An interesting mixed bag. The grading is absolutely dismal — definitely a stylistic choice to match the tone of the film, bit I wish they wouldn't have taken it so far.
The movie is among the more uneventful of the franchise but the character relationships and insight into Voldemort keep it chugging along really well until the moving third act.
Half Blood Price has a hard job in that it has to bring the the fight for good to its…
"I saw her for a last time. She did not see me."
I often think of all the people throughout history that had no choice but to love in secret. Whose every day lives were weighed on by a repression that crushed their hearts and filled them with unspeakable resentment for a world that wasn't ready for them yet. It's solitude, and emotional torture. And all they could hope for was "in another life...".
Portrait of a Lady on Fire…
