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|  #1 Posted on 29.7.08 2055.44 | Instant Rating: 1.20 | I hope this hasn't been posted already. AOL had the first available trailer for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, online courtesy of Moviefone.
This looks like it's gonna be a winner.
http://www.moviefone.com/movie/harry-potter-and-the-half-blood-prince/27063/main?icid=100214839x1206481852x1200347367
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| #2 Posted on 30.7.08 0321.25 | Instant Rating: 2.17 | The Potter movies have gotten progressively better, with "Order of the Phoenix" easily being the best of the series so far. If the trailer is any indication, that trend will continue.
But let's face it, this film all hinges on the BIG moment. Anyone who read the book knows what THAT moment is. Considering the cast members involved, I'm confident that it'll be pulled off well.
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|  #3 Posted on 30.7.08 2338.50 | Instant Rating: 4.62 | I actually thought the last Potter movie was the least-interesting of the post-Columbus movies. What happened to the plan to change directors every film? Why is David Yates getting another kick at the can?
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| #4 Posted on 31.7.08 1029.01 | Instant Rating: 4.02 | Originally posted by Big Bad
I actually thought the last Potter movie was the least-interesting of the post-Columbus movies. What happened to the plan to change directors every film? Why is David Yates getting another kick at the can?
I agree with It's False in thinking that "Order of the Phoenix" was the best so far. Since Yates directed the best it only makes since to have him back for a second go-round.
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| #5 Posted on 31.7.08 1945.19 | Instant Rating: 3.27 | Ladies and gentlemen, the following public service message is brought to you by your friends from D-Generation X, who would like to remind each and every one of you that if you're not down with that, we've got two words for you...
Originally posted by Big Bad
I actually thought the last Potter movie was the least-interesting of the post-Columbus movies. What happened to the plan to change directors every film? Why is David Yates getting another kick at the can?
Order of the Phoenix being weak as a movie isn't all that surprising since it's pretty much universally agreed that it's the weakest of the books in the series. The fact that most of the good parts of the book comes in the secondary and tertiary details (e.g. "Weasley is Our King", the twins's dramatic exit from Hogwarts, Hermoine's blackmailing of Rita Skeeter, etc.) that were ultimately cut from the movie doesn't help matters much. So for that reason it doesn't really bother me that Yates is getting another chance, but since Half-Blood Prince was such an improvement over Order of the Phoenix as a book, if he blows it again I'm not going to want to see him around for the Deadly Hallows films either.
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| #6 Posted on 14.8.08 1554.21 | Instant Rating: 8.35 | Warner Bros. sent out a press release today saying that HBP has been pushed back to July 17, 2009, in order for it to be their summer "tent pole release". (Along with some blahblahblah about the writer's strike.)
http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/2008/8/14/half-blood-prince-movie-pushed-to-july-2009
Bummer.
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| #7 Posted on 23.8.08 1242.28 | Instant Rating: 5.23 | Originally posted by Texas Kelly
Originally posted by Big Bad
I actually thought the last Potter movie was the least-interesting of the post-Columbus movies. What happened to the plan to change directors every film? Why is David Yates getting another kick at the can?
Order of the Phoenix being weak as a movie isn't all that surprising since it's pretty much universally agreed that it's the weakest of the books in the series. The fact that most of the good parts of the book comes in the secondary and tertiary details (e.g. "Weasley is Our King", the twins's dramatic exit from Hogwarts, Hermoine's blackmailing of Rita Skeeter, etc.) that were ultimately cut from the movie doesn't help matters much. So for that reason it doesn't really bother me that Yates is getting another chance, but since Half-Blood Prince was such an improvement over Order of the Phoenix as a book, if he blows it again I'm not going to want to see him around for the Deadly Hallows films either.
Apologies for bumping this older thread, but I gotta say that I have heard almost nobody say that OotP was their least favorite book. I know some fans were mad at Harry being more angsty, and there were gripes about the length of the book. Most people I have heard from think that the first two books in the series were in the running for the "worst" book in the series.
As for the trailer, I loved the subtle look of glee from the young Tom Riddle as Dumbledore proves his magical prowess. It will be interesting how they do this movie, since so much of it concerns flashbacks.
I'm suitably excited, even if I have to wait until 2K9.
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| #8 Posted on 25.8.08 1054.05 | Instant Rating: 5.16 | Actually OotP was my favorite book in the series. It was the book that best straddled the line between Potter as young student and Potter as young man with a destiny. By Book 6 so much was centered around the Voldemort story that the Hogwarts parts, and in many ways anything not related to the struggle felt like window dressing. While I understand the need for that progression, it removed some of small joys from the books after 5. I loved 6 and 7, but five was my favorite.
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