Jul
20th
20th
It withholds and stretches like a taffy, all objectives and horrors flying past heedlessly, and therefore is really one of the best depictions of adolescence going. … It is very pleasant to watch all this and you will be reminded of being young, uncertain and horny. Really never has there been a movie with less explication! It is sort of wonderful and relaxing to know and understand very little while pretty and strange events race by.
Choire Sicha reviews Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince [the Awl]. I suspect that the majority of the audience will have read the book and will spend much of the film marveling at the odd adaptational choices while the rest just wonder what’s happening and why it’s so important. But yes, potentially enjoyable either way.
Source:
The Awl
