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

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[@hans3331000]

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.

[@KeangoDLuke]

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

[@Taewills]

He has a hard time w/processing human emotions & therefore thinks it doesn’t belong in this genre for some reason. Or any movie, really lol

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

It’s a great detail the films left out because it does show that Riddle from birth was going to be a disaster. It wasn’t like, maybe, arguing that Malfoy had a bad childhood cause of his parents blood beliefs and so he’s a victim of that and maybe can be redeemed, Voldemort was just born without that love and would never know it and only knew how to hurt people

[@JCrushFitness]

The movie doesn’t really explain it though

[@KeangoDLuke]

@@Catherine.Dorian. Yep, he was fucked from the very beginning. Great sort of Easter egg for book readers

[@KeangoDLuke]

@@JCrushFitness it does not. Which is why despite this being my favourite film, I realize it's solely because I'm a book reader so I get to see the nuances of what they omitted while also appreciating the focus on the gang's last year in Hogwarts

[@victoriatofoli]

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.

[@lechat8533]

Victoria, it really makes no sense to explain anything to this guy. From the first movie on he is just criticizing every single thing. Harry Potter wasn`t written for such negative people. The books were written for people who love to dive into a different and magical world, and who just accept that rules in other worlds differ from ours. You can tell that this man hasn`t got one magical cell in his bones.

[@apatternedhorizon]

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.

[@joshuamcdowell1460]

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.

[@jrpkh]

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 KZbin). 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.

[@ShishkaBob206]

“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?!

[@Rattled76]

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

[@Makkaru112]

Let’s hope he reads your lovely comment ❤

[@lisemzarate4029]

Will and Won't is my favorite chapter in the series 🥰

[@kcirtapelyk6060]

I wish they kept that part in. I also wish that they kept in the sort where the new minister of magic was trying to recruit Harry to be his propaganda tool and he told him basically to fuck off.

[@MFBloosh]

This is why TV shows are just flat out better than movies when it comes to adapting a book series. In a movie, you have to cut so much important shit out to meet your 2-3 hour time restraint. I know HBO is supposedly producing a new Harry Potter show where each season will cover 1 book, so hopefully they don't cut as much out.

[@JonnyQuest64]

​@MFBloosh tbh they better not cut anything out. The books are some of the best reads ever created

[@ItApproaches]

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.

[@myopinion69420]

exactly, it would be no different than going to the library and getting out a different book with more detail/better instructions.

[@wbrownshadow]

Colleges do it all the time .. Students sell their old texts back the books in general are sought out pretty frequently because the notes may be helpful in those classes

[@MFBloosh]

Information changes or gets updated over time, too. So a lot of old textbooks have out dated information in them, especially science text books. When it comes to the half blood prince book, Snape was literally just updating it 😂. I thought it was a fun spin on what happens in real life sometimes. Like, we wouldn't be studying in 2023 with a textbook that was written in 1890, would we?

[@docbrown2045]

So basically Snape was a potions genius, and rewrote his textbook, which clearly was better than the original. Obviously he knew that those books are terrible, and yet he didn't do anything about that and continued to give students hell for being bad, because they used those textbooks. What an asshole!

[@arcanask]

@@docbrown2045 I guess he figured if they couldn't realize the books were giving them bad/wrong information on their own they deserved to fail. Potions is about experimentation and if you follow instructions exactly and you see they aren't working and keep doing it that way and still failing, then it's time to experiment. Not doing so leads to failure.

[@yesguy245]

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

[@wbrownshadow]

I think in the movie he kinda just glances at it asks once and thats it,, Book gets a tiny bit more into it

[@MFBloosh]

Snape knew the counter-curse, too. Since it was his spell, he was able to reverse it. I always wondered if Draco would've died if someone other than Snape walked into that bathroom, not knowing what to do.

[@wbrownshadow]

@@MFBloosh he created the spell of course he knew the counter curse.. and he made the counter curse and healing spell so complicated that it cant be healed by normal magic

[@MsAppassionata]

I prefer that scene in the book. Snape suspects that Harry has his old potions book and orders Harry to go and bring all of his books to him. Harry rushes back to his dorm and tells Ron to lend him his potions book. Harry races back to Snape with all the books, but goes to the Room Of Requirement first in order to hide Snape’s book.

[@wbrownshadow]

@@MsAppassionata Suspects?? at that point hes outwardly reading his mind he just cant prove it without the book and Harry knew it

[@ItApproaches]

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.

[@cmac3530]

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.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

which is a big part of why the wizarding world feared Voldemort, he wouldnt just go for you, he'd go after your family, friends, any ties that you had at all.

[@MFBloosh]

@@UltimateGamerCC That's kind of how this whole story starts. Voldemort recruits and forcefully makes Wormtail give up his friends, Lily and James, which led to Harry becoming the boy who lived. Was a nice touch by J.K. to make wormtail a literal rat as his Animagus too lol.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

oh i doubt that it took much coercing when it came to Wormtail, quivering little s'wit as his namesake implies.@@MFBloosh

[@pfcampos7041]

I would suspect he also need someone who could be an insider to Hogworts who could access the transporting cupboard.

