"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" thread

[Hannah]

Daniel Radcliffe is such a goddamn sh*tty actor. I was just pissed off the entire time because I had to see his stupid face.

[Peanut]

His goofy smile is cringe inducing every damn time.

[Ginny]

I went last night to see it, and I liked it a lot. The effects were awesome! I got a bit sick of the smooching teens, but all in all, I thought it was well done. The only thing I missed from the book was

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the end battle that was in the book involving Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna, Ginny etc! Seriously, I wish that hadn't been cut! I was ok with it ending without Dumbledore's funeral, but that battle would have been so cool!

[Mecha Cow]

After Order of the Phoenix and now this mess, I'm convinced Yates has no idea what the hell he's doing. This movie was all over the place, with no direction whatsoever. Most of the actual story was glossed over in favor of more clichéd teen romance horse sh*t. Now before the fangirls (-boys?) start tearing me a new one: I too enjoyed that stuff in the books, but in the movies --especially this one-- it's just boring, contrived, and childish, and it wrecked the already terrible pacing which made this two-and-a-half hour movie very difficult to sit through. A poor adaption, and an awful film.

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I also have a "real" wand, but it's for personal use only! The replica's go on display.

ooo really??? cool! whats it made of?

i picked out yew, hawthorn and cocobolo
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/buslady/007.jpg

and i gotta agree, Dan has the worst expressions and smile...bleah.

all the goodygoodys are annoying but i still enjoyed it a lot
i like the bad guys...i'd rather cheer for them

[Storm Wolf]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Credentials aside, I found that the character moments they added, or embellished on, in this movie were really a step above the previous efforts. And to me, character is what Harry Potter is all about. Yes, Dumbledore is still awful, and yes, the acting is still stilted in places, but I really felt like a lot of the "movie changes" worked out fantastically on the screen.

Of course, some of the additions were just..."Dude...what the f*ck?" moments. But for the most part, I feel like the movie worked out really well...for the most part.

My biggest beef was the ending, what a complete train wreck. Aside from the fact that

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the scene in the cavern seemed woefully short, the lack of any kind of battle between the OotP and the Death Eaters following Dumbledore's death killed the momentum I felt like the movie was building. On top of that, no funeral, no aftermath, nothing. Just Snape giving Harry and explanation to something that was woefully under-explained. Since there was never even a scene where Snape grows suspicious that Harry has his old copy of Advanced Potion Making, what the hell was the point in Snape off-handly mentioning that he was the Half-Blood Prince? In the book, Snape is livid at that point, because Harry had called him a coward, here he's all "OK! WHATEVER!"

I pretty much agree with everything there, Peanut.

I mean I haven't read the book recently and my memory is pretty crappy, but even I walked out of the theater feeling cheated.

I agree that the movie was decent and was building steam. I recalled the ending and was getting excited.....

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Then....nothing! Where was the ootp vs. death eater fight? I was sure it would be awesome. Fenrir Greyback had limited screen time....but if I recall correctly didn't he and Remus have a battle? NOTHING was explained about "the half-blood prince" other than Snape admitting it was him. How could anyone who hasn't read the books have possibly picked that up?

I don't know....I have pretty mixed feelings. I do however feel rather disappointed as even tho the movies haven't been right on spot I have enjoyed them. I think when they cut the climax of the book it killed all the momentum they had been working up!

[Warhorse]

I love the books, and I've loved the first 4 movies, and liked the 5th one enough to add it to my DVD collection.

HBP, I found it so boring, so uninteresting compared to the awesome book, and in scenes where the movie had a chance to get an emotion out of us, fell flat. I was so disappointed with the Malfoy/Harry standoff in the bathroom, and the anticlimatic ending. I never thought it could be possible to screw up a Harry Potter movie. I'm dreading what's going to happen with Deathly Hallows, and the first part kind of drags on in the novel by itself before it starts to pick up steam when Ron re-joins Harry and Hermione.

Oh well, there's still Star Trek coming out, it's one thing to look forward to in the cinema!

[The Stryker]

Didn't Star Trek come out months ago?

[Warhorse]

The Star Trek sequels. The Hobbit is another movie I'm looking forward too as well.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Storm Wolf

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Then....nothing! Where was the ootp vs. death eater fight? I was sure it would be awesome. Fenrir Greyback had limited screen time....but if I recall correctly didn't he and Remus have a battle? NOTHING was explained about "the half-blood prince" other than Snape admitting it was him. How could anyone who hasn't read the books have possibly picked that up?

