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

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albus didn't "immediately" find the cave, but if you looked closely, the picture on the wall of the orphanage had this cave on the wall. Albus looked for the whole school year and went off clues and hunches. In the books it's mentioned voldemort and his fellow orphan "Friends" went on a field trip to this cave where voldemort used his powers to "do something bad" to the kids and they weren't the same after. These clues led albus to this cave.

The love potion was actually thematically important in this movie since Voldy's mum bewitched a Muggle to marry her which led to Voldy being born a psychopath, incapable of loving anything

Good and evil are not a matter of abilities or circumstances, but rather exclusively a matter of choices and intentions. That being said, good people choosing to do what they believe is good, with perfectly good intentions, can still result in evil consequences. Because life is decidedly...complicated.

Fenrir is the werewolf that bit Lupin when he was a child in retaliation against Lupin's father's disparaging remarks about werewolves. The spell Harry used was in the book. That's why they made him get rid of it. That location was on a picture in Tom's room at the orphanage.

This movie actually made Draco more sympathetic. Voldemort forced him into this task to make up for the failings of his father and he clearly is struggling with it. He may be a bad person but he is not a coldhearted killer.

The reason Professor Snape called himself The Half Blood Prince is because his mother who was a witch had the maiden name of "Prince". He loved his mother and was proud of her. But his muggle father was very abusive. Snape hated his father so much that he liked referring to himself as the Half Blood Prince rather than the name of his father's last name of "Snape" during his years as a student in Hogwarts. The ironic thing about Harry is he always had a hard time learning potions from Professor Snape. But the moment Harry found Snape's old text book with all of Snape's hand written notes and didn't realized that it had belonged to Snape Harry suddenly began to excel in potions. 📖⚗️🧪🪄

Dumbledore found the Horcrux place because of a picture in Tom`s orphanage room, of a trip they took. And the orphanage lady talked to him about it. So that was one of the places he went to look for the Horcruxes on his travels.

Voldemort did not expect Draco to be able to kill Dumbledore. He gave the boy a job he didn’t think Draco could accomplish as punishment for Lucius’s failures then told the Malfoys that he, Voldemort, would kill the boy if he failed. Remember Draco’s dad, Lucius, had been entrusted with the diary Horcrux, which was destroyed as a result of his plan to open the Chamber of Secrets. Then Lucius failed to retrieve the prophecy at the Department of Mysteries so Voldemort was furious at him. So as punishment he decided to give Lucius’s son a task he couldn’t accomplish then kill him when he failed. Thinking that Draco couldn’t do it Voldemort then told Snape of the plot against Dumbledore with the understanding that Snape would kill Dumbledore once Draco failed. That’s why Snape was willing to make the Unbreakable Vow with Draco’s mother, Narcissa. Another thing that’s not explained well in the movies is the Horcruxes. Young Tom Riddle asked Slughorn about splitting his SOUL into 7 pieces, not making 7 Horcruxes. One part of the soul has to remain inside the body so Tom Riddle planned to make 6 Horcruxes while the final piece of his soul was left in his body. It was this part of his tattered soul that fled the Potter’s house after his failed attack on baby Harry. His body was destroyed that night but his soul survived because of the Horcruxes & that piece of his soul hid in the forests of Albania until Quirrell encountered it before the events of the first book/movie. Quirrell bought that piece of Voldemort’s divided soul back to Britain & it was that piece that was used when Voldemort was resurrected in Goblet of Fire. Dumbledore explains it all to Harry in the book. Dumbledore also tells Harry that it is necessary to destroy all the Horcruxes before attacking & killing Voldemort himself.

