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| Things They Did Wrong: Half-Blood Prince |
- 1. They showed too much of the Voldemort/Tom Riddle storyline
- in the trailers.
- 2. They gave away the kiss in the trailers – for people who
- hadn’t read it, that should have been a surprise.
- 3. Harry chasing Snape and calling him a coward was also in
- the trailers.
- 4. In the film itself, Snape had no reaction to being called
- a coward – which was like the whole point of that scene.
- 5. Scrimgeour was no where to be found: doesn’t oust Fudge,
- doesn’t take action for action’s sake and doesn’t
proposition Harry; he had quite a large role in HBP
considering – but will appear in DH only to die.
- 6. Luna walks Harry out of the Hogwarts Express not Tonks.
- 7. Because they changed the kiss scene, Harry winds up not
- hiding the book under the Diadem of Ravenclaw...have these
people even read the last book yet?
- 8. Tonks and Lupin are already dating. It's not a surprise
- revelation.
- 9. The twins have the shop without any explanation of
- how/where they got the money to open one.
- 10. They show the Death Eaters taking Ollivander so you never
- have to wonder what happened to him.
- 11. Draco is not crying to Moaning Myrtle in the bathroom,
- he’s just sort of crying to himself.
- 12. The Death Eaters don’t really attack Hogwarts they just
- turn up to kill Dumbledore and then stroll around the
place.
- 13. I guess Dumbledore’s funeral wasn’t important to show
- either. With all the hormone hysteria, why show something
relevant?
- 14. No Fleur in the film to say the absolute, hands down best
- line ever: “It doesn’t matter that his face was bitten off
by a half-turned werewolf...I’m beautiful enough for both
us!”
- 15. Too much concentration on Hermione being a sobbing crying
- little mess. She weeps so much maybe they should call her
‘Snivellus’.
- 16. They don’t show the pensieve scene of Riddle visiting Mrs.
- Smith and seeing Helga Hufflepuff’s cup. Clearly, the
creation of a Horcrux is not important.
- 17. Nor do they show the pensieve memory of Merope Gaunt. We
- don’t get to meet Riddle’s twisted family (Muggle or
Pureblood), or see Marvolo’s Peverell Ring. So really what
did they show of the creation of the monster that is
Voldemort? Just some scenes of Riddle being a creepy
little kid.
- 18. Harry barely gets any sort of punishment from almost
- killing Draco in the duel, let alone gets suspended from
Quidditch...just what are we trying to teach these crazy
wizards? That it’s okay to kill other kids in girls’
bathrooms? For shame.
- 19. Let’s talk about a random added attack on the Burrow for a
- moment... Dear Readers, can you imagine what we are
thinking right now? Do you have the same choice words
rushing around your head?
- Let’s just start with why? Why attack the Burrow in Sixth
Year for no reason, when Death Eaters do actually attack
in Book 7 after the wedding? What’s the point? Oh, yeah,
there is no point. The powers that be worried there wasn’t
enough action in the film so they attacked the Burrow!
Never mind that whole sections of relevant information are
cut out because of the time restraints of a movie, but
it’s okay to add in random junk.
- 20. Harry is not petrified in Dumbledore’s death scene...so in
- essence, he does absolutely nothing to help Dumbledore
(his surrogate father) of his own accord. He just lets
Dumbledore get killed because “he’s just following orders”.
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