"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", can't hide the plainness

Adeline 2022-03-20 09:01:10

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"What you say is your right and what you do is my patent; if I do not get your approval, then it is right, otherwise I Will be as ordinary as you.” I

was very obsessed with this over-confidence sentence, but self-confidence is arrogant, but when someone else also pursues this principle to insult people’s IQ, this sentence is used as a prevarication and justification. It seems particularly hateful.

The "Harry Potter" series is one of the few magical epics that can be compared to the "Lord of the Rings" series. The exquisiteness and popularity of the former is more suitable for reading and dissemination to a certain extent, but it is also adapted into a movie, "The Lord of the Rings" III The level of the trilogy and the seven "Harry Potter" (six parts have been released so far) can be said to be very different from each other.

It’s not uncommon to spend a year to make a 150-minute movie in the industry, but after watching "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", I deeply feel that this year’s time is not worth it, not just as a The waiting time of Mingha fans is the growth time of those cast and crew members. Many things that were delayed by this mediocre movie in 2009 cannot be undone.

""Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" reached the global box office of 104 million U.S. dollars in the first 24 hours of its premiere. Among them, the North American box office contributed approximately 58.2 million U.S. dollars, which is second only to "The Dark Knight" and " "Transformers 2" and "Spider-Man 3" rank fourth in North American history. "From the point of view of commercial performance, this film is completely worthy of the reputation it carries and the value it pursues, but who can touch the conscience? Is it really worth the price?

From the beginning to the end, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" has flattered the gray tone, cold and wet, reckless and bleak. There is nothing wrong with it. It even loyally releases the visual tension that the original novel cannot express. There are many ink special effects. Extraordinarily outstanding, reminiscent of Weng Ziyang’s illustrations, but the director’s nonsensical thing is that he uses the idea of ​​a stage play to direct a blockbuster movie. He is overly indulged in the cyclical alternation of the stage background, the hazy sky, the vast wheat field, and decadence. The buildings... are all tools that he uses to express the environment of the overhead world. The performances of the actors are put in the second place, so the main content that the audience appreciates will always be filled with the haze of distracting guests. It is indeed extremely important to create an immersive environment for the audience, but once the audience is drawn into that environment, they cannot quickly find the direction to follow. They just take the trouble to use some tiny bright spots to remind their attention. This is undoubtedly sleepy.

Speaking of it, I have never been able to understand why such an important series of films can repeatedly choose David Yates, a little-known director-not to know people by his resume, but in the process of increasing responsibility, filmmakers have no right to skip grades. , You have to prove yourself, whether it’s a blockbuster or a bitter cold, advanced steps are indispensable, but David Yates? Sorry, this person has never demonstrated human talent, he may be really good at copying novels into movies-"The Way We Live Now" is barely a successful case, but "Harry Potter" has this weight What can he do for his works?

In order to make up for the flaws in depth, commercial blockbusters built with a lot of money usually have a strong implantation of a main line to tie the audience's mind to the movie, and at least feel value for money in the narrative experience after watching it. For novels with clear structure and clear structure like "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", David Yates can still use the "main melody" to tell the story completely, but when it comes to "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the degree of jump is relatively relative. For novels that are taller, obscure, and more foreshadowing, David Yates’s control is obviously insufficient. It is directly reflected in the loss of rhythm. It is a tragic drama that has been dismantled and the cause is ambiguous. After being lost, the orgasm is not like an orgasm, and it is hard to escape the tail.

There is no endurance, no more endurance.

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I don’t know why the budget, which is not enough, was spent on the death Eater’s impact on the real world in the opening scene. In addition to satisfying the desire for destruction, how much help does twisting the bridge help the plot? So when Dumbledore became the captain of the 13th squadron, Yamamoto Motoryuzai Shigekuni, who used the trick "fighting like a fire", the flames burning in the sky had not yet accumulated awe and shock on the retina, so he was pinched off. Now, I'm not afraid that the director will favor the other, but the foolish director will favor the other.