I think this movie was the one that made Tom Felton shine as an actor. I think he played this part of Draco so well that I started feeling sympathy for him. Draco is a not nice word but the fact that he is struggling. He has parents that are horrible people, his dad is a coward and has messed up so many times that now Draco's life is in danger. He doesn't want to become a deatheater or kill Dumbledore but he's being forced to or he'll be killed because of his father. Imagine the struggle of having to be the not nice word and because you have to be, you just are and then hating yourself for having to be the not nice word. (Hopefully you can fill in what the not nice word is as I don't want to piss off the powers that be on RU-vid). Anyways, talk about struggling with who you are and having to live with your parent's mistakes. I think he showed the struggle extremely well (the bathroom scene was great). He can't trust anyone to tell them the truth as that might also get him killed. As for all the love stuff in this movie, I saw someone else posted the reference to the book but you also have to remember this is a teen series and they are growing up. Love is bound to get in the way. I also wanted to mention that you keep saying how similar Harry and Voldmort are and that is exactly what the movie wants you to notice. And I'm stopping there so I don't say to much but I love hearing your thoughts of what's going to happen. The next two movies are awesome, can't wait for your review.

“Sectumsempra” is the spell Harry used on Draco in the bathroom scene. It’s also the same spell he uses on Snape at the end right before he says “You dare use my own spell against me?”. Not sure if you caught it, but it was written in the potions book Harry found and it suggests to use it against your enemies. Also, cool theories and great reaction! Where’s that cup?!

The movie skipped a very important part in the beginning of the book. Yes the aunt and uncle are in this book and dumbledor let’s them have it for how they treated Harry

RE: Why Hermione and Ron were skeptical of Malfoy being a Death Eater at the beginning of the movie. It's not that they don't expect that Malfoy would want to be one. It's that they don't envision Voldemort needing or wanting a scared kid who's still in school as part of his ranks. What they failed to understand was that Voldemort wasn't making him a death eater out of respect or to reward Malfoy but, to put him in danger by giving him the job to kill Dumbledore thus, punishing Malfoy's Father for his failure to retrieve the prophecy last movie.

Holy crap that cup doesn't matter lol. Time passed, the cup was put away and now Hagrid was passed out and Slughorn was still half drunk.

While I understand the take on the relationship aspect of the movies being disliked, in the end, the explanation of how love/friendship being an important piece is explained. It’s also just a hard thing to condense 500 page books that encompass a full year and well rounded life of these characters, down to a 2 hour movie. That’s why the final book was split into 2 movies, and even then there’s stuff they had to cut out that has importance in the overall story.

I love how the cleaning spells are universally the ones that everyone is most envious of. (That and the tent. What Mortgage, amiright? ⛺️)

He knew the cave because when Tom was a kid in the orphanage he used to take fellow kids there and hurt them. Also the body is still there because Dumbledore was just hit with the killing spell, while Sirius fell through the the “veil” of the archway which is why he disappeared

I know you didn't approve of the love interests being brought into the story because they detracted from the plot line, but actually, they don't detract at all. These kids are teenagers. By this time they are 15 and 16 years old. To have a storyline with no backstory of the typical teen hormones would have been disingenuous. That provided a much-needed reminder that these young kids are still going through puberty and life while in the midst of the upcoming very adult fight of saving the wizarding world as well as the muggle world.

You might have missed it while you were making commentary, but as others mentioned, the spell Harry used on Draco was found in the book and it said 'for your enemies'. Harry didn't realize what it would do until he used it and they decided the best thing would be to hide the book before it killed someone.

How on earth is having an old notebook with someone's notes not okay? That's literally what a text book is, someone wrote the stuff in it, people use it to learn. Everyone was doing it wrong, Harry's book was teaching him, literally what a textbook is for. Can't blame him if the majority of textbooks were sold with incorrect information lol.

You’ll definitely need to see the extended versions of the last two films. You’ll be amazed by the closure it provides.

The movie reasoning for hiding the book makes less sense. In the book Snape ordered Harry to go to his room and retrieve his book bag and run back and give it to him.Harry didn't know it at the time but Snape suspected he had the book since it was his spell used. Having no options worrying, Snape would find the book if he didn't hide it well, he went to the room of requirement on the way back to Snape and hid it. He replaced it with Ron's copy, which had a mispelled version of Ron's name in it because Ron had used an auto spelling quill that was wearing out. Some excuses were made, and in the end, you could tell Snape didn't believe it was his book but couldn't really prove it. Also, in the book, Dumbeldore petrifies Harry, who is hidden under his invisibility cloak in order to stop Harry from interferring and being attacked by the death eaters. Harry knew Dumbeldore was dead because the pretrification wore off when he died. This goes back to the story of the magic fish that disappeared when Harry's mother died. It is forshadowing but doesn't hit the mark given that they changed the sequence.

