Half Blood Prince Movie

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[MuggleMum]

Jackson got it just right where the HP directors fail to deliver especially the last 3 films. The first two were good especially Richard Harris
Azkaban was my favourite of the lot but I feel it has all gone downhill since that one

I don't think that it's because the films have gone downhill Mugglemum.
I think it's just that when you have your favourite film set in your mind then no matter how good the ones are that follow they will never quite compare.

Azkaban was and is my favourite film too. I t will always hold a special place for me as i was late dicovering HP and it was the first HP film i went to see.

Think we may have to agree to disagree on this one Stoney

To be honest I went in comparing it to the OOTP which I felt was pretty poor. Sadly I came out feeling the same way as i did about that one...maybe not as disappointed as there were difinite high points but for me, more low ones 

 I LOVED Dumbledore in this one  The first time I have enjoyed Gambons performance, the eccentric hippy on speed is no more
Also thought the humour was great...Ron was hilarious and I thought Harrys acting was the best it has been and Rickman as Snape is always amazing

The special effects were truly stunning!

Maybe I will enjoy it more 2nd time round but will not be rushing back to the cinema will wait for dvd now

 

[stoney]

Ok Mugglemum, We'll agree to disagree

We do agree on some things though.
Michael Gambon's Dumbledore is so much better in this than in GOF or OOTP (which i don't think was his fault). He was so much more humourous and kinder as well as being serious when needed. I don't think we have seen Gambon's Dumbledore like this since PoA. Not only does this suit Dumbledore better but it also suits Michael Gambon better.

I thought Dan's acting in this was the best yet as well and really funny too. I loved all his scenes after taking Felix!. Especially the way he walks down to Hagrid's with Slughorn behind and the bit about Aragog's pincers
As a matter of fact i loved the whole of the Aragog burial scene. Especially the bit when the camera is behind Harry, Slughorn, Hagrid and Fang all standing on top of the hill with the wonderful piece of music playing. Absolutely beautifully done.

Jim Broadbent really stood out for me though as Slughorn. His performance was absoultely superb!.

That being said, i thought that everyone as usual did an amazing job

[Dash]

I just rewatched it last night and I think it's actually quite good this time.  Maybe it's because I know what would happen (since I didn't really read the book) and concentrated more on the scenary and acting.

I discovered something funny.  Remember that part where Draco was crying in the toilet?  He was supposed to be crying in the girls' toilet (?), but the movie changed it to the guys' toilet. 

[stoney]

I didn't even notice which toilet Draco was in. I hadn't even thought about it until i read your post!..LOL!.

I suppose that it was becuase that in the book Moaning Myrtle is the one who Draco confides in and goes to for a shoulder to cry on but as there is no Moaning Myrtle in the film there isn't really a reason as to why Draco would use the girl's toilet so i would imagine that's why it was changed to the boy's toilet.

[allender]

But au contraire, in the book it *was* a boys' bathroom. (See p. 521, U.S. hardcover edition.)

Myrtle isn't as naive as you think. 

[stoney]

I stand corrected allender.You are quite right.
I hang my head in shame

I have just checked p. 487 of my UK Paperback edition and it says "For a moment he could not find Malfoy anywhere, and he assumed he must indeed be inside the Room of Requiurement again, but then he saw Malfoy's tiny, labelled dot standing in a boys' bathroom on the floor below, accompanied, not by Crabbe or Goyle, but by Moaning Myrtle."

See i told you in the other thread that i don't see anything!.
Not only that but also judging by this, i don't remember anything either!

NEXT STOP ST. MUNGOS!

[Dash]

Haha, I didn't really read the book so I thought Draco went to Moaning Myrtle's toilet. 
Good to know that Draco isn't perverted.  Thanks for correcting guys!

[stoney]

Yeah...the poor guy has been hated enough throughout his time at Hogwarts and has been called enough things as it is.
It would of been extremely unfair to add pervert to the list too!..

[allender]

Well, it might not have been any more of a makeover than the one Lavender Brown had between the POA Movie and HBP. 

[Dash]

Haha, the Lavender Brown in POA and HBP is just... a different person.  I'm thinking that there are 2 people called Lavender Brown in Hogwarts.  That makes more sense. 

Anyway, did the books mention how Voldy lost his nose?  Tom Riddle had a nose, I mean.  I just don't get why he doesn't have a nose when he grew up.

[kbmum]

The book doesn't specifically say, but I think it's that all of his magical transformations made him more snake-like.

[erevine]

I myself enjoyed  the movie more than any movie except Azkaban.  It seems a natural progression in the series. The characters are now grown up and the movie is more grown up. Harry out cruising for babes in the first scene, as stated by Dumbledore, I think set the tone for the rest of the movie. Although there were additions and omissions, it held true to the core of the book. I reread the book prior to going to see the movie just for reference and do not feel slighted by how the movies was presented. It does make me wonder though how characters crucial to the next movies will be tied in. Looking at some stills of the next movie you can definitely see Harry, Hermione and Ron in formal attire like they have just attended a wedding. It will be interesting to see how the screenwriter will handle this. As for tearful parts in the movie, I welled up in 2 sections, not only during the reaction to the obvious at the end, but also when Hermione was so obviously heartbroken in the empty corridor after Ron's celebratory snog. The Characters have grown on me through the years and being the softy I am, I hated to see her hurt.

[Geek Boy]

I've been reading on some other forums and a lot of people are complaining about what was left out of this movie.  But JKR was present at the read through's so I guess she gave her approval to the changes.  Maybe they will deal with some of the plot omissions as flashbacks in the DH movie.  It's a two parter so they should have more time to go over things from HBP.  I hope they don't devote the entire DH movie to Harry's search for the Horcruxes - can't imagine that would be much fun, it was a bit tedious in the book.

[blackcat20]

I finally saw the movie last night, and I really enjoyed it. It didnt drag. But it got to the end and just felt like something was missing, but Im not sure what. Its been a while since Ive read the book...but there is definitely that sense at the end that there was something that wasnt there....

I got a bit teary near the end too, and like Jo, from the reaction rather than the event.