| What is it about the sixth Harry Potter movie that has | | | | Voldemort heats up, in which the search to find the |
| Ankit, an IMDB user hailing from India, hoping | | | | Horcruxes becomes as important as the need to keep |
| desperately for a midnight release? His impatience is | | | | them away from Voldemort. This is the movie in which |
| indeed understandable; Harry Potter & the Half Blood | | | | uncertainty grows as suspicions run high and the |
| Prince promises to be the definitive global | | | | distinction between what Harry—and through him, |
| entertainment experience of 2009. | | | | we, the audience—know, and don’t begins to |
| Originally slated to be released November 21 2008, | | | | fade. |
| Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was postponed | | | | This is the story of destiny speeding towards us. And |
| due to the writers’ strike—but there is more to | | | | inIn the words of director David Yates, this movie is |
| this eagerly awaited film than that. | | | | “love, potions, and rock ‘n’ roll.” The magic |
| This is the movie that “outed”exposes the | | | | of Harry Potter lies not in the controversy it stirs up, or |
| character of Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter’s | | | | the appeal of its stars, or the cinematic experience. |
| mentor and the beloved Principal of the Hogwarts | | | | The magic lies in what it means to those who see their |
| school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.; theThe | | | | own lives echoed in the stories; if the movies are |
| Dumbledore fans shall see now is see a his different | | | | increasingly darker, the world we live in is also darker. If |
| one character from the one they saw before. | | | | the specter of Voldemort haunts Harry and his friends, |
| This is also the movie that also reveals the child who | | | | if it steals from them what they hold dear, if it destroys |
| grew up to become the most feared wizard in history, | | | | the happiness they long for, then the dark specter of |
| as it delves into the past of Voldemort. This is the | | | | terrorism does the same. |
| coming-of-age movie of a lonely orphan once locked in | | | | Strife affects us as it affects them. Harry Potter is the |
| a cupboard under the stairs, as Harry finds his place in | | | | dream and the reality, the hope and the fear. It is a |
| a world drastically changed since the Harry Potter & | | | | story in which we need desire to see the ending to, in |
| Order of the Phoenix film. | | | | more ways than one. That is the reason why the new |
| This is the movie about love and friendship, as Ron | | | | Harry Potter film is still eagerly awaited. It brings us one |
| and Hermione come to terms with their suppressed | | | | stepone-step closer to the end even as it lets us |
| feelings for each other, and the characters grow up | | | | dream, because the story that speaks it tellsto us is still |
| much like their younger fans—transcending the divide | | | | incomplete. Come to the theatres on July 15th15, and |
| division between character and icon as they do so. | | | | let the magic begin. |
| This is the movie in which the race to defeat | | | | |