There are two different ways to look at this movie – as a film fan and as Harry Potter fan. These are two separate perspectives because the film series is slightly askew from the seven books. The films are about Harry and his journey, they are energetic, primarily warm in their inflection, with pinches of darkness and mystery – but the books are long, tense, thrilling adventures that focus far more on the adult characters and their stories than the films ever have. This description can of course be applied to the Half Blood Prince too. As a film fan, Half Blood Prince delivers everything you would expect from a modern blockbuster – fantastic special effects and action sequences, humour to suit both mature and immature tastes, a hint of romance and an old fashioned struggle between good and evil.