His character is more important here than in the other films, but Felton really was masterful. But the biggest surprise for me had to be Tom Felton. The young kids playing Tom Riddle are spot-on. Evanna Lynch is fantastic again like in the last film. Bonnie Wright also becomes more important in just the right time, since she is also very good as Ginny. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson have all grown very comfortably into their characters, and they know their strengths and weaknesses. They should all be considered for Oscar consideration come the end of the year.
Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent, Alan Rickman, and Helena Bonham Carter all deliver high-worthy performances. What helps this film are the performances to a great extent.
Steve Kloves is a very talented writer, to cut all those things out of the book but for it to stay with that same tone that J.K. There will always be some people who are disappointed, but I am grateful for the things that were in the film, that they were well-made and stayed true to what I imagined while reading the book. I like judging the Harry Poter films more as films, not always as adaptations. When the film requires it to, it gets darker and more menacing, which I also thought was balanced very nicely with the tone of the book. It has a lot of whimsical, light and genuinely funny moments, which I thought were brilliant and stayed true to the book. This Potter film is the first to actually make me smile and laugh along with it. In Half-Blood Prince, Yates directs with much larger confidence and maturity, one that is shown much throughout the film. David Yates is back directing the 6th film after the fantastic Order of the Phoenix, which I thought he created a much more moodier and grittier Harry Potter adaptation. It shows the danger of the world that everyone lives in now that Voldemort is back. The opening sequence I loved and I was glad that the writers would include such a scene. It cuts some of the Horcruxes that are talked about, and some of the memories of Tom Riddle, but even without them, this is an incredibly powerful film. First off, the film does cut a lot of things out. Half-Blood Prince is my favorite of the first 6 books, and now I can say that the film is as well. All the 8 films of the Harry Potter series still stand tall among the Top 100 Worldwide Grossers of All Time (so far) as per Box Office Mojo.I have always been a big fan of Harry Potter, both the books and the films. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) flirted with the mark. Even 4 previous films including the first one i.e. Interestingly, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) was the only film after Titanic and Avatar to cross $1 billion mark globally back then.
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