WTF JUST HAPPENED?! | Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince | Reaction & Review
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- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | REACTION & REVIEW | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Introduction: 0:00 - 11:12
Reaction: 11:13 - 50:21
Discussion/Review: 50:22 - 1:08:52
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Amazing video guys!! I’m excited for you to see the last two movies!
You got 2 more Harry Potter movies to watch deathly hollows part 1 and 2
It's great watching you guys experience one of the best series ever...it gets much better....even if you guys talk funny..lol..it's ok..I'm from NYC..I talk funny too😅.. can't wait for the deathly hallows...epic....just like Lord of the rings...have a great day guys✌️🔥
ooh Im so excited when yall find out dumbledore was evil all along
@@mediamaniac00 no he wasn't he did what has to be done to destroy an evil wizard...are you nuts?..he also knew it was the only way harry would survive..wow..
By the way: why Draco? To punish Lucius for losing the prophecy on the ministerium. Voldemort wasn’t really expecting Draco to be successful.
And the loss of the book in the chamber of secrets, which was an horcruxe ! Lucius made lot of mistakes...
And considering Voldy is a refined psychopath, a single cruciatus would be too simple, when he can force his only son to try and fulfill a practically impossible task, watching as he struggles to save his own life, and finally kill him anyway.
The fact that he was a student at Hogwarts, and therefore had easier access to get close to Dumbledore, might also have something to do with it.
@@magnuswiesener9588 Nah.. He's just want Draco to die. And Snape has more access to Dumbledore than Draco
yeah, everything Voldemort does around the Malfoys is to punish Lucius - Lucius was a great follower before, but after Voldemort's fall he didn't go seek him, he was enjoying his privileged life, only came to Voldemort when he (Voldy) came back, then Voldy discovered one of his horcruxes (diary) was destroyed because Lucius just gave it away to bully the Weasleys, then he broke the prophecy so he is punishing him through Draco and by leaving him in Azkaban (he could have easily broken him out), then later we will see hos Voldy takes Lucius' wand - for a wizard to be without their wand is humiliating and disabeling (because they are pretty useless without magic), and then using their home as headquarter with Bellatrix as Voldy's right hand - she commands him (Lucius) in his own house and home (which she knows is humiliating for Lucius and does it anyway and with pleasure because she is obsessed with Voldy)! All to humiliate Lucius.
Guys, "Avada Kedavra" is the killing curse. No one survives it. Please don't have false hopes that anyone is coming back from death😅
They often have good insights but don't get the most obvious things. Really fascinating
@@meganega123Avada Kedavra - the Killing Curse.
Spartan and Pudgey: No way that all it does is kill right? The Killing Curse must be a hoax RIGHT?
i mean except harry loool
@@meganega123 I think sometimes they try to look too deep for clues and stuff and miss the surface level things😅 I, on the other hand, don't like putting too much pressure on my brain and just enjoy the emotional aspects of story as it happens. So, that's why I couldn't understand why they were worried so much about clues and hidden meanings and missing the basic stuff like unforgivable curses. HP is so different from GOT world.
@@kmxhara Yeah, lol😂 but he was only saved because of blood protection.
The fact Pudgey noticed the picture in toms room is high quality attention to detail and makes me really appreciate the effort and attention you guys put into your content. First rate you two 👏
Agreed, that was next level observation.Pudgey is very good overal.
I was about to make the same comment
I've watched these movies all at least 5 times and had never noticed that. Great observation, Pudgey!! :D
That's why I love these reactors. Very observant.
I was thinking the same thing too, they are both so aware even without the books
47:41
In the books, Harry idolizes the Half-Blood Prince and regards him as a genius. He is mesmerized by the knowledge and teachings contained within. (Teenage Snape INVENTING spells that eventually made circulation is pretty astonishing.)
Deeper still, Harry is comforted by the fact that he finds the Half-Blood Prince similar to himself, and even the way the Half-Blood Prince views and teaches Defense Against The Dark Arts is the same as Harry during the Order of The Phoenix.
In Harry’s words The Half-Blood Prince “had become his guide and friend.” He did not want to part with it, not only because it was his cheat sheet, but because he felt a connection to the author.
It’s part of the betrayal Harry feels when it is revealed that it was Snape all along-the man who just murdered Dumbledore.
I loved all the corrections to the potion recipes because this is like him being a scientist. This is what you do as a scientist all the time, correcting protocols and improving them.
@@di3486 Agreed! And it’s probably sorely needed since the potions class uses the same book, same edition from decades earlier!
Beautifully put! That movie/that book is definitely the one all about Snape/Dumbledore.
@@maspleben I actually found it really funny that James and Lily disagree with Severus’ views on the Dark Arts and violent magic in general. Yet, their son seems to find it not only enthralling but was similarly a kindred spirit in that field of study. That is, until he actually used one of Snape’s spells lol.
@@stanfromuzbekistan8282 James hated the dark arts. But illegally becoming an animagus was totally fine lol. I think lupin says something at one point about how James and Harry's rivalry with snape is based on prejudice and emotional bias.
I appreciate that you guys actually feel bad for Draco. Most people just see him as a black and white (good or evil) situation.
I don't think most people think that at all. He's a layered character. My issue is with those who fawn over him because Tom Felton is good looking and they act like Draco has no flaws or that some how he's a good guy. He's not a good guy. He's also not evil. He's meant to be grey. Nice to those he deems as worthy but a cruel bully to others.
i honestly think draco is overrated lol at least movie wise he’s just lame
JK Rowling is mad people like him because she wrote him to be a bad bully.
@@Tove_Ishockey I mean...it's concerning that so many girls just trip all over themselves to defend him and act like he's some sort of dark knight. Even when the creater of that character says, "uh, yeah, you should not like this guy. He's bad news. Do not go for this sort of guy." It's ok to like him as a nuanced character, but to celebrate him is the issue.
@@NsTheName I never could understand that, myself. I always thought of him as a coward, a bully, and a jerk.
Yes, Fenrir is a werewolf who "specialised" in children. He was the one who turned Remus when he was young, that is why Remus sensed his presence just before the house was attacked.
Except the house was never actually attacked.
And Lupin was targeted because of his Father's comments about werewolves being heartless and deserving of death.
My Wolfstar heart rips every time 😭
Snape's mother was a pureblood witch named Eileen Prince, and his father was a muggle named Tobias Snape, so that makes Severus Snape a half-blood
I never knew that’s where he came up with “Prince” in half-blood prince. That makes so much more sense.
I was looking for this answer...was going to write it if not found. We book readers really do get more from the movies don't we...😁
. . .and a Prince. Snape essentially punned his mother's maiden name to come up with a nickname for himself.
@@denisesf5 I don’t understand why the directors& writers wouldn’t even elaborate on how Snape is the Half-Blood Prince, especially when it’s the title of the film smh
@@Sam-xn5kt I know it was a pretty dimwitted screenwriting decision. Same as not explaining who Wormtail, Moony, Padfoot and Prongs were and how they were were the creators of the Marauder's Map in PoA
to explain Sectumsempra: this spell, invented by Snape, causes the area of the body the caster points at to be sliced up (like wounds inflicted by a sharp sword slash) leaving deep wounds. Because it‘s dark magic the wounds won‘t heal correctly unless the counter curse is used (which Snape does). That means Draco could have easily bled out if Snape hadn‘t saved him.
