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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) (Patreon)

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2024-09-07 12:37:54
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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Alan Rickman, Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Jim Broadbent

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Pam Nail

I have always adored this one, and I think it's maybe the best at getting the balance between the humor and the darkness. I'm with you, I'm SHOCKED this was PG. It's the darkest movie so far! In the Wizarding World, butterbeer contains a tiny amount of alcohol. So if you drink enough -- or if a small enough creature (like a house elf) drinks some -- it can cause intoxication. It's available in the real world (sans alcohol) and it's excellent -- tastes a lot like cream soda. They sell it in the parks, along with a frozen version and pumpkin juice, and you can get it in bottles in novelty stores and candy shops. Probably the biggest difference from the book is that there are a LOT more of those Pensieve memories and through them we get so much more backstory on Voldemort and the horcruxes -- including huge indications as to what the rest of the horcruxes actually are. I do think they picked the most important two memories for the movie, though. (Side note: The youngest version of Tom Riddle is played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, who is Ralph Fiennes's nephew.) [rot13 for spoilers] YBY gurl sryy ubbx, yvar naq fvaxre sbe rirel Fancr zvfqverpg. RIREL BAR. V nyjnlf gubhtug guvf zbivr gvccrq gur unaq gbb zhpu ertneqvat Fancr'f gehr yblnygvrf, ohg vg'f uneq (gubhtu abg vzcbffvoyr) gb frr uvz xvyyvat Qhzoyrqber naq vagrecerg vg nal bgure jnl. Gurl ner tbvat gb or SYBBERQ.

Larissa Ramos

The worst party of this movie, to me, is Harry and Ginny's relationship development and Ginny in general. Although it's far from well developed in the books, the relationship is much better than in the movies. And Ginny has a personality in the books lol. (I guess the romance is far from the main point of the series though)

Shawn Looney

One of the greatest movie endings in cinema.

Maxxie

The whole "Half-Blood Prince" storyline, despite giving its name to the movies, is barely touched on at all here. I don't think you caught the fact that in the bathroom where Harry almost kills Malfoy, he uses one of the spells he found in that Potions book. The note in the book simply read "Sectumsempra - for enemies", so Harry didn't know that it would harm Malfoy so grievously. And of course, Snape knew the countercurse to heal Malfoy since he's the one who invented the spell. That's what he means at the end of the movie when he says, "You dare use my own spells against me, Potter ?" Despite this, and despite the very shaky Ginny romance, this is my favorite movie in the series. I think it's masterful how they kept us guessing for the whole movie (for six movies really) whether Snape is good or evil, only to finally answer it in the most heartbreaking way possible.

Youtalkingtome
>>148786402

I really wanna try some butter beer now. I need more Voldemort backstory! So interesting. Even though he's not in this movie you feel like he could pop out at any moment.

Youtalkingtome
>>148790602

I still really like the two of them. She isn't given much to do but because we love the Wesley's, you kinda love her by proxy.

Youtalkingtome
>>148793989

Seriously can't believe that he did what he did. Aside from the first movie, I always thought he was just a curmudgeon. He always made me laugh in these movies, now we know he's straight evil. Alan Rickman always plays a great villain!

Paul Verburg

This is absolutely my favourite movie of the series. I love the dark and gloomy atmosphere throughout that foretells that something dreadful is about to happen. Draco silently and fearfully going through the motions for a mission that he doesn't really want to see through. Slughorn's shame that prevents him from doing the right thing, until Harry expertly manipulates him to fess up. That scene where Harry forces Dumbledore to drink all of the agonizing potion in order to get the locket has to be one of the most uncomfortable, harrowing scenes that I've ever seen in a movie. This time watching, I noticed a little bit of foreshadowing in the beginning of the movie. When Mrs. Weasley finds out that Dumbledore delivered Harry to the Weasley house without prior warning, she says: "O, that man! ... But what would we do without him?" What indeed?

Jeff

The movies (and books) do get progressively more adult and dark, just as the character's lives do. I work in a used bookstore and often get parents buying their young children the whole series of books at once, thinking that they're getting seven fun and magical kids' stories. I have to warn them that after the first three it might be best to let their kids grow up a bit first. The last two books especially can be extremely upsetting to younger readers. J.K. Rowling knew that her audience was growing up along with the characters, and that's whom she was writing for.

Jamie Morgan
>>148790602

We definitely needed more moments from her like her leaping through the fire to rescue Harry, that bit is badass!