Similarly, the original plot of Bellatrix taking a few Death Eaters into the Burrow is too blunt. The chase scene in the wheat field is also meaningless. The repeated first-person shots are dazzling— -Attention, this is definitely not a compliment. Don't use suspense or horror to prevaricate the lack of scene control.

Malfoy's performance is one of the few highlights of the film, but it is his sorrow to be exposed to the continuous adaptation of the plot. The use of the Vanishing Cabinet is the most suspenseful and best embodiment of Malfoy’s wisdom in the original novel of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". Ser Weasley even arranged for the eyeliner to know the existence of this device all the way but did not stop it. The attributes of the House of Requests were also modified-Harry and Ginny could easily break into the room Malfoy needed, and then found out Going out of the vanishing cabinet, and then watching a bird flapping its wings eagerly, it didn't feel strange, but regarded it as the seed of love, and the two kissed for the sake of the kiss.

Ron’s role in this film is also very strange, basically as a mascot to amuse the audience, so as to relax the lethargic atmosphere in the cinema. And the director seems to be unaware of the details of the trio’s friendship. Harry didn’t show up after a minor accident when he entered school, but Ron didn’t worry about feasting in the restaurant. Later, he and Lavender’s entanglement scene. It was overly pretentious, as if he was completing the task to make the audience laugh. At the end, Ron was arranged even more weird. Dumbledore had just died, and Harry was determined to complete Dumbledore’s will to find and destroy the Horcrux. , And Hermione stayed by Harry’s side to comfort and encourage him. At this moment of unity and determination, Ron was placed in a daze on the steps behind the two — sorry, I really can’t see that it was contemplation or What other looks, it feels like—hey, why is this extra actor so obstructive?

The half-blood prince’s potions textbook is an important prop throughout the whole story, but its value is basically omitted in the movie. The influence of the notes in this book on Harry, the secret of the half-blood prince, this The chronology and so on in the textbook have not been clarified, so when Professor Snape finally revealed that he was a half-blood prince, he could not give people the feeling that the truth was revealed, the suspense was solved, and he had not read the original text. The people of the novel will probably be even more confused. What is the meaning of the half-blood prince in the end, and why does it become the title of the sixth book?

The most frustrating thing is the fight between Harry and Malfoy in the bathroom. After Harry mistakenly damaged Malfoy with a magical striker, he completely deviated from the original novel. For a long time, Harry trusted the half-blood prince in the textbook. Harry’s own trick, Shenfeng Wuying, was treated as a normal attack magic, but when he found out that he almost killed Malfoy, Harry was always panicked and remorseful. Responsible. Unfortunately, in the movie, Harry showed only a look of surprise that could not be believed. After Professor Snape arrived, he turned his head and flashed people (in order to throw away the book where the spell came from) , Hello, you completely ignore the murder scene!

Dumbledore’s death should be the climax of the whole show. Malfoy’s will collapsed, Professor Snape’s clean determination, Dumbledore’s mumbling "Please", these essential elements were all reproduced in a straightforward manner, but the action It is in place, but the atmosphere is far behind, not even comparable to the death of Sirius in the previous movie. It is said that Professor Snape, Malfoy and even a Death Eater in this scene are impeccable, but the taste is right. If you can't get up, it's really worthy of human feelings... The

complaint is over.

Finally, it needs to be admitted that the difference between the adapted film and the original novel is indeed somewhat biased in criticizing film works, but it should be clear that as an adapted film, people’s requirements for it have a starting point, and at this starting point Only above is the need for icing on the cake and progress, otherwise this movie will be offended by both sides, which will not only disdain the loyal readers of the original novel, but also make pure movie fans confused.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince quotes

  • Albus Dumbledore: [from trailer] Harry, I'd like you to meet Professor Horace Slughorn.

  • Horace Slughorn: [from trailer]

    [to class]

    Horace Slughorn: What you see here before you is a curious little potion. It does cause infatuation or obsession.