HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF - BLOOD PRINCE (2009) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION 

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Making sure I only answer questions that they ask as they watch it. Would never give up the plot!! 😉

well, we knew what would happen if we read the books. lol

The best way. I hope they do an update if they read em lol

I try to keep my posts limited to the extra info that’s given in the book.ñ but not the movie. Like my anger at them not filming the battle of the astronomy tower

Goblet of fire was one of my favored books and the largest book in the story if I'm not mistaken

Thanks! I haven't read the books yet but I thought so when the twins were trying to talk to Harry before he kissed Cho 😁

Yeah he told them to buy Ron a new set of dress robes, so he wouldn't look or smell like his Great Aunt Tessie 😆

I believe he gave all of the gold to the twins in the end and asked them to buy Ron new Dress Robes. I think the wand was an earlier book (the same one where they went away to Egypt over the summer)

You think they have extended versions of the movies.

Also Hagrid kicked the crap out of the Death eaters by his house at the end.

He did a nice job in CW's The Flash TV series on one of the later years of that series.

@@Forbiddenangel989 here is some of what he did as a recurring character on the show: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--qrA4dUuIRU.html

Going back to the books, this was really the first time we got to see Draco in more than one dimension as a character. In the movie, Tom Felton did a fantastic job portraying the turmoil within the character. Going the next step, I think it is really amazing how good these young actors were throughout the ten years of filming the movies, going from 11 or 12 years old to adults over that time, and really carrying it off.

And when you meet him, he is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. It makes his acting even more impressive, he had a long ways to go before he was the a-hole we saw on screen.

This is my second favourite movie in the series, and part of that is because it makes me suddenly (and VERY unexpectedly) feel sympathy for Draco Malfoy. After 5 movies of seeing him as a one dimensional little evil daddys-boy, they did a 180, and he turns out to be a victim of his own heritage, his family. Just like Harry is chosen to save, Draco is basically chosen to bring upon destruction and death, and it is so very clear from his manners that he feels forced to go along with it, even if he doesn't want to.

And in the book inside The Half-Blood Prince's potions book there was a footnote written in about just shoving a bezoar down their throat to cure a poison. One of the breadcrumbs giving away who the potions book once belonged to. The book also did a great job of showing that Harry was only struggling in potions class because of the personal issues Snape and Harry had with each other interfering with Harry's ability to learn.

The reason why Harry used a Bezoar is not because he remembered the Bezoar as the general cure, but because he recalls a quote from the Half-Blood Prince textbook, which reads "Shove a bezour down their throat"

Which is why J. K. R. Is a genius

The question in the first movie is NOT "what is a bezoar?" but rather "where can you find a bezoar?" (in a goat's stomach IIRC)

I like that in the book, Harry is thinking of funny things during the funeral. This is completely a natural reaction. I've done it myself.

After finding out the funeral scene had been cut out of the movie, The actress that plays Luna Lovegood offered her cut of the movie salary so that the director would include the scene but was turned down

@@tittrev damn. That's how you know it's a dumb idea when the actors are giving up their pay to try and change your plans lol

​@@Travel__Spinthere's going to be a Netflix show made with each book spanning a season.

@@JoshuaBloom01 I’m pretty sure it’s HBO

Yeah, what was that thing Mr. Weasley said "Don't trust anything if you can't see where it keeps its brain!" I've read the books many times, but it's been awhile.

Another thing the movies tried to do their best with but couldn't really show the extent of is just how much Harry was obsessed with the book. I mean it was SUCH a huge part of the book, which made the reveal even more massive.

@@Marthyboy88 Yeah, the Half-blood Prince was like a new best friend to him. He felt such a kinship with him and so badly wanted to learn who he was. So Snape's reveal at the end was like one notch below "No, _I_ am your father!" (which is how the quote goes, but everyone gets it wrong 🧐)

They left like half the plot out of this movie. Harry's obsession with the potions book is gone, half the Pensieve flashbacks are gone, the theories about what the Horcruxes might be are gone, the deconstruction of the whole Chosen One plot is gone. Bill and Fleur are gone. Tonks and Lupin are gone. Ginny's character development is gone. The freaking climactic battle is gone, so it looks like Draco spent the whole year trying to fix a Vanishing Cabinet just so a couple of Death Eaters could stand around and watch him try to kill Dumbledore. This was the point where they were like "Eh, screw it, everyone in the audience has probably already read the books anyway, they can fill in the blanks themselves." Which is why I always tell newcomers, if you're serious about getting into Harry Potter, _read the books first_ 😑

Ngl, I probably would have been just as dramatic when he was killed if I wasn't spoiled.

