Ooops, I forgot one:
4. There is no reference to Aunt Petunia knowing about dementors. There was no howler to her which said, “Remember my last”.
Well I’m sure glad that’s settled.
Harry Potter discovers puberty: “Hey, look everyone! It’s a magic wand!”
For example, the fourth movie, the Goblet of Fire, is completely devoid of the house elves and Hermione's SPEW efforts. Instead of Dobby giving Harry the Gilley-weed, Neville gives it to him. Maybe the house elves aren't going to play much of a role in the final book.
Potter ping!
If there’s no quidditch in “Half-Blood Prince” either (as Dan Radcliffe has said in an interview) how do Harry and Ginny get together?
Does Sirius specifically call Harry “James”, or is he calling to Harry’s father?
Okay, here’s the big question: in terms of sheer movie goodness, how does this one rank against the previous?
No. Mine are solid, backed both by the books themselves and by the literary traditions that Rowling draws from. They completely explain all of the clues and loose ends.
Which means, of course, that I'm 99.9% likely to be completely and utterly wrong.
Order of the Phoenix Ping!
It would be easy enough to add a flashback scene or just refer to the cleaning of Grimmauld Place at the appropriate time. They could also skip the cleaning entirely and just have Mundungus or Kreacher steal it directly.
1. What is the reason for the PG-13 rating?
2. Does the movie include the detention and the writing-instrument-from-hell?
Will see it at 11:00 am. Bookmarking thread...
The Washington Times gave it a poor review, called it “humdrum” and said “even those who devoured the first four films, this critic included, will wonder what precisely is happening at regular intervals.”
Not really, since I don’t really consider the movies to be canon. The movie is just entertainment; a way to kill 2 hours while looking at some fantastic special effects. :-). The books are still the “real thing” for me.
There were other significant diffrences too; Hagrid’s COMC class isn’t shown, so it’s Luna who tells Harry about the Thestrals. And the whole episode at St. Mungos and the trip back to Grimmauld place is left out, so the Occlumency lessons begin right after Mr. Weasley’s attack.
Overall, I thought the Movie was OK, but the acting could have been a lot better. There wasn’t much emotion at all in Radcliffe and the other’s acting; very flat and monotone. The scene where Harry first arrives at Grimmauld place and meets up with Ron and Hermione, he doesn’t really work up into a tirade the way he should have. And the ending scene, where Harry trashes Dumbledore’s office, was made very somber instead of gut-wrenching and passionate, the way it should have been.
What did you think?
What I want to know is why in all these movies none of the characters is ever shown going to the bathroom and doing the usual business there, number 1 or number 2?
Tomorrow night. IMAX. 3D.
I don’t mind any movie spoilers. I know the plot so the only “spoilers” ther can be are things that are changed from the book.
Now, Deathly Hallows, that I would avoid spoiling at all costs. Almost time for that!
In Chamber of Secrets, both of the Vanishing Cabinets (one in Borgin and Burke's, one in Hogwarts) are mentioned for the first time, with very little attention drawn to them. They seem to be completely unimportant objects, right? Yet, continuing through the books, they (at least the one in Hogwarts) continue to make apparences. By Half-Blood Prince, there can be no mistaking that they are, indeed, objects of importance. But look at the movies...
In the movie CoS, I seem to recall that HP does indeed hide in a cabinet at B&B, but I have no recollection of the Hogwarts cabinet (which ends up being the more significant of the two) ever being mentioned. I haven't seen the film version of OOtP yet--is there any mention made of Montague being trapped in the cabinet? I imagine it was cut, simply because it could be. It doesn't really distract from the continuity of the storyline, even given what we know about the cabinets' roles in HBP. There are going to be far more nuances and outright clues in the books than in the movies, or the movies would run to ten hours apiece.
In a way, they are the same story being told to two different audiences--but they are the same story.
Another reason why I have not yet dismissed the possibility that the locket mentioned briefly as being present at Grimmauld is indeed the Horcrux--RAB. There is no doubt in my mind that RAB is Regulus Black; I think Rowling has admitted it (retrokitten might know for certain). The note left in the fake Horcrux is obviously significant, and Regulus can certainly be tied to Grimmauld Place. He was the favored son, after all. Not only that, he left the note knowing that his death was imminent. I think it would be natural for him to return to his family, to the safety of his own home, if for no other reason than for the comfort it may have offered him. The Death Eaters, IIRC, had no idea at all that LV was creating Horcruxes; LV himself does not seem to have known that RAB took the real Horcrux. Regulus was being hunted down by the Death Eaters simply because he got scared and wanted out--no other reason is mentioned, or LV would have ransacked Grimmauld Place himself in search of the missing Horcrux.
My, my, I do go on! Was Montague trapped in the cabinet in the movie? Inquiring minds want to know!