Movie Review : Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The harry potter movie franchise has been running successfully for almost 8 years, and recently they released their 6th movie . Harry potter movies have had a hard run during their past two movies, with director changes and not being able to deliver.
Harry’s sixth year at Hogwarts begins with a scene depicting the death eaters destroying London, to announce their return to the entire world. The spot of defense against dark arts was left open through the vacation due to the absence of Umbridge; Snape gets his wish and takes up the vacant spot. Harry along with Dumbledore goes out on a mission to recruit a retired potions teacher named Horace Slughorn. During Harry’s first potions class he finds a potions book which belonged to the “Half Blood Prince”, with the help of which he becomes one of the best potions student (causing envy in Hermione). Dumbledore appoints the task of gaining a few strands of memory from Slughorn, which he accomplishes in the end. The concept of a horcrux is introduced to Harry and the danger of which is explained. Dumbledore explains that he already has three of the horcrux’s in his possession and needs Harry’s help for the next one. In the course of obtaining the horcrux he lowers his defense and when they return to the castle they find that Malfoy has betrayed everyone in the castle by bringing in the death eaters. Malfoy has been given the task of killing Dumbledore but he is too weak to do so, causing Snape to do the unthinkable by killing Dumbledore. The movie ends with a heart touching tribute paid by everyone to Dumbledore.
The actors have grossly outgrown their characters and I think it is time to change them. Their acting has been up to the mark with some on screen chemistry between Ron and Hermione being shown.
In conclusion I would like to say that the movie has been far better than the past few, and the directing was wonderful. The movie sticks to the story and only depicts the main points from the book, which is very sensible. In conclusion I would like to say that this movie is a good way to spend 2 hours with your kids or your friends.
My score-8/10.

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