Battling the dark forces takes a back seat to romance and Quidditch
updated 4:25 p.m. ET July 14, 2009
Call it the calm before the storm (暴风雨前的平静), but “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” goes out of its way to balance its own dark doings — to say nothing of the dire (可怕的) events to come in the two upcoming movies based on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” — with more character and atmosphere than we’ve seen in the last few movies.
If you’ve been missing Quidditch matches, love triangles (三角关系), hanging out in the Gryffindor common room and general Hogwarts-iness, you’ll have a great time with this latest sequel (续集).
As the big showdown (一决胜负) with Voldemort draws nearer, headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) asks for Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) to assist him in convincing Professor Slughorn (Jim Broadbent) into coming back to teach at Hogwarts. Slughorn is one of the magic world’s great name-droppers, and Dumbledore knows he won’t be able to resist having the legendary Harry as a student.
注：name-dropper指由于虚荣心作怪，到处胡乱提及著名人士的名字以提高自己身价的人。