"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" thread

[Peanut]

Aside from the ending, which was pretty dreadful for so many different reasons, I thought it was a really fun movie, better than the last 3 easily.

Now, hear me out. This is coming from the most hardcore of Potter fans. Not only do I own several replica wands (yes, that's right), but I've even been known to sport a Hogwarts scarf in the winter months.

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.

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Especially the whole random fight in the field, and the Burrow being blow to f*ck.

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!"

Anyways, aside from the ending, again, really thought it was one of the best Potter movies. The casting was better this time around, too. I felt like it's been a little lax the last couple, with the main exception being Luna, but Slughorn (despite his lack of a walrus mustache) was really good, Greyback was decent (didn't do much), and Cormac was a perfect dick head. Certainly not as terrible as some people are making it out to be.