Most impressive: it shows off how powerful of a wizard Snape is, as he was only a teenager when he invented it.
It was Snape who invented the spell in the first place as well
@@melhawl3685 yep. So only he knew how to heal the curse.
Harry there like, I just read about this thing and I don't know what it does... Let me test it on this mofo 😧
One of the coolest spells in the series though (not to mention the name that sounds badass)
Not only how powerful, also how dark. To invent something like that at 16 is intense.
@@mikibv8007 yeah, seriously. A spell that basically ensures a slow death if you are hit in a critical area.
Dumbledore's funeral hits much harder in the book. Mermaids and Mermen come out from the lake next to the castle and sing in mourning, Centaurs from the forest show up and shoot a volley, his phoenix sings all along untill it's over then it's never seen anymore, Harry thinks of something he would ask Dumbledore but realizes hes gone forever and breaks down. Kind of a miss in the movie.
You cannot survive the killing curse. The only person known to have survived it is Harry Potter himself, protected by his mother’s protective old magic.
It's a bit stupid. What they mean to say is that in the thousand years that Hogwarts has existed, the only mother who loved her child and protected him at the cost of her life was Lily Potter. Every mother would do anything for her child.
@@watchjoy121did you read the comment? It is not just plain love, it’s old magic that lily happened to stumble upon. She was quite intellectually gifted.
@@di3486Nope. It's been confirmed many times, Lily did not know what she was doing, and did not cast a spell to achieve it. It was the act of throwing herself in front of Harry which activated one of the Deep Laws.
As for why it is so uncommon despite a mother's love being very common, Voldemort made a crucial mistake which activated it - He allowed her to leave. Thanks to Snape's request, Voldemort twice gave Lily the chance to stand aside, but she _chose_ to remain, _chose_ to die. The _choice_ is what did it, and that's what makes the event so rare, because very few people intent on murdering someone give someone else the real option to stand aside.
Lily had no idea what it would do. This was _ancient_ magic, _deep_ lore, magic Voldemort knew about but forgot about in the moment.
One of the themes of Harry Potter is "The power of choice". Lily's choice to sacrifice herself, Snape's choice to betray Voldemort, Harry's choice to be in Gryffindor, Narcissa's choice to lie, Voldemort's choice to use Harry's blood.
@@CountDrunkula-vn3oy Voldemort had been in power for 11 years or so before he went for Harry. The thing is, Lily need not die, he told her to move away and she didn't. I'm thinking that's the act that protected Harry. As for all other mothers, I'm sure they would do it, it's just more probable that most dark wizards aren't going after 1 yo babies and not their adult parents (does this makes sense?).
@@watchjoy121 Murderers are not so common in the wizarding world. There were only two truly powerful dark wizards in the century - Voldemort and Grindelwald. Basically all mass murderers were connected to them. Also, I believe not many of them would be after children.
J. K. Rowling is so amazing she managed to make us completely shocked by the fact that the person who's good at potions was the potions teacher all along 😂 That one's right up there with how the traitor was a rat.
Snape isn't just a potions teacher, he's the only one called the potions master in the series. The answer is really there, he is so good at potions he corrected the book when he was a student at Hogwarts.
Not only that but in the books he wrote the recipes for potions on the blackboard instead of telling the students to follow the instructions in the book.
The book was still needed for the kids to learn the different properties of potion ingredients & how they work & what “laws” of chemistry apply to potion making but since the actual recipes were somewhat flawed Snape wrote his own improved recipes on the board for the students to follow.
@@piotrnowak8725 Master = male teacher. It doesn't mean that he is a master potion maker (or that he is not).
Dunno how it never occurred to me that Pettigrew is a rat…and a traitor…and therefore a rat
Feeling dumb as heck rn 😅
Here's some help with the blood status levels in HP if you don't already know by now.
Half-blood is when one of your parents is a witch or wizard, and your other parent is a muggle or a muggle born witch or wizard.
Muggle born is someone who who is a witch or wizard born to muggle parents.
Pureblood is a witch or wizard born to a witch and wizard with multiple generations on both sides being witches and wizards.
Mudblood is a real nasty slur used against muggle borns, also kinda half bloods but mainly muggle borns, saying they have dirty, tainted blood.
There is also the "magic" counterpart of muggleborn, which is called Squib, that is a non-magical person born to magical parents (e.g. Argus Filch). It is thought that a muggleborn like Hermione, who has non-magical parents, probably had a grandparent who was a squib. Squibs tend to be discriminated by the magical world and isolate themselves, living with the muggles, until one of their descendant has the "recessive" magical gene reactivated ☝🏼😃
@JonFardi yes I knew I forgot to add one! Thanks for adding it!
Also a small side note here, witches and wizards are human..
@thomastendamme4059 Yes, that too!
Also who they call the "blood-traitors"
"No spell can reawaken the dead, Harry. I trust you know that." - Dumbledore in Goblet of Fire
Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a Muggle, making him a half-blood (hence the name, "Half-Blood Prince"). This is rare for a Death Eater, though Voldemort himself also had a Muggle father
Yes, ironic to fight against muggles as half-blood wizards... Ironic from pure blood deatheaters to follow an half-blood one...
It is. But I really doubt that Voldemort ever revealed his own blood-status to his followers.
Another thing is that I think that Lucius and his crew, who became the Deatheathers, only accepted Snape because he could provide them with all sorts of potions - including some that would be the equivalent of drugs. Voldemort himself doesn't believe in the BS he tells others to get power, and recognized that he could use an angry and talented young man.
@@hildajensen6263 👍
@@hildajensen6263 That and it’s just cunning to do so.
Snape was gifted in the Dark Arts, as Sirius puts it “[Snape] knew more about the Dark Arts in his first year, than most seventh years.” Here you have an angry, vulnerable student with a thirst to prove himself and because of abusive family circumstances has a low opinion of muggles. He has already invented some powerful spells and perfected potions.
Whether through propinquity or fascination, Snape would have fallen through the cracks. Especially considering Lucius personally took him under his wing, and patroned him throughout his schooling.
Besides blood, Snape was practically a shoe-in to becoming one of Voldemort’s men.
the significance of a nickname in both Tom Riddle aka Voldemort and Severus Snape aka Half-Blood Prince is they wanted to change their name because the parent (father) they were named after was a muggle and they felt ashamed of that
And fun book fact: when the trio is researching who Half-blood Prince is Hermione suggests that it is a woman, which the boys shoot down "because Prince is a male title", but turns out Hermione was right (as always) as it was Snape's mother's surname
I love Slughorn's actor
His facial expressions and the way he deliver some of his lines is great
He managed to convey so much guilt and sorrow in that scene in Hagrid's hut just with his eyes
"By all means come along sir"
My favorite scene in the whole movie. Slughorn was so weirded out that he just followed him even after he was avoiding him.
Jim Broadbent is a treasure for this and all of his other movies.
The legend that is Jim Broadbent.
@@blakec8549My head canon is Slughorn knows what Felix Felicis symptoms look like and decided to see what Harry was up to while on the potion. Which also explains why he might've just given in and gave Harry the memory he needed.
