Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[mark3]

I can't go at midnight, but I will see it sometime tommorow. @Dbax0999: The second book was definitely the best, but I liked the fourth movie.

I just think the movies started getting really lame when the started having fights with magic. Because the movies changed the fights to them pointing their wands and shooting beams of light at each other. Then the person getting attacked could "dodge" it. I think that made it stupid.

Well, I tried to remain relatively unspoiled on if it is getting good reviews or not, but I did read that this movie focuses a lot on love and relationships and fun asides. This was one of my favorite parts about the book, so hopefully it transfers on to the big screen.

While I would rank the movies 3,5,4,1,2 the books are where I differ. I thought the third book was the worst of the series. I didn't go anywhere to further the plot in real time and was much like the first in that way, although the first did have the redeeming quality of introducing us to the whole magical world. Ranking the books is sooooo hard, but 7 is easily my favorite with 4,5,6 mixing somewhere between 2-4 and 1,3 fighting for 5-6 with the 2nd in last.

 

[soccerking813]

Third book is definitely the worst book, and 5th is the worst movie. I dunno about the best though.

It would be awesome to watch the all-star game tonight and then get in the car and go watch harry potter.

 

[arud45]

I think it's pretty dumb that they cut the climactic Hogwart's battle from the movie. I don't care if it was to "avoid repetitiveness."

 

[rahulkadukar]

The new instalment of Harry Potter comes out tonight at midnight and I am pumped. It combines 2 of my 4 or 5 loves of good books and movie reviews. Is anyone else seeing the premier tonight? I will be back at about 3:00 central time with my official review.

Discuss if your excited, when you will see it , which movies/books are your favorite, etc.

Come on how good is the movie

 

[blade740]

See, I thought the sixth was the worst book. I found myself annoyed more often than not at the characters.

 

[mark3]

Movie was easily the best Potter movie yet. It finally brought in the humor that the books showed with the darkness of the later books. A better review will probably come later. but safe to say I give it high marks.

 

[daniel0731ex]

lol i have the same birthdate as harry potter, and the same first name as the actor in the movies

 

[arud45]

It was a pretty good movie. I think I went in way to critical and remained pessimistic the entire time. I wish I hadn't. I do think it's dumb that Hermione can do a Confundus Charm without a wand, the movie Harry mastered nonverbals, etc.

Also, turns out I have been pronouncing "horcruxes" wrong. =\ But I think I'm going to keep calling them "horse-ruxes" since I'm used to it.

Also again, did people in yall's theater scream when the inferi grabbed Harry?

 

[StachuK1992]

Damn. At least put a spoiler alert^

 

[soccerking813]

I hate spoilers.

I'm actually going to it tonight.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

I went to see the premiere (I have my reasons why, since I normally wouldn't), it was a good movie I like how some of the characters in some scenes were partially stoned haha

 

[endless_akatsuki]

Also again, did people in yall's theater scream when the inferi grabbed Harry?

lmao no.

Yeah, I thought on the whole it was pretty good. There was actually some pretty funny parts, and it was pretty good. But, as usual, the movie left out some side-plots to avoid a 4 hour movie.

Somewhat Spoiler?.
The end was kinda anti-climactic. Idk.

 

[Nukoca]

Also again, did people in yall's theater scream when the inferi grabbed Harry?

Yeah. We all knew it was gonna happen, but we all jumped anyway.

 

[mark3]

Also again, did people in yall's theater scream when the inferi grabbed Harry?

lmao no.

Yeah, I thought on the whole it was pretty good. There was actually some pretty funny parts, and it was pretty good. But, as usual, the movie left out some side-plots to avoid a 4 hour movie.

Somewhat Spoiler?.
The end was kinda anti-climactic. Idk.

My theater did, so did I. And I even knew it was going to happen.

Anytime I have to judge a Potter movie I completely leave out the fact that they did not cover every detail. My only qualm with the movie is that we didn't see Dumbledore's funeral. I didn't even so much mind there not being a huge final battle. However, if the final battle in the last movie isn't a solid 20-30 minutes, it's safe to say I will be unhappy.

 

[dbax0999]

At the theater I went to they were showing it on 11 screens at midnight. In six of them the film broke and they didn't get to see the movie that night! I was in one of the other 5.

Product placement: Harry Potter wears Converse

 

[endless_akatsuki]

At the theater I went to they were showing it on 11 screens at midnight. In six of them the film broke and they didn't get to see the movie that night! I was in one of the other 5.

Product placement: Harry Potter wears Converse

LOL. Really? that must suck for all those people...dang.

 

[arud45]

looks like ole voldemort won't get to dig up dumbeldore in the next movie since he wasn't buried with the elder wand. There definitely was funny parts, i loved the Quidditch match/tryouts. To be completely honest, and I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, I got a little bored during some parts of the movie.. Oh well, nothing can ever come close to the book i suppose.

 

[badmephisto]

i went to the midnight show yesterday. We were dressed up, and I also had a scar lulz

there was a lot of romance stuff this time around! I would have liked to see more action. Also, what was up with that added action scene in burrow that never happened in the book? And the added scene with Harry picking up some random girl in the beginning? QUESTION MARKS?
There were some disappointments, particularly with the Voldemort scenes etc., but overall it was good!

 

[dbax0999]

i went to the midnight show yesterday. We were dressed up, and I also had a scar lulz

I had a scar too! So did just about everyone in the theater. This one crazy guy ran around with a red pen asking everyone if they wanted scars. My sister had a red and gold Griffindor scarf that she knitted.

looks like ole voldemort won't get to dig up dumbeldore in the next movie since he wasn't buried with the elder wand. There definitely was funny parts, i loved the Quidditch match/tryouts. To be completely honest, and I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, I got a little bored during some parts of the movie.. Oh well, nothing can ever come close to the book i suppose.

Yeah they definitely made this one funnier then the others. But some of Dumbledore's lines were completely unnecessary. Such as:

Spoiler

Looks like you need to shave Harry

 

[soccerking813]

I just watched it, and I found it to be a very nice movie. The only bad thing was that they left out the final parts.

Everyone else in the theater screamed at the inferi part, but I was laughing.

I particularly liked how Draco Malfoy acted in this movie. It was excellent.

Spoiler

One more thing, why did they add the part about the Weasleys' house burning? That definitely was not in the book.