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Meet My America's Most Eligible MC - Catherine "Charlie" Howard
Name: Catherine Jane Howard
Nickname(s): Charlie (what most people call her), Cathy, Kate, Catie
Birthday: November 17, 1998
Birthplace: Burlington, Vermont
Occupation: Influencer
Faceclaim: Leesa Tulley
Love Interest: Derek Taylor
Faceclaim: Kendrick Sampson
Father: Michael Howard
Faceclaim: Kevin Costner
Mother: Olive Howard
Faceclaim: Kim Basinger
Older Sister: Athena Howard
Faceclaim: Emma Watson
Older Sister: Summer Howard
Faceclaim: Margot Robbie
Younger Brother: Aaron Howard
Faceclaim: Alex Saxon
Younger Brother: Sage Howard
Faceclaim: Cole Sprouse
I probably won't make anything for her (besides Random Question Time) until after the new year has started but I wanted to start making her character since she's apart of my christmas layout/pfp.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
The sixth chapter in the Harry Potter series does not disappoint. In fact, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a contender for the best so far.
Lord Voldemort's return is no longer a secret but the Wizarding World feels powerless against him. Meanwhile, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his best friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, whose magical barriers will keep them safe. Joining potions class under Professor Slughorn (Jim Broadbent) at the last second, Harry finds a mysterious textbook full of useful tips from someone calling themselves The Half-Blood Prince. As he goes about his classes, falls in love and worries about everyday school drama, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) asks Harry for help uncovering a crucial piece of information in the battle against Voldemort.
In the wake of Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games, there have been many imitators. The ones doomed to fail often fell into the trap of focussing too much on teenage angst in the middle of much bigger things. In this case, it works. This year, there’s no sinister new teacher trying to dismantle Hogwarts from the inside, no unknown assassin roaming the corridors at night. The Ministry of Magic acknowledges Voldemort’s return. Harry is not a social pariah whose sanity his fellow students question. He finally gets a chance to be normal. You get a taste of what a term at Hogwarts should be like and it’s wonderful. It brings you back to the first time Harry entered the Great Hall and gazed in wonder at the hidden world he had become a part of. We’ve been with these characters for years now. It’s so satisfying to see them growing up, getting all clammy-handed over asking their crush out on a date. The screenplay by Steve Kloves is filled with little moments like that. He perfectly captures the excitement of a first kiss or of winning that big competition that’ll have all your friends cheering.
But once in a while, you get a brief glimpse of something sinister in the background. Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) is up to something. The camera will focus on Harry and his friends walking down a corridor, not a care in the world and to the left, tucked away by the camera is the blond-haired bully, practically tearing his hair out from stress. He’s always been up to no good so let’s pay him no mind. Let’s return to Harry and Dumbledore as they try to find this clue about Voldemort’s past.
The film's best scenes feature the Hogwarts Headmaster and the student who admires him. Michale Gambon and Daniel Radcliffe both so good together. Gambon, in particular, does so much with the tone of his voice and the dialogue. You get a sense that he’s kind and patient but there’s a strange aloofness about what he isn’t saying that keeps you guessing. He’s so much more than a simple, kindly old goody-goody.
Throughout the series, we've seen many striking images. That first time Harry held the wand that would become his, the Chamber of Secrets, that Angel of Death gravestone in the cemetary, etc. All the ones that come immediately to mind have a certain Harry Potter aesthetic to them. A crazy creature, a spell cast, some artifact. The striking shots in The Half-Blood Prince are different. There's a particular scene next to a cliffside that takes you breath away as the score by Nicholas Hooper swells and cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel flexes his layout muscles. There's a certain bird cage that really isn't that unusual in terms of design but the way it's framed, it's unforgettable. You could put the film on silent and tell what we’re supposed to feel from the way characters are framed, or the way the natural layout of the castle either divides or separates characters. The excellent score helps a lot too.
Perhaps more than in any of the chapters so far, the focus of The Half-Blood Prince is on the emotions. The finale is a punch in the gut even if you’ve read the book. Radcliffe, Grint and Watson have never been better. The drama between their characters is real. The supporting cast around them (I’ll give a bit of extra attention to Alan Rickman and Jim Broadbent, who have slightly bigger roles) disappear completely in their parts. It certainly helps to have seen all of the previous entries relatively recently but even separated from the rest, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince stands so steadily on its own legs you could pop it in anytime and fall in love with it all over again. (On Blu-ray, August 30, 2019)
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