He learned the spell where he almost killed Draco from the book. that's why they had to hide it.

Not one single reactor no matter what their genre of reaction is has been able to watch the scene of Dumbledore restoring the whole house to pristine condition without exclaiming how much we need that spell in real life. lol 100% Agreed. just funny how every single person thinks that same thing and can't help but say it.

The ending of HBP is one of the greatest plot twists. No one expects Dumbledore to be killed and the whole series has built up Snape to be a spy for Dumbledore against Voldemort, so that even while he takes the Unbreakable Vow, most people still believe he's fighting for the good side. And then he kills Dumbledore in the end.

Sir, you forget these are teenagers, and reproductive organs are now fully functioning. Love, dating, are bound to be a part of their lives. Great reaction! I'm really enjoying your enjoyment.😊

gotta say, the "filler" is meaningful to world building. it may not have anything to do with the main story, or progression of story. but it helps to build relationships from audience to character, understanding each character's motivations, love interests, and the struggle with their own emotions.

"There's something wrong with ron" I died laughing 😂

As Hermione reminds us 100 times you can't teleport in or out of hogwarts but Dumbledore being the head master has privileges

In the book, Harry didn’t drink the entire potion. He left the remainder with Ron, Hermione, and Ginny, who were trying to keep tabs on Draco. The small dose Ginny had actually may have saved her life, as an Avada Kedavra spell missed her by about an inch during the battle.

Sirus got killed but he fell backwards fell into that portal and it took him away. that is why Remus grabbed Harry to keep him from following sirius through that doorway, it was a doorway to death in the minsitry of magic.

Mrlboyd: "Most of the girls your age have nice skin, guys" Me thinking back to my teenage acne years: 😭

Sirius Black's body disappeared because he went through that archway, it was at archway that did it otherwise the body would not have disappeared with Avada Kedavra

One thing to clarify, when Snape taught potions every year he never used the books instructions, he wrote amended instructions on the board which is why Hermione and such could succeed. The textbooks that Slughorn only uses the recipes often won’t work cause they’re just slightly wrong (there’s also another issue that their history books ends like hundreds of years earlier and there’s no new textbooks lol) And Rowling has hinted at how to make Horcruxes but she said it was so horrible she’d never tell. We know it involves murder and my guess by the horror is maybe a small amount of cannibalism

Somethings you never find out in the movies but do in the books, so they aren't really spoilers. The cave was actually a place Voldemort frequented when he was younger as he felt it was secret. Dumbledore discovers the location by looking into his past. Dumbledore already knew about the horocruxes, he just didn't know the number or any other context of exactly what they might be, though he does assume they would be objects somehow important to Voldemort in one way or another. The Diary was important as Voldemort because he has a huge ego and sees it as a history of his greatness. The ring is actually his family ring and was proof he was an ancestor of Slytherin. It was also a ring you see him wearing in his later years in Hogwarts in the memories. One of the reason Dumbledore was able to find it is because he learns in the memories how important the ring was to him.

You can’t wait until you’re an adult to watch a movie that was aimed at teen audiences then criticize it for having “teen romance” plots. The draw of this series for a lot of people was growing up with the kids and part of that experience is having crushes and figuring yourself out. One major criticism I have of the films is that they don’t do the “teen romance” plots justice. Harry and ginny have no chemistry in the films and all the relationships and back and forth that happens in the books is lost. It makes it more sad when harry leaves after Dumbledore’s funeral when you have the background that he was with Ginny and that was one more relationship he had to sacrifice for the cause. You can say it’s not your thing to watch teenagers but it’s unfair to criticize one of the biggest franchises to exists simply for the fact that it focuses on teenagers. Without that stuff you don’t have the character development needed to keep this story interesting.