@@TheLazyLostBoy that's mine too. Thought about writing it in my post. Slughorn is an opportunist and luck is contagious. But he would definitely know the symptoms. And it did pay off for him. He got that acromantula venom after all.
Love your reactions guys. You got some good heads on your shoulders and spot/notice things a lot of other reactors dont. A few things as I watch. 1st: Voldemort wasnt more powerful than Dumbledore in that battle in Order of Phoenix. Remember Dumbledore also had to protect Harry in that moment, where as Voldy had nothing to hold him back. 2nd: Yes, Snape was a genuine follower of Voldemort. In school, he was a part of a group who nearly all ended up becoming death eaters, and its what he aspired to be. He loved the Dark Arts. 3rd: Yes Fenrir Greyback was a werewolf and was the werewolf who bit and turned Remus when Remus was a child. 4th: Snape named himself The Half Blood Prince after his mother. Her Maiden name was Prince. Snapes father was a muggle and was a bit abusive. He (Snape) did not like his father but was proud to be descended from the Prince family, a long line of pure bloods .. hence, Half Blood Prince. There are no real Princes in the wizarding world.
Voldy is crazy lmao but my friend calls him the same 😂
Also, Voldemort didn't mind if he destroyed everything in a mile's radius. Dumbledore was more careful about not just destroying the entire ministry
@@darthbricksempire3606 Exactly. Along the same lines, Dumbledore was not trying to kill Voldemort but rather to capture him so that the ministry would have proof of his return. Voldy, however, was going all-out and did not care who he maimed or killed. In the end, Dumbledore did win that battle, because he held up Voldemort long enough for the aurors and Fudge to arrive, achieving one of his key aims of outing Voldemort to the Ministry.
lol it comes from the final book. Peeves the poltergeist sings a short song calling him Voldy. The words in the song are "Voldys gone Mouldy" @@lilbitx496
Ron’s poison scene absolutely destroys me, I still remember reading it for the first time and feeling physically ill… Ron was dead guys. The bezoar suddenly comes into Harry’s mind out of nowhere in this fugue state of panic and fear and confusion, and it’s total luck that there is one in the room. The bezoar is actually mentioned in Snape’s first class in the first book/movie - it’s extremely advanced magic (and Snape was being a jerk by testing a first year on that knowledge).
In the book, Harry used a bezoar in the class to try to impress Slughorn when the Half-Blood Prince's book was NOT helping and Slughorn still had the bezoar in his room for Harry to find and use on Ron.
I love how Harry glances at Snape when Dumbledore compliments him on use of the bezoar
It was very scary in the book. Seeing him convulse and foam at the mouth.
Clearly he wasn’t dead. Bezoars don’t bring people back to life.
They made young Tom Riddle seem a little less menacing and have maybe a bit of pity for him by saying "I can make bad things happen to people that are mean to me". when what he really said is "I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me". He was treated well in the orphanage, but he did horrible things while in that orphanage. He's always been evil.
What would cause him to be evil? The film version made more sense.
@@brysontipton1893 actually, it doesn't. He was conceived through a relationship that was only sustained through a love potion that Voldemorts mother Merope Gaunt slipped to the muggle, Tom Riddle. In the Harry Potter universe, a child conceived by means of a love potion is incapable of loving anyone or anything. The closest Voldemort ever came to actually caring about a living being was Nagini, and the only reason why is she was something I can't say because I don't wish to spoil for them. He is also, on his mother's side, incredibly INCREDIBLY inbred with the Gaunts having children with siblings, first cousins, parents, etc to extend the bloodline. Merope herself was hideous, cross-eyed, and marred by centuries of incest. Not only was he from an incestuous evil family of people who had a habit of producing psychopaths because of their inbreeding, he was also 100% incapable of love or compassion because of the magic involved with a love potion and what it entails with procreation. I'd also like to add that as a young child at that orphanage before even finding out he was a wizard, he used his magic to lower kids down from the cliff with him and into the cave where he tortured them. Everyone was terrified of him, and the woman at the orphanage was hopeful that he would be at Hogwarts permanently and showed a sense of dread when she learned he would be coming back every summer. His magical incapability to love was actually what caused him to be cast out of Harry at the ministry in The Order of the Phoenix, and what made Voldemort decide to never attempt to possess Harry again. Feeling the emotions of love within Harry while possessing his body was unbearable.
@@ekajkroy5456a very insightful comment, especially the last part.
@@ekajkroy5456thanks for the very interesting comment, and you just connected the dots for me about voldemorts relation to the Gaunts, who I only learned about by playing Hogwarts Legacy. Had no idea they’re all related
Your thoughts on Draco and Harry mirroring each other is spot on. They are both called”the chosen one” Narcissa saying “he’s just a boy” is the same thing Molly said about Harry in the last movie. Harry has friends, but Draco really has nobody. In the books, Draco made friends with Moaning Myrtle. She was the only one he could confide in.
it really does get overlooked a lot that draco was lonely to the point of befriending myrtle. the muggleborn annoying whiny myrtle who in any and every other circumstance would've gotten severly bullied by the likes of draco.
The books handled Dumbledors death scene much differently. When he realized that the Death Eaters are coming up the tower to him, he casts the paralyzing spell on Harry and throws the invisibility cloak on him. Which physically stops Harry from being able to do anything instead of it being an actual choice. Also it made it apparent that Snape did NOT know Harry was there. The movie added the whole bit where Snape interacts with Harry and tells him to keep quiet.
One of the many things I dislike about this movie. This and leaving out Dumbledore's funeral and Tom Riddle's backstory.
When I told my husband how it went down in the books, he said “that makes so much more sense!”
@@rin68nyr90 Smart husband!
Damn. The movie really fucked that up. That would have been much more emotional and convincing of Snape being a bad guy
47:24 I hate that the film doesn't make you care at all who the Half Blood Prince is, whereas in the books, it's all you're wondering about. Shout out to Alan Rickman for his brilliant, iconic acting! He was gone too soon!
We’ve been told in these films NUMEROUS times that people DO NOT survive the killing curse, the only one in recorded history is our MC.
Yet everytime a major character dies to it, Pudgey ODs on the COPIUM 😂😂 classiccc!
i mean she was also told that the only way to split your soul is to murder someone and then thought that maybe Dumbledore had made a horcrux and wasnt actually dead here...............comprehending things isnt their strong suit
It's easy to say this when you've read the books/watched all the movies and know the lore well. It's only natural for people to hope that there is some way of bringing back people that you love who've died. It wouldn't surprise me if I did the same when I first read the story, though I can't remember. You're doing well with your reactions S&P!
@@Lions1986 Or perhaps it's simply that it's their first time watching this, talking and theorizing at the moment, while simultaneously trying to pay attention to all the new information. I'd assume it's not that easy to say perfectly well thought out ideas or remember every detail at the moment.
whre your react channel genius or do you only talk shit on others? i hope that 1986 isnt the year you was born ..too old to actt like that @Lions1986
@@Lions1986 This is unnecessarily nasty. Sure, they've gotten some things mixed up but I've yet to see any first time reactor to Harry Potter nail it all. I don't want to spoil anything for them so I'll hold off on listing the things they've accurately predicted. Have some patience, or not - you're not obligated to watch along with them if it's that frustrating for you.
