**WE'RE DONE** Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) Reaction: FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@videohistory722]

Interesting little detail about why Hermione is suddenly bad at potions, which also feeds into how you could've figured out it was Snape: Snape always puts his potion recipes on the blackboard, while Slughorn goes strictly by the book. Snapes method means his improvements are already incorporated in it.

[@agustinmarinangeli]

Ohhhh after all these years it finally makes sense! Thank you lol.

[@nebulastar9050]

Hermione is a little too good at following instructions...

[@nickreacts6394]

Thank you for pointing this out, I completely missed it!

[@circabooks4549]

oh man, i literally always wondered why in all the yrs he taught he didn't publish his own potions book. youd think he was setting his students up for failure if he was using a text he knew was so faulty. now that makes more sense. ...still think he should have published

[@spangelicious837]

And yet, they don't recognize his handwriting in the book. 🙈

[@melhawl3685]

The werewolf you see at the Burrow is the same one to bit Lupin when he was a child, making Lupin a werewof. He liked to bite children most.

[@horrorripples3332]

Yup Fenrir greyback. The actor who played it has also died.

[@CristianMeyo820]

In Loving Memory Of Michael Gambon & Alan Rickman

[@mirayoon1992]

😭 losing Robbie coltrane and Michael Gambon still hurts

[@CristianMeyo820]

@@mirayoon1992 I Know Right, That Sad

[@KatBee00]

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[@canarybenchmarks]

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[@zenadaraghmi7863]

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[@maxlee8780]

Snape's mother's name is Eileen Prince. His father is a muggle. He didn't want to use his father's last name so he wanted to go by Prince. And since his father is a muggle he is a half blood. Also Dumbledore's checking every place Voldemort's ever been. That cave is where Voldemort used to torture children.

[@carlirae93]

His father is not a Muggle - he is a pureblood, just like all of the Death Eaters. He is "Half-blood Prince" because his mother, a Prince, is half of his blood.

[@maxlee8780]

@@carlirae93 I mean next time you can do a simple Google search. Before you comment something

[@nickreacts6394]

Thank you for this info! Also, comments like this make me confident the books are darker than the movies...

[@faceplantor5647]

@@nickreacts6394Yes and so much more detail. There were many more memories of Riddle that Harry and Dumbledore viewed.

[@grahamgresty8383]

Wrong Tobius Snape was a muggle. Eileen Prince was in Slytherin as a witch

[@jccw227]

Snape actually taught Harry about using a bezoar to treat poison on his first day in class. Also in the Half-Blood Prince's book, it says to just shove a bezoar down their throat for poisoned victims.

[@AlexisStreams]

i missed that part i remember the first day tho

[@okhalayartist1859]

Slughorn was the head of Slytherin House before Snape! Also there are much more young Tom memories in the book. Cho finished school this year, she was year older than Harry. Ginny was done very poorly in movies, she is amazing in books. Severus was half muggle, his mom was a witch and her maiden name was Prince, that's why he took that name. This fact was only in the books

[@piusdoe8984]

Amazing is pushing it

[@almas4663]

I know that the Half-Blood Prince is mostly remembered as "that movie where Dumbledore dies", but I gotta say this.....Slughorn is one of my favorite characters in the movie franchise...He is a very, very flawed character, but there's something so interesting about him...

[@JessieNebulousGaming]

I think a lot of that has to do with the actor, Jim Broadbent. He's an awesome actor, and there's just so much going on in his eyes during the scene where Slughorn gives the memory to Harry. He also is one of the only Slytherins depicted as being genuinely good, if a bit cowardly, so there's that.

[@alooncnej4696]

All the scenes with him are the best parts of the movie

[@lyds6382]

Yes, he goes to show that you don’t just have clear-cut good and evil. Humans are complex.

[@nickreacts6394]

This is an excellent point. Slughorn as a character, along with Jim Broadbent's incredible performance, is one the key aspects that really elevates this film in my opinion

[@loganjamieson4176]

He's very realistic. He's relatable too.

[@learobinson4450]

There are a couple of important things that are discussed in the books but only alluded to in the movie. First, Voldemort did not expect Draco to succeed in getting rid of Dumbledore. He gave the boy the job as punishment for Lucius Malfoy’s failures, The diary Horcrux was destroyed in Lucius’s plot to open the Chamber of Secrets & then he failed to retrieve the prophecy from the Dept. of Mysteries. Voldemort was furious so he gave Draco a job he thought the boy couldn’t accomplish then told the Malfoys that he would kiII the boy if he failed. That’s why Narcissa Malfoy went to Snape. Snape knew about the plan because Voldemort, believing Draco would fail, told him with the understanding that Snape would do it after Draco tried. Second, everyone who watches the movies but doesn’t read the books is confused about the Horcruxes. Tom Riddle asked Slughorn about splitting his SOUL into 7 pieces. One piece has to remain in his body so he planned to create SIX Horcruxes. He had already made one -the ring he was wearing-so he needed to know if it was safe to split his soul again. Once Slughorn confirmed it was possible to split the soul more than once young Tom Riddle set out to make 5 more. It was the original part of his tattered soul that fled the Potter’s house after the failed attack on baby Harry. Voldemort’s body was destroyed so that piece of his soul fled to Albania & hid. Quirrel stumbled upon it while he was in Albania studying vampires & bought it back to Britain. It was that piece of his soul that Pettigrew used to resurrect Voldemort in Goblet of Fire.