I never heard anyone say "I thought this was a joke." when Dumbledore dies. 😅

My family's non-alcoholic butter beer recipe: half glass/mug of root beer, 1 cap of Torani butterscotch syrup, squirt of Redi Whip; stir. It is a bit sweet. You can add alcohol if you like but I don't know what kind or how much because I don't want it in my butter beer..

I can not stress enough how much you should read the books. There is SOOO much left out or not explained that makes the story so much better.

I think in ALL of Harry Potterdom the Clean Up My Room spell is THE ONE everybody actually wants.

dumbledore knew the location of the horcrux because he had traced voldemorts childhood and visited the places he went to as a child, andthis was one of the places he checked up on and felt dark magic in...it's in the books and not told in the films.

Professor Dumbledore's death was one of the most traumatic for Harry to witness. Right alongside his parents' murder at the hands of Voldemort when he was a year-old toddler, Cedric at the hands of Wormtail during the last task of the Triwizard Tournament in that graveyard, and Sirius dying at the demented hands of his psychotic cousin Bellatrix Lestrange before he disappeared into the Veil in the Ministry Of Magic. I definitely felt like Hermione when Lavender was cuddled up to Ron. (When she said "Excuse me, I have to go and vomit.")

The book is so important for understanding this one.

The reason why the book must go is because that’s where he got the sectum sempra spell that almost killed Draco if snape wasn’t there to stop it. They are deeming the book to dangerous.

33:35 Oh yeah when Sirius died, he went through that weird stone archway in the department of mysteries. No one alive is quite sure how it works, but you definitely don't want to go through it. They've figured out that much at least.

The greatest problem with half blood Prince is that the book had A LOT of small but important details that would have just increased the run time significantly. The book also put more importance on just Harry learning more about Voldemort’s past and the half blood Prince storyline was really just a minor misdirection.

Why the love story? They're teenagers -- 16-17 years old -- going through hormonal highs and sports madness like many normal teens. Yes. They're exceptional in many ways but that doesn't stop life and adolescent development from doing a number on them. And Harry's the one Voldemort chose as his enemy; he "marked" Harry as the one who can defeat Voldemort. The prophecy -- which is more detailed in the book -- explains this. The movie also never explains how Snape is a half-blood Prince but it's explained in the book. The movies never explain a lot.

You: “right. Don’t ask any more questions”. Hagrid: “Don’t ask any more questions!”

The British calling someone a "tosser" is essentially the same as an American calling someone a "jerkoff".

Sirius disappeared because he fell into that magical archway. Cedric and Dumbledore were just hit with Avada Kedavra. Doesn't vanish the body, just kills you. Also Snape made the only move he could. He saved Harry from being caught up in all that, he prevented Draco from becoming a murderer, and if he didn't do the task Draco failed to do, he would have died instantly from breaking the unbreakable vow. There was no other move Snape could do. He tries to help Dumbledore he dies instantly, Harry probably gets killed by the Death Eaters and Draco...who knows what happens, probably gets punished by Voldemort for not doing his mission. Snape was doing the best move he could.

I’ve never seen you more frustrated than during this reaction 😂

There was a picture in Toms old room of those rocks where the Horcrux was hidden. When he was little he scared some other orphans in those caves probably by using magic

the cleaning thing is more than it looks: Wandless and or unspoken magic is SUPER hard to learn and master.

The sme room thay malfoy was messing with the vanishing caninet is the same room dumbledores army used to practiced spells in in order of the phoenix. Its called the room of requirements

When you said slug horn was gonna stop shape and give a happy ending 8 min in I laughed a bit. Still top 3 of the movies hands down

That cream soda butterbeer was made for the theme parks to be for all ages, but real Tudor butter beer has real beer in it. And why would teenagers be drinking what is essentially sugary, buttery, spiced beer?...they're British?

