Harry Potter, & the Half Blood Prince Options

[*absinthe*]

Thoughts?


EDIT
Movie postponed.

http://blog.nola.com/mikescott/2008/08/war...arry_potte.html

This post has been edited by absinthe: Aug 15 2008, 01:57 AM

[brooklyneast05]

f**k YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT. I LOVE HARRY POTTER MORE THAN I LOVE SANTA

[Joanne]

Sweet! I can't wait!!

It kind of looks like the trailer to a horror movie. xD




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[*absinthe*]

f**k YEAH, I CAN'T WAIT. I LOVE HARRY POTTER MORE THAN I LOVE SANTA

Sweet! I can't wait!!

It kind of looks like the trailer to a horror movie. xD

I know, I saw the preview in theaters and I got creeped out.

[berrypop90]

I am so excited to see this! Harry Potter is my LIFE.
I just hope it's longer & better than the fuccking HORRIBLE 5th movie.

[brooklyneast05]

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I just hope it's longer & better than the fuccking HORRIBLE 5th movie.

THAT WAS NOT HORRIBLE, HOW WAS IT?

[Joanne]

I thought the 5th one was alright... I thought Imelda Staunton did an AMAZING job as Dolores Umbridge. But yeah, the part with Sirius wasn't half as good as I imagined it would be. =(

[berrypop90]

THAT WAS NOT HORRIBLE, HOW WAS IT?

It was WAY too short, many things were left out(or acted out the wrong way), and the way they Sirius died didn't satisfy me or my friends at all. In the movie he fricking FLUTTERED into the vail. LIKE A BIRD. WTF! It's supposed to be a dramatic moment and it was so anti-climactic. The way Harry & Cho got to kissing wasn't even true to the book! Same with the whole Umbridge detention scene. Wasn't Harry the only one who got the skin tearing pen punishment in the book?

They had better get things right with these last 3 movies or I'll mentally slap them across the back of their heads.

[Gryffindor-Girl]

I saw this preview when it first hit the internet.
I AM SO EXCITED!!!!

[Joanne]

It was WAY too short, many things were left out(or acted out the wrong way), and the way they Sirius died didn't satisfy me or my friends at all. In the movie he fricking FLUTTERED into the vail. LIKE A BIRD. WTF! It's supposed to be a dramatic moment and it was so anti-climactic. The way Harry & Cho got to kissing wasn't even true to the book! Same with the whole Umbridge detention scene. Wasn't Harry the only one who got the skin tearing pen punishment in the book?

They had better get things right with these last 3 movies or I'll mentally slap them across the back of their heads.

I completely agree about Sirius' death... but you can't totally blame the directors or screenplay writers or whatever for the shortening and changes. I mean, the book was pretty huge so the movie HAD to cut some stuff out. And in having cut some things out, some of the little facts were changed. It's not like they were totally significant to the overall story anyway. =\

Buuuut yeah... it would've been THAT much better if they stuck to exactly how the book was written.

[aaayotiffany]

oh my god. i can't wait!

and i agree about sirius' death. i expected something more dramatic. that scene didn't do justice at all.

[berrypop90]

I understand why they cut things down & out but I feel they could have added in more if the movie was longer. I'm just a detail whore when it comes to book-to-movie translations.

[Gryffindor-Girl]

I completely agree about Sirius' death... but you can't totally blame the directors or screenplay writers or whatever for the shortening and changes. I mean, the book was pretty huge so the movie HAD to cut some stuff out. And in having cut some things out, some of the little facts were changed. It's not like they were totally significant to the overall story anyway. =\

Buuuut yeah... it would've been THAT much better if they stuck to exactly how the book was written.

Thank you not EVERYTHING can be the same compared to the book.

[LoveToMySilas]

It was WAY too short, many things were left out(or acted out the wrong way), and the way they Sirius died didn't satisfy me or my friends at all. In the movie he fricking FLUTTERED into the vail. LIKE A BIRD. WTF! It's supposed to be a dramatic moment and it was so anti-climactic. The way Harry & Cho got to kissing wasn't even true to the book! Same with the whole Umbridge detention scene. Wasn't Harry the only one who got the skin tearing pen punishment in the book?

They had better get things right with these last 3 movies or I'll mentally slap them across the back of their heads.

AND THERE WAS NO QUIDDITCH! (Well...they cut that out since the 4th movie, but still! That whole 5th movie was so rushed to me, idk, I hope they make this movie at least rated r. i wanna see some blood!

I'm actually re-reading the book so I can compare the book to the movie when it comes out. XD

[HaruHaruko]

i just want to oogle daniel radcliffe

[freeridefight]

Gah I FREAKING AGREE with the 5th movie sucking. The 5th one was MY FAVORITE ONE along with the last one because of the FIGHT SCENES. COME ON, the 5th one is where they all kick ass and I wanted to see more!

[xhidethedetails]

I'm sooo excited for this one, hopefully its better then the 5th one.

[pandemonium]

woha, first time i saw the trailer for this movie...
i expect more from this movie, and heck yeah sirius death was so simple, hope they don't make the same mistake when dumbledore dies

[The-March-Hare]

I am with le squee!

I am pathetically excited with the concept of the film!