Pudgey is NAILING it this movie!! I mean she always inquisitive but she picked up on so many details that many reactors overlook👏🏽
Indeed, but you know, Spartan is on to something, as well. . .
Yea I wanna give it to her, but she's so smug about it, so it's hard 😭 ik spartan be irritated ah 😂
I think she watched the movies or read the books before
They’ve obviously seen the films before
@@royhodgson1665the thought of fake reactions makes me so mad lol
Book Facts
1) Dumbledore knew about Hucroxes but he don't know how many
2) Dumbledore gave a clear idea about what are the other Hucroxes.
3) Dumbledore try to stunt and hide harry at that friction of second Dreco disarm Dumbledore
Regarding Point 3, I like that detail about the book a lot. Because it is so out of character for Harry to just stand there, watch and do nothing, even though he promised to Dumbledore. Also, the second Snape casts the Avada Kedavra, Harry can move again because the caster of the spell has died. It is even more of a conformation that he is actually dead.
It is probably done like this in the film to give Harry's feelings through his face since there is no narration here and we can't hear his thoughts.
But I disagree, it could have been done much cleverer.
It could be that the paralysis spell Dumbledore did on Harry doesn't have the full effect because he is weak and disarmed at the last second. So, Harry can't talk, move or do anything to save him, but we still see his reaction from his face.
Maybe they didn't go for this route because it requires good acting, but I think Daniel Radcliffe could have pulled it off.
Or maybe they simply didn't think of this solution 😅
To think that Dumblebore might create a horcrux is crazy. You realize he wouldn't murder someone. The point is for you to understand how awful it is.
Some people have a theory that he unintentionally made a horcrux after his fight with Aberforth & Grindelwald; if you watch SuperCarlinBrothers they do a deep dive that Dumbledore made 3 horcruxes but then took steps to destroy them before his actual death, it's involved, a bit convoluted , but interesting to watch.
By the way, Tom had already made a Horcrux (the ring) when he asked Slughorn. He actually wanted to know if it is possible to make 7 Horcruxes.
SIX horcruxes.
Split your soul into seven pieces, put one piece in each of six objects to make six horcruxes, leave the seventh in your own body, to keep a presence in this life, to keep your original body animated.
The destruction of Voldemort's body when the killing curse rebounded from baby Harry led to 13 years of trying to maneuver things into place so Voldemort could have a body once again. But each time one of Voldemort's horcruxes was destroyed, a little piece of him quite literally died.
There is no "magic loophole" thing, Avada Kedavra is absolute. Harry is the only one known to survive it and it was only due to protection provided to him by his mother sacrifice. Despite your usual attention to details, I feel like you fail to catch ones the most important of them. Like the last movie with the arc that had voices and Sirius death.
That part is really poorly explained in the movie
Avada Kedavra - instant death spell
Pudgey and Spartan - it can't just kill
WELL GUESS WHAT THE KILLING CURSE DOES? GUESS WHAT?
Also how important the fact that Harry used Crucio on Bellatrix, they were kinda happy and chill when it's supposed to be kinda of a turning moment.
Would not Voldermort be the second person who survived because the curse rebounded to him, so he basically survived his own Avada Kedavra because of hocruxes?
@@KeenanV No it's not. You literally have Luna's introduction in 5th movie. And the whole thing with Harry and her with thestrals. ANd then, oh my, what a coincedence - she too hear the voices from the arc. What is so poorly explained there?
FYI: All people in the HP Universe are human, not just muggles.
TERMINOLOGY
• Muggle = from a non-magical family
• Pure Blood = from an all magical family
• Half Blood = .one parent is muggle
• Mudblood = insulting word for someone muggle-born (like the "n" word). Hermione explained this in one of the previous movies.
• Squib = born into a magical family but has no magic (Mrs. Fig in Order of the Phoenix who brought Harry and Dudley home after dementor attack AND Mr. Filch, the Hogwarts caretaker are squibs). This one is never explained in the movies.
Half-blood is also where one parent is muggleborn like in Harry’s case.
half blood and pureblood are a little more complex. You can only be pure blood if you are the fourth generation of untainted magical blood. so if you had a half-blood with one muggle parent and one witch/wizard, you would have to marry a pureblood, and so do your children, and children's children, and THEN their children (generation 4) can be considered a pureblood. Which is why they aren't all that common one half-blood or muggle born in there would reset the count.
But that's too complex for people who are still struggling with verbiage lol
I think it is more accurate to say that *Muggles are non-magical people,* i.e., neither witch nor wizard.
@@philipem1000 Muggles are not the only non-magical people. Squibs are not muggle but are non-magical.
Thank you! I mentioned it before in a comment but clearly that wasn't caught. I hope they see it this time. It's jarring to hear Spartan refer to muggles as humans. Like, they're ALL human! The teen muggle was created specifically to differentiate the non magical kind.
Tom Riddle's mother died in childbirth. His father was from a wealthy Muggle family, who she had fallen in love with, and used a love potion to secure his devotion. This greatly angered her father and brother who, along with his mother, were the last living heirs of Slytherin. Tom couldn't accept that, being magical, his mother would have succumbed to the weakness of death and that, combine with his loathing of muggles and muggle born wizards, led him down his path. And despite Dumbledore saying the horcrux's could be anything, Riddle decided that only object with a strong magical history were worthy of containing a piece of his soul, which is why relics belonging to the founders of Hogwarts were used as horcruxes.
You might also be interested to know that the attack on the Weasley family home happened only in the movie; in the book, some
care is taken to bring up the subject of home protection among the magical families. Also in the book is a commentary on how, at a certain level of skill, the practice of magic becomes very different, far removed from simple spell casting, where some spells require great sacrifice of body and/or mind, and certain acts can give one practitioner more power in certain situations. There is a good example in the seventh book, but I don't want to be spoiling anything for you.
Imagine if we'd gotten that backstory instead of focusing half the movie on the romance subplot!
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I'd heard that the battle at Burrow is because they couldn't properly film the battle at Hogwarts that should've happened at the end of it.
Dame Maggie Smith, who was one of the main people there, was recovering from a successful battle with breast cancer, but she was still in the wheelchair most of the times when she wasn't on-screen, and couldn't film such extensive scenes that that final battle would need.
I mean, it's still a shit movie that focuses on romances nobody cares about or needs, rather than THE LITERAL PLOT.
Tragic backstory of Voldemort's origin that was omitted in the movie.
HOUSE OF GAUNT
-The Gaunts is a pure-blood wizarding family, although they are a very poor family, they prided themselves as descendants of the great Salazar Slytherin. They're consisted of the father Marvolo, the son Morfin and a daughter named Merope. Merope was constantly abused by her family, and was smitten by the son of a rich muggle family, Tom Riddle (not to be confused with Voldemort, it is his father). One day, Tom was given a drink by Merope to refresh him from his daily stroll, but it was spiked with a love potion. He fell inlove with the witch and they eloped. Then one day, Merope stopped using love potion in hopes that Tom might've been fallen for her over time for real, but he left once he was no longer bewitched. Heartbroken and pregnant with her son, she sold her only remaining family heirloom, Slytherin's locket (over time, Voldemort hunted it back and turned it into one of the Horcrux, it's the one Harry and Dumbledore found in the cave, or so they think but someone beat them to it and replaced it with a fake). The baby was named Tom Marvolo Riddle, after his father and grandfather. Merope left baby Tom in an orphanage because she lost the will to live and died a little later. Some say that someone who was born out of fake love (love potion or manipulated) will never know what true love will be, somehow explaining why Voldemort is what he is.
