But I was at the 2/3rds point of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince for a while and thought now was the time to finish up.
I also rented the HP 6.0 DVD from Netflix. It's the second time I've seen the movie and I have to say, it wears better the second time than it did the first.
My initial concern was the scene when Dumbledore has to drink a nasty potion concocted by Dick Cheney (oops, sorry, I mean Voldemort or Tom Riddle, as Dumbledore prefers to call him). The potion causes Dumbledore to relive his worst nightmare. In the book, this is rather vividly portrayed though you're not quit sure of the meaning of Dumbledore's words. But that meaning becomes very clear—and it's an important thread in the story—in book 7.
My take-away is that JK Rowling's books get longer and more complex as they progress. As a consequence, it became more and more difficult to squeeze the book's many nuances into a movie. What you end up with a lot of ellipses so if you hadn't read the books, I think some of the action on the screen wouldn't make sense.
All of this HP 6.0 activity is prelude to seeing HP 7.1 during Christmas week at a really good theater in Woodstock (the Town Hall) with a biggish screen. I always believe you should treat yourself to something really good this time of year and this is part of my gift to myself.
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