In the book adaption movie world, it's easy to find blame in a movie of your favorite book. Quite simply, it will rarely fit your expectations. There's too many things running through your mind on how "you'd" make the movie, how you think of the characters, and God forbid they cut out your favorite part in the book. So I find it best to judge a book by a book, and a movie by a movie. Such is the case with the latest Harry Potter. Is the novel, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince better? Obviously. Much better. But does that make the movie any less entertaining? Oh, no.
The visual effects are breathtaking as ever, and some scenes are downright creepy (I'm thinking of the possession scene and the Horcrux water scene espeically). All the actors seem very much at ease with their characters at this point, and the older British vets are fantastic as always (especially Jim Broadbent & Alan Rickman). And it's quite funny, and, with the awkward blooming of romance, quite charming as well. I do wish that the ending had a bit more of an emotional punch as the book set it up to be, but no matter. We still have not one, but two Deathly Hallows to take care of that. B+
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