Some time later, Tom Riddle (Voldemort) after he graduated from Hogwarts, hunted down the place of his origin, killed Marvolo (his grandfather), took his ring (and made it into a Horcrux, the one destroyed by Dumbledore later on), framed his uncle Morfin to make it look like he's the one who killed Marvolo and was sent to Azkaban to rot. He also slaughtered the whole Riddle family. The graves we see in HP4 are the Riddles.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, were the gaunts also descendants of one of the peverell brothers and that's how the resurrection stone came to be in the gaunt ring?
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I really wish they had made more of an effort to include this aspect in the film.
Instead we get this vapid romance BS that was more of a sideshow than the main focus of the book's story. This movie is a huge let-down the more I think about it.
They omit a lot of important details from the later movies. You can tell they are operating under the assumption that the viewer has read the books.
I listened to the audio version of this book. I was at one of my son's soccer games, listening to this. When Dombledore died, I was sitting on the sidelines balling my eyes out.
Snape's parents, father was a Muggle, mother a Witch, whose maiden name was Prince. So, half blood Prince.
BTW, in the books Neville's parents weren't killed. They were driven insane by the cruciates curse by Bellatrix La Strange. Sirius' cousin, who murdered him.
They weren’t killed in the films either.
The movies are pretty vague about their fate. I guess that would have been too tragic for the big screen.
the "words?" part made me crack up lol.
27:30 Fun fact, the teen who plays Tom Riddle is non-other than Frank Dillane, son of Stephen Dillane, aka our *one true King, Stannis Baratheon,* _King of the Andals and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Warrior of Light, and Protector of the Real!_ Looks like Melisandre's demon baby got to grow up.
Every time I rewatch this movie, I notice that's it's not only one of the darkest Potter films but also one of the most depressing ones. They even chose to have a really low saturation in this one, at times it feels like it's almost a black and white movie.
Funny how your reactions to the deaths are the same with me when reading the book. I was always in denial the entire time, because you know, magic lol
I read the book when it came out, and I cried so much when Dumbledore died, because in the movie they do not show really the funeral. I’m the book however, they describe the funeral, and then Fawkes flies away with what is described as a really sad chant.
The movie missed out on showing however why Voldemort is like he is. His mother used a love potion to enchant his father, and therefore he is a child born without the presence of love in their relationship. That kinda twisted him, because what his mother did was a corruption.
My boyfriend kept on telling me not to finish the book when alone (he knew I would be devastated)…I forgot, and called him in floods of tears. He offered to come home, I said don’t worry and called my best friend. Still together 20 years- not sure he’d offer to do that now!
I hope that the Harry Potter series in development is going to hit a lot of the highlights that the movie didn't give us. I've heard some awesome things about what's in the books.
@@paulanderson771you should definitely read them (or listen to them) !
@@paulanderson771Why don’t you read the books yourself? They are better than the films.
It had nothing to do with love in the relationship, he had no ability to love himself. Any child born of a love potion relationship lacks that ability, regardless of whether the parents do wind up loving each other and the child.
Voldemort backstory regarding why he's evil is complicated, but basically his mother (who was a witch and descendent of the Hogwarts founder Slytherin) had used a love potion on Voldemort's father. Any child born from such partnerships lack ability to love themselves.
Though it probably would’ve been different had Merope survived. I feel bad for Tom Riddle Sr too since she basically raped him.
@@Powerranger-le4up he may have had a slightly better childhood but she had no money, and he would still lack the ability to love. She may been troubled by having to look after tom riddle sr son for then the son not love her also.
Thats not true tho. No idea who came up with this but a child coveived by a love potion isnt incapable of feeling love. Rowling said so himself in an interview.
1:00:00 Neville's parent are still alive, they're just the magic equivalent of being tetraplegic.
The actor for Professor Slughorn was also in GoT. He played Archmaester Pylos at the Citadel, when Jorah was cured
The actress for Tonks is in the show too.
I love Pudgey so much. She's so attentive to detail. I, who have seen the movies a million times over (and read the novels just the same) did not even make the connection on the toothpaste and the froth mustache on Hermione lol.
Also you got every prediction 💯 correct before they were revealed.
Oh and Snape's mother is named Eileen Prince. He is half-blood, his father is a Muggle. So of course Snape would take pride on the wizarding/Prince side, hence, "the Half-Blood Prince".
17:26 Ollivander did not just abandon his wand shop. You didn't show a reaction to the beginning of the movie when the Death Eaters abducted him from his shop. Did you see them destroying the bridge at the beginning or did you miss that part?
These two get so caught up in trying to figure out what’s going to happen and trying to have some over the top reaction to things that they miss the most in your face details. I’ve tried to like them hoping they would calm down with it, but every video gets even worse. Not to mention the fact that they at times seem to have pre watched the movies and are pretending to be shocked at things.
The Malfoy's were targeted because Lucius was kinda like Voldie's right hand man before he fell the first time then he gave that diary to Ginny in the second movie without really knowing what it was after Voldie trusted him with it and he basically threw it away because he wanted to go after the Weasley's and it ended up getting destroyed then he failed his mission to retrieve the prophecy and it broke. He ended up getting caught and thrown in Azkaban because of that failed mission so Voldie wanted to punish Lucius' family for his failures by giving Draco the task of killing Dumbledore, one he wasn't meant to be successful in. The Malfoy's were basically a joke to the other Death Eaters by this point. You'll see in the next two movies just how far they've fallen from grace.
Also sorry if this makes fuck all sense, it's late here in NZ 😅
Wow, I expect Spartan to come up in the next movie being "Okay guys we get it Avada Kadabra kills everyone instantly so calm down" again lol.
Connection between Dumbledore and Harry was so deep...
In one of deleted scenes when they are exiting the cave...
Harry goes: Dont worry sir, we will get to Hogwarts soon...
Dumbledore replies: Oh Im in no worry Harry! Im with you!
This was a book line that they never should have cut from the films
Hey guys, i’m also a fellow Aussie (Sydney, haha). I have to say, some of Spartan’s intuition guesses have been good in this movie. Just to answer some of your questions:
-Unfortunately both Sirius and Dumbledore are completely dead. No spell can reawaken the dead as mentioned in the books. I know it’s hard to believe and it sucks but that’s the reality 😭
-The student that Dumbledore referred to who ‘once sat in this very castle’ was Tom Riddle. Dumbledore even says his name straight after.
-Also nah, Dumbledore didn’t split his soul or anything like that or put anything in his wand. Only Voldemort made his horcruxes
-Draco was chosen to murder Dumbledore because Voldemort is still mad at Lucius for failing to bring the prophecy to him. As an act of punishment, Voldemort gave Draco the mission of killing Dumbledore believing that Draco would fail and then Voldemort would therefore punish or kill Draco for it
-Yeah basically the vanishing cabinet was used by Draco to test out bringing the death eaters to Hogwarts but the transporting wasn’t working properly, which added more stress to his mission, not to mention not already wanting to do it in the first place
One of the most underappreciated moments in this movie is when they show Draco on the Astronomy Tower, contemplating an action. It is making clear that his comment on the train was not meant as a joke. What a miserable situation that boy is in, having to pay his father's debts, and all the while he is trying to figure out how, he can't talk to anyone.