[@janethernandez724]

Good of you to mention that Learobinson, that is important information for them to keep in mind for the remainder of their reaction to this series. 👍

[@mistyxmarlboro]

Thank you for explaining this so well. Many comments confuse people who haven’t read the book, because there’s info missing, but this was a beautiful explanation!!

[@juliandavid4842]

wow i actually never think that Tom already kill someone but that make so much sense to point the ring in camera, thanks for sharing

[@j.s.viewer3923]

1:00:15 - There are many things I love about these movies, like the perfect cast, and many things I hate…. Like the scene where the Death Eaters attack Weasley House (The Burrow) at Christmas. Sorry for shouting but THIS STRAIGHT UP DIDN’T HAPPEN AND DOES NOTHING FOR THE PLOT. There are countless, documented reasons why this wouldn’t even be possible! It undermines the beginning of the next book/story for reasons I won’t divulge. If they had just cut this asinine and pointless scene, they could have included details that actually matter but weren’t included for time. Ugh.

[@DJLawrence]

@@juliandavid4842 Yes, he's wearing the ring he stole from his Uncle Morfin who took the blame for the Riddle family massacre (Tom Sr., wife, and gpa). This memory was cut from the movie.

[@Sytrylt]

Girlllll, one should never apologize for being sad

[@AstoriaHestia]

The scene where Ron fell off the back of the couch was actually an outtake but it was so much funnier than the actual scene that they left it in

[@zephyrekansh]

Lol, I never knew that😂. I love this movie, the humour is just so good😂

[@RobertJazo]

I don't blame you for being confused by the title "The Half-Blood Prince" because the movie completely removes the explanation. As you speculated, Snape is a "Half-Blood", with a muggle father and a witch mother. His mother's maiden name was "Prince". Because his magical heritage was passed through his mother's line he took to calling himself "The Half-Blood Prince" in his personal writings. The book actually spends a lot of time in the past. You only get a couple quick flashbacks to a young Tom Riddle in the movie, but the book details a lot more about both Tom Riddle's youth and also gives some more details on Snape.

[@rowanjoy419]

common folk = you know who death earters = dark lord Harry = Voldemort Dumbledore = Tom Peeves the Ghost = Voldy

[@ssjgoku276]

We as audience = Voldy

[@libraryofthoughts0]

Tom: Youd think i would use my filthy muggle fathers name?! No.

[@longatti]

some of the audience = wolkswagen

[@rowanjoy419]

@@SsLA2313 I saw it too and it so funny but so for real like he just like a teenage girl tho

[@PhilBagels]

SCB = Moldyvort

[@alexwinchester495]

Im glad to see you guys giving Malfoy some grace. A lot of people forget these main characters are *children*. Year six, sixteen years old, thrown into the beginnings of a second wizarding war.

[@JackieG717]

1:07:42 Harry knew to that a Bezoar would save Ron because in the first movie in Harry’s first ever potions class when Snape is asking Harry questions he doesn’t know- one of the questions was about a Bezoar which he informs him can neutralise almost any poison.

[@kirikayuumura5370]

Half right. In the books the book of the halfblood prince has a bezoar as a healing to most venoms written in it that Harry uses in a class where they normally should concoct an antivenom to a poison they got from the teacher. So basically he knew it from the book because he forgot it when Snape told him in his first year.

[@benjaminsmith1329]

The HBP's book says "just shove a bezoar down their throat" in the margin

[@kweeniepiez]

it was so funny in the book, on the page of how to brew an antidote and it's really complex, like it's based on a lot of factors and the HBP just writes "shove a bezoar down their throat" and so when Slughorn questions the class on how to brew an antidote and calls on Harry, he just repeats it. there's a moment of stunned silence and then Slughorn just bursts out laughing

[@GourSmith]

Not really. He knew to use a bezoar because in the book he sees “just stick a bezoar in their mouth”. Both movie and book.

[@ThenerdyPT]

“They’re like deadly Mormons.” I’m DEAD 😂

[@HopelesslyBenedicted]

I laughed out loud and had to pause and text my sister when he said that 😂😂

[@Guyerbassist]

Can you put the timestamp for this?

[@idamariapaavaliina]

Haha 😂 laughed so hard I can't...

[@71lizgoeshardt]

@@Guyerbassist 23:22

[@mistyxmarlboro]

That cracked me up so much!! 😂

[@spangelicious837]

I love how Grint played the love potions scenes and how Radcliffe played the Felix Felixis scenes. They were perfect. 😂

[@emilyrln]

"I really feel like Hagrid's is the place to be!" 😂 or something to that effect; absolutely brilliant performance!

[@a.j.1819]

Me too! I read somewhere that Halfblood Princess was the height of Daniel‘s drinking problem and he was actually drunk on set for a lot of the scenes.

[@jinxysaberk]

“i would read the books TO you” that was so cute 😭

[@squeebers]

I would read the books to her.

[@kairi99roxas]

My husband has read multiple books to me (including regency romances) and it's great!

[@brandibastian4193]

Can she not read!? I know some people might have trouble reading or maybe if it's the second language or something maybe she would be one who would be better off listening to it on audible.

[@squeebers]

@brandibastian4193 I believe she can, but maybe a second language so it might take longer to read the books.

