Jim Broadbent plays Professor Slughorn & totally nails the role.
He is actually likable & relatable without the script telling you this is the guy you are supposed to like
He brings in the sense of a deeper philosophical world in Harry Potter & makes it feel more lived-in.
When people talk about the Harry Potter movies & the best talents, they rarely bring up Broadbent,
Usually, it's Gary Oldman or Alan Rickman, sometimes the 2 actors that played Dumbledore
But Broadbent's Slughorn holds my attention & makes me want to see more of that character.
Perhaps because I'm now an adult watching these films, I find his performance more technically impressive than instead of an angsty young adult
Rickman sells the tickets, but Broadbent does not.
But of the two, I like Broadbent a whole lot more.
I love the absolutely awful color grading of this film,
the browns work really well for Harry Potter,
You get some of the warmth of the Columbus films with the serious tone of the later entries.
At the time, people absolutely hated Half-Blood Prince for the emphasis on teenage romantic relationships & SNOGGING (which I didn't know til reading the book was British slang for making out)
but looking back, I find those bits endearing; it makes the characters very relatable
Lastly, I love Half-Blood Prince because this is the one Harry Potter film that treats Ron as he is in the books,
Not just a comic relief, not just Hermoine's punching bag but a 3-dimensional character.
Before this rewatch, I would have told U Half-Blood Prince was of the weaker entries in this series,
& I love what Alfonso Cuarón did with Azkaban; that film is still fantastic.
But I must say Half-Blood Prince is the Harry Potter film I most enjoyed rewatching.
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While I've been convalescing I've been reading up the high number of extremely dangerous bills coming out of the Senate on medical rights
Including this one which wants a study on the Remote Monitoring of patients taking opioids ⁉️
proposed by Reps Troy Balderson (R) Robin Kelly (D-IL)
The proposed remote tracking needing studied as described by them:
includes tracking medication adherence and preventing opioid-induced respiratory depression
Now before people go "Pete, that sounds great!"
Keep in mind that there is no way to measure narcotic use besides blood test or urinalysis so this would mean a camera would be involved or an electronic pill system
Both would violate many different 1rst Amendment Rights
this is why people like me cannot get our medications, because you can have the flipping SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on your side & still end up in prison