DVD review: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Ultimate Edition Blu-ray”
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A version of this review appears in Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.
DVD review: “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Ultimate Edition Blu-ray”
The Boy Who Lived tries to unravel the mystery of Lord Voldemort’s seemingly unbeatable power and navigate the hormonal tides of teenage romance in “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment of the blockbuster film franchise based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling books.
With the wizarding world now fully aware that Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) has returned and is marshaling his wicked forces, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) gives Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) a harrowing crash course in the Dark Lord’s tragic and ominously evil childhood. The wise Hogwarts headmaster is sure that the secret to Voldemort’s vast might and seeming immortality is hidden in a murky memory in the mind of Professor Slughorn (Jim Broadbent), the vain potions master Dumbledore recruits back to the school.
When he isn’t delving into Voldemort’s past and preparing for the impending clash of good and evil, Harry gets caught up in the complicated and absurd politics of high-school love affairs, including the alternately sinking and soaring sensation of falling for Ginny (Bonnie Wright), his best pal Ron’s (Rupert Grint) younger sister.
With “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the eighth and last film in the series, new in theaters, Warner Bros. has rushed to release more of its “Ultimate Edition” Blu-ray treatments, including the package for “Half-Blood Prince.”
The new two-disc treatment of “Half-Blood Prince” film comes with fancy packaging, collectible character cards and a hardcover picture booklet, along with the latest hourlong installment of the engrossing eight-part making-of documentary “Creating the World of Harry Potter.” While extensive, many of the bonus features, including the multilayered Maximum Movie Mode, behind-the-scenes featurettes, extended and deleted scenes and TV specials, are recycled from previous DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Unlike the “Ultimate Editions” of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Chamber of Secrets,” “Half-Blood Prince” unfortunately doesn’t include an extended cut of the movie.
— BAM
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