The film adaptation of JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has good acting and a great soundtrack but lacks the details of the novels.
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Double the Potter, Double the Monotony
Harry Potter's sixth of seven books will release to theaters this November 21st — but it will not be his penultimate movie. CNN reports that the series' conclusion, The Deathly Hallows, will be divided across two films. "Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book," said producer David Heyman. The article also…
Phoenix Descending
The Half-Blood Prince was the only Harry Potter book that left me looking forward to the sequel. But before I take that step forward this coming weekend, I took a step back and watched the film adaptation of the series' most boring entry, The Order of the Phoenix. The movie's opening is fashioned after one…
Return to Narnia
C. S. Lewis's Prince Caspian, the second book in the Chronicles of Narnia, will be adapted to the silver screen in time for a May 16th, 2008 release, say the IMDb and Wikipedia. I learned of this upcoming film only from an offhand comment in a completely unrelated blog post. I'm surprised only that I…
Demon of the Gibbet
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the film to be released on July 13th, will be followed eight days later with the literary franchise's seventh and final installment: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Naturally, I'm looking forward to the book more than the movie. As I previously commented, the fifth book was…
Hufflepuff, The Missing Pokémon
Previously available only in theaters and on YouTube, the trailer for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is now on Apple's trailers Web site. I've commented to several people, "I hope the film is better than the book." Knowing Potheads to be almost as fanatical as Trekkers, I half-expected this sincere comment to…