I think it's funny in so many movies and books this thing gets confused so many times. The moniker of "The Chosen One" isn't necessarily related to the possessor of great skill or prowess or even really being the best at anything at all. That's the whole point. Harry is just someone chosen by fate to be involved in a prophecy. Any real skill came from Harry's natural aptitude and the motivation to improve in order to survive because snake face Voldy wouldn't leave him be. Looking back on the whole story, Voldemort really is such an arrogant fool.

This was one of my favorite Harry Potter movies!

Remember Dumbledore in Harry 4th year told Harry that there is no spell or potion that can bring back the dead to the living.

Btw, a tosser is slightly more polite UK slang for wanker i.e. masturbator in the literal meaning, but often used as a general pejorative. I suppose the American equivalent would be calling someone a jerk.

Love your reactions! Teen love is something not everyone us into of course, but that’s the time in life people are especially romantic so I find it authentic personally. This is def my fav book/movie. Can’t wait for more from ya on this journey 🥰

Butter beer taste awesome. They have it at Harry Potter world at universal Studios

Not explained in the movies anyways, so no actual spoiler: the Greyback guy looks so animalistic because he's enjoying the werewolf curse and actively spreads it, the opposite of Lupin for example.

The half blood prince is a very big book, and it's very hard to put it in a 2 hours movie script trying to advancing the plot and keeping on developing characters. I think it should be divided it in two parts like they did for the last chapter.

Harry the salad tosser Potter 😂😂😂

To explain the Halfblood Prince - Snape is the son pureblood witch Eileen Prince, whos family disinherited her for marrying the Muggle Tobias Snape - This makes Snape a Halfblood and a Prince from his mothers lineage. The book shows Snape was a prodigy in potions already at school and even invented his own spell while still at Hogwarts (like Sectumsempra Harry used on Draco without knowing what it does and that is why Snape was able to heal Draco). There are big similarities not only between Voldemort and Harry but Snape as well.

"well it guaranteed you a spot" yeah he's the captain. mcgonagall is too old to be hosting tryouts each year

This finally puts in perspective just how dangerous Voldemort was in all sense of the word Voldemort in fantasy terms is considered a Lich in which they take their soul and put it in a Phalactary (container of sorts) so they might live forever. Voldemort took that idea and just increased the number by splitting his soul.

The girl in the coffee shop at the beginning was Nathalie Emmanuel… “Missandei” from GOT

Tom riddle had a picture of that cave that’s how dumbledor knew where to look

my god im so ready for the last 2 reactions, especially the last one

Septumsempra is the severing curse (hence 'severus' snape) and can be lethal. Draco would have bled out if Snape hadn't used the counter charm which he had also invented.

Why is this relevant..... Dude you talked right over the explanation of why it was relevant, Ron Loves Hermione he says her name and not the name of the annoying girl he is dating telling Hermione that he loves her and not the other girl

Movies 4-8 cut a lot of details out from the books. Honestly I'm excited for the TV series coming out. I feel that can tell more of the story than the movies were allowed to.

as an interesting side note, and I am not sure if anyone else has mentioned it yet - but there is a difference between the movie lines and the book lines in that scene with Dumbledore and young Tom. In the movie he says "I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me, I can make them hurt if I want." But in the book version he says "I can make bad things happen to those who annoy me. I can make them hurt if I want." Gives him a bit more sinister twist doesn't it hehe.

About Ron not picking up on Hermione's cues: Remember he has major confidence issues. It's getting better, but deep down he still feels like everyone loves his amazing talented older brothers better & he thinks even his parents didn't want him & love him least since he's not special or a girl. He was only born because they were trying for a girl after having 5 boys. He can't quite believe Hermione would see him that way when there's Harry & his brothers to compare him to. (He knows his pureblood status is the only thing some wizards would say he has over Harry, who is half-blood since his mom was muggleborn like Hermione, but to all of them blood status isn't important so he knows that also doesn't help him with Hermione. As you see in this movie, he is secretly harboring affection for her but won't even say it aloud to Harry.) Yeah, butterbeer is basically butterscotch candy in liquid form with whipped cream on top. It's very sweet but tasty (if you like butterscotch). One of the non-alcoholic drink choices for wizards under 18.

