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New "Half-Blood Prince" Footage on OotP DVD

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Posted by: Sue
December 11, 2007, 03:16 PM

There is new footage from the upcoming “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” film included on the US Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix DVD. Readers will recall that when the UK saw the release last month, there were two special sneak peeks at the sixth Harry Potter film included via the DVD; today there is new video with the sneak peek, including some fantastic shots of Draco (Tom Felton) cursing Harry on the train, and Harry and Ginny, the interior of Slughorn’s home, and even dialog between Professor Dumbledore and Harry discussing Horcruxes (yes really!). Also new are various interviews conducted recently at the DVD launch in London, England, including new quotes from actress Emma Watson (Hermione), Matt Lewis (Neville), Rupert Grint (Ron) a hilarious quote from Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) discussing the Ron/Lavender snogging scenes, as well as quotes from producer David Heyman and HBP director David Yates. To watch (SPOILERS AHOY) click here via our galleries.

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171 Comments

Mish

Lavender/Ron online

likes

Posted by Mish on December 12, 2007, 12:11 PM report to moderator
Mish

the thing posted above were my mistakes

sorry

Posted by Mish on December 12, 2007, 12:12 PM report to moderator
minnie

About some of those hateful comments: I don’t get why some people are bashing Bonnie (just like when they were bashing Katie last year…) if its dan!fan jealousy or h/hr shippers or whatever- ... just don’t be so mean.

And no, I am not a H/G shipping fan-brat just trying to be reasonable. I just don’t see why the actresses must always be criticized because of what they are scripted to say or do. play nice some of you people. XP

Posted by minnie on December 12, 2007, 12:26 PM report to moderator
Fran

After closer inspection, I can say that Harry and Ginny were definitely in the RoR. And, at the end of the second clip of them, she said something like “I’ll see you later”. I’m pretty good at lip reading.

Posted by Fran on December 12, 2007, 01:48 PM report to moderator
ImHermione1027

I am a bit late coming in on this one, but let’s not get shirty here, ladies and gentlemen :) Honestly, every actor and actress in these films IS attractive and probably more attractive than Jo had originally thought of them when she was writing, I would garner. While it should be obvious who my favorite character is by my username here (hehe), am I 100% against the Harry/Ginny ending? Of course not. I love Hermione and personally I saw Harry with her or someone more like her. She is such a strong female character and throughout the story she keeps Harry level-headed, especially during his most tempermental moments. Ginny isn’t a very developed character, and I would like to have seen more of what she was really about. We don’t even really see her fiestiness until the 6th and 7th books. It seems that she has it in her to be a strong female character- more like my girl Hermione, since they developed a good friendship throughout the story- it’s a shame that we didn’t see more of her personality, or what makes her “tick.” Overall I am perfectly fine with Harry and Ginny, so bash me if you will, but I think these are the sort of arguements that are more viable for provoking conversation. Besides, I didn’t write the book, Jo did, so if I ever get the chance to ask her a question, I’d like to find out more about Ginny. If she is more like Hermione than we realize, I will be one happy camper :)

Posted by ImHermione1027 on December 12, 2007, 02:15 PM report to moderator
me...

WOW!! If the things they said are true, i think its gonna be one heck of a movie…well they said the same about the 5th although it wasn’t all that great,and it wasn’t worth two years of waiting…i just loved the quidditch uniform…and malfoy cursing harry…i think the hogwarts express changed a bit or is it only the prefects compartment??I didn’t think its gonna be a very good movie after i read the book…cuz there wasn’t a lot of action and battles…but i’m sure they’re gonna replace it with a bit of comedy romance, some smogging, and a some bits of action in the end…i can’t wait to see it….

Posted by me... on December 12, 2007, 02:37 PM report to moderator
Athena

Hey, if what minnie says is true, I’m going to have to back her.

If it is true that some of you are snarling about Bonnie, and previously snarled about Katie, my only response is, “What, you didn’t see this coming?”

Or perhaps I missed the rumor going around that they weren’t going to throw in all the Harry/Cho stuff in OotP and the Harry/Ginny stuff in HBP because some fans would instantly be jealous of Katie and Bonnie…

Well, I’ve got a news flash for you: they were going to put this in the movies, because this stuff was in the books (no duh… you really didn’t see this coming?). If you have to snarl at somebody because somebody besides you is kissing Dan Radcliffe, blame JK Rowling.

