Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince SE (2-Disc) (DVD)

Liked the movie

The movie starts with Harry about to get a date. Then, out of no where Dumbledore shows up. (apparition anyone) He tells Harry that he needs him. He needs him to visit some one, an old teacher. Dumbledore wants him to teach but the teacher always says no. After Harry talking to him by himself (Dumbledore goes to the bathroom) the teacher still says no. Then though he decides to do it. So, now Hogwarts has a new teacher. The teacher knew Voldemort when he attended Hogwarts. Harry finds this out when Dumbledore takes a vile with a memory of his and dumps it in some water. Harry puts his face in and sees the memory. Dumbledore though, says it is a false memory. He asks Harry to find out more about the teacher.The second part of the story involves a school book that Harry got. It says Half Blood Prince. The book has things written inside that help Harry with his spells. So much so that even Hermione can't keep up. So, Harry tries to figure out who the Half Blood Prince was. Turns out that it may be a teacher that is at Hogwarts. One which Harry may not get along with. So, this person in with whom Harry can't talk to may be helping him out.Another part of the story, which ads humor, is the romance. Ron has a girl who likes him very much. Hermione may have a problem with this girl. Ron keeps things going with her, always telling Harry about things they do together. Poor Hermione is there as well. She gets a little stressed and emotional when she hears him talking. Something happens to Ron. He is asleep in the hospital. Harry and Hermione are standing by his side as well as some others and the girlfriend shows up. After Hermione and her share some words they hear Ron saying something. I will not say what it is. But the girlfriend leaves. Angry and hurt. While Hermione remains, with a little added happiness. Also, Harry starts to see Genie as something he could like. She already seems to feel this way about harry. So, what will happen with the two couples of friends?Then, there is something strange. Something that is given to a student. By someone Harry and his friends know. Malfoy! The item is a necklace. When the girl it is given to touches it, she almost dies. They are able to save her, but she can not remember who gave her the necklace. Harry figures it out. Dumbledore tells Harry that the item given to the girl is something very dangerous. Turns out that the item has something to do with the memory that the teacher has. The one Harry viewed in which Dumbledore told him was a false memory. Harry has to convince the new teacher to let him see the real memory. He does so and finds out that the necklace was a horcrux. An item that lets someone break their should into parts. Each part is out into an item and hidden. Turns out Voldemort has do this. Seven times! Harry and Dumbledore decide that they have to find them. For if they do it will help with the defeat of Voldemort. Harry and Dumbledore find a place that has one of the pieces of soul. They go to get it. Before they do, Dumbledore tells Harry that he must listen to everything he says. If he says run, run. If he says leave him their, leave him their. If Dumbledore screams in pain to stop, then Harry must force him to continue. Well, something big happens. I don't want to give it away though, so you will have to watch and see.In then end Harry tells Ron and Hermione that he cannot go back to school. He has to find the Horcrux that Dumbledore and he started looking for. Hermione tells him that sometimes, though brave, can be thick. She tells him that they will all three go and look. Thus the movie ends. The movie flew by. It was more serious than any of the Potter movies. In my opinion that is. You really feel like you have been there with them through it all. They do a great job of making the characters feel like they grow with you. It was all great and I can't wait to buy the DVD.

Harry potter’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day! Or, HBP.In my humble opinion, one of the best of the 8 films.