[Gigi]

Is it the general consensus that the 5th movie sucked? Because I really thought it was a great movie. Just as a movie, by itself, it was pretty freakin' good. Maybe something was lost in the translation (err...lost in the book-to-movie interpretation?), but as a movie it was awesome. I've asked people who aren't HP fanatics which movies they preferred, and most of them picked the 5th one. I don't think you can ever satisfy everybody.

Plus, there was no possible way they could've put every detail into the movie. The 5th book is the longest out of all the HP books, the details endless...you would literally have an 8 hour movie on your hands, maybe even longer. It's simply not realistic to cram everything into a movie just for the sake of being detailed. I always go into it thinking that I'm going to judge this new HP movie as a film, not as a comparison to the book. It's not realistic to compare.

[freeridefight]

Is it the general consensus that the 5th movie sucked? Because I really thought it was a great movie. Just as a movie, by itself, it was pretty freakin' good. Maybe something was lost in the translation (err...lost in the book-to-movie interpretation?), but as a movie it was awesome. I've asked people who aren't HP fanatics which movies they preferred, and most of them picked the 5th one. I don't think you can ever satisfy everybody.

Plus, there was no possible way they could've put every detail into the movie. The 5th book is the longest out of all the HP books, the details endless...you would literally have an 8 hour movie on your hands, maybe even longer. It's simply not realistic to cram everything into a movie just for the sake of being detailed. I always go into it thinking that I'm going to judge this new HP movie as a film, not as a comparison to the book. It's not realistic to compare.

But seriously, they could have put more fighting into this thing. Honestly, in their world it's a flipping fight for the death, not some kids that are just having a jolly good time.

[brooklyneast05]

Is it the general consensus that the 5th movie sucked? Because I really thought it was a great movie. Just as a movie, by itself, it was pretty freakin' good. Maybe something was lost in the translation (err...lost in the book-to-movie interpretation?), but as a movie it was awesome. I've asked people who aren't HP fanatics which movies they preferred, and most of them picked the 5th one. I don't think you can ever satisfy everybody.

Plus, there was no possible way they could've put every detail into the movie. The 5th book is the longest out of all the HP books, the details endless...you would literally have an 8 hour movie on your hands, maybe even longer. It's simply not realistic to cram everything into a movie just for the sake of being detailed. I always go into it thinking that I'm going to judge this new HP movie as a film, not as a comparison to the book. It's not realistic to compare.

i agree with you. i loved the 5th movie. maybe if i had read the 5th book over again directly before watching it then i would have been outraged as it seems some people are, but i duno. it was a good movie.

[Gigi]

When I watched the movie, it certainly didn't look like they were having a "jolly good time". Watching it from a movie perspective, the action scenes were pretty well spaced out...and I think, relative to the entire movie, the length was about right. I think maybe because you can get so caught up in the actual novel, and as fanatics we know that the fight scene was the most important part of the book, that you feel like the scene wasn't detailed enough? It would be lopsided to have a movie focus most of its plot on a fight scene when there are plenty more details that need to be included.

Although, this could be because I watched it in IMAX 3D and the fight scene was that much more awesome, maybe I overlooked the shallowness of it.

[LoveToMySilas]

Is it the general consensus that the 5th movie sucked? Because I really thought it was a great movie. Just as a movie, by itself, it was pretty freakin' good. Maybe something was lost in the translation (err...lost in the book-to-movie interpretation?), but as a movie it was awesome. I've asked people who aren't HP fanatics which movies they preferred, and most of them picked the 5th one. I don't think you can ever satisfy everybody.

Plus, there was no possible way they could've put every detail into the movie. The 5th book is the longest out of all the HP books, the details endless...you would literally have an 8 hour movie on your hands, maybe even longer. It's simply not realistic to cram everything into a movie just for the sake of being detailed. I always go into it thinking that I'm going to judge this new HP movie as a film, not as a comparison to the book. It's not realistic to compare.

Well, now that I think of it, the movie didn't suck. It was a good movie but compared to how detailed the book was, they left out a lot of significant parts from the book. But I thought they did an excellent job with the whole Voldemort in Harrys head towards the end of the movie.

Also, it looks really creative by the looks of the trailer. I liked when Harry put his head in the pensieve (sp?) I can't wait!

[*absinthe*]

Is it the general consensus that the 5th movie sucked? Because I really thought it was a great movie. Just as a movie, by itself, it was pretty freakin' good. Maybe something was lost in the translation (err...lost in the book-to-movie interpretation?), but as a movie it was awesome. I've asked people who aren't HP fanatics which movies they preferred, and most of them picked the 5th one. I don't think you can ever satisfy everybody.

Plus, there was no possible way they could've put every detail into the movie. The 5th book is the longest out of all the HP books, the details endless...you would literally have an 8 hour movie on your hands, maybe even longer. It's simply not realistic to cram everything into a movie just for the sake of being detailed. I always go into it thinking that I'm going to judge this new HP movie as a film, not as a comparison to the book. It's not realistic to compare.

I finished re-reading the 5th book a day before I went to go see the movie and the movie altered some parts and definitely missed things. But I agree, it was rather good for what it turned out to be. Despite the fighting thing/Sirius' death. That they could have improved, in my opinion. They definitely couldn't have put every single thing in it. But they should.