But for crying out loud… and if some of these people minnie was talking about were H/Hr shippers, then I’m going to say what I always have said about those H/Hr supporters who couldn’t accept that they were wrong: “Get over yourselves. This is getting ridiculous.”

Posted by Athena on December 12, 2007, 03:04 PM report to moderator
celia

This is so awesome! I’m so excited they put that scene where Draco catches harry on the train in the movie!! I loved how they had Draco’s hair slicked back! Yay! I can’t believe they’re already started filming the Ginny and Harry kissing scenes? Wow. I’m most excited to see the Hermione, Ron, and Lavender love triangle stuff. I bet it’s going to be hilarious. I can’t wait to see this movie. I’m so excited that they’re making this one a comedy, because the book itself is sooo funny!

Posted by celia on December 12, 2007, 03:43 PM report to moderator
celia

@me…: you’re kind of a downer, you haven’t even seen the movie yet. so be happy. i think this is going to be an awesome film.

Posted by celia on December 12, 2007, 03:45 PM report to moderator
Athena

Something I think ought to be good for DH is the “seven potters” scene. I wouldn’t want to play Harry Potter for that part. Dan’s going to come out of filming that scene and the first thing he’s going to do is ask for a cognac.

Posted by Athena on December 12, 2007, 04:23 PM report to moderator
Rosa P

Honestly at first I thought Bonnie was not as pretty as I had pictured in my head while reading the books BUT she does play the character lovely. I think the main issue here is that some people are upset its not them getting to do the kissing scenes with Dan. Dont bash someone for their looks because its not right and you have right to say they have no chemistry. Just by the quick shots of Ginny’s jealously in OOTP the movie I know Bonnie will be able to pull it off in HBP. Trust me side profiles are not the main concern in a movie, its the chemistry and Bonnie and Dan seem to have that down pat by now.

By the way I do think that the scene might be when Harry dreams of kissing Ginny. (Maybe thats why the room is kept alittle darker, not because of Bonnies “side profile”) I love the scene and I cant wait to see more with H/G.

Posted by Rosa P on December 12, 2007, 06:16 PM report to moderator
Bonnie Radcliffe

OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! I have been waiting forever to see some H/G footage!! They want to give us what we want in small drops!! There’s so much tension in that scene… I’m goint to love it!! ^^

Posted by Bonnie Radcliffe on December 12, 2007, 08:04 PM report to moderator
emily

what is UST? and please stop with the shipping wars already. they are done. the books are done. FINITO. it’s pointless to keep arguing on this

Posted by emily on December 12, 2007, 08:08 PM report to moderator
Anastasia

Dan and Bonnie have a lot of chemistry, you can already see it in OotP movie, there are several very cute little moments, like when Harry says her: “hi”, they look at each other, and you can see a lot of chemistry. When Harry is teaching the DA too, and there are 2 scenes where you can see Ginny is jealous of Harry/Cho. There are 2 possible problems: you are jealous or you are blind. I noticed Daniel has a lot of chemistry with all actresses: Emma, Katie, even Evanna! So Bonnie wouldn’t be an exception! I noticed it in his other movies too.

Things I don’t understand: -Why is Emma talking about the movie if she has not even started filming it yet? - How can there be quidditch without Harry? He is the captain!! it doesn’t make sense, wich means they’ve changed the book… - Why I have the feeling are the producers, director… are giving too much importance to something so stupid like LavLav/Won Won? That plot is not important at all, quidditch is not important at all… I hope they give the time to the important things, like Horcruxes, Harry learning about Voldemort, the book/Prince… - What on earth happened to Draco’s hair? lol horrible. Now Harry’s hair looks perfect, they destroyed Draco!

Things I loved: Harry&Ginny!!! yes!! and Horcruxes talking!!!

Posted by Anastasia on December 12, 2007, 08:31 PM report to moderator
Anastasia

Also, I don’t understand how some people think they can talk about how the scene with Harry and Ginny looks like, because it’s not included in this video, what we see it’s just a camera filming the scene, so it’s crazy to try to tell how “her nose looks” or how her “profile” is.

Posted by Anastasia on December 12, 2007, 08:44 PM report to moderator
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