First off, I gave it 4 stars because compared to the other movies, it was closest to the book, even if they did do some stupid changes to it. Plus, I love Harry Potter, and am a HUGE fan of all books and movies. However, the reasons below are why it did not get 5 stars.ATTENTION!!! SPOILERS AHEAD!!!I have to agree, that there were many things about this movie that was really, really disappointing. The scenes left out, most disappointing, can we get a movie that at least sticks to the books entirely? The scenes added...burning the Burrow down, honestly, what the hell was the person who thought that up smoking? It leaves so many open questions as to how well they are going to do the next two movies.The pensive/Dumbledore's lessons were not given enough time. In the seventh book, the pensive plays an important role in how Harry comes to realize Severus Snape was really on his side, and truly had cared for his mother, which plays a role in the final fight against Voldemort. Not to mention, showing Harry the reasons why Dumbledore did what he did.Burning down of the Burrow means that they are either NOT going to show the scene where they get Harry from the Dursley's to the Burrow, or they are going to change it. Plus, they will either change or leave out the wedding, which means they will need to change how they show that the ministry has fallen. In turn, that means changing most of the facts from the movie, including how the death eaters catch Harry, Ron and Hermione, since saying "Lord Voldemort" made the enchantments break due to the death eaters in the ministry making it so. Not to mention Rufus Scrimgeour (minister of magic) dying and to Harry's surprise, protecting him and not revealing his whereabouts. How in the world are they going to have anything at the Burrow with it burnt down? And if they are going to have the Burrow in the next movie, it means an unnecessary scene of explaining how the damn thing is still there, which they will HAVE to do since putting that scene in. It was entirely unnecessary to have the Burrow burn down, even if they did have the death eaters show up there.... Oh, and at the wedding is when we are first introduced to the deathly hallows, the sign on Xenophilius Lovegood's robes, and Viktor Krum introducing the first of the backround that they find out about it. It does play a role as well in their 'quest' in the 7th movie.Okay, enough on that scene, what about adding the beginning in like that...he was supposed to be waiting for Professor Dumbledore at the Dursleys..Dumbledore had much, and I mean much to say to the Dursleys, including reprimanding them for not treating Harry as he had asked them to. Plus, he tells Harry of him owning Grimwald place and Kreacher. Hmm, doesn't a big chunk of the 7th book take place at Grimwald palace..I see more unnecessary scenes added in the 7th movie.Scrimgeour not in the movie at all..not even mentioned...what about when they give Harry, Hermione and Ron the inheritance??? Are they really adding a scene to explain who he freaking is??? Seems like they will be adding a lot more to the 7th to explain things they messed up in the first 6. (Meeting of the muggle minister isn't as important, but I would have liked to see it closer to the books. For some reason, when they make movies, they think completely changing it will make it better, and it never is...when will they learn...)"Tonks rescuing Harry from the train? Nope, now it's Luna, looking for Wrackspurts, and removing Harry's invisibility cloak with her wand. (As A Deathly Hallow, it should be immune to summoning and/or levitation charms.)" I quote this because I totally agree, again, mistakes made that true fans are noticing, and it does nothing but discredit the makers of the movies as being egotistical and arrogant enough to think we would like their version so much better when it leaves so many holes.....Harry and Ginny's first kiss was pathetic and should have been done the way the book shows since Ginny IS Ron's sister, and the consent from Ron, being Harry's best friend, was important. Plus, they left out Harry breaking up with Ginny at the end and that was definitely important. Again, egotistical directors, screen writers, etc...The Gaunt house memories and Voldemort's reason for the locket becoming a Horcrux are gone....as well as the memories of Helga Hufflepuff's cup and Voldemort asking Dumbledore for a teaching position....Snape's "Defense Against the Dark Arts" lessons...ummm hasn't it been a point in all the other movies that he's wanted this position, and then they don't show it when he has it...IDIOTS!!!Harry finds Mundungus Fletcher stealing property from grimwald place, and it's important for the next movie because he steals the locket. And they must track it down, which leads us back to Umbridge having Moody's eye on her door and the locket. She also attends Dumbledore's funeral, which they left out. Which would have included Scrimgeor talking to Harry about him helping the ministry. Which they didn't show at all in the movie, and which is very, very important!Harry finding out that Snape was the one that betrayed his parents to Voldemort by telling him the prophecy was extremely huge... and they don't mention it. In fact, Snape's role is very, very small compared to what his role in the book was. He should have had a little more limelight as trying to help Draco, and Harry and Snape issues and finally Dumbledore and Snape's plans and issues...nothing....Harry being stupified by Dumbledore in the end to protect him was key as 1)that's why he was disarmed and 2)come on, Harry just sit by and watch them kill Dumbledore...that wasn't believable at all....The death eaters fighting those at Hogwarts...not one scene....THEY TOOK OUT DUMBLEDORE'S FUNERAL!!! SERIOUSLY?????HOWEVER!! As far as comparing to the other movies, it is closest to the book, I must say than the others, just wish some KEY things would not have been skipped or changed.