[@brandibastian4193]

@@squeebers yeah that's what I'm thinking and I don't think it's a good idea for him to read her the books because how long it takes him to start the movie with her with all the giggling and trying to remember what the f*** was the name of something now just let the automatic thing read to her or it'll take 3 months to get through one book

[@Scortor]

Since you guys mentioned not realizing Bellatrix and Narcissa Malfoy are sisters, I wanted an add an extra detail - there’s actually a 3rd sister, Andromeda. She’s never mentioned in the movies, but Nymphadora Tonks, the witch with the purple hair who first appeared in Order of the Phoenix, is Andromeda’s daughter. Andromeda was disowned by her family because she chose to marry a muggleborn wizard named Ted Tonks, rather than make a “respectable pureblood match” like both of her sisters did.

[@taliaba]

Also Andromeda is a true example of how not all Slytherin are bad.

[@lenakohl2339]

1:55:14 in the books, Hermione finds an announcement about the marriage between Eileen Prince (a witch) and Tobias Snape (a muggle). She finds it at the end of the sixth book. So yes, Severus is half-blood because his father was a muggle. And Prince because of his mother's last name.

[@Sageddegas]

Listening to yall incorrectly correct eachother is so hard to watch 😂 can’t wait to see how yall like the last two movies

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

I feel like people always talked about James and it was nice to meet a character who loved Lily and didn’t really care about James.

[@ammaleslie509]

No spoilers, but there is another character who loved Lily and didn't care about James...

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

@@ammaleslie509 I don’t think their feelings really count as not caring tbh. I honestly don’t think Slughorn would have even remembered James if he hadn’t married Lily. The other character couldn’t forget him even if they wanted to.

[@Giveuponyourdreamsanddie2]

The other character didn't love lily they were obsessed with her

[@gtorokhateclub]

​@@Giveuponyourdreamsanddie2Brother no...

[@Giveuponyourdreamsanddie2]

@@gtorokhateclub Yes !

[@jgmartin307]

Your comments about the acting of Tom Felton reminds me of somthing I've said in other places. By the end of the 8th movie it will be quite clear that the "kids" (Dan, Rupert, Emma, Matthew, and Tom) had spent half their lives working with and learning from some of the greatest actors in Britain. The last two movies have fantastic performances by all of them.

[@darla896]

Tom Felton was probably one of the best child actors from the beginning though- he was believably obnoxious from the start

[@BtsyearJK2025]

​@darla896 he was older than the other kids right ?

[@darla896]

@@BtsyearJK2025 I have no idea- does that negate my opinion that he was one of the best actors throughout the franchise? Please

[@jgmartin307]

​@@BtsyearJK2025 I think by a year or so. I didn't bother to look it up. But I also think Tom and Dan were the only ones with some real experience in front of a camera.

[@EKS511]

“I don’t like anybody except for myself.” I felt that. LOL

[@DianeGraft]

Regarding Lucius: In movie 4, Voldy was very disappointed that Lucius didn't ever go looking for him. So in movie 5, he tests Lucius by sending him to retrieve the prophecy. But Lucius fails, and gets sent to Azkaban on top of it. This movie Voldy is punishing Lucius by assigning his son an impossible task, where Draco will either have to become a murderer, or be killed. Things are not going well for the Malfoy family at this point.

[@uglyrobot1975]

This comment is really clarifying 👍

[@Amy-fx5co]

This book has one of my favourite lines from Dumbledore. "I am not worried, Harry,” said Dumbledore, his voice a little stronger despite the freezing water. “I am with you.”

[@erinn5055]

This line makes me tear up every time. 😭

[@Lilcutiepie95]

So sad 😢

[@KimC657]

@@erinn5055 same!

[@Lord_Draco_III]

This line is actually in the Extended Editions of the film on Peacock. It happens right after Dumbledore saves Harry from the Inferi and then separates the fire for them to cross back over the water. It shows the two of them leaving the cave with Harry helping Dumbledore walk, where he says "We're almost out, Professor" or something along those lines, and then Dumbledore says that line.

[@lillywhitehands]

Harry's mother was like Hermoine, a muggle born. Harry's father was a full blooded wizard. . Also the pretty waitress at the beginning is a muggle and knows nothing about magic or who Harry Potter is. Harry called himself a tosser (jerk) and she agreed not knowing he was talking about himself.

[@usagi3093]

Yes, and also she is non existent in the HP universe, she's just a delusion of the sick imagination of the screenwriters of this horrible movie adaptation that embarrasses the Harry Potter books.

[@residentfan1521]

@@usagi3093good one

[@julichigoyt5738]

@@usagi3093Couldn’t have said it better

[@flugsven]

@@usagi3093 Anything to deny Ginny her time to shine. 🙄 God knows why they came up with "awkward Ginny".

[@KimC657]

@@flugsven right! She was a bad ass in the books with a bunch of personality. They did her so dirty.

[@dannydethanos6994]

I highly recommend reading the books or listening to them. They’re so good and add so much story. if i were able to take a count of how many times I’ve read them over my life it would be at least 20+ times. (Thank you to all the actors who’ve passed for the time they dedicated to bringing these books to life in a new media.)

