Can't resist putting this
Totally awesome!
The official poster
A French poster
One of the posters
The number of seats occupied as of Friday afternoon.
The official poster 
A French poster
One of the posters 
The number of seats occupied as of Friday afternoon.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: The Verdict
Green for not-so-good stuff, blue for good stuff for the top potion of this post.
Spoilers ahead! Don't read this scene-by-scene rundown of the HBP film if you don't want to be spoilt.
Right, here goes, I'm trying my best to remember all of the scenes in the film.
Overall, it's the best 'Potter' film yet! Kudos to David Yates who has improved since OotP.
Tom Felton as Draco is wow! He can really achieved that scared teenager within who is chosen to carry out a dark and difficult deed to save his family pride. It doesn't help that I have a soft spot for him since 8 years ago. The scene when he was breaking down in the bathroom is great!
Evanna Lynch as Luna is hilarious! She captured the wide-eyed girl so well. Love her dreamy voice!
Alan Rickman as Snape is great too. Although, he didn't have too big a role here.
Rupert Grint as Ron is too funny! Most of the funny parts stick close to the book and he did a good job in portraying Ron.
Daniel RadCliffe and Emma Watson both are good too. They really captured the teenager moments well.
Helena Carter as Bellatrix is just spectacular! I love the way she acted and skipped around taunting Harry. "I killed Sirius Black", insert *evil laughter*.
Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn is delightful. So is Michael Gambon as Dumbledore.
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin did well as young but 'different' Tom Riddle. It is one of the best scenes in the film.
The first scene showing the Death Eaters wreaking havoc in the Muggle World is quite lovely. The effects are just spectacular. All those Muggles screaming...
Details are aplenty in this movie which is to my taste. Arnold the pygmy puff sitting on Ginny's shoulder, Aragog the giant spider being dead, etc.
I love how Dumbledore took Harry to pay a visit to Horace Slughorn and his house is a disarray state. The magic used is wonderful and Horace is a delightful man.
Things that I don't quite like;
I've this big issue about why underage wizards like Harry and Ginny can use spells outside of Hogwarts when it is clear that it is not allowed. This is the biggest mistake made by the director/script-writer.
There is no appearance of Bill or Fleur! Another peeve of mine. I love this couple, especially towards the end when Bill got slashed by Fenrir and Fleur will stick with him. I hope that this couple will appear in DH because they are having a wedding scene.
I don't like how Tonks called Lupin "Honey". Tonks is supposed to be sad because Lupin won't accept her. It just speeds up their relationship.
The Burrow burnt by Bellatrix! The Burrow is only supposed to be burnt down in Deathly Hallows, I think.
There is no funeral for Dumbledore! Why?! That is supposed to be the saddest part in the story yet they scrapped it.
The scene where Snape called for Harry to be quiet before he killed Dumbledore is just weird and awkward. How many people "shushed" a person before killing someone. Snape should just Petrify Harry. Better still, stick to the book and have Dumbledore Petrify him.
Narcissa looks older than Bellatrix when Bellatrix should be the older sister. Also, Narcissa didn't break down in front of Snape.
No moaning Mytle comforting Draco! That scene is crucial because it shows that Draco is still someone with feelings.
Only 2 memories are shown to Harry by Dumbledore. No Dobby or Kreacher. No battle in Hogwarts.
Moving on;
I got teary-eyed at some parts and those are some of the best parts ever.
When Slughorn was telling the tale about how Lily gave him something magical and one day, the fish went missing and so he knew that Lily was gone. *Cries* That is so touching!
When Dumbledore was dead and Minerva started to pull out her wand and everyone followed to dispel the Dark Mark.
The one scene that scared me most was when the Inferi grabbed Harry's hand in the cave. Plain scary!
Love the Quidditch scene! The effects and graphics are really cool! It makes me feel nostalgic about the cool Quidditch scenes in previous films. Weasley is the King!
The awkward teenager moments featuring Ginny, Harry, Ron, Hermione are fun.
I do hope I cover most things here. I'll update once my brain in working again.
The green parts may be more than the blue parts but seriously, this is so much better than PoA, GoF and OotP put together.
However, for people who don't read the books, I doubt that they will understand some of the plot in here. The pace is fast for non-readers and non-fans.
It is only going to get worst in Deathly Hallows because there is no way they will spend the time to review the plot-lines when there are greater things to be done. "For the greater good" as Dumbledore puts it.
I can't wait for next year Deathly Hallows Part 1! Next year, I'll be more than ready for the movie.
I'm thinking that since it will be 2 hours plus for each part, there will be more than enough time to include some of the so called "not-so-important" scenes in the films.
What I'm looking forward the most are the Epilogue (19 years later), The Prince's Tale and the final battle at Hogwarts.
I'm going to cry like a baby when all the misunderstandings are finally cleared.
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Since my project meeting finished early, I went home instead of going straight to Marina Square.
We reached Marina Square at about 4.30 and collected the tickets. My cousin was already there. It was weird that they don't allow us to go into the theater before 5pm when the movie was supposed to start at 5.10pm.
The whole theater was almost full. See? For a major movie like this, the only way to get good seats is to do advance booking, preferably 1 week before the movie came out.
After the movie, we went for dinner at Long John's Silver and brought my cousin home.