I was also on vacation when this one came out but we only had one copy! I had to keep the pain to myself so I wouldn't spoil it for my dad. I had to go cry in the bathroom for a few mins when I got to his death. Was a relief when my dad got to that point a few days later.

How fun to share reading together!

Yeah the one time he couldn't say wait till I tell my father about this. The first time he can't kiss ass to anyone he had to let the death eaters in and kill head master. Like Voldemort would have killed all the malfoys to prove that his word goes.

You’re mostly spot on, but Malfoy was not originally an unwilling participant. He joined wanting glory and had the belief he was redeeming his family, along with upholding good old pure blood values. It wasn’t as he began failing and Voldemort threatened him (you know this happens partway through the year because you see Draco’s stress start physically manifesting then and he’s lost his swagger).

same

Indeedily

You stole my line it was the first thing that popped in my mind when i saw the notification. 😂😂

what else is there to do other than wait

Ditto

I agree, I think some people forget that some people haven’t seen them all yet!

I am so excited for them to see the end.

There’s always gonna be that one idiot. If it was me reacting I’d avoid comments all together

It is hard not to say anything spoiler-ish.

This comment is unnecessary.

When I read … and later saw it.. I s o bbbb e d… gets you every time!⚡️

Reaction content is peak enjoyment for me love to see others experience what you love honestly it’s my kryptonite 😂😢😅

He was a crap person and an excellent teacher. I had a British Lit teacher like that in high school. Self-important small-town bully, but 20 years later, I still know her content better than A LOT of others. 😂

Honestly, it shows either how bad Harry's eyesight is or how oblivious Harry is that he never recognizes the handwriting in the book as Snape's after reading it on returned essays and on the blackboard for five years. 🤣🤣🤣

Wonder if we were both at the same B&N lol

I laid on our couch and read The Deathly Hallows a in one day. Told everyone they were on their own for lunch and dinner. I cried my eyes out when a certain character gets killed when escaping Malfoy Manor by Bellatrix, but shouted in joy when Mrs. Weasley showed Bellatrix a thing or two 😉 at Hogwarts.

Exactly!!!! That wait was absolutely brutal!

@@thatlindgirlinutah5829 I finished The Deathly Hallows at 6pm the day it was released (I'm not one who can read all night). My family was downstairs eating dinner and I had to hold in my yells and wipe my tears and then keep my mouth zipped shut because the rest of them hadn't read it yet.

Same!

Same here! My daughter and I went to the Harry Potter exhibition in Atlanta last month. IT IS AMAZING. I have tons of photos.

Yep, they are turning into Potterheads. 😁

The fandom is still alive and well

we'd read the books.

@@Needsmoreflash Well they are technically correct. HBP and DH had a 2 year gap in the book release.

I need their reaction to deathly hollows part 2 by tomorrow frfr lol

Not everyone was shocked. There were rumours that a main character would die and Dumbledore was the obvious candidate Standard story structure requires that the mentor dies (or goes away) so that the young hero can become the true hero at the end. Just like Obi Wan died in Star Wars. It was the details of how he died that were surprising.

@@peterjackson4763 yeah, there were also some kinds in Zimbabwe who weren't shocked because they didn't know what Harry Potter was. I know it wasn't literally EVERYone haha

I'd be proud to know you if I were your friends. That's some real wisdom and I hope you keep that one in the heart.

An extension of “losing a battle, in order to win a war” To fail in an endeavour does not mean you give up, it means you learn from a mistake to overcome it and optimistically succeed next time

Beautifully said 💗🤌✨

unfortunately that was only "never before seen footage" in the movie that exchange was only 45 extra seconds it could've made the cut

@@KarlKraus1 what? The question from Snape about the bezoar in the first movie is not extra footage, it was in the final cut.

@@_Professor_Oak yeah it was in the ULTIMATE edition dvd/blu ray plus it's shown on tv for years for the video there was "NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE FOLLOWING THE FEATURE." after the movie credits, the potions class scene was shown WITH the answers to Snapes questions given to Harry after he was done teasing Harry, the scene was finished in the theatrical version look it up I've seen both versions many times i know what I'm talking about

It really says something, too, that Slughorn froze and didn't know what to do, so Harry relied on knowledge he gained from Snape.

@@saraann3281 right! it shows people that something was explicitly used from Snape's time as potions master to save somebody from certain death even though he didn't like Snape he sure was a good teacher a blessing in disguise

Yes I agree!!

