Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Revisited [Ultimate Edition] by Anjohan
Dark secrets are revealed in the penultimate instalment of Anjohan’s “Harry Potter: Revisited” series. Half-Blood Prince is the second most-edited movie in the franchise and Anjohan has officially stepped up to the plate with his long-awaited update of HBP: Revisited!
Visual Editing: To start off, the colour grading. As much care as possible has been taken to reduce the diarrhoea-tinted filter from the picture, allowing Bruno Delbonnel’s cinematography to truly shine. If only JJPotter’s colour corrected version of his HBP Extended Edition was still available so I can compare it to this. Marvellous work! Not too crazy about the yellow tinge in certain scenes, though. The cuts and transitions, as per usual, are beautifully crafted. It amazes me how Anjohan is now able to closely mimic the editing style of Mark Day with these new editions! Some of the changes actually caught me by surprise. I’ll refrain from going into detail here so as not to spoil them for those who wish to check out the edit themselves. All I can say is, this is now the PERFECT set-up for Deathly Hallows. And last but not least, the Pensieve memories. Anjohan has gone all out to make these scenes as unnerving as possible. I absolutely LOVE the way young Tom Riddle morphs into Ralph Fiennes’ Lord Voldemort! An all-around magnificent job!
Audio Editing: Do I need to say it? Fantastic job on the audio as always! John Williams’ themes have been carefully edited to blend in with Nicholas Hooper’s wonderfully chilling score. And just like OotP, new themes from Deathly Hallows are introduced. The horror ambience is a nice cherry on top and it really helps give the Pensieve memories a much more sinister atmosphere.
Nitpicks: I must, again, point out the absence of a proposed change. If you’ve been following the thread, you’ll know what I’m talking about. I’m still curious as to why it’s been left out: a change of mind, perhaps? Or maybe this could be a stylistic decision. Nothing that’ll mar my enjoyment of this edit, of course.
Another home run for the goat Anjohan! This has been an incredible journey so far. I can’t believe we’re nearly at the end now. Special thanks go out to Chloe of Fanedit.org as well! Here’s to another great HBP edit! 🥂
Roll on Deathly Hallows: Revisited! ✊
9.5/10