HBP Film - "Coming Soon", *expectations, fears & desires* |
 Oct 29 2008, 03:11 AM
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For many reasons the film version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is one of the most-anticipated film releases in recent memory. This is partially due, in no small measure, to the fact of the film having it's release date moved back a full eight months to ensure the company will have a "sure-hit" for 2009. Next year will be marked with a paucity of new movies due to the writers' strike of 2007. As the penultimate tale in Harry's saga, it is also a film which promises dazzling special effects, romance, intrigue, and the loss of one of the most important characters in the series.
As usual, faced with the task of paring-down one of Jo Rowling's massive and intricately-wrought stories, much had to be cut. There will be no visit to the Gaunts through Bob Ogden's memory, for example. In fact, it would seem that we will probably only see two visits to the pensive-past: young Tom Riddle at the orphanage meeting Dumbledore, and a teen-aged Tom Riddle asking Professor Slughorn about horcruxes. Do you think the film adaptation will suffer due to only seeing these two memories? Which other pensieve-excursion do you think SHOULD have been left in the film, and why? And yet, the filmmakers giveth, as well as taketh-away!  Much has been made of a controversial added-scene taking place at the Burrow while Harry is there, in which the house is attacked by Death Eaters. This scene was approved by Rowling and was done to point-up the fact that everyone is "in mortal peril" (as the Weasley clock tells us) and that NOWHERE is safe. This information is conveyed to the book-reader through various articles in the Daily Prophet that are mentioned, and with the trio discussing this. Also, this partially takes the place of the "Other Minister" chapter which similarily brings up the dangers of an angry Lord Voldemort marshaling his forces to take over.How do you feel about added non-canon scenes in the films? In spite of being such a dark tale, HBP is also a very funny book! The filmmakers have tried to keep this sense of wit and fun, since it is one of the hallmarks of Jo's writing. One sub-plot of the story that will no doubt account for many of the laughs in the film is the pairing, albeit temporary, of Ron and Lavender Brown. Do you think the filmmakers adequately showcase the inherent humour of the books? What LOL scenes from HBP are you HOPING to see on the silver screen? The Potter films are HUGE effects films, and much of the work that has been done on them has helped advance the science and art of film effects in general. To enhance the impact of the effects in the IMAX ultra-huge screen format (70mm film--extreme hi-def) there will be 3-D scenes as well, as was done in the OotP film. Doubtless the cave scene will be the highlight of this. What other special effects from HBP are you looking forward to? Have a look at the HBP trailers in the TLC Video Gallery to get a taste of what will eventually end up on the big screen. You can also find HBP stills and screencaps of the trailers here in the Image Gallery. Then tell us what you are anticipating and even fearing for this sixth Harry Potter film. This post has been edited by Hagiographer13: Oct 29 2008, 10:38 AM -------------------- |
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