I wasn't planning on going to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on opening night. I figured my sister, Mom and I would make it some time in the first week or two. But then I was at work and a couple of people were talking about going together and it just kept snowballing, until a whole group of us ended up deciding to go!
So, some of us had to work until 11, but the theatre is just down at the other end of the mall, so it wasn't a problem. My sister came and joined us and we had so much fun.
The movie was great - they left SOOOOOOOOOO much out, but that's been true about pretty much every movie, getting consistently worse with each one. They're good movies, but leave so freakin' much out. It's a good thing they're breaking the last one up into two, because there are a number of things in that book that I will throw a fit if they don't include them.
Okay SPOILER ALERT! Not too serious... I'm not going into great detail, but just mentioning the things I really liked and the things I was most disappointed with and it may give away some things you don't want to know if you haven't seen it.
How happy was I that they showed Fred and George's shop!? I was afraid they would have cut it. Not enough info, but I loved seeing it.
We've been going through a big renovation at work and a couple of my coworkers and I have been joking about needing Harry and Hermione to help get everything into their new places - then Dumbledore fixed up that entire house with a wave of his wand and Claire and I were like, Oh! All we need is Dumbledore!
I loved the drunk scene with Hagrid and Slugworth. Ha! In fact, the whole scene with Harry on the lucky potion cracked me up.
Not enough info about Riddle. Not nearly enough! My sister and I are hoping that maybe Dumbledore will leave Harry his pensieve and the memories and maybe that's what will drive Harry, Hermione and Ron as they apparate around all over the place later.
Dumbledore's death was sad, but I didn't cry until everyone lifted up their wands. Then I was trying not to sob and shake the whole row of seats. I don't think I was successful. :)
HOW COULD THEY NOT HAVE DUMBLEDORE'S FUNERAL!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!? Fawkes bursts into flames on top of the grave! He doesn't go flying into the sunset?! And, the spell from Snape's wand when he said the Avada Kedavra spell was totally red, not green (really minor nitpick here, but I have my reasons).
AND still NO house elves! If Dobby and Kreacher are not brought back in the last movies I will throw something at the screen. Then I will march right over to whoever put it together and smack them good. I love the house elves and they are absolutely KEY to the last book! So HOW, tell me, HOW, could they NOT have them like at all?!
Okay, all whining aside.... I love the movie. Yeah for Quidditch back, yeah for the bird spell Hermione did. Ha! Very well put together and very enjoyable.
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I know this post is almost a month old, but I thought I'd bring the conversation over here since we're talking about your icon. (Don't they make E-mail for this sort of thing?) And I never did get to review HBP on my own blog. To be frank, it was my least favorite novel since the first one, mostly because it was so full of admittedly necessary exposition and had to set up the grand finale; it just felt awkwardly structured. I enjoyed the movie, though not as much as Order of the Phoenix, probably my favorite to date, and I really think they should've started splitting the movies a couple of books ago or just bit the bullet and made 'em heck-long, because they're getting to be like a series of montages punctuated by pivotal scenes. How they left out the funeral, and Harry telling Ginny that he has to go it alone, is mind-boggling.
Interesting... this probably was my least favorite movie so far, but it was probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite book.
They really did need to go LOTR on these later movies because there is way too much that was left out.
Out of curiousity, what was your favorite of the books? Mine is probably Goblet of Fire.
I miss Dobby and Kreacher :( We really must go and slap those silly people and call them fishes if they don't bring the house elves in the next ones.
Oh! And I was surprised you left out the picture of me on the seats...Man, that made me laugh so hard, even if it was painful.
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