mrv3000 | Harry Potter

I finally watched the Harry Potter "Half Blood Prince" movie.

Was it just me or did absolutely nothing happen in this movie? And it was long. Why was it so long? It was 2 hours of this:

Followed by 30 minutes of Dumbledore dragging Harry off to find a necklace, and then Snape killing Dumbledore. And even though it was a really long movie, it feels like it didn't answer some basic questions. (No, I've never read any of the books, so maybe that's why I'm missing things. However, a movie has to be able to stand on its own - any movie.)

Snape: I - wait for it - I AM THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE! *DRAMATIC MUSIC*

Me: Okaaaaay. So you wrote your D&D RP name in a text book years ago. I've absolutely no idea why this is apparently important. None. And yet the movie is called this. WHY?
Harry's Friends: You have to get rid of that book OMG!!!

Me: Why would he do that? It's like having to use a cookbook that tells you to make an omelet out of carrots, but someone's helpfully written in the margins "carrots are lame - use eggs. srlsy."
Movie: Harry and Ginny are in love!

Me: Okay, I really really really want to buy into this because a) it has the potential to be cute, and b) I know how the books end and I'm somewhat of a canonwhore. But couldn't they have, I don't know, a normal conversation with each other? Or interact with each other in a non "we must fight/hide a book now!" setting? Something? Just a little scrap might get me there.

The movies have consistently shown me that Harry and Hermione are way better suited for each other than Ginny and Ron. If the books are anything like the movies in this aspect, I can see why there were so many Harry/Hermione shippers. At this point Hermione/Ron makes more sense than Harry/Ginny to me, but still I get the impression that if Hermione and Ron hadn't grown up together and bonded through childhood, they wouldn't be together. I doubt they'd give each other the time of day. Maybe this all went down better in the books, but again, the movies are supposed to stand on their own.

I might have more "wut?" points, but this is all I can remember right now. :D

I like the HP movies - even though I'm not super into it, I think they're really entertaining. But this was the first movie where NOTHING HAPPENED. FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS. Okay, Dumbledore died, but I stand by my "NOTHING HAPPENED" statement. No adventure. No quest. Lots of talking.

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I haven't seen the movie yet (I'm a bad fan), but from what I've heard I think they focus too much on the romance aspect of the plot. I think the Horcrux and Snape subplots were more important and more interesting in the book. Although that might be because I never really shipped any of the Harry Potter characters. Ever since Chamber of Secrets (which I read when I was 11), I always assumed it would end up Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny. But I never really cared that much.

I really wish they'd put more pensieve scenes in the movie. Learning about Voldemort's past was way more interesting than Ron snogging Lavender Brown.

I always kind of thought one of the major reasons Hermione didn't want Harry to keep the book was because she was no longer the best in Potions. A bit immature, but they are only teenagers. She always seemed jealous when Slughorn praised Harry and even accused Harry of cheating. Hermione is a stickler for following the rules (except when she isn't).

The Half-Blood Prince reveal was more dramatic in the book. I think it's because Harry had a bizarre fascination with the book. He'd read it in his spare time and seemed to really appreciate the HBP's sense of humor. He felt a kinship with the HBP. So when it was revealed that Snape was the HBP (Snape, who just killed Dumbledore), Harry felt betrayed.

Now that's the story I would have like to have seen! Even you telling me a few paragraphs is more interesting than all the teen drama that was there instead.

And I had a similar thought about the reason Hermione didn't want Harry to have the book. At least, it came off to me that way. So I was more of the mindset of can't everyone share these helpful hints? What's so bad about it?

Harry was perfectly willing to let Ron and Hermione use his book but Hermione refused because apparently using someone else's potion modifications is wrong (even though they're using someone else's potion to begin with). I think she puts a little too much faith and trust in books. I don't know, I love books as well and can't bring myself to write in one but I don't think that just because something's published means it's the end-all be-all repository of knowledge for that subject. She's kind of like Madame Pince (Hogwart's librarian) that way. Speaking of which, I really wished they'd put her in the movies. When she saw the state of the book, she called Harry a "depraved boy" and accused him of spoiling, desecrating and befouling it. I love that scene. Anyways, the corrections Snape made to the potion made it easier to make. Hermione's too by the book to appreciate it. (Pun very much intended.)

Ron didn't use Harry's book because he had a harder time reading the writing than Harry. Kind of a lame reason to make Harry the only one to use it but I guess it is somewhat plausible.

I can see why Ginny didn't want Harry to use it considering what she went through. She was probably really leery about any book after being possessed by Voldemort, made to let a bigoted monster loose on the school and made to strangle roosters-all because she kept a diary.

I really wish they would have stopped to give us a bit more of this. Yeah, I suppose I should have remembered the bit with Ginny, but that was a few movies ago!

I always kind of thought one of the major reasons Hermione didn't want Harry to keep the book was because she was no longer the best in Potions. A bit immature, but they are only teenagers. She always seemed jealous when Slughorn praised Harry and even accused Harry of cheating. Hermione is a stickler for following the rules (except when she isn't). I really agree with you, that was certainly my reading of it, at least.

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