Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince -- the movie - Page 5

tangelo212 · #1 07-02-2009, 08:46 PM

I. Can't. Wait.

I never read the books when the series started/they first came out. I remember thinking that I was a little old for them, and for some reason my mom had the impression that they were intended for kids who didn't like to read, to get them to read. Or something.

After seeing the last movie and being completely lost, I decided to catch up with the series before the HBP comes out so I know what's going on. I'm currently on HBP (which also makes it feel risky that I'm reading this thread), my mom's on Order of the Phoenix, and my dad's only on Azkaban. My parents are obsessed too. It's a big family affair now. My mom and I actually had two bookmarks in OotP and fought over who would read it when.

jojapeach · #2 07-03-2009, 07:34 PM

^^^ I've only read HBP & DH, but I just read HBP for the second time last month, and there was definitely a quidditch match. Actually more than one because Ron played, then got sick or injured and was substituted by another player that got on the whole team's nerves. Plus, Harry got a lot more time to see Ginny.

I'm so looking forward to the movie. I'll try to take any interested nieces and nephews, and there has to be one.

nikki1920 · #3 07-06-2009, 03:18 PM

Im so excited!!!

ASUADPi · #4 07-07-2009, 12:51 AM

Next week! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

My coworker and I were talking about the movie today. We are both super excited. She hopes that the movie isn't "dark" like the other ones have been, but considering the plot of HBP, I don't think that will happen.

Can't wait to see it!

tangelo212 · #5 07-07-2009, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ASUADPi

Next week! Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!

My coworker and I were talking about the movie today. We are both super excited. She hopes that the movie isn't "dark" like the other ones have been, but considering the plot of HBP, I don't think that will happen.

Can't wait to see it!

I just finished reading the book tonight, and I think that this is absolutely the "darkest" one yet. The magic is more practical and serious, and less whimsical and "cute" than before (if that makes sense?).

It's depressing, too. I actually shed a few tears over this one.

Nevertheless, still can't wait!!

polarpi · #6 07-07-2009, 11:50 PM

Just bought my (5.50 + 1.00 convenience fee) tickets for Wednesday afternoon - bringing my mom along, since A1) she's in town and B2) haven't really found someone else to go with here in my "new" area. If it came out over the weekend I'd drive down to go see it with my step-sister (whom I saw the very first movie with - what can I say, it was a bonding experience

)

Getting super excited!

Pike/PhiDeltmom · #7 07-14-2009, 05:47 PM

I am very excited to attend the 12:01am showing later tonight with my son and his girlfriend. I just heard on the news that the lines are wrapping around our local multi-plex theaters and it's not even 6:00pm.

TPA85 · #8 07-15-2009, 04:13 AM

Just got back from the midnight showing....First thing I did was try to find people's reactions from it because I was not entirely impressed [especially for having to wait SOOOOO long] but I'm also overly cynical sometimes.

I was very disappointed that some things were changed un-necessarily. I get that some things HAVE to be changed for the sake of fitting everything in to a film and making it flow but I think David Yates went a little far with this one.

I'm just going to go ahead and keep my fingers crossed from now until the time Deathly Hallows I and II come out, hoping that I leave the theaters more fulfilled than I did tonight.

txpacer · #9 07-15-2009, 04:21 AM

I loved it! While I wish that some things had not been changed or omitted, I still thought that it was the best midnight movie I have seen.

Only downside...back to work in 5.5 hours.

lovespink88 · #10 07-15-2009, 09:42 AM

Okay, slight hijack from the current movie, but still Harry Potter related.

I JUST started reading the books this summer. I'm on 4, but I probably won't finish the series till next summer, cause I'm just too busy during the school year to read books for fun.

In addition to the books, I've seen 1 & 2 of the movies. I saw 1 a while ago, thought it was pretty good, but I just saw 2, and thought it was pretty crappy. I mean, I was expecting the books to be better anyways, since books tend to be better than the movie version, but I just had a question...do the movies get better? Like, if you had to put them in order of your favorites, what would they be?

When I saw the first movie last year without having read any of the books, I liked it. So when I started reading the books and LOVED them, I was so excited for the movies. But when I saw 2, I was really disappointed. I just want to know if I have something to look forward too.

TPA85 · #11 07-15-2009, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by lovespink88

do the movies get better? Like, if you had to put them in order of your favorites, what would they be?

Here's my personal ranking of the movies:
5
3
6
1
4
2

DaffyKD · #12 07-15-2009, 02:34 PM

I liked the first 2 since Christopher Columbus said his kids would kill him if he changed the story. I hated the 5th one. They left out a lot of important material, it was boring and even my son who can never find anything wrong with HP walked out of the theater upset. I have not seen the 6th one yet, but I don't have a lot of hope for it. The more something gets hyped, the worse the movies is in my personal and not so humble opinion.

MysticCat · #13 07-15-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DaffyKD

I liked the first 2 since Christopher Columbus said his kids would kill him if he changed the story. I hated the 5th one. They left out a lot of important material, it was boring and even my son who can never find anything wrong with HP walked out of the theater upset. I have not seen the 6th one yet, but I don't have a lot of hope for it. The more something gets hyped, the worse the movies is in my personal and not so humble opinion.

Ever since the first one -- maybe the second -- plot points that are very important in the book have been left out of the movies. The first book is 309 pages long, Book 2 a little longer. Book 4 is 735 pages long, and it's not the longest of the books. It just gets impossible to put everything in.

That said, sometimes I'm baffled why some things that could get easily mentioned are left out.

And yes . . . spoiler alerts are a must in this thread.

SydneyK · #14 07-15-2009, 10:20 AM

^^^ I haven't seen HP & the HBP yet, so I can comment only on the first five movies. Of the five, the second and the third were my least favorite. I didn't like the director's interpretation of Prisoner of Azkaban at all, so I think I liked the third movie even less than the second. ETA: If I had to put the movies in order, my order would be 1,5,4,2,3.

Having said that, however, I haven't liked any of the movies nearly as much as I liked the books. But I think that's normal.

Pike/PhiDeltmom · #15 07-15-2009, 11:49 AM

I am a huge Harry Potter fan and attended the 12:01am showing. For now I just have a couple of comments.
Spoiler Alert:

I was very dissapointed with the movie. How could several of the most important and exciting parts of the book be left out? And, once again, the director altered scenes and dialogue for no reason. Were there some great parts of the movie. Absolutley. It's a fantastic book. I give the movie a "C+" which is too bad. It could have been one of the best movies ever.