Harry Potter

[Brian]

I think it may have first come out last week/weekend, but it appears there is a new trailer released for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

[GrandMoffNick]

I am excited for the movie, but it is going to hit me again when I see it that we are done with the books and I have nothing to look forward to in this series.

[knashdx]

Harry Potter Villan arrested

Should have had a Port Key with him!

[Brian]

Sounds like HP and the Half Blood Prince's release has been moved up a couple of days to July 15th.

[Brian]

New trailer for the Half Blood Prince is now up online, still looks really good to me.

[Darth_Anton]

Very cool. One of the few movies I'm looking forward to.

[name]

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What is going on in that trailer with Jenny suspended up in the air above the snow....I don't recall that at all from the books.

[knashdx]

 

The trailers for this movie have got to be the best they have done in years. Just out of this world.

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What is going on in that trailer with Jenny suspended up in the air above the snow....I don't recall that at all from the books.

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That isn't Jenny. That is Kristin Bell. She accidentally touches a cursed necklace and that is what the curse does to her.

[name]

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What is going on in that trailer with Jenny suspended up in the air above the snow....I don't recall that at all from the books.

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That isn't Jenny. That is Kristin Bell. She accidentally touches a cursed necklace and that is what the curse does to her.

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Ah yes....I had to get my secretary to come in and remind me about that.  Then I Googled the necklace:

The Opal necklace was a cursed Dark object, which was claimed to have taken the lives of many Muggles. It was used by Draco Malfoy in an attempt to assassinate Albus Dumbledore.

[edit] 1992When Harry Potter mistakenly went to Borgin and Burkes instead of Diagon Alley, he saw the necklace and read the label, "Cursed."

[edit] 1996-1997In 1996, four years later, the necklace was purchased at Borgin and Burkes by Draco Malfoy, under the orders of Lord Voldemort. [1] During the first Hogsmeade trip of the 1996-1997 Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry year, Draco Malfoy cast an Imperius Curse on Madam Rosmerta. She in turn cast another Imperius Curse on student Katie Bell. Bell was ordered to take a package containing the opal necklace to Albus Dumbledore.

Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger witnessed Bell arguing with her friend, Leanne, as they were heading back to Hogwarts. They noted that Katie did not seem 'herself,' acting dazed and detached. During the course of the argument, the package ripped, and the necklace touched Katie's skin through a hole in her glove. Katie rose into the air, screaming, with Leanne screaming as well and attempting to pull her down. Ron and Hermione attempted to help while Harry ran off to find someone, bumping into Hagrid and leading him back to the group. After learning the nature of the event, Hagrid carried Katie to the castle, accompanied by Harry and his two friends, who handed over the necklace to Professor Severus Snape, through the Caretaker Argus Filch. Katie was taken to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, where she spent much of that year recovering from the effects of the curse.

[knashdx]

name - I gave the short, short, shot version of that story.

[Brian]

Four new TV spots for Half Blood Prince have popped up online.

[Brian]

Nothing much, but there's a gallery up with some on set filming pics from the Deathly Hallows.

[Phrubruh]

It is just me or does Radcliffe have two caterpillers above his eyes?

Watson seems to be getting better looking in every movie. I wonder what she will do after Potter?

[Darth_Anton]

Just got back from seeing Half Blood Prince. It's just as good as the last movie. A lot of painful omissions from the book, but the movie does a fairly good job bridging the gaps.

I'm still not a fan of the director though. I'll admit that he did a better job on this one, but I still feel that 3 and 4 are the pinnacles of the series. There's simply a lack of grace to Yates' technique and it shines painfully when you contrast the emotional impact of the main death scenes in last three movies.

[Brian]

Newarama has an early review up that is very positive for Half Blood Prince as well.  Pretty much everything I've seen/read so far has been positive, but I think all the movies in this series have been well reviewed so far.  Definitely looking forward to seeing it, hopefully this weekend.