There are so many subtle hints in this movie that tell a bigger story when one stops to think about it, Tom Riddle twisting the ring on his hand, Remus sensing his creator, Malfoy's attempt to sneak into Slughorn's party etc. That is why this is one of my favourite movies in the series, it has more levels than the obvious.
21:40 he also finds out later his muggle dad left his wizard mother who used a love potion to get him so he hates muggles
Being petty, but I can't believe that there was no discussion about Ron & Hermoine storyline 😢
I am kind of sad that all the fun scenes with Luna have been edited out of the reaction videos of both the last and this movies. Luna is my favourite character after Dumbledore ....loved to have watched your reactions to her quirks
Yeah I agree. They’ve gone for all the heavy hitting bits and missed the parts that make the series fun.
Shame really. And I suspect they’ve underestimated Luna and her role. Many do/did
@@chrisbrooker7260nah I just think it’s to do with getting round copyright infringement
Edit: just realised this was a few months ago my bad
Snape and the others wasn’t even born yet when Voldemort was in school. Also snape was a legit death eater at one point
It always bothered me so much that they didn't explain the whole 'Halfblood Prince' bit in this movie - it basically makes the whole plotline kinda pointless. Don't wanna spoil it for you though, in case you ever decide to read the books 😄
Ikr, seriously, I always forget how much this movie strayed from the books until I watch it from the perspective of someone who doesn’t know the story. I find the whole franchise is incomplete without the books, like it was made for someone who read the books first rather than someone who’s first diving in. I love the movies but it’s just things like this that bother me as well.
Especially this movie feels like they just filmed every other chapter
@@b-t-s_is_7only the first two movies are true to their counterpart
@@meganega123 Right? And even though the movie looks amazing, it always bothered me how they just left out all these crucial parts and so much key information, that were all SO important to the story. If you've never read the books, you're basically missing out on a huge part of the story as a whole.
It feels like they really underestimated the immense importance of the 6th book (and movie), and just kinda used it as a "filler", because their focus was on the grand finale.
Can you spoil it for me? What was the actual plotline for half blood prince
What a perfect time for tea and a slice of pizza
Never in my 28 year tea drinking experience would I combine it with pizza, until now.
I really appreciate the way death is handled in the Harry Potter series. In most films, death is built into a big climactic moment, and when it happens suddenly or without build up, it's often a sign that the character isn't actually dead. That's why I understand why people who've only watched the films find it hard to believe that Sirius is really dead. JKR has commented that in the real world, death is not always like that - sometimes it happens suddenly and abruptly, sometimes it happens when we aren't there ("offscreen" if you will) - and the character deaths she wrote encompassed a wide span because it is true to life.
I love Pudgey's laugh, is always worth it 😂 Spartan's facial expressions ♥️
One of my fave dialogues from the books in the cave after dumbledore relives his worst moments and Harry said don’t worry don’t worry I’ll get us out. And dumbeldore says “ I’m not worried Harry I’m with you”.
Guys their dead lol. Half of Harry Potter story is about love and death. When they die they die
It's actually a deleted scene. Go figure why they removed it in the final cut...
This is movie is even more emotional now because this actor who played Albus Dumbledore passed away recently just like character in this film; P.S. The introduction to apparating in his film, the magical way to teleport in the wizarding world
No, we saw apparation in the Order of the Phœnix. The twins had just passed their test.
It's always so funny to see almost every single reaction channel that reacts to HP series, say "no way he's not dead" when this series has always said clearly that NO ONE survives Avada Kedavra. Harry is the only one to ever survive it, so it's funny to see how everyone just ignores the fact it is a killing spell
Would not Voldermort be the second person who survived because the curse rebounded to him, so he basically survived his own Avada Kedavra because of hocruxes.
@@rebeccasmith4182 but voldemort did die though, but his soul just came back with horcruxes. Doesn't erase the fact that Avada Kedavra kills
Stop saying "NO ONE survives from Avada Kedavra" and in the next sentence say "Harry is the only one to survive Avada Kedavra". Only one of these is true and it's the latter. And because Harry indeed did survive from Avada Kedavra, there is always a chance someone else might too, however slim.
@@TTArt okay maybe poor phrasing, but I mean if they say that the protagonist is the only one to ever survive it, then i think it's weird to think that cedric, sirius and even dumbledore would still be alive after that curse hit
@@YoungManiac96 he didn't die, he just lost his body and disappeared. That's why nobody believed he died the first time, because his body could not be found, in contrast to the second time.
Voldemort didn't kill his mother, she died giving birth to him. He took the ring from his Uncle. . .before framing him for the murder of his father.
She actually lived long enough to bring him to the orphanage
In the book, they can't ruin their home because they can't penetrate them. Magicaly protected, like all place Harry must go since the return of Voldemort (Sirius home, Weasley's home, etc...)
You guys' reactions are the best because you take a lot of time to analyze and dive deep into the plot. Some other channels do it for views and the reactions don't seem so deep/genuine. You honor the fans much more. Thanks!
59:16 Pudgey is right to ask this question. Why Draco? Voldemort could have easily picked Bellatrix and she would have happily done it. I think there are mainly 2 reasons. *_1) It's easier for Draco to get close to Dumbledore than it is fore Bellatrix who is an escaped convict._* She can't move as freely as Draco, and even if she could she'd have to hide to get close whereas Draco can hide in plain sight. *_2) It's about punishing the Malfoys._* Unlike Bellatrix, whose devotion Voldemort does not doubt, in part because she killed Sirius, the Malfoys have disappointed him. I don't think Voldemort suspects them of switching sides, but he is disappointed by their constant failures to accomplish the missions he gave them. And since Lucius is now in Azkaban, Voldemort deliberately chose Malfoy to fulfil the mission of killing Dumbledore to punish his family. You could see in Draco's mother's eyes that she was afraid for her son, and I suspect his dad Lucius is too.
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The perfect combination of useful and disposable.
47:51 so this is the definition of the half blood, prince. Snape‘s father was abusive so he learned to despise his last name. His mothers maiden name was prince, so therefore he’s a half“blood“ Prince, because half of his blood belongs to the prince family.
Just for clarification. When someone is hit by Avada Kedavra, that person automatically dies. There's no turning back or whatsoever. That's why Harry is so famous and special especially in early movies because he is known to be the ONLY one to survive that spell.
16:15 That line "I've deceived one of the greatest wizards of all time" is fantastic. Does he mean he's deceived Dumbledore or Voldemort? It could be either one.
Sad moving moments in this movie... Draco in conflict with himself in front of Dumbledore, conscience against fear to die... Dumbledore’s tears in the cavern, suffering, begging... The hommage of the wizards around his body... That hits me 😢 The music is amazing at this time.
