene with Katie Bell was amazing. The Quidditch matches were awesome! I'm glad they didn't change the music too much this time; they
pulled that a lot in the last movies.

If I were a movie reviewer (which I'm not and I don't own anything from HP in anyway), I'd give this movie...

A 5/10... Yeah, it wasn't bad... but it wasn't that good either. They messed up.

Later.