Comments on: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” is worst of the series http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/ Movies with Rock Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:31:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Samantha http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-18551 Samantha Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:36:33 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-18551 The sixth movie was BY FAR the most diaappointing for me. Completely butchered the book. Don't like this director. The sixth movie was BY FAR the most diaappointing for me. Completely butchered the book. Don’t like this director.

]]> By: Ilena http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16867 Ilena Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:39:54 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16867 Worst movie ever. Worst movie ever.

]]> By: Zangetsu http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16710 Zangetsu Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:13:14 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16710 That is absolutely right. Whole movie was crap. When I went to cinema I was so excited "Ohh this is gonna be cool" when I went home I was thinking "Ohh I wish I never went watch this". Like, first scene with Death Eaters, killing people and destroying the bridge was interesting, the second scene with Harry in the bar and meeting Dumbledore was WTF?! and scene after scene was becoming even worse. The Weasley house incident was just a piece of ****... you know what I mean. It was completely unnecessary. And how the bloody hell did Dumbie know where is horxux? Remember that scene when Dumbledore burns Tom's closet? In the book Tom wasnt just sitting there and watching his stuff burning. Lame. And they skept fight scene! It looked like the whole castle was empty. Why were Death eaters there if they just broke some glass and killed Dumbie? And whene Harry was chasing Snape, nobody was fighting with death eaters it was just like: "Hey, what's going on?" "Oh nothing, Potter is just chasing some Death eaters who killed Dumbledore." "O, I see. Let's go back to sleep." I mean WTF??!?!?! And whene they burned Hagrid's house nothing happened even Hagrid didnt came and said:" Oh, mah house is bu'ning. Wat am I gonna do?" Like when Harry cursed Draco whho then lied covered in blood, he wastn punished he could walk away it was like that using dark arts on other students is quite often. And its true that Daniel is really really REALLY rEaLlY dreadful actor, he's got about just 4-5 different faces. There is more things I disliked, but this are the most. When I came out of cinema I thought just:"So this was it." and didnt thinked a lot about it. In my opinion, the Order of Phoenix was the best movie. That is absolutely right. Whole movie was crap. When I went to cinema I was so excited “Ohh this is gonna be cool” when I went home I was thinking “Ohh I wish I never went watch this”. Like, first scene with Death Eaters, killing people and destroying the bridge was interesting, the second scene with Harry in the bar and meeting Dumbledore was WTF?! and scene after scene was becoming even worse. The Weasley house incident was just a piece of ****… you know what I mean. It was completely unnecessary. And how the bloody hell did Dumbie know where is horxux? Remember that scene when Dumbledore burns Tom’s closet? In the book Tom wasnt just sitting there and watching his stuff burning. Lame. And they skept fight scene! It looked like the whole castle was empty. Why were Death eaters there if they just broke some glass and killed Dumbie? And whene Harry was chasing Snape, nobody was fighting with death eaters it was just like: “Hey, what’s going on?” “Oh nothing, Potter is just chasing some Death eaters who killed Dumbledore.” “O, I see. Let’s go back to sleep.”

I mean WTF??!?!?!

And whene they burned Hagrid’s house nothing happened even Hagrid didnt came and said:” Oh, mah house is bu’ning. Wat am I gonna do?”

Like when Harry cursed Draco whho then lied covered in blood, he wastn punished he could walk away it was like that using dark arts on other students is quite often.

And its true that Daniel is really really REALLY rEaLlY dreadful actor, he’s got about just 4-5 different faces.

There is more things I disliked, but this are the most.

When I came out of cinema I thought just:”So this was it.” and didnt thinked a lot about it. In my opinion, the Order of Phoenix was the best movie.

]]> By: days of dee tresna http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16473 days of dee tresna Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:25:34 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16473 i understand much of disappointments in this movie for those who read the book. indeed how to translate such a thick book full of imaginations into more-less 2 hours movie. i enjoyed the movie, let the movie just the movie and the book is the one to generate the right imagination for each fans. thanks for the review eric and JD keep up the good work i understand much of disappointments in this movie for those who read the book. indeed how to translate such a thick book full of imaginations into more-less 2 hours movie.

i enjoyed the movie, let the movie just the movie and the book is the one to generate the right imagination for each fans.

thanks for the review eric and JD
keep up the good work

]]> By: shelby hunt http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16383 shelby hunt Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:00:26 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16383 i really love harry potter all my friends say i look like hermoine thats really cool any way i am going to see every movie of harry potter any who i love harry potter peace. i really love harry potter all my friends say i look like hermoine thats really cool any way i am going to see every movie of harry potter any who i love harry potter peace.