Very clever and interesting reaction, as usual. Thanks ❤
It makes sense to question the deaths, the first 3 films are very much aimed at children. So when people actually start dying it feels off.. It's just how the books were done, they aged with those who were reading them.. Like the second half of the films are for adults.. Like just look at the fights now, Draco and Harry basically had a shoot out in school toilets with guns lol
27:06 thats absolute god tier editing, love it
Pudgey: "So he is the Halfblood-Prince!. What does that mean?" - For the movies? Absolutely nothing 😆 Nothing at all. Doesn't change anything. And to be honest if I hadn't read the books, I'd have forgotten at that time, that this should be some great reveal cause the movie is namend that way 😬
The books go way deeper and Harry actually gets quite emotionally attached to the Halfblood-Prince, even thinking it might be his dad. That's why it is even more of a gut-punch when Snape reveales himself. The man he loathed so much, that just minutes ago had killed his mentor, revealed to be the one behind his "idol figure".
That's why this movie is among the weakest of the series. It favours high school romance BS over properly adapting the carefully constructed and nuances plot threads of the book.
Gotta sell movie tickets to teenagers, I guess.
@@KelappanKing When the HbP movie came out I was soooo excited to see all (or at least a part of) those memories about Tom Riddle and his past. What a let down. Cross my fingers for the tv adaptation though. Giving it a whole season could be epic!
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The Warner Bros' movies will always hold a special place in my heart.
But they left a lot to be desired as a Harry Potter fan.
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I've become an avid watcher of reaction videos and one thing I will always appreciate is that there is a common agreement that nobody will spoil anything: because we genuinely want to see the un-spoiled reaction. Harry Potter has always been my fixation and I will eat up EVERY reaction to this franchise EVERY TIME love you guys xx
"What is the half blood prince" is a great question becasue they virtually never explain it in the movies. Its astounding how they kept the title of the book mostly out of this movie. All the movie does is tell you is that Snape owned the book and refered to himself as the half blood prince with zero explaination. For reference, Snape is Half Blood and his mothers maiden name was Prince.
Dumbledore's actor died recently and everyone at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal, Florida raised their wands in a vigil just like they do in the movie
You guys have become my favorite way to start my morning.
If Pudgie was an archaeologist wed know so much more about the past.
I love when Pudgey starts pre-laughing at Spartan's theories.
wish you guys didn't cut out all good scenes. finding the book/making the potion, ron trying out for quittage, first quittage game, hermonie crying over ron, slughorns dinner party, ron saying hermoines name. i know everything can't be included but those scenes build up alot of the movie
Finally, my favorite film in the series!
What do you like about it? For me personally its least favourite, so Im curious.
I have a soft spot for stories that feel more "insular" in the middle of the "save the world" plots. Even though it touches on Voldemort and sets up the Horcruxes, it feels like the stakes are smaller.
So, that may seem random, but that's my reason.
Also, outside of the Prisoner of Azkaban I think it is the best shot of the series. I think it looks much better than Goblet, Phoenix and the final two.
Side note: If you're an A Song of Ice and Fire fan, the same reasoning I gave above is the same reason why I love Dunk and Egg more than ASOIAF proper and why The Sworn Sword is my favorite Dunk and Egg novella.
Mine too!
@@jona.scholt4362 Ok, I understand where you coming from. Thanks for an anwer! The example with ASOIAF and Dunk and Egg is a nice touch.
I personally don´t like much many adaptation choices in this movie.The main one is what to keep and what to cut from the book. They decided to focus much more on romance over Voldemort past and I don´t find romance very well done in this movie. Mainly parts with Harry and Ginny just don´t work for me. I´m also kinda annoyed with colouring, how everything on screen is dark and devoited of colour.
I am sure someone has mentioned it but there are several documentaries made about the making, casting etc. In particular the HBO 20th anniversary reunion is pretty well done.
I'd love to see them react to the BTS documentaries for each movie!! But hopefully, they'll at least react to the 20th anniversary reunion 🤞🏻🤞🏻
Harry learned a great deal about poisons and spells from that book, more than most students. Harry’s unconventionally honed skills will definitely play a role in his future journey to find the haucrux’s. Don’t forget that book
38:50 wow she figured out the final plot twist already
Great reaction guys. The look of shock on Spartan's face when Snape killed Dumbledore was the same as I had when I saw this in the theater. The best part is that you can watch the next two as soon as possible. Imagine having to wait for them. I appreciate that you felt bad for Draco and are intrigued by Snape. I also am happy you skipped over the whole Ron and Lavender parts. Although, I love it when Ron calls Hermione's name. LOL. "The death gives me Gandalf vibes" Sorry, there is not going to be "Dumbledore the White" 😉
I don't know if you got the relationship beyond the point that Bellatrix is Sirius's cousin. She is also Narcissa's (Draco's mother) sister. They have a third sister, Andromeda, who is Tonks "Don't call me Nymphadora" mother. Bellatrix, along with Barty Crouch, Jr. was the one who tortured Neville's parents. They are still alive but the tortured curse left them insane.
Lol at you guys, from the beginning, Harry famous for being the only person in history to have survived the curse, the curse has been shown and explained multiple times and yet... either you guys pay no attention or ( props to whoever edited) the copium is super strong with you two ;)
Every time I watch this movie I tear up 😢 when Dumbledore says “please…”
This has to be one of the most intuitive reactions to this series. Great job analysing what you DON'T see as well as what's in front of you. Good job, guys!!!
To clear up the terminology:
Muggle: Someone who is not born to magic parents and does not have any magical powers. Like the Dursleys.
Muggle-born: Witch or wizard born to muggle parents. Like Hermione, Lily and Dean Thomas.
Squib: Person born into a wizarding family with no magical powers themselves. Like Mr. Filch and Mrs. Figg.
Pure-blood: Witch or wizard whose parents and grandparents are all wizards. Like the Weasleys and the Malfoys.
Half-blood: Witch or wizard who has one or more muggle parent or grandparent. Like Harry, Snape and Voldemort.
Mudblood: Derogatory term used by pure-bloods to refer to half-bloods and muggle-borns (think of the n-word).
Also, witches and wizards (pure-blood and half-blood) are human, they just have magical powers.
Cast facts: Hero Fiennes Tiffin who plays Tom Riddle at age 11 is Ralph Fiennes' nephew.
Dame Maggie Smith finished filming this while undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Talk about badass.
Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy) was originally cast as Bellatrix but had to drop out due to her pregnancy. She was subsequently cast as Bellatrix's sister and Draco's mother in this film. She died of breast cancer on April 16th 2021, aged 52. She was married to fellow actor Damian Lewis at the time of her death.
Robert Knox, who played Marcus Belby (the kid from the Slug Club who ate a lot) was tragically stabbed to death when he intervened in a fight to protect his younger brother on May 24th 2008, just a few days after filming wrapped. His murderer was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 20 years before being considered for parole.
Several of Dumbledore's memories of Tom Riddle were cut from the film, like the one where young Tom is shown two valuable trinkets from two of the Hogwarts founders, which would later become important to the plot. The book reveals Voldemort is the son of witch Merope Gaunt and muggle Tom Riddle. Merope fell in love with Tom and with the help of a love potion, she married him and became pregnant. J.K. Rowling has said it’s important that Voldemort was conceived as a result of force rather than real love, as it explains why he cannot feel love. Merope eventually stopped using the potion hoping Tom actually loved her, but he abandoned her and their unborn son. This explains Voldemort’s hatred of muggles, as well as half-bloods, as he himself is one. As an adult, Tom returns to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore for a job as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, but is denied. This may be why the position is cursed and why the same teacher cannot be for more than a year.
