The Guardian is like our local paper. If the reviews are awful, the film or play is usually really good. if the reviewer loves it, it is usually pretty awful!

As Moose_Starr said, a movie reviewer simply expresses his/her individual opinion. In the case of Transformers, the audience has the last word on whether a film is “good”, by spending money to see it in the theaters. We, the fans, have a closer connection to this movie than the average movie-goer, so we may feel slighted when reviews aren’t wholly positive of it, but we’ll still see it.

From the moment I became HP fan , I made myself not to believe to everything that’s written in the press!!
Journalists some time write their own opinione and even don’t think about the feelings of people who would read their article!!!
Yeah, from the first moment I have read HBP I gessed that alot of ,,not so understanding,, people will say that it had spoiled,some of people won’t be able understand what is going on and that there wounld be a lot of “WHYs?”
I have prepared myself to everything and I know exactly one thing
for me IT DOESN"T PLAIES ANY SENSE WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT HP BOOKS< FILMS< ACTORS I LIKE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starlesswinter, I understand what you’re saying about relationships in the series. However, I’m trying to remember where in the books Harry says he loves Ginny or that they were soulmates. He obviously cared for her, and their time together meant a lot to him and his happiness. Was it love at the time? Probably not, but it still meant enough that her face was the last thing he saw before he “died.” JK. Rowling isn’t Stephanie Meyer. Harry and Ginny never called each other soulmates after a week of dating. Their lust probably developed into love long after the war was over. Isn’t that how most relationships start?

As for critics (I’m not commenting towards any one poster now), their words do have merit. The success of the second Transformer movie only proves that people wanted to see it, not whether they enjoyed it. In fact, it’s possible that the new Ice Age movie could actually beat it this weekend, so obviously not everyone wanted to see it a second time. So HBP’s initial success will not be based on what critics think, but it’s long term success could. Word of mouth is important if you want to stay number 1 for more than a week.

Snogwarts … heh heh.

Still laughing about “Snogwarts” … Hehe.
This movie is going to be amazing! 8-)

I always reserve my true feelings, until I see the movie….reviews are “personal opinions”…no matter how well written or “unbiased” they wish to be….

I’ll make up my own mind. But I have to say, things are looking pretty good!
10 more days….YAHOO!

These reviews were pretty fair enough I’ve no idea why people are suddenly getting up in arms about them. They seemed pretty on the mark when you look at them objectively. I think were still on course for a very good movie. Can’t wait for Total Film’s review, it’s the one I usually count on

Hi Potter fans.

I’ve posted a fairly positive review of Half-Blood Prince on my website, thought you might like to read it:
http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/review/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince.php

Apologies if you think this is spam, but it’s hard to try and compete with the big names like The Guardian and The Sun! Plus I go into much more detail than they do! Hope you enjoy the review, and the film!

Thanks,
TheShiznit.co.uk

Sorry kid, but the fact that you call yourself and your blog the “shiznit” pretty much guarantees that I won’t take your opinion seriously.

snogwarts
lol.

it should be getting 5/5. film critics often hate big movies. and they luv there character development

I’ll probably agree about the 3 out of 5 once I see the movie I fear.

So now character development is a bad thing?

What is the world coming to?

snogwarts…..5 stars definitely…..