[@H0ll0w88]

How do you listen to the books? I'll be really interested in that

[@dannydethanos6994]

@@H0ll0w88 they’re on audible and KZbin I used to listen to the on a website you can find them just by searching for Harry Potter audio book free

[@squeebers]

49:45 Horace Slughorn is a Slytherin. I forgot the movie doesn't clarify that by now, so I was taken aback by that question. Horace Slughorn is the first decent Slytherin (besides Snape) that we have been treated to get to know better. I am so glad Rowling added him. As a Slytherin myself, I get annoyed when people give all Slytherin's a bad rep and simply point to Slughorn.

[@DesignGeek06]

If you want another reference, Merlin is a good one. Granted you never meet him in the books or films but if one of the most prestigious orders of merit a wizard can receive is named after you, then you must have done something right.

[@zuzannabrzeszczak1578]

Molly (about Harry): he is just a boy Narcissa (about Draco): he's just a boy 😭😭😭😭😭😭 These two are the best mother characters, I'm telling you.

[@VBSuper]

We already know they're badass moms, don't we?

[@juneee.]

Harry was saved by a mothers or maternal figures love at least like 5 times

[@Sarah-nd2gy]

You have mentioned a few times about Voldermorts appearance. The book explains that it is because of splitting his soul that his appearance started to become more blurred and less human. Which suited Voldermort because he didnt want to look like his muggle father. Definitely read the books - they go into back stories for Dumbledore, Voldermort, SNape and other characters that they just do not have time to go into in the films. Yes, Snape is a half blood - his father was a muggle. And why the book was there - it was Snapes cupboard - he used to be the potion master. There are also a number of things that go on in the books to support the story that might come up in book 1 and you don't even realise it is something of importance until say book 5. Nothing in the books is just there. Everything is important, you just don't necessarily know why for a long time And no, when you read the books, the relationship with Ginny is most definitely not out of left field.

[@ricardoneira2542]

Those of us who read the books before the movies were made, it was a great shock

[@Moxie_Swagger]

You're right! I distinctly remember throwing my book across the room in a fit of pique when Dumbledore was killed. That's only happened once before, and that was the Red Wedding when I was reading Game of Thrones 😅

[@csa6058]

And then we spent the next 2 years debating if Snape was really evil or good.

[@TheKatangeseDollar]

Someone spoiled it for me before I even got the book. It didn't make it any less heartbreaking for me when I finally read it.

[@emilyrln]

@@Moxie_SwaggerI did that when one of my favorite characters died in The Sword of Shannara… and then I picked it up and kept reading 😂

[@godave8934]

@@Moxie_Swagger I remember reading it and basically instantly entering the denial stage - just thinking it would end up not being real and he would somehow come back -.- :D

[@Sophiesmells7]

"There like deadly mormons" that's the best thing you've ever said

[@dawnmarieallenkent2495]

Best line ever "they're like deadly Mormons." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffmartin1026]

The "requirement" was that the book would never be found again by anyone.

[@Roslins-Airlock]

One thing I do like about these books/movies is that they don't shy away from the horrors of war. It's terribly sad and tragic, but beloved people are lost.

[@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 15 months old, Cedric Diggory at the ratty (pun fully intended) hands of Wormtail during the last task of the Triwizard Tournament in that graveyard, and Sirius dying at the hands of his psychotic cousin Bellatrix Lestrange before he disappeared into the Veil in the Ministry Of Magic. Also, this is one of the few times Ron is shown to be intelligent in the movies. The scene on the Hogwarts Express where he's explaining the Unbreakable Vow to Harry, specifically. The wizard's chess scenes from Philosopher's Stone is another. I think another good example is the good questions he was asking in Chamber Of Secrets when Harry found that crumpled up book page in Hermione's hand.

[@airora_aerial]

Death Eaters referred to Voldemort as The Dark Lord. Back when he was in power before Harry's parents get killed, anyone who said "Voldemort" would be found by death eaters, due to a spell or curse put on the name thay traced the person who says it, more or less. Since Death Eaters don't say his name, it was assuming that only his enemies were bold enough to use his name outright. And Voldemort started to look more snakelike as he made more and more horcruxes. I assume his features looking snake-like was due to his lineage having a connection to snakes, but I can't recall a more specific reason given.

[@DJLawrence]

I... don't think that curse on Voldemort's name was implemented until he took over the ministry in DH, because of the level of power it takes to do the whole underage tracking, that seems to be only a govt power thing, they did a similar thing here.

[@surlyGir]

I'm so happy that I read the books before seeing the movies.

[@chiarafonzi9613]

I like the other way around. first a film that captures you and then discover the books and expand that world you would like to be part of. on the contrary, knowing the books you focus only on the defects and not on the magic

[@surlyGir]

@chiarafonzi9613 It's crazy how everyone could only know one way or the other. I read the books when I was a kid before the movies came out. OMG, they were so amazing to me, I couldn't put them down. That's what I remember loving.

[@sherrysink3177]

I really do wish we could have seen Richard Harris play Dumbledore in these later films. Michael Gambon is good, but I was so curious to see how Harris would have played it, especially in this film. I think he would have been amazing. I think the original Dumbledore showed great contrast. He was so gentle and seemed mildly amused by things for the most part, but every once in a while you'd see some power come out of him -- like when there was the troll in the dungeon and everyone's freaking out, and Dumbledore's voice BOOMS with authority in that moment, silencing everyone, and then he calmly tells them to go back to their dorms, etc. It's moments like that when I wonder how amazing he would have been playing Dumbledore in the 5th and 6th films.

