Whatchu talking about Willis the Half-Blood PrinceFollow

Harry Potter and the Repetitive Naming Sequence. Poor TV, Movies, Anime & Books: so unloved!

Harry has gone from cute to handsome.

I've seen every one of these movies, either on release day or shortly after, with my daughter. We've been crying to each other across the miles about not being able to make our annual pilgrimage together to the theatre for this.

I'm holding out for now - so is she. There's a chance she might be home next month.

I'm going to see it in a few hours. The previews looked pretty sweet.

I'm a total Harry Potter Fan. Yes, I've waiting for hours at midnight to get the books and then stayed up all night reading them.

I haven't had a chance to watch this one but hope to once I get back from my trip to Iowa this weekend.

The movies have been a bit of a disappointment for me. Since reading the books first I tend to have trouble not picking the movie apart. I have to admit, had I not read to books I would have very much enjoyed the movie as my husband and best friends have.

I read the first 3 books a while ago and I remembered liking them a lot. I've also liked every movie except for the fifth one.

I really want to read the books, but I'm so incredibly lazy that I'm glad the movies were made. Maybe one day I'll get off, on?, my *** and read the books so that I know what really went down. :p

I watched her on Letterman the other night. I think she managed to embarrass him.

You've smelled her?

Saw it... Full review incoming

I'd say literary accuracy was right around 46%, the movie seemed like the writers were reading cliffs notes instead of reading the actual book and using online blogs to determine which scenes would be represented. In other words the movie was a massive deluge of hog wash.

Scene 1: 3 dark wizards destroy the bridge.

This was never in the book, it is mentioned that several cars were thrown in the river when the bridge broke in half. The bridge scene is of a Walking bridge... no cars.

This makes sense because the alternative is 20 mins of flashbacks in a discussion scene with Cornelius Fudge introducing the new Minister of magic to the Prime minister of England.

Scene 2: The train station, the cafe, and the black girl?

Not in the book, Harry was removed from the Dursley's house as usual and taken to the "Burrow" after visiting the new potions teacher.

A completely asinine change that was not needed. The girl in question is likely someone who was added in exchange for sexual favors Either for Ratcliffe or one of the directors. Also could have been Ratcliffe's real girlfriend or some rubbish.

This was all in the first 5 minutes of the movie. Anyone who has read the book could sit in the theater and literally lose his/her voice just saying "Wrong" every time there was a mistake. I know quite a few people who did this including the girl sitting right behind me in the theater who I wished would shut up, the good thing is she gradually got quieter. The entire movie came off as rushed with very little of the plot being shown, although a great deal of time went into the romantic lives of the kids there was little of the true puzzle for the entire book, "Who is the Half blood prince?"

Basically SpoilerHermione looked it up in the library and couldn't find anything, Later Snape blurts out Spoiler"I'm the Half Blood Prince." Decisive battles do not occur, the deatheaters literally danced out the doors in direct conflict with what was written as a massive bloody wizard war with deaths and werewolf maulings. Speaking of which where is Bill Weasley Spoilerwhose werewolf bite, and later Marriage to Lefluer is a cornerstone to the final book.

Finally the ending, maybe just maybe they got this right... don't hold your breath, SpoilerDumbledore's heart melting funeral gone in favor of a worthless scene of a sunset featuring Ron, Hermione, and Harry talking. Basically if you've read the book and easily lose your temper save your $7 stay home and read the book again you'll live a happier life for it.

My rating: 2 stars out of 7 this movie does not have legs and relies entirely on it's literary namesake. It will be in second run theaters within 5 weeks, and on DVD within 3 months unless they try to shoot for Christmas release. Look for this dvd on the $13 rack at Walmart next spring. As a fan of the books I was thoroughly disappointed and will not go back, I've seen Startrek three times and would go back to see it 2 more times and it destroyed the entire mythos that inspired it.

Interviews with the actors reveal there will be a great deal of battles in the remaining 2 movies however with 60% of the defining events from previous books left on the cutting room floor how much of the bloody book will be left for the final movie.

Don't get me wrong I love complaining, I do it well, this movie gave me a great deal of material however it is my sincerest hope that JK Rowling will have a firm hand on the script of the final movie before these moronic script writers reduce her literary work to a pile of sh*t and cost her millions of literary perfectionist fans.

Edited, Jul 17th 2009 8:18am by Soulrunner

Free reviews: you get what you pay for.

Premium ought to get you a copy editor around here.

Last book is in 2 movies. Just FYI.

Edited, Jul 17th 2009 1:03pm by Belkira

Let me qualify my following statements before I get into this:

- I have not read, nor intend to read, the Harry Potter books.
- I have not watched, nor intend to watch, the Harry Potter movies.
- I'm only commenting on the Book to Movie transition

To be honest, any movie, when taken from the book, will most likely fail to live up to anyone's expectation. Lord of the Rings left tons of great background story out in favor of long, sweeping pans. I Am Legend *********** the soul out of the original source material, turning an amazingly well-done short story and turning it into a completely horrid film.

So, those expecting to sit through 2 hours of a movie and come away with the same experience as reading the story will be horribly disappointed every single time. What you need to look at is, does the movie at least contain the same emotional arc as the original source material? If it does, then it's a successful translation of the material to the screen.

And judging from the fact that they apparently gutted an emotional scene from the book, and instead used a stereotypical sunset scene, I'd have to say they dun ****** up.

The last book is being made into a two-parter, filmed in one production, released over two years. Like Kill Bill.

I'm trying to figure out how they'll split it. The first part being the wedding, then Harry, Hermione and Ron on the run, then the second part with their imprisonment, Malfoy Manor then the battle at Hogwarts? But they'll probably butcher most of the good parts out if them as well.

Edited, Jul 18th 2009 6:57pm by Debalic