Dumbldore knew about the Cave because it was Tom Riddles favorite place to go as a Child and there is a picture of it in his room during the Memory

Fenrir is bigger in the book, he’s the one who made Lupin a werewolf to punish Lupins dad or something, it was cruel.

Point One: "OK, so he has some sort of remote viewer".... which we all saw him (and Harry) use in book 4/the Goblet of Fire, when he saw the trial of Igor Karkarove and the arrest of Barty Crouch Jr. Two: Butterbeer is a vile concoction sold at the Harry Potter theme-parks in Florida Three: The hospital scene is a bit tedious, but it is intended to semi-solidify Ron & Hermione's love. It also allows Slughorn to admit the poisoned mead was originally something he bought to give to Dumbledore, thus showing there are now TWO attempts on Dumbledore's life. Four: Why hide the potions book? Because Harry found the evil spell that almost killed Draco written in the margins of the book (Sectumsempra), so the book had to be removed so Harry wouldn't be tempted to try any other spells that might be in it. Five: The Avada Kedavra curse does not 'melt" people, it just kills them. What happened to Serious was a combination of the killing curse knocking Serious backwards into an archway-into-death that was being kept & studied in the department of mysteries. That's why when the kids first see the archway, only Harry & Luna can hear whispering, as only they had "seen death". Six: The "things in the water" are zombies (called Inferi). They are just reanimated dead bodies, so they don't count as being deleted Seven: It was stressed in the movie that creating a horcrux is very dark magic, and requires tearing one's soul. Does anything about Dumbledore indicate he would do something like that??? BTW: a lot of people (myself included) LIKE the romance.

All the harry potter movies have shown the contrast between normal life and the semi-war which is still going on, the love scenes were part of that. It was also made for young readers who mostly started reading the books around the same age as harry in the first book, and grew with him, so it was HIGHLY relevant to them at that age. The parts you needed more answers to were answered in the books. A lot of people have said that this one should have been a 2 parter, like the last book. It's wild to me that the young actors for voldemort did a better job being sinister and down right scary than the adult actor.

I absolutely love how annoyed he gets with the "love" scenes

I haven't had it, but CinemaSins described Butterbeer as having "tunrned 'sweet' into a swear word".

Dumbledore never created any Horcrux. Doing so requires murder. Dumbledore is famous for his non lethal combat. Even Grindelwald, an infamous Dark Wizard that Dumbledore defeated half a century earlier, is still alive. Dumbledore's death is a rather important part of the Hero's Journey, the Death of the Mentor. He had to die, in order for Harry to be forced to become the hero he's meant to be. After this book (I read the book well before the movie came out), I no longer hated Draco Malfoy. The only thing I felt for Draco after that was pity.

You would get all of the context you are looking for in the books. There was no way to put it all in the movies. Most reactors don’t focus on, and ask the questions that you do. They are content with the info they are given. ❤

"Cleaning? For what? Magic wand!" ... I'm thinking Fantasia.

In the movie Sirius gets hit with Avada Kedavdra, and he falls back into what’s known as The Veil. In the book it’s a different spell with red light, but the outcome is the same. If you fall into The Veil, you won’t leave behind a body.

The Killing Curse (Avada Kadavra) leaves behind an entirely unmarked dead body. Sirius' body disappeared through the veil in the Department of Mysteries. All other people killed by the curse show no physical impact... aside from being dead, of course. It won't show it or mention it in the later movies, but in the books teenage Voldemort killed his father Tom Riddle Senior, and both his grandparents. Muggle police were baffled as all three were still sitting at dinner when their bodies were found in a room locked from the inside. Voldemort framed his uncle (his mother's brother) for the murders. Super dark.

He had to get rid of the potion book because he learned Sectum Sempra from the book and it could've meant Harry killing Draco. So, yeah, he had to let it go.