Yes, please. Get it over with. 👍

I WISH they would do the next ones back to back. I can’t wait! I was waiting for this movie and Jay and Amber didn’t disappoint. Can’t stop now!!!! Keep going 😂

@@ajgrace435 they have to, it is one movie into 2 parts

this is the answer to 'did we accomplish much?' If you look at the film, no not really. But the book gave so much information about Tom.

hes a murderer and he needs to be dealt with i cant believe these two cheered for him.

@@israymervalentin-arias6313 I’m not sure what you’re referring to, could you clarify for me please?

@@lynnejamieson2063 did we not just watch the same movie? did snape not just murder dumbledore? i am mad

@@israymervalentin-arias6313 I think the confusion stems with the fact this post was mostly about Tom riddle. But I get what you're saying. I don't think they're cheering for Snape. They seem pretty miffed with him. As they should be. 😊

They are just weird and bizarre.

Don't listen to the telegram person. It's a scam.

@Mikey: I feel the same way. 😊

@@PopeNorton Right, they would have answered with their YT Account.

@@PopeNorton Agreed - I've reported every comment of theirs I've seen. The extra character (usually a number or a symbol) on their username gives away scam accounts.

I hate it when Ron is always sidelined, he is part of the Golde Trio. Ron, Harry and Hermione are bestfriends. This comment makes Ron seems an unimportant character totally insignificant to be in league with Harry and Hermione.

The movies REALLY pushed it though. When in movie, they dance, cuddle, talk, and stay together during all of DH 1, while in the book they hardly spoke let alone look at each other. It was a strange change, but considering the writers dislike for Ron and love of Hermione makes it make sense

David yates is a crappy director.

Don’t stop watching! No matter what you think….. hang in there!❤❤

@@misterbobby8913 Yet he still managed to make the best Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2)

@@SirHilaryManfat lol that one was the worst along with the 5th and 6th. Deathly Hallows part 2 ending was Horrible and so Contrived. That final battle between Harry and Voldemort was so bad, and Voldemort's death was horrible and anticlimactic. He should have been laying dead, not turn into dust. And nobody celebrated Harry for having finally killed Voldemort? What a confusing anticlimactic ending.

@@misterbobby8913 Don't fucking spoil it!! They haven't seen it yet 😑🤦‍♀ And the ending was amazing and exactly how it should have been! Also everyone had literally just been through a whole goddamn war and lost so many friends and family and loved ones and most would have been absolutely traumatized or still in shock of everything, so of course they're not gunna be fucking celebrating lmao And if you remember what happened to him at the end of the first movie then the way he died actually makes complete sense lmao

@Jermare Ginny always had crush on him since her first year. Harry never bothered about her until book 6

The romance between ron and hermoine felt the same way to me as well, but again the books add so much more to their stories.

@Jermare She was, but she and hermoine talked about it and hermoine told her to stop, so harry could see the real her, and in time her would fall for her. The friendship between ginny and hermoine is something I really miss not being in the movies. It really shows how well hermoine knew both of them. Harry could never fall for someone who idolized him, since he hated the attention so much. Ginny could also never really fall for harry because she idolized him. Letting them both take a break allowed both to relax and become friends, growing into more. Also ginny being taken in by the diary really made a solid connection between the two. I loved that part of the book, and so glad he realized the connection watching the movie. Ginny having real experience against voldemort and a dangerous book kicked harry out of his "Only I know" mindset and made him actually think.

Plus the Ginny and Harry scenes in this movie are so awkward. In the book, Harry ruminates on his feelings for Ginny for a long time before they ever kiss, and when they do, it's so much more satisfying!

@@meola53 yeaaah I try to like this movie but it’s a little painful to watch😭😂😂

Man, didn't know that. Just sad. Glad they caught the guy and put him away. Still, just sad.