[@6hamman]

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.

[@mwest3191]

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

[@learobinson4450]

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.

[@rfiliagaful]

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.

[@KitsyX]

I don't know... I might agree in the case of the book, but in terms of the film, it's not done that well and could easily not be there... And arguably the rest of the plot could do with more time and focus... Personally, I'd rather it was still in the film and done well, but arguably it does still detract in the movie version... Even before considering other stuff that was left out of the movie that could have been in there instead... I don't entirely agree with him, but I also think he has a point.

[@neryskkiran1820]

@@KitsyX Maybe, but it could also be that, if the love stuff wasn't in the movie, we'd notice the absence, because they're teenagers, and we'd spend too much time on the sidelines speculating and reading romance in everything.

[@jamespepper8671]

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.

[@LaurinGarcia]

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. 📖⚗️🧪🪄

[@lechat8533]

Yes, with the "Bully" out of the way, and the interesting notes in his book, he found interest in the subject. And because he studied the book day and night, he became good at Poissions. And when we are good at something we like to learn more. For the first time, after trying to keep up with the knowledge of other pupils, who were raised in magical families, Harry had the advantage of something.

[@MsAppassionata]

Just goes to show you that Snape was excellent at potions but not a very good teacher. I bet that even poor Neville would have done better at potions without all of Snape’s bullying.

[@lechat8533]

@@MsAppassionata Exactly right!

[@LaurinGarcia]

@@MsAppassionata I agree. 💯 👍

[@michaelf8702]

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.

[@Makkaru112]

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

[@Raven5150]

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

[@KatrinaM1234]

Unless you are in a movie with inconsistencies.

[@Raven5150]

@@KatrinaM1234 this book was not writen when she first said it

[@sntxrrr]

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.

[@Grimmdus]

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.

[@Makkaru112]

I hope he gets to read you’re lovely comment. Thank you for putting the effort in to tell us the story ❤

[@KatrinaM1234]

The movie ending made me angry.

[@MsAppassionata]

That was the most ridiculous thing about this film, other than them not explaining why Snape chose to call himself the Half Blood Prince. Since Harry is not petrified in the film, why didn’t he try to do anything to stop Snape and company after he kills Dumbledore? They also left out that there was a huge battle going on down there between Death Eaters, The Order Of the Phoenix and Dumbledore’s Army.

[@Algorythmfpv]

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.

[@09Charler2321]

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

[@corrob]

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.

[@joshuamcdowell1460]

Honestly though. There's no such thing as filler. It's not just world building, it's world experiencing. People who talk shit about "filler", truly confuse me. These are awesome worlds full of amazingly creative ideas and quirks, and you don't want to experience anything in these amazing worlds unless it progresses the main conflict/plot? Some people have no appreciation for shit.

[@corrob]

@@joshuamcdowell1460 yeah, that's what i was getting at. I know his mind doesn't see things that way, and when he called it filler, i thought i would try to explain why, non major storyline/emotional things are important to over all story telling. understanding and feeling empathy for each character's specific situation.

[@joshuamcdowell1460]

@@corrob I was more or less making a generalization, based on my overall disdain for the term filler. I know he wasn't complaining about filler to the extreme that the trolls who generated my disdain for the term tend to. But my comment was less about him and more about fuck the term filler. I vote that it be changed to filling, because like a pie, any good story is empty without it.

[@Makkaru112]

Meanwhile they gutted Ginny’s character development and didn’t show how she was the most popular girl in the school

[@joshuamcdowell1460]

@@Makkaru112 yeah but it's a movie. Gotta temper your expectations. If anyone ever gets the green light to do a tv series, they could probably follow the books perfectly. Hell, I don't even care if it's live action or animated as long as they get the details right.

[@shirleydurr411]

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..

[@dumbledoresgotstyle]

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.

[@williamozier918]

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

[@AubreyAuthor]

The book is so important for understanding this one.

[@donrikk8546]

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.

[@samuelhiatt9338]

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.

[@philipem1000]

I realize it's moot on this thread now but WHY would you throw all those spoilers out??? Most of us try very hard to comment without revealing the future and twists. Could I request you not do this anywhere else and perhaps delete this one??

[@Velociraptour]

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?

[@poppletop8331]

I was allowed to drink Shandies at Christmas when I was 10yrs. 😆🍺🙃

[@AZMasterbaker]

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

[@VonOutlaw]

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

[@looneygardener]

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.😊

[@Marina-cq2yt]

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

[@matthewconner7800]

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.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

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

[@dalehammers4425]

Its not that they are wrong as much as they arent nearly as good as Snape does them.

[@arcanask]

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.

[@MFBloosh]

Beatrix did hit him with Avada Kadavra, too. So Serius was dead either way.

[@Delsin4077]

@@MFBlooshonly in the movie she hit him with Avada Kadavra in the book she used stupify and he fell through the veil and died

[@gurulimbo]

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

[@gurulimbo]

She is my Queen

[@mariahmoxley149]

It’s actually Elarica Johnson from p-valley. But to be fair they are best friends in real life, so you may have seen them together.

