Simultaneously the conversion of Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) to the will of the Dark Lord is almost complete, and with his betrayal comes the mental insanity of Bellatrix Lestrange (Helena Bonham Carter) and the rest of her magical brute squad to storm the castle that is Hogwarts. The only way to figure out what secret he once told to young Tom Riddle (Voldemort) is to appeal to his vanity and task young Harry Potter with the seemingly impossible task of pulling the secret from the old man. Dumbledore is sure that one of his ex-colleagues by the name of Horace Slughorn (Jim Broadbent) may have the answer, but the old man’s lips are sealed, even to a friend like Dumbledore. He’s trying to figure out a way to destroy the Dark Lord but there’s something missing. To make matters worse everything seems to be crashing down on Harry’s shoulders. Hermione (Emma Watson), Ron (Rupert Grint) and the rest may go through the motions of acting out their roles as students, but what is coming leaves little room for the innocence of children. What is left is young adults coming to the realization that they have to become adults much sooner than expected. The whining family that Harry lives with, the games (although there IS a little bit of Quidditch to keep it feeling familiar), and gone are the childlike personas. Gone are the comedy trappings of the past. He has been given purpose and with the help of head master Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) he is to find the way to actually DEFEAT Lord Voldemort for the final time. His goal isn’t just to learn and be a wizard. Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is back at Hogwarts for another year of study, but this time it’s not nearly so light hearted. “The Half-Blood Prince” picks up right after “The Order of the Phoenix” leaves off. That childlike sense of excitement and glee when reading a childhood book that brings back fond memories, or the realization that quality ages well, lack of quality does not.
That’s the way I have been feeling when re-watching these 4K UHDs. It’s odd looking back at something you fell in love with and realize that you’re just as much in love with it as you were the day you first laid eyes on it.
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Looking back on the series after re watching with so many years since the last viewing (I believe I saw the “The Deathly Hallows Part 2” on release date, but not since then have I gone back to the series) I have a different take on the movie. The final confrontation between the dark lord himself and our friend, Harry Potter. “The Half-Blood Prince” is one of the more mature “Harry Potter” films out there as it combines all of the puzzle pieces that we have been gathering over the course of the last 5 films and putting them together into one singular purpose. Many friends poo-poo’d the film as a snooze fest, but I disagree. “The Half-Blood Prince” is actually one of my favorite of the series even though it is not nearly as action packed as some of the others. And with this last review I will complete the four 4K UHD discs of the franchise released this last week.
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