This is yet another great film within the entire "Harry Potter" film franchise. The sixth in the series, "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" boasts, as with all of the other films, non-stop action, special effects, drama and last but certainly not least, magic! It picks up immediately in the Department of Mysteries, within the Ministry of Magic, with all cameras blazing, but Harry is not exactly pleased by this response from the press, given that none of them would believe him after he claimed that he witnessed Voldemort's rebirth in the first place. Albus Dumbledore, however, has other suspicions about Voldemort, and Harry must see fit to follow Dumbledore's lead than he would usually do; whatever you may say about Harry, he does get himself into loads of trouble! The level of creepiness and suspense, balanced by good humour and the trials of romance throughout the entire movie is perfect, and for the first time the whole aspect of becoming a Death Eater is explored extremely well with it showing just how hard and horrible a job it is to be such a hard hearted villain for the latest antagonist in the story, and to do the nasty deeds it entails while under immense pressure. One niggle that I have is with the new addition of Mrs. Malfoy, played by Helen Mcrory; for me she is just too easily outshone in her debut role as a "Harry Potter" character when standing next to the likes of Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange, so it's a treat to see Mcrory wield a wand and show more fear of and resistance to Voldemort in "The Deathly Hallows" since Mrs Malfoy is as much a favourite character of mine as her sister Bellatrix. Otherwise, I do think that "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince" is still a very engaging film. Along with a marvellous Special Features disc that aside from its usual material also includes a moving and insightful documentary entitled "A Year In The Life Of J.K. Rowling", this is pure wizarding entertainment everywhere!

I'm an avid Harry Potter fan and I blame my younger sister for this when she introduced me to the Harry Potter dvds. I was instantly hooked and from then on I bought the books and films as they came out. I didn't get the chance to see this lastest film on the cinema due to moving and so I decided to wait until this film came out on dvd and then I purchased it and watched it within a couple of days.What can you say? Well, the scenes and graphics are amazing as ever and the same can be said for the acting is as good as ever, however I was bored by half way through the film and for me it did not improve because the story line was weak. The book to me was weaker than the others (No reflection on JK Rowling she is an excellent author), so by the time it was adapted to film it was missing even more of the story. This was the one film in the series which could have done with everything in the book to be adapted to film and may be a bit more poetic licence to exaggerate key features in the book to make the film more exciting. To me it was just brought out as money spinner without making it into an amazing film. Many other people will feel differently about this than me and everyone is entitled to their opinion.

David Yates Directed both this movie The Half Blood Prince and the order of the Phoenix which I felt were not as good as the first four movies. The first four managed to captured the adventure that the books were all about. This movie was way too dark, which I felt wasn't necessary to tell the story, especially when you compare it to The prisoner of Azkaban which was a very dark story but it was told with such rich beautiful colours, you could see all the action and watch the story progress while this movie was so boring it was like watching paint dry. Grey and black are not good colours to hold an audiences attention the director should at least of used a few blue skies and green grass instead of only cream, grey and black. Harry Potter is supposed to be a story for chidren not an adult horror movie. Way too serious at begining and middle part of the film. Shame they used this director twice he was definately the black sheep of the flock and missed two great opportunities to make great movies from such rich intelligent material.

When you think it can't getter any darker, it pulls the rug from beneath you. Literally starting of from where it left of last time, the end of this one makes you want to watch it again and again. Voldermorts death eaters are in full vengeance and no on is safe. Harry and friends are now in sixth form and there is a lot of romantic themed dilemmas to break the tension a bit. With a full blown tragedy at the end Harry and friends are more united then ever and leave the year resolved to find the horcruxes which will end Voldermort. A lot of the main actors actually look quite bored and it does make it less enjoyable to watch, but it is no more distracting than the overaly posh accents the first 2 are blighted by.

I'm going to keep this (hopefully) short and sweet.This is my second favourite of the Harry Potter film franchise behind Prisoner of Azkaban which in my opinion is by far the most stylish outing for the harry Potter gang but this is not too far off if I am honest.This sets us up well for the final 2 films and does a very good job of doing it.The acting, as with all Harry Potter films tends to be a bit hit and miss and there are still some of those moments in this, despite them all being, lets be honest, adults. Some of the acting is good, don't get me wrong but they still have those cringe moments.The music is good, I have the soundtrack too and the visual effects as always, as with any film now-a-days, are top notch and completely up to scratch.To sum up, a good outing for the Harry Potter gang, one which i then re-purchased on Blu-Ray... because I am materialistic and like things in HD :P