Instead the film adds a (in my opinion) pointless and out-of-nowhere scene of the Weasleys' house getting burned to the ground. The filmmakers said they wanted to add more action but trying to solve any mystery involving wizardry is just as compelling as any action scene.
In the film, after Snape reveals himself as the Half Blood Prince, there is no further explanation. But in the book it is explained that Snape was half-blood and his mother's maiden name was Prince, hence where he got the name. Hermione actually figures this out.
In the book there is a long fight sequence between The Order of the Phoenix members and students vs. Death Eaters. Ron's oldest brother Bill Weasley's face becomes disfigured after he is bitten by Fenrir Greyback (who bit Lupin), but thankfully it isn't a full moon so Bill doesn't become a werewolf. He and Fleur Delacour (from Beauxbatons who competed in the Triwizard Tournament) are engaged at this point.
Another difference from the book is the Harry and Ginny relationship, which is honestly very poorly executed in the films. There is also NO chemistry between the actors whatsoever. Ginny's had a crush on Harry since forever but Harry has never shown any interest in her. While in the books, Harry has a huge crush on Ginny, which culminates in a passionate, surprising kiss after that year's Quidditch final, in front of everyone. They are in relationship throughout much of the book, but Harry breaks up with her for her safety.
Dumbledore's funeral was cut from the film (which I initially was mad about, but the scene where everyone raises their wands is so beautiful) as well as all scenes with the Dursleys.
Regarding the question of why Voldemort chose Draco; it was to punish Lucius who had failed him multiple times (like with the diary and the prophecy). The fact that Draco had access to Hogwarts was a bonus.
And another thing not mentioned in the films is that Harry gave the twins the 1000 galleons he earned from winning the Triwizard Tournament and that's how they paid for their shop. Harry also inherited Grimmauld Place and Kreacher after Sirius' death.
@@lilunette9319 No. His mum was muggle-born.
@@lilunette9319 I agree with the last part but the fact remains that Lily was muggle-born and her parents were muggles, which makes Harry half-blood.
15:07 Please pay attention when you meet Hermione's family. It's very brief!
There are a ton more memories, but they don’t show in the movies. You actually get a memory about Tom riddles a.k.a. Voldemort parents, and his grandfather, which is a big key to the whole thing. That’s why you want to read or listen to the audiobooks, because some of the movie expects you to have read the books.
So far watching y’all, appreciate Spartan’s sharp, intelligent insights and love that Pudgey’s emotions are on her face and in the comments she makes. This is entertaining.
If they wanted to add more action and drama to Christmas, they could've filmed a few minutes of Lupin's backstory and current mission spying on the other werewolves.
Also to your comment on whether Voldermort being stronger than Dumbledore, honestly might not be the case. The fight was portrayed much differently in the books. Overall, they’re very likely equal in terms of raw power, but dumbedore definitely has more experience and knowledge in magic than Voldemort. What makes Voldermort so dangerous is his wild and violent nature.
I think that Dumbledore is a more powerful wizard than Voldemort. In book 5 he handles Riddle pretty easily. Voldy is actually rather afraid of Dumbledore.
@@MsAppassionata I wouldn’t say he handled him “easy.” Also worth noting that Dumbledore also had the elder wand which gives him a huge advantage
Spartan's a huge anime fan and judges fights/duels with that lens.
But yes, you're right.
Like Zaheer from LoK, he has several of the abilities of a great wizard like Dumbledore, none of the conscience.
@@spinoking9168 Yes, but even when he was younger he still preferred to avoid getting into confrontations with Dumbledore because Dumbledore was the superior wizard and was on to him long before many others were. After all, this was nothing really new to him. He had already defeated the greatest evil wizard from an earlier period (Grindelwald). That’s how he got the Elder Wand in the first place. I still think that Dumbledore handled Voldemort a lot more easily in the book than in the film. He had statues absorbing spells, subduing people, and throwing themselves at Voldemort, if I recall correctly.
Really enjoyable reactions yet again! I'll sit here watching your videos, having a laugh, often seeing the film/programme in a new light, then you'll come out with some banger insight and I'll be like... "huh, I never realized that." :D
AVADA KEDAVRA is the killing curse. Bellatrix used it against Sirius and kill him. That spell has the green light. Harry was the only one who survived this curse.
my favourite one, the most hilarious and yet dark
Is it just me or is it clear that spartan has seen these movies for sure. I like watching their channel but he's slipped up a few times on these movies
In the books Harry doesn't go underneath underneath the tower when they get back, Dumbledore freezes him in place with the invisibility cloak over him so he can't move or talk or help. Right before he was killed
21:53 Voldemort was a student like 20 years before Snape, Lily, James, Lupin, Sirius were born.
This movie is one of the vaguest I think as far as explaining things for me (someone who hasn't read the books.) But it also intrigued me the most because of there being so much information on Voldemorts backstory!
I also had similar reactions to the last two deaths! Maybe it's not having book knowledge, maybe it's something about how they're shot, or maybe it's denial, I dont know. But I always wanted more time with both of those characters.
I do want to read the books at some point. 📚 🤓 🪄
If you want more Voldemort's backstory, you should definitely read the books and especially this one ;-) the movie left out most of it.
The movie isn't vague so much as a failure to properly adapt and explain critical concepts JK Rowling painstakingly laid out in Book 6. These concepts tie back to Book 2 and 4 and foreshadow 7, making 6 a vital cornerstone in the lore. It also highlights themes linking major characters: Harry, Snape, Voldemort and Dumbledore (all Half-Bloods by the way 😉).
I believe the writers and director chose to ignore these illuminating backstory details (which I think you'd be interested based on your comment) in favour of focusing on trite romance subplots to appeal to a broader audience.
While a decent movie in its own right, it makes for a poor Harry Potter adaptation.
Totally recommend reading the books to get the full story as JK Rowling intended it.
To me, the Dumbledore portrayal in this movie is the best out of all the movies in the series. This is the Dumbledore we should've gotten all along, especially in the 4th movie. Calm, cool, and collected, even in the face of death. Even the opening scenes where he takes Harry to meet Slughorn are PERFECT! The softness in his voice, his demeanor, yet still outsmarting Slughorn by playing to his weakness for Harry's family. It's just fantastic all around.
Agreed. As much as I liked Richard Harris, I think he wouldn't have been able to pull off that part of Dumbledore as well as Michael Gambon did.
@@evatescheexactly this. I also think Gambon lets the viewer feel Dumbledore's tormented side. He looks calm, but worried and somehow "real". Concerned by some things happening. Harris was more like the old, smart, perfect magician who was always ahead of every possible event. Gambon's dumbledore has 99% of things under control and you can feel his worries regarding that 1%. This kind of feel is completely needed after 4th film. The almost perfect Dumbledore is much closer to the real one than the perfect Dumbledore Harris represented.
To Quote another fan favorite franchise "this is where the fun begins".
48:07 That kinda cracked me up ngl. Imagine Dumbledore just made his own horcruxes and baited Voldemort into thinking he was dead. That woulda been wild xD