Jamie Morgan

I'd never rated this one that highly (I was kind of coming down from my 'Harry Potter era' when this one came out), but on this rewatch with you guys...I think it might actually be my favourite. It balances comedy, drama and emotion very well, it's visually gorgeous, the performances are amazing (especially DanRad, he had so much range to pull off in this one), the music is stellar as always. And like you said, the pacing is *really* good, it doesn't feel like a 2.5hr long movie at all! Really the only complaint I have is the Harry and Ginny romance. No shade to Daniel or Bonnie, I think they're both very talented, but they just don't have the chemistry needed. I suppose it's hard to cast fetuses with a romance in mind lol.

Dylan Larsen

I LOVE this one. My favorite in the series by far. I especially the love the final display of Dumbledores power. The whole horcrux scene might be the best scene in the series if I had to choose.

Isabela Moreira

Fun fact: kid Voldemort was played by Ralph Fiennes' nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin. Thanks for this reaction, guys! 💜

Imagine Nat

This is definitely one of my favorites of the movies. I think the dynamic between Harry finally being trusted to help Dumbledore directly and being thrust into this Chosen One role has this wonderful contrast with Draco being forced, or chosen as he says, to move from childhood bully to villain and not being ready. And the seriousness of both of their roles contrasted against the backdrop of teenage love. Just brilliant.

Kevin L

Wonderful is the entire sequence from Harry and Slughorn at Hagrid's, the beautiful sad story about Lily, extracting the memory, viewing it with Dumbledore, the scary power of the horcruxes, finally his line "Once again I must ask too much of you, Harry." ... Absolutely brilliant. Jim Broadbent is amazing, and Michael Gambon really brings it as well. And that guy who plays teenage Tom! What a presence. He and Malfoy are the young MVPs this time. Gorgeously directed, it's too bad the adaptation irks so many readers (there's just so much that had to be left out, ever since book 3), I understand but just *as a film* I find it marvelous.

dys

In the fourth movie they show us that Snape turned spy for Dumbledore against Voldemort in the first war, and I can't remember if it was in the movie but at the end of that book Dumbledore tells Snape to go spy again. So we're not necessarily meant to think he's actually on Voldemort's side in the *beginning* of this movie just because we see him working with the Death Eaters. Another small detail left out of the end of the 4th movie is that Harry got a lot of money as the prize for winning the Triwizard Tournament, but it was too tied to Cedric's death for him to accept it (plus he's already rich from his inheritance anyway), so he gave it to the twins and that's how they started the shop we see in this movie. Also Snape wouldn't have been a professor at Hogwarts when Voldemort was a student, he might not have even been born yet. Remember that Snape was the same age as Harry's parents. I mentioned earlier about never really liking either Harris or Gambon as Dumbledore, but Gambon really brought it here, I'd forgotten how good he was in this movie.

TC Elba

i have mixed feeling about this movie. I think this movie more than any other in the franchise struggles with explaining/setting up the plot as you'll find out key things were missed out and things changed/added for no reason from a book readers perspective but as a movie I really do think it's really enjoyable watch bar what every they were trying with ginny and harry.,(nothing i find more alluring is when a girl ties my shoelaces.) personally i think they underdone the horcrux/memory bit in the movie and story behind the half blood prince .I was never the biggest Gambon fan as dumbledore but he does have some really good moments. was an enjoyable watch along with you. thanks

Taylor

I’m conflicted about this movie because of how much it cuts from the book. Things about Voldemort’s background that I think are crucial to understanding more about what’s happening. But I do understand that movies are a different medium and can’t be shot for shot identical to the books. I do think this is the funniest of the movies. Daniel Radcliffe kills it during the Felix Felicis scene.

Youtalkingtome
>>148798401

I didn't even think of the foreshadowing. That's so dark, going forward I have no idea what the last two films are gunna be! It's so exciting.

Youtalkingtome
>>148800373

The only complaint I have with the romance is that it happens pretty quickly. We know that she has been crushing on him and I love that they are together. Big relationship movie.

Youtalkingtome
>>148818922

That's always going to happen with adaptations. We're lucky that we haven't read the books yet. I think reading them after will help us appreciate them even more.

Youtalkingtome
>>148826544

I love Richard Harris, it's hard to imagine him in this film though. Gambon really brought his all here.

dys

Harry using the Sectumsempra spell against Malfoy was my biggest "what the hell, hero" moment in both the books and the movies. Much more so than him using the Cruciatus (torture) curse against Bellatrix right after she killed Sirius. The latter was totally understandable, sure torture is unforgivable but he was up against an evil psychopath who just murdered someone who was almost a father figure to him. But in the former he used a spell he knew nothing about in a book clearly written by a powerful wizard that just says it's "for enemies" against another kid.

