Watched Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince yesterday at SM North Edsa with my sisters and the little girl. It was by far one of the best Harry Potter movies in my opinion. I love it!

I won’t go into detail because I know most of you haven’t watched it yet. But it’s two hours and 33 minutes long. Rated G here in the Philippines. Malls have at least 90% of their cinemas playing it so no worries about the number of people catching it today or this weekend. The kissing scenes between Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) and Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) are not bad so you can really bring your young ones. The whole cast have matured and you can see the difference in their acting from previous HP movies. They are all better in this movie. Especially Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger. In the Order of the Phoenix, Hermione seemed always on the verge of hysteria. In this movie, her acting is more subdued yet you can feel her longing, jealousy and hurt over Ron.

The final scene is eerie, to say the least.

Let me just warn those who haven’t read the book: this movie will not spoon-feed you the information you need to relate to all the scenes. If you read the book, the movie will be a breeze for you. If you haven’t, there will be scenes where you have to ask your seatmate what it’s about.

All in all, I am giving it two thumbs up! The effects are amazing!

People in Manila can catch it today because there are no classes in grade and high school. I am sure malls will be packed.

Have you watched it already? What do you think?