Good day and a wonderful night. Reached home and I quickly updated my facebook page and the Lex forums.
Green for not-so-good stuff, blue for good stuff for the top potion of this post.
Spoilers ahead! Don't read this scene-by-scene rundown of the HBP film if you don't want to be spoilt.
Right, here goes, I'm trying my best to remember all of the scenes in the film.
Overall, it's the best 'Potter' film yet! Kudos to David Yates who has improved since OotP.
Tom Felton as Draco is wow! He can really achieved that scared teenager within who is chosen to carry out a dark and difficult deed to save his family pride. It doesn't help that I have a soft spot for him since 8 years ago. The scene when he was breaking down in the bathroom is great!
Evanna Lynch as Luna is hilarious! She captured the wide-eyed girl so well. Love her dreamy voice!
Alan Rickman as Snape is great too. Although, he didn't have too big a role here.
Rupert Grint as Ron is too funny! Most of the funny parts stick close to the book and he did a good job in portraying Ron.
Daniel RadCliffe and Emma Watson both are good too. They really captured the teenager moments well.
Helena Carter as Bellatrix is just spectacular! I love the way she acted and skipped around taunting Harry. "I killed Sirius Black", insert *evil laughter*.
Jim Broadbent as Horace Slughorn is delightful. So is Michael Gambon as Dumbledore.
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin did well as young but 'different' Tom Riddle. It is one of the best scenes in the film.
The first scene showing the Death Eaters wreaking havoc in the Muggle World is quite lovely. The effects are just spectacular. All those Muggles screaming...
Details are aplenty in this movie which is to my taste. Arnold the pygmy puff sitting on Ginny's shoulder, Aragog the giant spider being dead, etc.
I love how Dumbledore took Harry to pay a visit to Horace Slughorn and his house is a disarray state. The magic used is wonderful and Horace is a delightful man.
Things that I don't quite like;
I've this big issue about why underage wizards like Harry and Ginny can use spells outside of Hogwarts when it is clear that it is not allowed. This is the biggest mistake made by the director/script-writer.
There is no appearance of Bill or Fleur! Another peeve of mine. I love this couple, especially towards the end when Bill got slashed by Fenrir and Fleur will stick with him. I hope that this couple will appear in DH because they are having a wedding scene.
I don't like how Tonks called Lupin "Honey". Tonks is supposed to be sad because Lupin won't accept her. It just speeds up their relationship.
The Burrow burnt by Bellatrix! The Burrow is only supposed to be burnt down in Deathly Hallows, I think.
There is no funeral for Dumbledore! Why?! That is supposed to be the saddest part in the story yet they scrapped it.
The scene where Snape called for Harry to be quiet before he killed Dumbledore is just weird and awkward. How many people "shushed" a person before killing someone. Snape should just Petrify Harry. Better still, stick to the book and have Dumbledore Petrify him.
Narcissa looks older than Bellatrix when Bellatrix should be the older sister. Also, Narcissa didn't break down in front of Snape.
No moaning Mytle comforting Draco! That scene is crucial because it shows that Draco is still someone with feelings.
Only 2 memories are shown to Harry by Dumbledore. No Dobby or Kreacher. No battle in Hogwarts.
Moving on;
I got teary-eyed at some parts and those are some of the best parts ever.
When Slughorn was telling the tale about how Lily gave him something magical and one day, the fish went missing and so he knew that Lily was gone. *Cries* That is so touching!
When Dumbledore was dead and Minerva started to pull out her wand and everyone followed to dispel the Dark Mark.
The one scene that scared me most was when the Inferi grabbed Harry's hand in the cave. Plain scary!
Love the Quidditch scene! The effects and graphics are really cool! It makes me feel nostalgic about the cool Quidditch scenes in previous films. Weasley is the King!
The awkward teenager moments featuring Ginny, Harry, Ron, Hermione are fun.
I do hope I cover most things here. I'll update once my brain in working again.
The green parts may be more than the blue parts but seriously, this is so much better than PoA, GoF and OotP put together.
However, for people who don't read the books, I doubt that they will understand some of the plot in here. The pace is fast for non-readers and non-fans.
It is only going to get worst in Deathly Hallows because there is no way they will spend the time to review the plot-lines when there are greater things to be done. "For the greater good" as Dumbledore puts it.
I can't wait for next year Deathly Hallows Part 1! Next year, I'll be more than ready for the movie.
I'm thinking that since it will be 2 hours plus for each part, there will be more than enough time to include some of the so called "not-so-important" scenes in the films.
What I'm looking forward the most are the Epilogue (19 years later), The Prince's Tale and the final battle at Hogwarts.
I'm going to cry like a baby when all the misunderstandings are finally cleared.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Since my project meeting finished early, I went home instead of going straight to Marina Square.
We reached Marina Square at about 4.30 and collected the tickets. My cousin was already there. It was weird that they don't allow us to go into the theater before 5pm when the movie was supposed to start at 5.10pm.
The whole theater was almost full. See? For a major movie like this, the only way to get good seats is to do advance booking, preferably 1 week before the movie came out.
After the movie, we went for dinner at Long John's Silver and brought my cousin home.
Good day and a wonderful night. Reached home and I quickly updated my facebook page and the Lex forums.
