Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince--SPOILERS!!!

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I really liked it. I think it's because I treat the books different from the movies. I look at the movies as a supplement to the books. There's no use in being anal as far as what was left out of the book. The main thing is the entertainment factor which this movie clearly had...
 
I hated Tonks' look in OOTP. She looked nothing like I expected the character to look. Her look in HBP is a much better fit for the character.

You're missing the point. Its not on the look of Tonks but that its a radical departure from the original look in OotP and not even her name was mentioned so the casual fan would miss it. My wife hasn't gotten that far in the books and asked who was with Lupin. Even my sister-in-law who read the books three times over all ready had to lean over to me and ask if that was supposed to be Tonks. It was lazy to not even mention her name.

Why was Dumbledore´s hand black? Who´s this ugly hairy Death Eater? Why is this film even called the Half-Blood Prince? ...
And Dumbledore would have deserved a funeral scene!

It was explained but very quickly. Dumbledore mentions how hard it was to destroy the Horcrux and then looks at his blackened hand and says "Very hard..." That was supposed to clue the audience that the damage was from that just like in the book. The "Hairy" Death Eater was Fenrir Grayback, that part was eluded to in the Alley where you had to pay attention but there was a wanted poster moving like Sirius' in PoA and had his name on it. The audience again was supposed to catch it. As for Dumbledore's funeral the leading thought is since TDH is split into two movies (Will they retitle or go part 1 and 2?) that it will kick off the movie.
 
I think I'd like a retitle for Deathly Hallows, but only if Rowling comes up with the title.
 
I think movie 8 should still be The Deathy Hallows, but I'd like a Rowling retitle for movie 7 as well.
 
I would like a retitle too. Going to see Deathly Hallows Part 1 just sounds like a rip-off to me. How many would have read a book called Lord of the Rings part 1? Or go see the Matrix 2, part 1? A good title is much more important than saying "part x."

The title should be something along the lines of Harry Potter and the search for the Horcruxes or something like that. The horcruxes and the Deathly Hallows were the most important things about the books. I think the horcurxes deserve their 15 minutes of fame.
 
But the Elder Wand is a Deathly Hallow. It would have been like breaking up Harry Potter and the Half Blood prince into that and Harry Potter and Snape.
 
Probably gonna take the family to see this tomorrow. Appropriate for a 7 year old? (she's tough)
 
Not a big Potter fan, but have seen all the movies at the theater. So far this is the weakest one. The FX were good, but a bloated story. Does Harry ever become a wizard that can do anything? The chosen one does nothing but get his butt whipped.
 
Nowhere in the movie do they state this. It's just one of the muddy things Yates and Kloves do with the film's plot.

Well, I guess they figured that most people would just assume that's why they were there...I mean...it is pretty much the only reason...
 
It'll be called "Harry Potter Goes Camping" :lol

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Not a big Potter fan, but have seen all the movies at the theater. So far this is the weakest one. The FX were good, but a bloated story. Does Harry ever become a wizard that can do anything? The chosen one does nothing but get his butt whipped.

Well, he's going to get whipped by Snape and Voldemort because they are quite the badasses. I suppose he could beat up Ron every once in a while...
 
Saw it last Friday. It was decent, but The Half-Blood Prince was my favorite of the books (followed by The Deathly Hallows) so I was a little disappointed. It's a moot point now, but I really don't like Dave Yates direction on these last films...really wished they had Alfonso Cuaron finish up the series.

I understand it's hard to fit in all the characters in limited screen time, but there were unneccesary changes. Why did they decide to have Luna find Harry when he was stupified on the train? If I remember correctly, it was Tonks who found Harry.
 
I think they pretty well decided to omit much of Tonks and Lupin from the series... too bad, but I guess they tried to uncomplicate many scenes.
 
Watching harry potter 4 and 5 today for the first time...then ill go see this one.
 
Saw it last Friday. It was decent, but The Half-Blood Prince was my favorite of the books (followed by The Deathly Hallows) so I was a little disappointed. It's a moot point now, but I really don't like Dave Yates direction on these last films...really wished they had Alfonso Cuaron finish up the series.

I understand it's hard to fit in all the characters in limited screen time, but there were unneccesary changes. Why did they decide to have Luna find Harry when he was stupified on the train? If I remember correctly, it was Tonks who found Harry.

I would have liked more Tonks too, but I can see that they want to cut down on the number of characters they have to deal with and this was a good way to get more Luna in. And it was completely in character for her too.
 
I would have liked more Tonks too, but I can see that they want to cut down on the number of characters they have to deal with and this was a good way to get more Luna in. And it was completely in character for her too.

I understand that, and it really was a minor change, but...

I just feel that since she will be one of the casulaties in the Deathly Hallows, the impact of her death may be lessened. Lupin has had a fairly big role, as well as Ron's brother (wow, I can't remember which one dies at the moment), so their deaths will likely resonate more with the audience.
 
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