Its PotterMaina again. He is thrilling us again with his CHARMS, POTIONS, SPELLS etc. The film opened to critical acclaim and commercial success, earning mostly positive reviews and breaking the records for biggest midnight opening gross of all time as well as biggest single-day worldwide gross of all time.
So far, the film has received positive reviews from a majority of film critics. Based on 170 reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, as of 16 July 2009, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 86% on the film review
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince broke the record for biggest midnight screenings, making an estimated $22.2 million in 3,003 theatres. It beat previous record-holders The Dark Knight, which made $18.5 million during its midnight runs only a year earlier, and Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, which made $16.9 million in 2005. Half-Blood Prince opened in the same Wednesday slot that Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix did in 2007, which grossed $12 million in midnight runs on its way to a $139.7 million in the U.S.A. five-day debut.
The film grossed $58.2 million on its opening day in North America, the second-highest Wednesday opening of all-time behind Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It is also the fourth-highest single-day gross of all time for a film, and the highest single-day total for a film in the Harry Potter franchise so far. It earned an additional $45.9 million overseas for a worldwide total of just over $104 million, breaking the record for highest single-day worldwide gross previously held by The Dark Knight.Nevertheless, there's little here to suggest there has been any let-up in the Potter machine. The eponymous schoolboy – still in owlish spectacles as he hits 17 or so – is up against skeletal blond Draco Malfoy, on some kind of vile mission from evil genius Voldemort. Hogwarts' main asset against him is Professor Horace Slughorn (played by Jim Broadbent in that cod-Dickensian style that is practically compulsory for the Potter cast). Slughorn's brain contains key memories of Voldemort's schooldays and Harry must extract them.
There's lots of blushing, stammering and smooching. Will Harry lock lips with Ginny? Is Ron smart enough to see that Hermione ... well, it's not Skins. Hands are kept above the waist at all times.
Putatively winsome all this may be, but what it actually does is throw the series' biggest weakness into sharp relief: film-making can (and does) control pretty much everything – except how the cute juvenile leads grow up. Still, director David Yates knows how to play all the cards. Although a touch ungainly, his film is solidly constructed, with lots of fine effects. If, as Potter approaches his final confrontation with Voldemort, the wizardly battles begin to resemble Lord of the Rings, it's hardly a handicap; this is tried and tested cinematic language, and does all it needs.
Overall, I conclude that its worth a watch..............................................
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