[@luomfg]

I love the way you two understand my boy Draco. He's don't deserve this 😔 The road it'll be more darker... Prepare yourself guys. Rip Dumbledore 🪄

[@LaurinGarcia]

All the names of of Ratface as you like to call him; Peter Pettigrew (his real name), Wormtail (his nickname and his Marauders name), Scabbers (his pet rat name from the Weasley family). 🪄🐀

[@Technoir444]

As an alternative to reading the books you can listen to them on CD. They’re read by Stephen Fry who does a fantastic job with them.

[@melhawl3685]

I love audiobook

[@MsAppassionata]

That version is kind of hard to find in the USA though. I don’t know where this couple lives, but in the U.S. it is narrated by Jim Dale.

[@lyds6382]

@@MsAppassionata Dale’s version is excellent!

[@PHSDM104]

​@@judithcure2255 I could only find the Dale version here in the US.

[@KimC657]

@@PHSDM104 Jim Dale does an amazing job! His voice is what’s in my head for most of the characters and he does such a good job with Doby. I legitimately wish they would’ve used his voice for Doby in the books. It was so much better!

[@LaurinGarcia]

To answer your question about whether Slughorn is Slytherin, the answer is yes. Slughorn was in the past Head of Slytherin house years before Snape became Head of Slytherin and Hogwarts potion master. 🏰🐍

[@lillywhitehands]

He also taught a very young Severus Snape potions.

[@reysgotplans5005]

You're intro to this was almost too adorable, i think it broke my cute couple goals scale 🥹🥰

[@nickreacts6394]

Thank you :)

[@Emburbujada]

"They're like deadly mormons" XD

[@Guyerbassist]

Timestamp?

[@uglyrobot1975]

@@Guyerbassist 23:15

[@JbBackFeeble]

Rip Maggie :( another amazing cast member gone but never forgotten. So thankful to have these movies and others to remember her

[@nickperkins8477]

Read the books. They give more information than the movies ever do.

[@annemargarettemagno]

True, I'm reading the half blood prince book now... And I must say, I understand more from the books than the movies.

[@nickperkins8477]

@@annemargarettemagnowell popular movies generally have to play to a specific runtime, and some are edited well to retain book information. Most movies are arguably edited in a mediocre to bad way.

[@amyg4961]

“Let the steps be connected in harmony.” This is the translation for the Latin phrase Harmonia Nectere Passus that Draco used when he was trying to get the vanishing cabinet in the Room of Requirement to work.

[@likelyvampirical]

The bezoar is first mentioned when Snape questions Harry in his first potions class.

[@TheR15C]

Both of ya’ll have such genuinely beautiful smiles ❤

[@nickreacts6394]

Thank you!

[@a35362]

23:23 Death Eaters are like "deadly Mormons." I LOVE IT! 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@619Slipk]

I like the "I've decieved one of the greatest wizards of all time" line because it doesn't matter what side Snape is really on, the phrase is still true Voldemort might be an a*shole, but still a great wizard

[@TheBigMe0w]

Wow, idk how I've never realized that! I always assumed he was talking about Dumbledore

[@juliewagner3023]

That’s what’s so brilliant about the line. He can say it truthfully because it can go either way at this point; it’s kind of fun wondering, is he a double agent, a triple agent, who is this man actually loyal to?? And to echo what you said, in Sorcerer’s Stone, Ollivander himself acknowledges that, “After all, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named did Great things. TERRIBLE, yes, but Great.” Great does not have to mean Good. From his youth, Voldemort was never a good person (and yes I read the books and know what he went through, but like people with antisocial personality disorder and sadistic/psychotic tendencies, as a child, he liked to hurt other beings. Not good) but he was practically always capable of massively powerful magic.

[@benjaminsmith1329]

"If they kill Dumbledore I stop watching" 😬 *sucking air through teeth*

[@maryannweitzel5636]

Personality I think Alan Rickman was one of the best character actors in 50 years on the big screen that you could call a Movie Star. ❤ I started rereading Harry Potter yesterday and was amazed that so many important characters were not involved and left out in scenes in the movies as in the books. But its been years since I read the books because they were birthday gifts for my youngest who was 12 when the first book was published in US.

[@CCC-rd3gc]

When the last film was shot, there was a vote on MTV who the audience considered the best Potter character. Severus Snape won by a wide margin. Alan Rickman won this prize then.

[@marshallpeters7174]

In the book, Harry did tell Dumbledore of his suspicions of Malfoy, and the conversation he overheard between Snape and Malfoy. Dumbledore thanked Harry for telling him, but didn't feel it was anything to be concerned about.

[@jarand90]

Love the way you watch movies together on here. You both seem so chill, funny and intelligent. Much love ❤️

[@melindamercier6811]

“They’re like deadly Mormons.” 💀 Easily the funniest line that slipped under the radar.

[@nebulastar9050]

One thing that was left out of the last movie since they didn't show any quidditch at all was that Ginny joined the team and became the backup seeker. She had to play in one of the games because Umbridge had Harry in detention, and she managed to win the game for them. They also had to have extra backups and replace players because of Umbridge. Hence why Harry says just because they were on the team the year before doesn't guarantee them a spot this year. Harry knowing about the Bezoar to save Ron actually goes back to his very first potion class. One of the questions Snape asked him was about a Bezoar and he then told him that a Bezoar was a stone taken from the stomach of a goat that can save you from most poisons. So, it's actually thanks to Snape that Ron survived that incident.