There were even more tragic events with some of the cast: One of the actresses who played the one of the twins who Harry took to the Yule ball in Goblet of Fire: “Manchester Crown Court heard Ashraf Azad launched a "prolonged and nasty" attack on Afshan Azad, who played Padma Patil in the hit films. She was punched repeatedly and dragged by her hair after being overheard talking to her Hindu boyfriend. Mr Azad, 28, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court previously heard how Miss Azad, 22, was branded a "prostitute" and "slag" and was told: "Marry a Muslim or you die." The actress fled the family home in Longsight, south Manchester, through a bedroom window after the attack on 21 May 2010. The actress, who now lives in London, had pleaded with the court not to jail her older brother. But Judge Roger Thomas QC said there were no good or proper reasons to suspend his sentence of six months. "This persistent attack was accompanied by serious and very hurtful abuse and threats," he told the defendant. "It must have been a miserable and frightening experience for your sister which, she suggested, lasted for about three hours or so. "The background to this offence lies in the concern that you, and perhaps other family members, had about Afshan's relationship with a young man who was not of the Islamic faith." He added: "This is a sentence that is designed to punish you for what you did and also to send out a clear message to others that domestic violence involving circumstances such as have arisen here cannot be tolerated." Richard Vardon QC, prosecuting, said Azad confronted his sister who ended the call, hid the phone and sim card and then sat on her bed before the defendant barged in and began shouting at her. "He then grabbed her hair and threw her across the room," the prosecutor said. "She began crying and asked him to stop. The defendant began punching her with clenched fists to her back and head area." The court was told that her brother's wife, Sonia, who also lived at the house, came into the room and tried to push him away. Mr Vardon said the actress was pushed on to her father's bed, with her brother shouting: "Sort your daughter out! She's a slag!" Azad then grabbed his sister by the neck and began to throttle her, the court heard. "She struggled to breathe and was scared for her life," Mr Vardon added. The victim's mother and sister-in-law then entered the bedroom as the family discussed what to do with her, the court was told. Mr Vardon said her father, Abul, 53, suggested sending her back to Bangladesh for an arranged marriage, while her mother called her a "prostitute". Miss Azad's father sent her to bed, but she fled the house the next day. - BBC News

Another sad note: The actor who played Fenrir Greyback, Dave Legeno has also passed on. He died from exposure in 2014 while hiking in Death Valley

@@S.Parrow I just thought about that last night

@@cozenw3236 Yikes! That is no bueno.

🤓👆 Hey guys just wanted to mention i read the books

@@blackwomangamer2637 such an unnecessary comment

Honestly the movie pretty much nailed that scene, and I'm saying that as someone who has a lot of complaints about this movie. I think only Goblet or Hallows part 2 did a worse job of representing the book overall

@@gugurupurasudaikirai7620 I disagree.... I was very disappointed with the way the movie portrayed this scene... Didn't have a huge impact to me... I didn't feel the despair like the books described... reliving a traumatic experience is usually more intense than that... or emotional at least. They tried, but in the end it wasn't that great...

@@stacebrewer as was yours

I remember being on a SF-Fantasy forum some years ago. I wasn't there for HP, hadn't got into it yet, but I remember one of the people who hung out in the forums I followed was the moderator for the HP forum. I felt sorry for her, trying to get the book read and keep the trolls from starting threads that would have major spoilers as the title for the thread. Some people just suck.

Man, this brings back some of the best memories from that dark period of my life...

I first read this one on a train going for an exam, when I walked into the exam room my friend asked what had happened, when I explained she nodded and understood. Still think it’s a minor miracle I got through the exam.

There was a gif that was everywhere on LiveJournal (yes, I know, I'm dating myself) right after the book HBP came out that was just simple changing text: Dumbledore dies. It happens on page (whatever it was). At least I didn't tell you it was Snape that kills him.

@@juliarabbitts1595 You must be a quick reader if you finished the entire book on your way to an exam.

I couldn't agree more. He mostly was treated as the comic relief in the films. In the books he was much more competent and intelligent. After all, he came from a pure blood family of extremely powerful and intelligent wizards.

​@@stefanlaskowski6660 that's one of the gripes i have with the movies. ron is the only one that grew up around magic all the time, he shouldn't be as ditzy as he is in the movies.

I hated how they butchered ron in the movies. Im only on order of the pheonix and i like him more than movie ron.

I remember it was so hard to cry and read, but I had to get to the end of story

It's like seeing a seriously wounded lion.

Same here. I read it during a long car ride in the back of the car. I started crying and my mom turned around and was totally shocked, didnt know whats going on :D

My wife and I had separate books of HBP and I had gotten to Dumbledore’s death and just yelled, “NO!!!”

Same; I can still see the part on the page where it happened. I was dumbstruck, and skimmed into the next chapter to see if it was all a mistake somehow...and then I put the book under my bed and refused to touch it for WEEKS. I was so upset. I know Harry is supposed to be the star of the series...but Dumbledore was my man. Sigh.

Meh Dumbledore explains in the last book that he didn't know if Tom would end up like that. It's an age old orphan's story, anyone can end up good or bad. To quote Sirius: “We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."

@@Chumppi He still knew enough to be suspicious of him, which is the point.

the only payoff that matters is harry kills snape in the most gruesome way possible like make his head explode. snape is evil and he killed an old man

@@israymervalentin-arias6313 go away

@@KatBee00 u need to go away u support a villain who killed s great character. whats wrong with u?

@@israymervalentin-arias6313 You're literally just telling lies and fake spoiling LAME 🙄 🤣🤣🤣 go be productive somewhere else

@@KatBee00 you must be mentally challenged to say such a ridiculous thing.

