Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Rubix]

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Movie comes out in a few weeks, heard there has been a lot changed from the book and some new bits added which I am not to happy about.

[Songwriter]

Movie comes out in a few weeks, heard there has been a lot changed from the book and some new bits added which I am not to happy about.

That's why you shouldnt judge a book by its cover.

[Dandy Kong]

What was changed?

[Abs]

I never read this one, trailer looks allright.. but then none of the films have really been that great I think.

[Hexx]

What was changed?

Apperently Harry isn't invised. He hides downstairs and looks up through the floorboards. Snape finds him and gestures to be quiet. And then goes up and KILLS DUMBLEDORE.

So Snape's alliegence is pretty much revealed as he saves Harry, but everyone forgets/ignores this for dramatic tension/chase scenes.

There's some other big stuff as well from memory - I think the "battle" is toned down a fair bit too, to make the next seem bigger

Also there's apparently been some rather significant re-shoots/redos since the initial version (which is said to be the reason for 8 month delay()

[Rubix]

What was changed?

Not sure something I heard on the radio, fans who had a private screening came out moaning

[Thongings]

I saw the trailer for the first time in the cinema yesterday. Looks epic. Really looking forward to it.

[Hexx]

**Insert post from Sarge repeating the official line. There's no re-shoots. The delay was purely to move it to the summer where there are no other films as competition. After all there was reams of competition for it November/December/Christmas. Like...um...**

[Cuttooth]

The delay was purple?

[Wedgie]

What was changed?

Apperently Harry isn't invised. He hides downstairs and looks up through the floorboards. Snape finds him and gestures to be quiet. And then goes up and KILLS DUMBLEDORE.

So Snape's alliegence is pretty much revealed as he saves Harry, but everyone forgets/ignores this for dramatic tension/chase scenes.

There's some other big stuff as well from memory - I think the "battle" is toned down a fair bit too, to make the next seem bigger

Also there's apparently been some rather significant re-shoots/redos since the initial version (which is said to be the reason for 8 month delay()

WTF!!!

That's shite if true.

[Hexx]

The delay was purple?

If you say so

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/38251

That's (one of) the reviews of the screenings last year. Here's the end bit

I had the most problems with the film’s final third. Harry and Dumbledore’s trip to the caves seemed to come out of nowhere, as did Dumbledore’s declaration that he had to drink the water from the podium in which the locket they were after was held. I don’t remember if that’s how it happened in the book, but I remember arriving at that location & conclusion in a way that at least felt more natural.

After that, they make their way to the tower and instead of using a charm to immobilize Harry and cover him with the invisibility cloak like in the book, Dumbledore just sends Harry away, and Harry goes downstairs, stops & watches the following scene through cracks in the floor above him. Malfoy tries to kill Dumbledore but realizes he can’t. Snape arrives on the floor below & signals Harry to be quiet, which he uncharacteristically does. Snape then goes upstairs & sends Dumbledore to his death. The modifications made to this scene from book to film are terrible, and they partially blow what may be the biggest surprise of the entire franchise.

Afterwards, there is no enormous battle. The Death Eaters stroll out silently. I remember the fight in the book being fantastic, and I personally would rather have had a short scene in the beginning with two guys talking about the horrible things the Death Eaters are doing than eliminate the battle at the end. Harry runs after them and confronts Snape, who quietly tells him he’s the Half-Blood Prince. Again, due to lack of attention paid to this plotline, I didn’t really care. In the book, he screams his response. The book has Snape screaming and the film has him using his indoor voice. What a disappointment.

And as if this weren’t enough, there is no funeral for Dumbledore. It’s been cut.

Most of that matches what you can make out in trailers.

[Wedgie]

That is rubbish.

[Songwriter]

WTF!!!

That's shite if true X 2.

That's bonkers.

[Wedgie]

My view on this is that the higher powers don't want to see children fighting adults.

It's much more of "WOULDN'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILLLLLLLLLLLDREEEEEN!" moment.

I hope all this is bullshit. If it isn't then I would be very disappointed.

[Sarge]

**Insert post from Sarge repeating the official line. There's no re-shoots. The delay was purely to move it to the summer where there are no other films as competition. After all there was reams of competition for it November/December/Christmas. Like...um...**

And yet the latest trailers still show the exact same scenes from last year.

Y'know, the scenes that were allegedly the reason behind the 8month delay.

Now I'm not saying they didn't reshoot loads of scenes, but current evidence (the trailers) seems to indicate that they didn't.

And the delay wasn't because of competition, WB said they wanted to space out their big hitters...which was partly true as TDK had just made close to $1billion dollars at the time and probably would have affected the BO takings of Harry Potter.

[Nook29]

Looking forward to the film. I've enjoyed all the films so far, not as good as the books of course, but they've done a good job.

[Hexx]

**Insert post from Sarge repeating the official line. There's no re-shoots. The delay was purely to move it to the summer where there are no other films as competition. After all there was reams of competition for it November/December/Christmas. Like...um...**

And yet the latest trailers still show the exact same scenes from last year.

Y'know, the scenes that were allegedly the reason behind the 8month delay.

Now I'm not saying they didn't reshoot loads of scenes, but current evidence (the trailers) seems to indicate that they didn't.

And the delay wasn't because of competition, WB said they wanted to space out their big hitters...which was partly true as TDK had just made close to $1billion dollars at the time and probably would have affected the BO takings of Harry Potter.

If we were in the Matrix you'd take the blue pill

[Nibble]

I'm feeling ambivalent about this. On the one hand I thought this was the best book of the series, on the other it's being directed by the guy who was responsible for the worst film so far i.e. Phoenix.

[Eighthours]

If they haven't used the extra eight months to re-edit the movie following the abysmal test screening results, I'd be very surprised.

[Skarjo]

Best book of the series, but it's a lot of content to cram in.

I don't think Phoenix suffered too badly from the huge amounts of content they had to cut though.