[@nemangame]

The bezoar was also mentioned again by Snape in this movie, though through the HBP book. In the book Harry finds a mention of the bezoar again, and what it does and since Harry spent a lot of time reading through the book throughout the year he remembered it.

[@lyds6382]

@@nemangameyes, and it’s also close at hand in Slughorn’s bag because Harry turned it in as a snarky answer to the “create an antidote to your assigned poison” task. He saw the note about bezoars in his textbook next to the notes on antidotes and got a laugh out of Slughorn.

[@marshallpeters7174]

I always thought Harry's comment about being on the team last year not guaranteeing them a spot this year was relating to what Katie said in the book. When she asked Harry to tell her when tryouts would be, he told her she didn't need to try out, because she was already on the team. She told him that was the wrong attitude to take, that teams had gone downhill before because the captain chose to keep the old players instead of looking for new talent.

[@tinahastie]

Aww your girlfriend is such a beautiful person. She is so wholesome and soft hearted! Thank you for a lovely reaction!🌸 I still wish I knew why this movie was so brown in colour 😂.

[@pb99-z3r]

1:07:48 It was taught to Harry by Snape in his fist potions lesson with Snape in Philosophers Stone.

[@pazz]

The final line of this movie still perplexes me. You're telling me that Harry Potter, the orphan boy who grew up In the cupboard under the stairs of an abusive home, who discovered a world of magic at the age of 11 and called Hogwarts his home after one school year, has NEVER realized "how beautiful this place was"!?

[@pbsdlima1063]

He was more so referring to the view, especially at that particular moment, taking his emotions into account

[@JessieNebulousGaming]

I think that was his way of verbalizing the fact he truly believed he would never see Hogwarts again, that he would go off on this quest he wasn't entirely certain he would survive. The last look at something you love. . . is probably when it will look the most beautiful to you.

[@killerbas40]

It's not that weird, i used to think that aswell when i was younger, sometimes you need to experience certain situations before you appreciate things more in your life

[@KitsyX]

On the plus side, it's not an issue in the book.

[@sherrysink3177]

Agreed. I think they could have worded it a little differently. Maybe like, (amidst all the dark stuff going on) "Sometimes I forget just how beautiful this place is." Or "We need to remember how beautiful this place is." Or something. 🤷‍♀

[@luneluna307]

You’re gonna love the books! The first two books are middle grade level but then the rest kind of get more complex, the series “grows with the readers”

[@Cacjams]

Nick - I don't know if you figured this out, but Professor Slughorn is played by the same actor who plays Professor Diggory (the old man) in Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

[@hi_pd]

38:26 The book provides instructions to brew an "acceptable" version of Draught of Living Death. Otherwise, anyone could brew it. Only the advanced wizards know the actual version of the potion by practice and experience. It's a death potion. One drop is enough to kill a lot of people.

[@laurajaynenolan2149]

5:54 wormtail, you may remember later in the video but thought I’d comment anyway haha you guys both look especially beautiful in this video 😊♥️

[@nickreacts6394]

Thank you so much :)

[@squeebers]

In the memory where Tom asked Slughorn about Horcruxes, Tom had already made a horcrux. The ring he was wearing. That was the first horcrux. (I believe) The question he wanted answered was more along the lines of "Can one make more than one horcrux?"

[@thomasnieswandt8805]

You are correct, also this is 15 year Tom, next year 16 year old Tom would make the diary Horcrux....the Diary tells us also 3 important details about Horcruxes. First: Myrtles death was an accident, when she stepped out the loo, the moment the Basilisk came up the pipe, so there is no planing Second: The Basilisk kills her, NOT Tom.... meaning ordering a murder counts as well ......and last Three: The Diary was a normal book up to that point, and he used it spontaneous , because he was like "Ups, she is dead, well lets use that fact"

[@MarelorMoon]

To me, the books will always beat the movies, especially because the movies miss a lot of important parts: to me it is Part 3 and the first Quidditch Cup Win against Slytherin.

[@Gurra88]

To me the books provide you with the "real" story while the movies are awkward interpretations but I understand it's difficult to cram a HP book into a two hour movie and keep it "coherent". Just my two cents.

[@MarelorMoon]

@@Gurra88 that's why I still have hope for the streaming show: Imagine it chapter by chapter with real storylines

[@joerosenman3480]

That’s generally a truism of all book to movie translations. The Potter movie franchise is one of the better ones w/o reading the books first because Rowling was actively involved throughout-and, as has been noted, reading the books first is still beneficial. The movies are interpretations…

[@Mant111]

This movie utterly gutted, destroyed and stepped on the ashes of what the book was all about. Instead of a whole exploration of Voldemort and Snape's characters we got tons of filler scenes around teenage love. I have no idea what the director was thinking with this one. There's so little of the actual book in this movie that it's almost surreal.

[@julichigoyt5738]

@@Mant111Agree completely. The invented scene where they burn up the Weasley’s house is so ridiculous it’s baffling. Would be the icing on the cake of disaster. Could’ve at least used those minutes to explore more of Voldemort’s past…

[@lmsossi6501]

I'm sure you were warned that the movies get increasingly dark as the danger grows. You start to realize that no one is safe. This truly becomes a battle between good and evil with a high cost to all involved. I respect the fact that you accepted Dumbledore was actually dead; most people watching this series for the first time believe Dumbledore isn't dead, though the story repeats that the killing curse is not reversible.

