"Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince" – a retrospective

Pop Culture Double Date

In the cinematic adaptation of the penultimate entry in the Harry Potter series of novels, Severus Snape, Draco Malfoy and Albus Dumbledore each get a moment to shine and to deliver an emotional wallop. But does this make up some of the weird disjointedness of this movie? Does the blossoming "romance" between Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley make any sense? Does jealous Hermione make any more sense? And how does this film set us up for the climax of the franchise?