thoughts on Half Blood Prince

[manatees]

Things I enjoyed:

• WON-WON
• Ron constantly wearing short-sleeved or sleeveless tops, I approve
• The scene in the cornfield when The Burrow is attacked, ooh scary
• The fact that it is actually a very well-made film, the special effects look great and fit in well with the rest of the film and there is some nice camera work
• Harry smelling his breath after the waitress chats him up, LOL
• Spinner's End! I was so excited to see this, despite Snape having venetian blinds in his house
• Jim Broadbent being a wonderful Slughorn
• Draco wearing a VERY nice suit when not in school robes, it makes him look really tall and ~~slender
• CORMAC OMG
• Dean wearing a pink cardigan
• The changes to the astronomy tower scene did actually work well - it was more effective to have Draco and Dumbledore standing alone
• Helena B-C is a brilliant Bellatrix, I love her!
• PS I FORGOT PHWOOOAR BLAISE ZABINI

As you can see, I enjoyed it a lot! I think overall it was a great film, and the only things that niggled me are minor things and not important to the plot.

Things I did not enjoy so much:

• Mrs Weasley not wanting the Weasley kids, Hermione and Harry to go to Hogwarts. I seriously wtf'ed at that - I mean, in Deathly Hallows she has a go at them for leaving Hogwarts! Molly knows that Hogwarts is pretty much the safest place in the Wizarding world, she is in the Order after all
• The whole burning of the Burrow - I honestly do not see why it had to be added in the first place, it makes no difference to the plot! The bit in the cornfield is properly scary and a nice piece of film-making but they could have done that without burning the Burrow. Oh and Remus having a little beard (wtf) and Tonks being all 'oh it's early in the cycle' - he's a werewolf, he's not ovulating! I was under the impression that Tonks and Remus would not be an item in this film, but as she called him sweetheart I am clearly wrong
• Snape not yelling back 'don't call me coward!' at Harry! I was waiting for him to say it for the next five minutes, grrr
• NO FUNERAL