[@crystaladams8214]

0:25 my husband loves to buy books but never reads them. 4yrs ago I started reading them and putting them in a bin for donations. I had 3 bins full, and he finally realized he had a problem lol. I kept a few, but I knew I wouldn't re read most, so I gave them to my nieces and nephews and some to random public book boxes around our neighborhood. Now we have a library card! 😅 saving money

[@kellyadams79]

I have that problem too especially if you watch booktubers will make you want to read certain books😊

[@DaveBukowski]

1:07:50 recall on sorcerer/philosopher's stone when Harry is first in Snape's class and Snape asks about things Harry doesn't know but Hermione does. That is also why Snape looked at Harry when Dumbledore said that. 1:44:42 and Bellatrix is Sirius's cousin. Rememeber the family tree where his name was burned off. So that means Sirius Black.is.related to the Malfoys! There are some videos out there on the family trees, but wait until after the books to avoid spoilers.

[@trssnhlz4510]

Voldemort doesn't know Love It's the one magic he doesn't understand and therefore he has no loved ones or people he actually cares about. But you could say that he appreciates his snake Nagini as a very loyal companion

[@iulia.bianca.b]

1:46:05 That's Frank Dillane for you ❤ Amazing performance! Frank Dillane has also had a major role in Fear the Walking Dead, and is the son of British actor Stephen Dillane, who plays Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones.

[@anitasmith7764]

Im reference to Dumbledores hand, In the scene where he and Harry were discussing the Horcruxs’ Dumbledore told Harry the horcrux is hard to find but every harder to destroy (then he held up his hand with the black from the curse on it) that means he tried to destroy the ring but it cursed him.

[@birukagelachew2579]

This is a definite turning point in the series!!!

[@Henry_Red]

I would argue that the turning point is Voldemort's return at the end of TGoF.

[@miller-joel]

They are going to have to eat their words when they finish the last one and find out who's who and what's what 😄

[@Henry_Red]

@@miller-joel no spoilers

[@miller-joel]

@@Henry_Red Learn what the word means.

[@Henry_Red]

@@miller-joel Spoilers include hints to spoilers. Stop behaving like a 12 year old.

[@avaparkergray1983]

Fun fact: Alan Rickman (the actor that played Snape) had a spastic palate which affected his ability to move his jaw...which is why he spoke that way! His delivery of the dialogue really suits Snape's character, he did an amazing job! ❤

[@hi5m8]

The millennium bridge is the bridge at the beginning..it actually did collapse once when it was first built, so quite a reference there

[@jen6879]

The older Tom Riddle is played by Ralph Fiennes’ nephew, hence the resemblance.

[@littleogeechee223]

Nope, Hero Fiennes Tiffin portrayed the YOUNGEST Tom Riddle when Dumbledore came to collect him from the orphanage. Older actors who portrayed him: Ralph Fiennes, of course. Ian Hart was the Voldemort attached to Quirrell in the first one, voice and likeness. Actor Christian Coulson played Riddle in The Chamber of Secrets at 16, Actor Frank Stephenson Dillane portrayed the older Riddle in this film, Half Blood Prince.

[@jen6879]

@@littleogeechee223 was getting him and Frank Dillane mixed up. It’s been a long day 😅

[@ASMRColoringTheresa]

@@littleogeechee223you’re wrong about one of them. Ian Hart played Quirrell himself. A different actor was Voldy on the back of Quirrell’s head.

[@MoJones9919]

Dumbledore is 115 years old. Lmaoo dumbledore is really OP. THE most powerful wizard. A genius since childhood. And the movies don’t show the rest of the memories but here’s his kills to make the horcruxes: Myrtle- the diary His muggle father- the ring A muggle homeless man- the locket The fourth horcrux- A witch who had the object passed down in her family. The fifth horcrux- a random muggle who lived in Albania. The sixth horcrux- Bertha Jorkins, a witch killed right before Harry’s 4th year.

[@jamesduzjitz_91]

I heard that Radcliffe was actually going through a bit of a drinking priblem during the shooting for this. Appaently he was kinda drunk during the liquid luck scene... which honestly helped sell it way better.

[@im-gi2pg]

Can you imagine an entire movie theater full of sobbing people when this came out? Not a dry eye.

[@JordiVanderwaal]

There's a very important scene in this movie, that we don't really know how important it is until 1-2 movies later, and you guys asked the *right* question while you were watching it. The movies omit so much stuff from the books, but this particular one is so well done, so subtle at first, but when you know everything, your brain goes like "oh, OH!".

[@uglyrobot1975]

Which scene do you have timestamp?

[@JordiVanderwaal]

@@uglyrobot1975 1:20:40 is where the juicy part starts. And at 1:21:03 Dumbledore probably says one of the most important lines in the entire series, but we don't realise how significant it is, until Book 7 and Movie 8. I didn't want to spoil anything for them when I wrote the original comment. xD

[@uglyrobot1975]

@@JordiVanderwaal Ohhh, yeah. Well don’t worry, you won’t spoilt it for them in the comments since they have already watched the movie haha

[@crystaladams8214]

0:33 I highly recommend reading the illustrated books. It's still the whole book, but it has tons of beautiful art! My sister has them, and I borrowed them to read.