Warner brothers did say the movies would start to get more confusing for people who haven't read the books, Snape is a half-blood, his mothers maiden name is Prince. He too, hated his father. Leaving out the chapter Will and Won't, and Kreatchers back story was a huge mistake, it would have explained so much missing context. But still a great movie 😎

"Why is this relevant?" You have to realize, these books were very big and about a lot more than the central plot of Voldemort, consisting of not only dozens of subplots that the movies never even mention, but it's also largely a coming-of-age story about Harry, who is far better-written in the novels than in the movies, and just happens to go through these extreme events for someone his age. This book, The Half Blood Prince, was largely about two things: Voldemort's past, and the budding romantic relationships between among Harry and his peers - which is what leads to that duality of feeling like two different movies that you mentioned. Understandably, they wanted to include those things in this movie, or it wouldn't have felt like a very fair/accurate adaptation of that book. It's a REALLY good book, generally agreed to be one of the best, and the "teenage romance" stuff feels very appropriate and not out of place. It's just, they chose to _focus_ on that for this movie, when the whole series has more or less been about Voldemort, so it makes it feel like the series had kind of side stepped into something of a tangent, even though in the book, the romance is treated as very important to these characters and their development, as it is to anyone that age. But that's also kind of how the book reads....it feels very different, and is clearly something of a transitional piece between the earlier stories and the final chapter. It mostly sets things up for the last book. But myself and others would definitely argue that they chose the wrong thing to focus on from this book, and this film could have been far more spectacular had it gone into as much detail about Voldemort's past as the book did. It's one of the most fascinating and engaging parts of the entire series, and they left it on the cutting room floor....

You've just bought yourself a months detention, Mcclaggan, NOOOooot soo quick, Potter...

Snape, voldemort, and Harry all half bloods. Prince was Snape's Mom's last name she was a pure blood so that's why he called himself the hald blood prince. He was ashamed of his muggle born fathers last name which was Snape.

Harry was the one that bankrolled the twins joke shop

Dumbledore found that location because there was a picture of it in the kid Voldemort memory on the wall.

To comment on why dumbledore didn’t do the same that Voldemort did about utilizing the horocraux, Is explained earlier in the memory between Tom and professor slughorn. In order to tear one’s soul apart is to murder in cold blood. Tom was willing to murder. Dumbledore was not.

the random place (the cave) they found because Voldemort spent a vacation near by as a child

It's pretty clearly stated, from the first Harry Potter story and all the way through, that LOVE is the most important magic, in all its forms - so to dismiss the love themes is to completely miss the point of Harry Potter.

Whenever you feel something is missing, you are usually right. The movies cut alot away from the books.

I dont remember if they say it in the movie but the book mentions that Dumbledore learned the young Tom Riddle scared some kids from the orphange in that cave, thats the context I think youre missing

This film is Draco's film. This is the film where Draco gets his wakeup call and starts to be his own man, not his father's 'mini-me'. It's fascinating to see him begin to transform in this film. Dividing things along an applied 'good/evil' dichotomy is short-sighted and perpetuates the battle. The thing I most like about JK Rowling's story is that everything has a backstory, everything has a potential for choice. 'Evil' is a subjective assessment; so is 'good'. Objectively, there is no 'good' or 'evil'. But if you understand the backstories, what it was that made certain choices more attractive than others, you have a way to influence the narrative. You can influence how someone subjectively interprets the environment and others' motivations. There's a lot you don't know about Tom Riddle that damaged him and made him this way, and Dumbledore made generous assumptions about Tom that Dumbledore still takes responsibility for. Harry surviving Voldemort's Death Curse brought Voldemort down and brought a halt to the First Wizarding War, a magical world war so terrifying that it still impacts those who survived it. Dumbledore is trying to stop the Second Wizarding War. To create a horcrux, you have to murder someone with magic, so you can fracture your soul into two pieces, one to stay in your body and one to store in an object to make it a horcrux. Dumbledore would never murder someone. Murder is an offence against nature. Don't forget: Draco has a backstory, too. Stop and ask yourself why Draco was weeping in the lavatory, why Draco couldn't bring himself to kill Dumbledore, like he was ordered to...and what would have happened if Harry had stopped to ask Draco why he was crying (instead of Harry attacking him).