]]> By: Pepsi http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16345 Pepsi Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:09:14 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16345 I'm shocked by the fact that so many people think this is the worst film. I've read all the books, and this is definitely not the least accurate. Order of the Phoenix was the SHORTEST film based of the longest book, it left out almost everything in the book. It was much more dissapointing. The Goblet of Fire got rid of Winky and the whole plot-thing that is what made that book one of the best. Prisoner of Azkaban, I do love the movie but, they didn't even wear the UNIFORMS in the movie! They wore "Muggle" clothing. Personally I thought the 6th movie was the best so far. The first 2 were the most accurate, but too childish I found. I’m shocked by the fact that so many people think this is the worst film. I’ve read all the books, and this is definitely not the least accurate. Order of the Phoenix was the SHORTEST film based of the longest book, it left out almost everything in the book. It was much more dissapointing. The Goblet of Fire got rid of Winky and the whole plot-thing that is what made that book one of the best. Prisoner of Azkaban, I do love the movie but, they didn’t even wear the UNIFORMS in the movie! They wore “Muggle” clothing. Personally I thought the 6th movie was the best so far. The first 2 were the most accurate, but too childish I found.

]]> By: inga http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16339 inga Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:19:34 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16339 Trey, I agree with you about the SERIOUS improvement of movie over book in taking away the whiny adolescent stuff. That said, I also agree with people who feel that Harry/Dumbledore and Harry/Snape and Harry/Voldemort were underdeveloped (I'm glad I came a little late and missed the waitress scene, I would also have been distressed). Maybe all the critics are right, and Daniel Radcliffe really is a dreadful actor (although so cute..). I wonder if anyone else thought that the clothing of the Slytherins was...off? Those Christmas tree dresses the Slytherin girls had at the party? All matching? NOT something you'd see on the Heathers, who I think might have made good role models for these gals. Or maybe they should go Goth, like Bellatrix. And the Slytherin guys all in black? Seriously. They look like priests. Some critic said he wondered why any teen would be interested in these kids who aren't constantly texting, which I thought was funny. Maybe some teen could answer this for me (since I'm old enough to refer to Heathers, but not Buffy; that is, really old). Trey, I agree with you about the SERIOUS improvement of movie over book in taking away the whiny adolescent stuff. That said, I also agree with people who feel that Harry/Dumbledore and Harry/Snape and Harry/Voldemort were underdeveloped (I’m glad I came a little late and missed the waitress scene, I would also have been distressed). Maybe all the critics are right, and Daniel Radcliffe really is a dreadful actor (although so cute..).
I wonder if anyone else thought that the clothing of the Slytherins was…off? Those Christmas tree dresses the Slytherin girls had at the party? All matching? NOT something you’d see on the Heathers, who I think might have made good role models for these gals. Or maybe they should go Goth, like Bellatrix. And the Slytherin guys all in black? Seriously. They look like priests.
Some critic said he wondered why any teen would be interested in these kids who aren’t constantly texting, which I thought was funny. Maybe some teen could answer this for me (since I’m old enough to refer to Heathers, but not Buffy; that is, really old).

]]> By: Trey http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16251 Trey Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:00:39 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16251 Gary, Films based on movies are made for two reasons. One, because someone found the story compelling, and had the vision for a film, and/or (and this is the driving factor for all of the HP movies) to make money. Popular contemporary novels have a built in market. Couple that with a slick add campaign that will bring in a few more folks and POW we've got asses in seats. Your comment on Romeo and Juliet is a little funky because it's not a novel, it's a play, which is a performed piece and makes and easier transition to the screen. Well at least much of the production language is the same. Also this concept of "spot on" or "true to the novel" bugs me a lot. All you have to do is borrow and audio book version of Jurassic Park from your library, get a stop watch, and listen while you time the reading. You'll see that Jurassic Park, which is a fun popcorn flick and emotionally/intellectually true to the book, is not word for word true to the book at all. But no one cares about scrutinizing the differences between the book and film we're too into those awesome dinosaurs. My point is that you can never have a film that take the story in a novel word for word/scene for scene. It would be 10 hours long and bore the pants off of you. You also have the tricky problem of knowing what people are thinking or feeling, which comes through loud and clear in a novel, but must be shown visually in a film. Just go back and watch Lynch's version of Dune for one of the weirdest ways of tackling this problem. It is burdened with a ton of voice over and gives the viewer no clear narrator to latch on to. This movie might not make the transition to film well, but one of my gripes with the 5th and 6th books are that Harry and his cohorts are moody brooding angry teenagers. This is explored ad naseum in the those two books in particular, and the struggles toward adulthood are mirrored by the trials and tribulations felt by one engaging in the battle between good versus evil. Again if you hate the fact that we have teens here then the books are condemnable as much as the films. These movies are dark and scary fare. Not for most adults, but having worked in a toy store, I knew a large number of kids who were genuinely frightend by them. Good and evil are there, so are whiny teens, and thnakfully no musical numbers. Yet. Oh and for those that don't think Rowling gets a say in all of this, you are sorely mistaken. I'm sure that with such a massive franchise she gets to sign off on the script before producition moves forward. In addition, she gets huge amounts of cash. If were going to condemn, lets give Rowling her's as well. Gary,

Films based on movies are made for two reasons. One, because someone found the story compelling, and had the vision for a film, and/or (and this is the driving factor for all of the HP movies) to make money. Popular contemporary novels have a built in market. Couple that with a slick add campaign that will bring in a few more folks and POW we’ve got asses in seats.