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He actually mauls Bill. But since both Bill and Fleur weren't even given a passing mention in HBP, I'm guessing they're both out of Deathly Hallows.

[Spitfire]

I not a Potter fan. I've seen two of the movies entirely and only parts of others. I thought the last one was watchable but that was about it. This new one wasn't bad though. It kept me engaged and I never felt like I wanted to walk out. The CGI was still horrible though, that seems to be a franchise trademark. Tiffany had to explain a few things to me but other then that I could follow it decently well. The acting was better but I could have done without all the teen drama. I also felt like there wasn't much of a climax.

[Mecha Cow]

Originally Posted by Peanut

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He actually mauls Bill. But since both Bill and Fleur weren't even given a passing mention in HBP, I'm guessing they're both out of Deathly Hallows.

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No, Bill has been cast and apparently Deathly Hallows will start off with the wedding scene as per the book.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

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No, Bill has been cast and apparently Deathly Hallows will start off with the wedding scene as per the book.

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It starts out moving Harry before his 17th birthday, doesn't it? After the chapter with Voldemort and the Death Eaters. "The 7 Potters", I think it's called. I really hope they don't skip this because it would be a great way to open a movie.

[Mecha Cow]

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Possible, it's been a while since I've read the book. Either way the wedding will supposedly be included in the movie.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

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Possible, it's been a while since I've read the book. Either way the wedding will supposedly be included in the movie.

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If that's true, then the attack on the Burrow scene in OotP makes even less sense because the only way I could make it make sense was if they intended to skip all the Burrow stuff in Deathly Hallows. Arg - That is such a pointless scene!

[Peanut]

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Yes, Harry is moved to the Burrow with the "7 Potters" trick at the beginning of Deathly Hallows before the wedding. Again, like has already been said, what's the point in any of that if they burned down the Burrow, and made no mention of Bill and Fluer. What a complete f*cking waste.

[Tinuvielsdreams]

I saw the film a few days ago and gave it some time to sink in and also to discuss it with a fellow book fan last night. My thoughts very quickly because it's almost work time

Pretty much everyone has nailed the problems I had with it such as

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The ending lost all it's suspense with the change, the burrow and field part, giving Tonks and Lupins relationship the shaft, leaving out everything about greyback and ignoring the actual Title plot of the book almost completely...to name a few

Things I liked

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were the way it was shot as far as cinematography, seeing the joke shop as well as some of the more comedic moments (like the love potion and Slughorn). I actually started to wonder if the film makers were worried if they didn't pound the film with silly teenie bopper kissing stuff it would have been too doom and gloom?

I also liked the young Tom Riddle and some of the death eater chaos scenes effecting the human world even though like most of the drama it was underplayed.

The acting for certain characters is better and all the adult actors are always great. Emma Watson actually annoyed me in this movie much more then Daniel Radcliff. I have to say I love Luna

I decided against reading the book before I saw the movie and I just bought book 7 in paperback so I think the time is coming to re-read both.

[Buslady]

Originally Posted by Mecha Cow

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No, Bill has been cast and apparently Deathly Hallows will start off with the wedding scene as per the book.

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Why would they open with a wedding when the book opens with a meeting with Voldemort? If they're trying to make it more to the book with these last two movies, this time they should live up to it.

I just want more Voldemort...

[GK Punk]

Finally saw it.

Yeah.

Well, I enjoyed it I should say. It wasn't bad. It just wasn't as good as the book. All the points brought up by you guys already, I also agree with. Half the stuff I was looking forward to seeing wasn't even in the movie.

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Seriously, no battle with The Order and Death Eaters? Not at all? Any why didn't harry try and stop the Death Eaters instead of just standing there watching? At least in the book, he had the cloak of invisibility over him and was frozen by Dumbledore's magic...

All in all, it wasn't bad. Just a bit dissapointing.

[Jephael]

I'm more a fan of the movies than the books, though I've stopped in Barnes and Noble a couple times to read parts of them.

I went to see Half-Blood Prince three times this month and enjoyed it very much. Ron's my favorite character because I can sort of relate to him. I loved his scenes in the film.