Having never read any of the Harry Potter books, I don't know everything that's left out of the films when they're made and, for the most part, I don't have any idea what's going to happen in the movies -- with one notable exception being an event that occurs near the end of the latest, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
The problem with this is, since I only see the movies once (rarely do I watch a movie on DVD or on TV broadcasts if I've seen it already), and the last HP movie came out two years ago, I couldn't remember much of anything from the last one, so I felt sort of lost. Between that and the fact that much of the film was spent on burgeoning romances of various kids, I wasn't nearly as enthralled as I have been in the past. It seemed like there was a lot more talking and a lot less action.
I will say that the three young stars of the Harry Potter movies, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson, are turning out to be pretty good young actors. I hope they can manage to keep their careers going post-Potter. I also hope that the last two movies (the final book is being made into two films instead of one) are more exciting than this one. My grade: C-plus.
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