Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[passer-by]

To be honest, I didn't like the HP films. They left all the important things out and focussed on magic tricks and love affairs.

The HP films had love affairs? I must've missed Harry and Hermoine going at it in the second one.

It was no Harry AND Hermione as in "together"...

[Potch]

That's funny.  I liked the first two movies better than the third, BECAUSE they stuck more to the story.  The third movie left out so much history that it really took away from some of the emotional parts of the story.

[Paper Carnival]

I preferred the first two than the third as well. I don't like the movies as much as the books, but I'm still gonna watch them all. The third had some parts that were very lamely done, such as the aunt Marge and the Boggart scenes... But the dementors were awesome.

I heard that the fourth movie is so far the most expensive production ever. That's only what I heard and I don't bother checking if it's true. I hope it's a good one, and I really hope the cemetery scene will be as it's described in the book (which is not kid friendly at all). I saw the teaser though, and those Mermaids are screaming "hey look, I'm made in Maya"

[deadsuperhero]

There's a lot of evidence that the Snape twist exists, but I'm still not convinced he's good. But I do agree that there are a lot of people claim things that are simply way too much. For example:

- Dumbledore and McGonagall are Harry and Hermione from the future
- Dumbledore is Harry's grandaddy
- Ron's dad or Harry Potter is going to be the next Minister of Magic
- Malfoy and Hermione are going to fall in love
- Some others (some of them even weirder) I can't think of right now

Rowling replied to these rumours with "you watch too much Star Wars"

Hehe. some people....
actually, I always thought maybe Harry would become the new Headmaster of Hogwarts when he grew up. I couldn't see him as an Auror.

[BerserkerTails]

I'm also one who thinks the third film was much better than the first two. When I watch the movies, I don't expect the books. If I wanted the books, I'd read them (Which I have, all 6). But the fact of the matter is that film is an entirely different medium, and there's going to be changes.

A perfect example of this, in my opinion, would be the first LOTR movie. I don't think it was as good as the other two because it tried to put TOO much of the original book in it. There was so much information trying to be crammed in the film, that the whole thing felt rushed. Yet if you just take some things out, it allows you to pace a film better.

Read books if you like books. Watch movies if you like movies. But don't watch a movie based on a book, then throw a hissy fit because a couple things got cut out.

[Potch]

No hissy fits have been thrown by anyone.  We were simply discussing which movies we liked better and why.  You don't have to get so defensive.

I agree.Ã,  When a movie is made from a book, things need to be taken out.Ã,  But, I also believe that the film should have the same story and emotion as the book.Ã,  When I watch a movie based on a book, I don't want to see a different story.Ã,  I like to see how they portray things from the page to the screen.Ã,  Of COURSE things will be taken out.Ã,  It would be impossible to put everything in.Ã,  But, there was a lot of very important back story that was omitted from the script, that is vital to the plot and understanding the characters.Ã,  In my opinion, the more of a good book that they put into the film adaptation, the better.

[Las Naranjas]

And with the better script and directing nothwithstanding, the child actors didn't suck nearly as much.

[SSH]

The whole shurnken head interview thing on the second DVD sucked for the 3rd movie, though. In fact, the shrunken head sucked in general.

[Potch]

Yeah, while I thought the shrunken head thing was funny, it was one of those things that was added, when something more important to the story could have been left in.

[Babar]

Heh...finally read the book

Spoiler

Why was Dumbledore's death inevitable from the start? I just never got that. Months and months before even the 5th book came out, people were on like "Oh yeah, Dumbledore's gonna die".

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[Potch]

Well, Babar, maybe you and I missed something, because I didn't see that either!

[Mr Flibble]

Some guy on a Hitchhiker's Guide forum said that after a few pages of Mostly Harmless, he just knew that Adams was going to kill everybody, but Douglas Adams posted on the same forums just to say that he didn't know until a few chapters before the end.

Again, people read too deep.

[Phemar]

Most people just guess with feigned authority. I mean, I would never have guessed from reading the previous books that Dumbledore was to DIE in the sixth one!

[Paper Carnival]

I heard that someone was gonna die in the 5th book before it even came out (I heard Rowling said it herself) and I guessed it would be Dumbledore. The same goes for the 6th book only this time it was Dumbledore. I don't think anyone would get it on his own, but when people heard someone was gonna die they went like "Dumbledore!" (including me )

[passer-by]

It is obvious that she was going to kill someone close to Harry and very much needed by him, but unless she had her book drafts ready from the beginning and inspiration never struck her since, I don't think she knew, either.
Sometimes I believe she keeps an eye on the various HP fan sites...

As long as Ron and Snape stay alive, she may do whatever she pleases as far as I'm concerned...

[fivetrickpony]

I feel like the only person who has not read Harry Potter.... seriously.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

You ain't, pony.

Well, I did read the first, but that doesn't count because I was forced to and didn't enjoy it.

[auhsor]

I think this page is quite appropritate and quite funny... Only works in IE btw.

[deadsuperhero]

I think this page is quite appropritate and quite funny... Only works in IE btw.

Nooooooo! You bitch! 
That's funny.

[Mr Flibble]

Page works fine in FireFox.

Oh man, I gotta do that with the next book.