Your comment on Romeo and Juliet is a little funky because it’s not a novel, it’s a play, which is a performed piece and makes and easier transition to the screen. Well at least much of the production language is the same.

Also this concept of “spot on” or “true to the novel” bugs me a lot. All you have to do is borrow and audio book version of Jurassic Park from your library, get a stop watch, and listen while you time the reading. You’ll see that Jurassic Park, which is a fun popcorn flick and emotionally/intellectually true to the book, is not word for word true to the book at all. But no one cares about scrutinizing the differences between the book and film we’re too into those awesome dinosaurs.

My point is that you can never have a film that take the story in a novel word for word/scene for scene. It would be 10 hours long and bore the pants off of you. You also have the tricky problem of knowing what people are thinking or feeling, which comes through loud and clear in a novel, but must be shown visually in a film. Just go back and watch Lynch’s version of Dune for one of the weirdest ways of tackling this problem. It is burdened with a ton of voice over and gives the viewer no clear narrator to latch on to.

This movie might not make the transition to film well, but one of my gripes with the 5th and 6th books are that Harry and his cohorts are moody brooding angry teenagers. This is explored ad naseum in the those two books in particular, and the struggles toward adulthood are mirrored by the trials and tribulations felt by one engaging in the battle between good versus evil. Again if you hate the fact that we have teens here then the books are condemnable as much as the films.

These movies are dark and scary fare. Not for most adults, but having worked in a toy store, I knew a large number of kids who were genuinely frightend by them. Good and evil are there, so are whiny teens, and thnakfully no musical numbers. Yet.

Oh and for those that don’t think Rowling gets a say in all of this, you are sorely mistaken. I’m sure that with such a massive franchise she gets to sign off on the script before producition moves forward. In addition, she gets huge amounts of cash. If were going to condemn, lets give Rowling her’s as well.

]]> By: Gary http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16249 Gary Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:57:54 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16249 Reading through the comments, I get the sense that there are other questions at play. Why are movies based on a novel created? Should they cater to fans of the book and bring the story to life as originally written? Or are they intended to expose a new audience to the basic idea behind the novel but have freedom to incorporate current social trends? Does the amount of time that has passed since the story was written dictate public expectations? I think about films like Romeo + Juliet that are critically acclaimed because they bring an interpretation to the book that is modern and relevant. While movies based on Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Dan Brown, etc are expected to be spot-on (ok, I'm not saying they are classic novels on-par with Shakespeare but the books were at the height of popularity when the movies were made). With that being said, I think this is a case where the books are still popular and current to where people expect the movie to be true to it's roots. The fault of this movie seems to be that the director looked around at other franchises that have been successful and wanted to copy their success. Let's face it, prior to taking the reigns of HP, he was filming made for TV movies. Is it possible he was feeling a bit overwhelmed and wanted to make sure he had box-office success? Instead of concentrating on the 'good vs. evil' element of the entire series, he focused on one element - the akward teen phase and assumed everyone already knew what was going to happen with the fight against evil. Other elements needed to be included to keep the entire series moving forward which caused the movie to be clunky and disconnected at times. I'm assuming he and the Warner Bros. execs felt that the teen drama would drive repeat traffic and that the visual effects and cinematography would satisfy the die-hard fans. Let's face it, we are in a Disney world and this was a couple of song and dance numbers short of High School Musical - Hogwarts. Reading through the comments, I get the sense that there are other questions at play. Why are movies based on a novel created? Should they cater to fans of the book and bring the story to life as originally written? Or are they intended to expose a new audience to the basic idea behind the novel but have freedom to incorporate current social trends? Does the amount of time that has passed since the story was written dictate public expectations?

I think about films like Romeo + Juliet that are critically acclaimed because they bring an interpretation to the book that is modern and relevant. While movies based on Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Dan Brown, etc are expected to be spot-on (ok, I’m not saying they are classic novels on-par with Shakespeare but the books were at the height of popularity when the movies were made).

With that being said, I think this is a case where the books are still popular and current to where people expect the movie to be true to it’s roots. The fault of this movie seems to be that the director looked around at other franchises that have been successful and wanted to copy their success. Let’s face it, prior to taking the reigns of HP, he was filming made for TV movies. Is it possible he was feeling a bit overwhelmed and wanted to make sure he had box-office success? Instead of concentrating on the ‘good vs. evil’ element of the entire series, he focused on one element - the akward teen phase and assumed everyone already knew what was going to happen with the fight against evil. Other elements needed to be included to keep the entire series moving forward which caused the movie to be clunky and disconnected at times. I’m assuming he and the Warner Bros. execs felt that the teen drama would drive repeat traffic and that the visual effects and cinematography would satisfy the die-hard fans. Let’s face it, we are in a Disney world and this was a couple of song and dance numbers short of High School Musical - Hogwarts.

]]> By: Matt http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16196 Matt Tue, 21 Jul 2009 04:06:40 +0000 http://www.scene-stealers.com/print-reviews/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince-is-worst-of-the-series/#comment-16196 I hated how the filmmakers decided that they could tell the story better than J.K. Rowling. I hated how the filmmakers decided that they could tell the story better than J.K. Rowling.

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