I've seen a lot (for me) of movies lately, the latest being Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince . I loved the series, the earlier books more so than the later ones, and the first movie just blew me away. Now, we all know that the sequels rarely live up to the original, but with this series, I'm willing to go with it. Until this movie. We all have that dream: that you get the call Spielberg (or Chris Columbus, or M. Knight Shamalyan, whomever...) wants to make your story into a movie. How cool would it be? Then, you find out they want to make your entire SERIES into movies. Look out, honey, I'm quitting the day job! Woo hoo! So, we sign on the dotted line, in triplicate, and kiss our characters bon voyage on their big screen adventure. But what if it doesn't live up to your expectations? I have to think that, after seeing Half-Blood Prince , JK Rowling is crying all the way to the bank. She sold the rights, the movie's making money, but it's just not that goo...
READ. REVIEW. REPEAT.