[@gurulimbo]

@@mariahmoxley149 thank you! I was unaware. She is also gorgeous!

[@bobdigital21]

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.

[@psychedelicpegasus7587]

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.

[@thephalange8630]

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

[@mikemath9508]

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

[@michaelschaaf5302]

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.

[@shirleydurr411]

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.

[@mourningwoodward]

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

[@silasadler3464]

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

[@Nevolet]

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.

[@captbunnykiller1.0]

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

[@omnisc253]

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.

[@rainbowpegacornstudios]

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.")

[@Makkaru112]

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

[@aguilarjr]

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

[@Rattled76]

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

[@VentiChristopher]

This was one of my favorite Harry Potter movies!

[@MegaRavenite]

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

[@dalehammers4425]

Out of the books though, hands down the best IMHO. I will never forgive them how dirty they did Ginny in the movies.

[@Makkaru112]

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

[@Lemoncake34567]

Harry the salad tosser Potter 😂😂😂

[@trinasp]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@semperparatusadversustyran4336]

😂😂😂😂😂 the translation

[@killinglonliness88]

I lost my shit for a good five minutes cackling at that!!

[@glenmartin7978]

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

[@LightMovies]

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.

[@KitsyX]

It was kinda crazy when they did it for Deathly Hallows, so I don't blame them for not doing it this time... But yeah, I agree that this one could really have done with being two movies... Although I also think it could still have been done better as one movie than it was... Oh well... Not terrible considering the difficulty of the task, but still...

[@Rattled76]

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

[@VonOutlaw]

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

[@killinglonliness88]

Who tf is Sierra??

[@MR-ly1rc]

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 🥰

[@PatrickMadison]

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.

[@grahamgresty8383]

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.

[@sashavanginkel658]

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

[@Alran109]

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.

[@DragoonZell]

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.

[@ItApproaches]

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.

[@dalehammers4425]

Avada Kedavra basically annihilates your soul. Instantly killing you and making it impossible to do anything to help you.

[@EvHervey]

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

[@Makkaru112]

Every year you progress into hogwarts allows further alcohol. So it’s a signifier of the year a student is in. ❤

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

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

[@dalehammers4425]

Lupins father was a politician trying to push forward anti-werewolf legislation, Fenrir bit and infected Lupin in retaliation. Found it to be ironic that the laws the man was creating will now effect his own child.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@dalehammers4425 Thank you! I couldn’t recall the details, I just knew it was shitty cause Lupin was a kid. The irony there is pretty funny

[@Masq1980]

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.

[@cedricmcconnell6074]

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

[@onlyfoes]

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.

[@sp72929]

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.

[@dalehammers4425]

Had it been anyone other than Snape, Draco would have died from that attack. Only Snape knew the counter-curse.

[@jamesweible5357]

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.

[@RiseeRee]

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.

[@RamsayboltonSnow]

14:05. It’s actually delicious you can get one at universal studios Orlando universal studios Hollywood in the Harry Potter lands. The frozen butter bear is amazing. Not for everyone tho. If u ever visit. Just try it man

[@jasonporrett810]

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

[@coryevon6482]

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. ❤

[@tamarasmith9060]

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.

[@psychedelicpegasus7587]

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.

[@archibaldsleach]

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

[@iDontShareMyData]

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.

[@turntsnaco824]

"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....

[@kaylamackenzie1716]

Butterbeer to me sounded gross too! At universal studios they sell it there and it was so good. I only got the frozen butterbeer but they have regular too.

[@badplay156]

I actually had some before the Harry Potter books at a Ribfest. It was OK but much too sweet for me. They sold it in a metal mug so you could buy cheap refills. I still have the mug

[@kaylamackenzie1716]

@@badplay156 I think it helped that mine was a slush and not just the drink because I did try the regular drink and it was pretty sweet in comparison. I am a big fan of butterscotch though

[@RyanRichardsToby]

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

[@Raven5150]

The half blood princes book was a potions book and up til now shape was the potions professor

[@psychedelicpegasus7587]

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.

[@psychedelicpegasus7587]

*Bellatrix Lestrange hit Sirius with the Killing Curse and then his dead body floated away into the mysterious veil.

[@xellestar]

Tosser is a bit of a generic insult, similar to a-hole

[@Heather61776]

Professor Slughorn played Archmaester Ebrose in GoT. (At the Citadel, season 7)

[@akheron7671]

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

[@Dragonpriest8517]

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.

[@deathninja16]

the movie never explains snapes nickname it was because hes a half blood and his mothers last name was prince.

[@MrJorge3010]

Tbf the legal drinking age for beer and wine where I come from is 16 y/o. It's only 18 for hard liquor, so when I was watching I just assumed they had a similar rule and they couldn't drink something like fire whiskey, for example (another HP universe drink).

[@ItApproaches]

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

[@leighkamp9457]

More details about this was given in the books.

[@ItApproaches]

@@leighkamp9457 mhm

[@couch.patati-patata]

Won Won said Hermione's name twice, just to make sure.