This week I had the privilege of taking my wife on a date. It had been a while since the last one so I thought is was about time for another one. We went to Granite City for a wonderful meal but not before heading to the local movie spot to check out the newest in the series: Harry Potter and the Half blood prince.

I have read all of the books and if you know me really well that was a feat in itself. I have never really liked to read but for some reason these books grabbed a hold of me and wouldn’t let go. Now this is about the movie so I won’t go to in depth to the book, but the first thing I noticed was the fact that the scene where they are at the Burrow as Lupin and Tonks are leaving . This was not in the book at all. I believe the reason this was added to the movie was because there wasn’t enough action in the adaptation.

I thought they did a wonderful job showing Draco in his confused/scared state. I kinda felt sorry for him that he was the one chosen to do such a task. Then again he is Malfoy and I remembered what a swine he has been. The story hinted at the quiditch stuff but really only showed Ron getting the keeper role and winning the one match. I was hoping a little more of that would have been on the big screen. This was one thing that they seemed to have a lot more of in the prior films, mostly because Harry was so young when he first started and being the youngest seeker in a long while, they had to make the point.

So with a couple of relationships blooming and the tales of He who must not be named getting stronger. This movie is among the top three in my opinion. The first one being number one, because you can’t have any of them without it and it was such a new thing. Then in a close second maybe even tie for first, I put Prisoner of Azkaban. Sirius is awesome in that and plays his role as a rumored murderer very well. I believe the next and final film will show us the ending we desire for this epic saga. Until then watch the other ones and read the books for more hints as to what is coming.