This table-setting chapter is a remarkable example of efficient character introduction (three of four main adults, Hagrid, Dumbledore and McGonagall, appear fully-formed in the prologue), and the sheer inexperience of our young actors puts the “burden” on the elder pros. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) Even with an overindulgence in hormonal hijinks, this one still works as a visual differentiation while Tom Felton’s Malfoy shines as a young man tortured by the implications of actually doing evil as opposed to merely “being” evil.Įmma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint (Photo by DMIPhoto/FilmMagic) FilmMagic Moreover, and this is not necessarily a criticism (because it works for this adaptation, but the film painfully telegraphs what in the book was a jaw-dropping plot twist. We get almost no “origins of Voldemort” material and very little in terms of Snape’s backstory, instead saving that for one long montage in the final picture. I’m a little “biased” as they say, because this sixth film is based on one of my favorite books in the series, and yet seems to omit the very things that make the book pop. Opening weekend: $77.84 million ($158 million Wed-Sun) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage) WireImage Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" premiere at Ziegfeld Theatre on Jin New York City. NEW YORK - JULY 09: (L-R) Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint attend the "Harry.
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