Comments on: Tons Of New ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ Images

By: nati30

nati30 — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:42:44 +0000

not a lot darker than the 5th, although not much lighter either, i think its about as dark. Has a very tragic part though. I cried in the book.

By: JODY VIDELL CURVEY

JODY VIDELL CURVEY — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:52:04 +0000

@ross miller; great photos.

By: the crazy one

the crazy one — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:08:09 +0000

this story of the series is my most favourite. so i’m waiting for this film.i want to see harry’s proposal scene. i’m too eager to watch it

By: Dan (Truth On Cinema)

Dan (Truth On Cinema) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:37:27 +0000

@Vic,

That’s a good point. It seems studios are pushing the envelope farther and farther out from where traditionally a rating system would let you go.

Remember Airplane? That movie was rated PG and it had a scene of a naked woman (top only) go across the screen. That still to this day boggles my mind when I think about the movies of the 80′s and how traditionally they were rated.

By: Ross Miller

Ross Miller — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:20:50 +0000

@John Locke,

no matter the director…don’t count on ANY film with a title that starts, “Harry Potter and….” to do badly at the box office. The studio could make NO other movies for the time it takes to make and release the last HP films and STILL guarantee to be a-okay financially.

By: INK

INK — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:08:36 +0000

After reading my last post even I was confused. What I meant was that you, Vic, said it a whole lot better than I.

By: John Locke

John Locke — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:55:29 +0000

David Yates is a studio hack, he should be banned from directing another Harry Potter movie again. He has ruined Half Blood Prince! The word from the early screenings is that he has gotten rid of most of the flashbacks (there are only 3 flashbacks: Orphanage and the two slughorn flashabacks) there is no Merope , no gaunt family and probably no way near the detailed origin story. He has gotten rid of the big battle at the end, now it is only a minor skirmish. On top of that a PG rating? Not to spoil anything but a certain death towards the end of the movie should have been enough to push it to a hard PG-13, if it had been executed the way it was supposed to be. This movie is dead to me. I just hope this movie does badly box-office wise so that Warner Bros can fire Yates and hire someone who will do justice to the final 2 movies.

By: Cali

Cali — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:54:20 +0000

The books get progressively darker throughout the series. It was a really unique take on writing a series like this. As the characters grow and mature so does the story and enviornment. They go from children excited about going to Hogwarts to adults battling against evil and a life and death struggle. It really is amazing. I would highly reccomend reading through the series because they are no longer children’s books by this point really as the content has matured.

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:47:40 +0000

@Dan and whoever else, I mean that there are less gruesome/PG13-worthy scenes in Half Blood Prince. I get that there are Inferi and blood and stuff, but I’m guessing that they cut a lot of bloody parts, like Draco breaking Harry’s nose and the Sectumsempra scene. The Inferi might be the extent of the gruesomeness. And to be honest, I didn’t really think Goblet was PG13 worthy. I DO wish HBP were PG13 though; that would give me a whole lot more to look forward to.

By: INK

INK — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:04:17 +0000

@Vic

That’s what I said (the ratings thing) … only a whole lot better.

By: Visual Effects

Visual Effects — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:48:06 +0000

Great screen shots. All the images are excellent.

Thanks for posting.
Kelly

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:04:49 +0000

@Dan

Ah… see, now THAT’S what I thought (I haven’t ready any of the books after the first one). It seems really strange that this film will drop to a PG.

Maybe it’s due to what I call “ratings creep,” where the edge of each rating level keeps getting pushed further over time.

Vic

By: Sean’s Blog » Blog Archive » Lots of new Half-Blood Prince imagery

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:52:24 +0000

[...] a Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince TV spot (that has yet to appear) and posted them online. Screenrant then sifted through them all to get the best of the bunch, which you can see below. Click to [...]

By: INK

INK — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:35:40 +0000

Hmmmm …. a bridge that appears to be moving. I didn’t know Magneto was in the Harry Potter series.

@Dan
You’ve also need to remember that PG doesn’t mean what it used to.

By: Dan (Truth On Cinema)

Dan (Truth On Cinema) — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:51:07 +0000

@Judy, I would have to disagree with you there. This book is by far, first and foremost my favorite of the series so I’m slightly biased, some of the darkest material in all of the series. In fact, the books due get progressively darker and more violent, as Harry uncovers more about his past/present/future and how Voldemort is involved.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to hijack this post with my Harry ramblings, but the PG rating on THIS movie makes no sense. I understand that they are YOUNG adult novels, but in order to truly bring to the screen the breadth of the last 2 novels, they need to be able to get gritty and dirty.

By: Lots of new Half-Blood Prince imagery | Filmonic

Lots of new Half-Blood Prince imagery | Filmonic — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:47:20 +0000

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:27:51 +0000

@Judy

Thanks for pointing out the book this film is based on is lighter than the previous two. I wasn’t aware of that… I kind of figured they just got progressively darker.

Vic

By: Judy

Judy — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:11:23 +0000

I’m quite surprised about how visually stunning Half Blood Prince seems to be turning out. I can sorta get the PG rating, because the book was a little lighter than 4 & 5, but hopefully it’s not too cheesy or too light. It probably means they eliminated some of the more bloody parts, though.