Harry Potter - Half Blood Prince movie discussion #31

Kgose · 10-28-2009, 08:00 PM

Old thread

New Thread. Let the Discussion, speculation, theories continue....

Overview
Director: David Yates
Writers: J.K. Rowling (novel), Steve Kloves (screenplay)
Release Date: 17 July 2009

Cast
Daniel Radcliffe......... Harry Potter
Rupert Grint ........ Ron Weasley
Emma Watson........ Hermione Granger
Michael Gambon..... Albus Dumbledore
Maggie Smith.......... Professor McGonagall
Alan Rickman......... Severus Snape
Robbie Coltrane...... Rubeus Hagrid
Bonnie Wright.......... Ginny Weasley
Julie Walters........... Molly Weasley
Mark Williams........ Arthur Weasley
Jason Isaacs............. Lucius Malfoy
Tom Felton............. Draco Malfoy
Oliver Phelps........... George Weasley
James Phelps............ Fred Weasley
Matthew Lewis......... Neville Longbottom
Evanna Lynch.......... Luna Lovegood
Natalia Tena............ Nymphadora Tonks
Helena Bonham-Carter.... Bellatrix Lestrange
Helen McCrory............... Narcissa Malfoy
Jessie Cave................. Lavender Brown
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin........Tom Riddle - Age 11
Frank Dillane............. Teenage Tom Riddle
David Bradley.............. Argus Filch
Katie Leung................. Cho Chang
David Thewlis............. Remus Lupin
Timothy Spall........... Peter Pettigrew
Scarlett Byrne............ Pansy Parkinson
Dave Legeno............. Fenrir Greyback
Ralph Ineson ............ Amycus Carrow
Suzanne Toase........... Alecto Carrow
Anna Shaffer............. Romilda Vane
Louis Cordice............ Blaise Zabini

Here's a great audio interview with director David Yates talking about HBP

Voices From Krypton

source ~ tlc.com

Click on the thumbnails to see these pics in high resolution.

"Fantasy Adventure. Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates! And then there’s Hermione, simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.”

Sneak Peeks ~ Behind the scenes videos of the making of Half-Blood Prince

YouTube - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Sneak Peek 1

YouTube - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Sneak Peek 2

YouTube - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Sneak Peek 3

New HPB Teaser Trailer (29/07/08)

YouTube - 'Half-Blood Prince' trailer now online

YouTube - Half-Blood Prince Trailer HD

The first HBP Poster.

Kgose · 10-28-2009, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by baileycat (View Post)

HBP is nominated for the Children's BAFTA!

The BAFTA Kids' Vote - Children's - Awards - The BAFTA site

And it's also nominated for an SFX Award for Best Film!

SFX: the leading science fiction, fantasy and horror magazine

Go and vote for both!

Just voted for the SFX awards!! Can't for the Children's BAFTA since I'm not from the UK.

**baileycat** · 10-29-2009, 05:07 AM

Thanks for the new thread Kristi.

The DVD release is getting closer! I can't wait to finally have it so that I can watch it over and over until I have to buy a new one.

Kgose · 10-29-2009, 09:45 AM

Oh me too. Especially I can get pretty much all the good special features on the regular two disk DVD.

strangerdanger · 10-29-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by baileycat (View Post)

Thanks for the new thread Kristi.

The DVD release is getting closer! I can't wait to finally have it so that I can watch it over and over until I have to buy a new one.

I'm so excited I've been counting down the days (yes I am that obsessed). There are 19 more days to go before I get it.

Kgose · 10-29-2009, 01:47 PM

Lucky.

I've got close to one month. It will be exacty one month on Nov. 8th.

michelle1 · 10-29-2009, 02:44 PM

I loved this movie when I saw it in theatres! I'm 100% getting the two-disc DVD for Christmas and I can't wait to see all the special features.

**baileycat** · 10-29-2009, 03:10 PM

It's almost here I can taste it! I'm more excited for this than all the other Potter DVDs combined!

Kgose · 10-29-2009, 05:59 PM

Me as well Amy. Screw getting this for Christmas, as soon it's out and I got the money I'm buying it right away!!!

MischiefManaged1980 · 10-30-2009, 07:32 PM

I can't wait either!

Bella Grint · 10-30-2009, 07:52 PM

I would HATE to be a kid who asked their parents for HBP only to get it put on their Cmas list

I would be saving up my own allowance right now screw that.

Kgose · 10-30-2009, 08:11 PM

I'm too impatient.

OMG I love you icon!!! Hocus Pocus was on last weekend on ABC Family. Love that movie.

LooBitteTundiLoo · 11-06-2009, 12:25 AM

So I just got back from seeing HBP for the second time and once again I LOVED it! But I was wondering about what Dumbledore says after he and Harry watch Slughorn's true memory. I don't think I noticed/gave it much thought before, but he says something along the lines of "this is beyond anything I imagined". Maybe I'm missing something or am remembering wrongly from the book, but at that point Dumbledore already knew about the horcruxes. In the movie that line makes it seem like he was just realizing it... or were they trying to convey his shock at Voldemort's plan to make seven of them? I don't know if I'm making myself very clear, but if anyone knows what I'm talking about/could clear this up that'd be great. It just seemed like a continuity error, but I could be wrong.

**baileycat** · 11-06-2009, 06:55 AM

I think it was necessary to have that because the real revelation of the soul dividing was in the OotP book so the audience needed to see this since it wasn't in OotP film they moved it to HBP. They're always shifting these kind of things because perhaps something that subtle back in OotP would have been completely lost on the audience so it's more relevant to show it in HBP.

LooBitteTundiLoo · 11-06-2009, 01:36 PM

I definitley understand/agree that it is better placed in HBP for the purpose of not confusing the audience, but isn't it a bit odd that Dumbledore would be having this revelation considering he already knew about the diary, ring, locket, and cup? Of course these aren't all given explanations in the film, but they do make it clear why Dumbledore destroyed the ring and that he'd figured out the diary was one of the horcruxes. In the book we know that Dumbledore was already trying to figure out what/where the remaining horcruxes were- are they changing that for the film? If so, in DH they're going to have to figure out how Harry will get a lead on the other horcruxes being related to the four houses of Hogwarts.

Also, I love the moment in the film that foreshadows Harry being a horcrux. Now I haven't read DH for a while, but obviously the scene in which Dumbledore tells Snape this is in The Prince's Tale even though it actually happens during HBP. So at what point in the timeline does Dumbledore tell Snape? Is it right before Harry comes to Dumbledore's office to leave for the cave?
I think I need to reread the last two books again..