Harry Potter & Half Blood Prince - the movie news

[innerSpaceman]

Broadbent's casting is old news, and brilliant.

I just re-read this one, because I frelling hated it ... with an eye toward how it could be adapted into a successful film. It's possible, but will take quite a lot of doing. There's enough in there to make a good movie ... but they will have to do a lot of judicious trimming and re-arranging to avoid the sensation that nothing happens until a really exciting final 20 minutes.

[Snowflake]

Thanks to Tom (and you Heidi) for the links. Broadbent's casting was new news to me and I still say he will be totally brilliant as Slughorn.

I will have to re-read the book, too, I know I did not like it a lot, but I liked it more than Order of the Phoenix, which I still don't like.

Only a year more to speculate on the movie.

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

but they will have to do a lot of judicious trimming and re-arranging to avoid the sensation that nothing happens until a really exciting final 20 minutes.

See I liked Half-Hard Prince, even if it only amounted to a buildup for an admittedly spectacular ending (and book 7).

At least we know part 7 is good!! So even if if this one is just buildup for the eventual Pottergasm, you know you'll see it opening weekend.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Chernabog

See I liked Half-Hard Prince, even if it only amounted to a buildup for an admittedly spectacular ending (and book 7).

At least we know part 7 is good!! So even if if this one is just buildup for the eventual Pottergasm, you know you'll see it opening weekend.

Admittedly, I liked Half-Hard Prince better the second time around ... mostly because I imagined one could play up the Slughorn memory retrieval scams and Ron's snogfest girlfriend problems to good comic effect in a film (and hopefully minimize the snoozefest of Harry's Malfoy obsession and lame Voldemort childhood memory pensieve sessions).

Um, I think Book 7 will need some major adaptation work to make a good film, too.


Hmm, Book 7. Book 7. Anything come to mind, Cherny, when I say Book 7??

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hmm, Book 7. Book 7. Anything come to mind, Cherny, when I say Book 7??

Booking a reservation for seven people?

Seven people getting arrested?

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Hmm, Book 7. Book 7. Anything come to mind, Cherny, when I say Book 7??

Yeah, that someone in this very apartment reading this apartment's only copy right now and HOPEFULLY won't get cheese in between the pages

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

Hmm, Book 7. Book 7. Anything come to mind, Cherny, when I say Book 7??

I once borrowed a library book titled: "How to Hug" and found that I'd borrowed Book 7 of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by lashbear

I once borrowed a library book titled: "How to Hug" and found that I'd borrowed Book 7 of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

I choked on my coffee! Very funny!

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by lashbear

I once borrowed a library book titled: "How to Hug" and found that I'd borrowed Book 7 of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica.

Wait a minute... I didn't make that statement: I QUOTED it. And the link back in the from the arrow () goes to a different post altogether.

What happened?!?

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by Chernabog

Wait a minute... I didn't make that statement: I QUOTED it. And the link back in the from the arrow () goes to a different post altogether.

What happened?!?

.....I did. I think somebody confunded me.