[@HalloweenMischief]

I remember reading this book back when I worked at Old Navy. I got to the cave part and was reading in the back room at work. I was bawling my eyes out in the back room when Dumbledore died. It was the worst. I remember it like it was yesterday. I still cry ever time I watch this movie.

[@DylVan-k8y]

1:07:47 in the first movie when snape gives his introduction to potions to the first years, he mocks Harry’s fame by asking we question. One of the question was where do you find a bezore which can counteract a wide variety of poisons

[@clarasva]

Yeeeeesssss! I’ve been waiting for this! Hope you guys react to the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Special after finishing the movies ❤

[@syphon0928]

Yes! Please react to the anniversary reunion ❤️

[@nickreacts6394]

Yes we will!

[@SpitfirinHurricane]

47:25 The delivery is great. Akan Rickman actually forgot his line, so he took very long to say it. Harry and Ron were holding their laugh

[@lechat8533]

Harry often mentions Voldemort's name and sometimes even flippantly because he is ignorant and doesn't know the potential consequences. The older wizards and witches who lived through the previous war understand the significance of saying his name out loud, and even though the war is long over, they still fear mentioning it. During the war, Voldemort's name was under a spell. When his opponents mentioned him by his name, they summoned the Death Eaters and were killed.

[@Jmt1000XD]

1:37:50 I don't have the exact minutes that Dumbledore was on screen. But something to keep in mind is if you liked Dumbledore in the movies, you'd love him even more in the books. The thing that made Dumbledore so powerful, wasn't his spells, but his calm. He could be calm and rational in any situation. Even in the fight during Voldemort in Book/Movie 5, he barely flinched. The only times he did were when Harry or others were in real danger. Something to highlight is The scene in the Cave. I'm not as fond of movies 5 and 6 because I think they make some shortcuts that don't pan out that well, BUT I think the Cave scene with Dumbledore they nailed almost flawlessly. But to give you a bit more context, as I said earlier, Dumbledore barely shows any true fear, the heartbreaking part of this is that this is the FIRST time you ever see Dumbledore's fear. I won't spoil anything, but the potion is meant to make you suffer through your experiences. Through your own regrets and fears in life. Dumbledore has gone through many things that the movies can't possibly cover all of, but know that there is a reason he screamed the things he did at 1:25:12-1:25:22. Lastly, I really do hope you go on to read the books. The details added to fully flesh out the story are very good. You miss a lot of fun moments and miss the harsh contrast of Happy and excruciatingly sad moments. For example, Harry only starts to go out with Ginny towards the end of the book and suddenly after Dumbledore's death, they must part. The full ending in the Half Blood Prince book was MUCH more of a downer than this, but also more hopeful as it shows Dumbledore's funeral with ALL of this old friends coming to pay their respects... I won't say more than that in case you wish to read it. EDIT: 144:13 Nick, you got it right! Draco DOES say "He's gonna kill my family" (paraphrased) in the BOOKS, but for some reason not the movies. So yeah, he was more selfless than the movie gave him credit for.

[@lordiedams348]

In the book the theres a lot of info 1 - harry gave the money he won from the tournament to the twins so they could open their shop! 2- Belatrix and Narcissa are sisters and Sirius is Bellatrix cousin, The Black family is a big Slytherin family with Sirius being one of the only onrs to go to griffindor instead. Also means Sirius is Draco's uncle

[@melhawl3685]

Tonks' mother is also Narissa and Bellatrix's sister. Tonks is Narissa and Bellatrix's niece. Draco's cousin.

[@PHSDM104]

​@@melhawl3685 Andromeda

[@welingtondas.c.guimaraes6336]

2:21:54 The change in actor playing Dumbledore was due to the actor who originally played him having lymphatic cancer and ending up passing away.

[@felixhenson9926]

"I'm so worried for Dumbledore... if they kill Dumbledore i'll stop watching" oooft.

[@lieslmichelle4136]

My husband and i, full grown, are reading the books to each other . We arrived to the deadly hollows. As a couple i recommend this activity so much!!

[@famsdfamsd]

I just absolutely love your personalities and reactions. So sweet and endearing without being saccharine. Your videos bring a little joy into my life 🙂

[@timothywilson1019]

Snape is a half blood and his mother's maiden name was Prince. Good insight you guys give. This series turned me into a subscriber. 👍

[@mariaghiglieri78]

23:24 “like deadly mormons!” That’s fantastic!!

[@arctan2010]

Snape’s mother was Ilene Prince, who married a muggle named Tobias Snape. Hence Severus is the half-blood Prince.

[@lisemzarate4029]

One of my favorite quotes from,,I believe one of the producers, "As I was reading these books, I realized that this is not a story about life, but about death" The next 2 movies answer so many questions, they are SO good,, don't give up now! ❤

[@PeterGoss-f6p]

Based off this reaction, I’m so excited for you guys to finish this.

[@digitaladventurer2142]

Honestly surprised you didn't realize Draco was only trying to kill Dumbledore because Voldemort was threatening his life (and his mom's). Draco is a bully and has pushed that from time to time but he never came off as a murderer.

[@nanatalie_bh]

I'm glad you guys like Lavender! She is such a real teenage girl. So many people hate her because they feel bad for Hermione, but it's Ron that's being dumb