Good Grief!!! Why on earth do I own six Harry Potter films? What am I? Twelve! And an even better question would be why do I own them when I so clearly believe the books are better. And to that end, I've tried to avoid beating this to death, but I the tiny chance that someone is reading these and has not read the Harry Potter books or seen the films or just seen the films and not read the books please pick up the books and enjoy. They are so much better and rewatching these last few films has been a painful reminder of how much better the books are.
Of course the Half Blood Prince leaves out huge chunks of the books, but it also boasts a unique quality as well. Along with dropping the battle sequence at Hogwarts and Dumbledore's funeral(oops, spoiler alert!) director David Yates decides to throw in some additional sequences that I don't recall the books having. The film opens with a visually impressive sequence that shows death eaters menacing muggles and destroying a bridge which the book did refer to attacks on muggles but I don't remember anything that specific. Then, who the heck is that girl in the ice cream shop ... who thought that was a good idea. And finally, it's been awhile since I read this book but I don't recall Bellatrix and Co. burning down the Weasley home in the book. Seriously, it's one thing to leave parts out, but adding sequences which ultimately add nothing to the story is kinda ridiculous.
I do think the film does a nice job with Professor Slughorn and there is a level of humor in this one that is better than any of the other Potter films. For Potter nerds like my self I see some hope in director David Yates ability to close the series out considering that book seven will be divided into 2 films in order to include as much of the book as possible. But really who cares when the point of rewatching these films again seems to be that they have only reminded me of how good the books are by comparison.
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