She's very much not a gem, but she can tell an interesting story.

​@@ms_scribbles No, she's a literary gem. A simple "interesting story" wouldn't have been this pervasive in society in general. You can *personally* dislike the story, but you're here so 🤷🏻‍♀ or you can personally dislike her, but you're here... Regardless, she created something so much more than an "interesting story."

@@ms_scribbles She IS an absolute gem, not only as an author, but as a person as well. I mean, unless you've bought into the negative narrative that "woke" culture has tried to put on her....😂

@@1trumantucker1 I mean, she's a racist, an anti-Semite, and a proud transphobe, but if you're willing to excuse that, maybe you are too....

@@1trumantucker1 There's not much "buying into" necessary. She layered it on with a trowel.

I read that book in a bit over a day too after the school hours, it was insane. Movies are great but the books were something else

I remember my mom brought it home just before I went to school, and we went to a museum. I sat the whole day reading it instead of visiting. My teacher was not even pissed, since I was reading calmly XD

I was in SHAMBLES.

I remember I went back and re-read the chapter because I could not believe what I just read.

I was honestly so angry with Dumbledore for trusting Snape so much.

I was robbed of that experience. While I was holding the book in my hands, and reading. My friend goes, "I can't believe Snape killed Dumbledore." I just chucked the book at her and left.

@@SiLvErWaRe000 That sucks! What a butthole move. 😒

@@SiLvErWaRe000lol im so sorry. I wish someone spoiled Sirius death for me so I could’ve quit. I remember I was in denial until the final book cause it didn’t say he died, it said he like fell through the veil or something. I was adamant he wasn’t dead and just needed to be rescued. I was so beyond upset

Saying Snape has an arc is somewhat spoiler-ish.

and ended up in an almost 10 year relationship with the actress who played Luna.

Schindlers List is one of the best movies ever made. Amber could not handle it.

I’m so glad I read the book the first night. I remember the spoiler people had everywhere you could write stuff, even on T-shirt’s about the page it happens.. I would get so mad!

I didn't start reading the books until after #6 was released and I was so glad that I had waited that long so I wouldn't have had to wait between the previous books. I was so relieved right until the end of the book and Dumbledore died. I was so shocked that I wished I had waited until the 7th had come out before starting them. I started reading the first one to see what was missing in the movie; I read the entire series because it was incredibly well written for any age.

Not just kids! We went as adults and dressed up for the midnight releases! And the movies! We even found some bertie bots every flavor beans. We were passing them out while in line to see the first movie.

Yeah just heard abut him passing away, God bless his soul

Imagine? It was horrible. I was one of those who was at the bookstore waiting for the releases to come out.

Man. I hated Snape for so long because of that. It's one of the biggest plot twists in pop culture when he killed Dumbledore. I'll always remember the emotion of reading the book all night.

I agree completely. I was actually pissed off that it wasn’t included in the official film release.

I was pretty disappointed that they left that bit out. It wasn't a long moment between Dudley and Harry, but it was (IMHO) extremely important. They shouldn't have left it on the cutting room floor!

SAME! I felt sooo bad for Draco for all of what you said and that he's still a kid to have that terrible responsibility put on him! I think he was given the task to punish Lucious for not being loyal to the cause.

Also, I raise the motion that you guys allow cussing in the watch-along version, I want to know the feelings when ya feel em! LOL Regardless, the feelings are clear no matter how they're expressed.

The butterbeer in Watford is atrocious

@@jackdaniels4346 Both my wife and I totally agree with you the drink was really bad, but the butter beer ice cream was really good.

My friend craved Butter Beer when she was pregnant! Luckily we live near Universal and she actually went to get some! Lol She tried making it using online recipes, but they aren’t the same!

Butter beer at Universal was way too sickly for me, could not get past the first couple of sips.

And then Rowling backtracked on that statement later. She should have kept her mouth shut. The reasoning you described makes much more sense and a better story. Ron and Hermione are great in the book.

I always liked the idea of Ron and Hermione. He's talented, but lacks self esteem and is a little lazy, so she can help him be his best. And she's so talented and smart, but she can get stuck up about it, so Ron can remind her to be kind and generous. And I thought Hermione was a bit too much of a nag for Harry. The boy deserves some peace!

@@AutumnForest862 I also always appreciated that Ron acted like an actual teenaged boy in the series. His reactions make sense when people think about the fact that he's a kid having these emotions. Hermione is naturally mature and Harry is forced to be in grown up situations, so Ron's attitude at times seems like he's being a brat but he's actually being perfectly rational for his age.

That is 100% correct