Miika L

I haven't watched your reaction yet, but I absolutely love this movie. I love the stupid teenage romance in this movie, but I also love that the movie gets serious toward the end. I do love the humor in serious situations. :D

Aude M
>>148840434

In my mind, I think he didn't know how badly this would hurt him. I think he wanted him to be hurt, but not with so much cruelty. But yeah ok...it's bad enough that he would want to hurt him at all. I would say, bad choice, bad mistake that shows he's not all "white" and can let the "evil" get the best of him ?

Aude M

Alexandre Desplat is the soundtrack's composer for the last 3 movies. Desplat has received two Academy Awards for Best Original Score for The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Shape of Water. He also received nominations for his work on many films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King's Speech, Argo, etc. I think the pieces he wrote for these films are absolutely magnificent (especially 'Dumbledore's Farewell' you've heard during the gathering around Dumbledore at the end) and I'm not just saying that because he's french ;)) "Fun" fact : The image of all the wizards raising their lit wands in tribute to Dumbledore is used by fans every time one of the franchise's actors passes away. Last time it was for...Michael Gambon, who died Sept. 2023.

Youtalkingtome
>>148840434

Yeah so I took it as him not fully understanding it. It said "for enemies." Well Draco came out blasting, so did Harry. It was still very irresponsible but I don't think he intended that level of harm.

Danielle

This is my favorite of the books hands down. The Ginny/Harry romance is much more explored in the book as is Ginny's personality. I wish they'd made all of the movies 10-30 minutes longer because the books are rich. The reason I love this book is because of the immense detail into Voldemort's back story that is cut extremely short into this movie but it's still really good. One piece that's not critical information but is explained in this book as one of those Voldemort backstory memories and is never explained throughout the movies despite the trope existing is why the Defense of the Dark Arts teacher has yearly turnover - Tom Riddle sometime after he graduated came back to Hogwarts and wanted to teach that subject (before he truly became Lord Voldemort). Dumbledore refused to hire him for it and so Tom cursed the position so that no teacher since Dumbledore turned him away lasted more than one year so it was a very hard to fill position. The only reason Umbridge actually wound up at Hogwarts is because that year Dumbledore wasn't able to find anyone else who wanted it. The reason Snape calls himself the half-blood prince is because his mother was a Prince which was a pureblood family name and his dad was half-blood making him half-blood and his mom's maiden name was Prince. Because as a young Death Eater he always wanted to play up his pureblood bloodline that's the nickname he chose. This is not even remotely explained in the movies so the reveal is kind of weird but it's more impactful and meaningful in the books.

Youtalkingtome
>>149160379

I can't wait to read that book. It sounds amazing. I want the backstory of Voldemort and Snape! Shame we didn't get into the Snape backstory cause it was teased in HP5.

Just Lily

This is my favourite book but my least favourite movie. While all the movies lost a lot of stuff, this one in particular lost the most in amount and importance for no particular reason. The whole book was full of Voldemort. We learnt everything about him, his family his background as well as other characters he was close to. We were figuring out his plans and trying to understand his psyche. This was the main plot. Other important plots were three mysteries: Draco's mission, Slughorn's memory and Half-blood prince. For some unfathomable reason the creators decided to cut most of them extremely short in favor of teen love drama. It was present in the books as a minor sublot and was heartfelt and entertaining, not as stupid and awkward as the movies potrayed it. The way Ginny's character is butchered is a literal crime. In the books she was a powerful witch, so confident, so witty and fun as well as athletic and beautiful. She had a lot in common with Harry, not only were they good quidditch players, they also bonded over their mutual experience being under Voldermot's influence. You can imagine their chemistry. She blossomed so much from this insecure little girl who had a big cruch on Harry to this strong independent young woman who won't let anyone step over her. While I appreciate the cinematography in itself, I feel like it did not suite the franchise. This is still a magical world full of love and wonder. The muted colors made it bleak and depressing. I think Alfonso Cuarón's visuals were the best: colorful and magical as well as dark and intense when needed. This book was brilliant and cutting Volemort's story (the whole point of the book) made the ending of the franchise loose it's power, nuance and logic.

Youtalkingtome
>>153028246

This is the book that I want to read the most because I loved this movie. I thought everything about it just worked for me. For this reason, I tend to read the book after I see the movie. Just so I don't walk away disappointed. You've definitely sold me and I can't read through these books fast enough! I'm halfway through a book now and it is not Harry Potter :(