From book 1 to 5 Snape taught Potions. Instead of using the book, he always wrote his own instructions on the board for students to follow. Hermione made perfect potions for 5 years straight following Snape's written instructions. This time she follows a book and thus fails to make a perfect potion.
Snape is the half blood prince because I’m pretty sure his dad is a muggle so he’s a half blood and his mom’s maiden name, the magic part of him, is Prince = Half Blood Prince
One change the movies make from the books that alters Voldemort's character completely is when young Tom Riddle tells Dumbledore at the orphanage; "I can make bad things happen to people that are MEAN to me" when in the books the line is; "I can make bad things happen to people that ANNOY me." This one word change may seem insignificant, but is a big one as the movies almost create sympathy for young Tom Riddle as it comes across like he is being bullied, whereas in the books its clear that he IS the bully and the cruel one in the orphanage.
@@goestheboom5211 he got tom to join so he could keep an eye on him which yes maybe was risky and didnt work out in the end but he didnt know how bad tom would turn out to be
@goestheboom5211 or he brought an orphan just like Harry to a place he would fit I. If he had not come to hogwarts Dumbledore would not have such insight into him and he would have still been evil
The reason that Snape is "the Half-Blood Prince" wasn't really explained in the movies, but in the books we find out that Snape's mother had the surname "Prince". She was a pureblood witch with two wizardly parents, but his father was a Muggle. So Half-Blood Prince was always Snape. And we see how he always had a talent for Potions, even though he wanted to be Defense vs. Dark Arts.
You forgot to mention to the guys that the Weasleys are also pure bloods. Also Ginny is extremely powerful, that's why they show how shocked the twins and everyone else were in The Order Of The Phoenix.
All the Weasleys but Ron were very smart/powerful really. The twins didnt excell at school but it´s clear that they were smart with all the shit they invented.
Ron is powerful too he just has a wand that is actively working against his inner power phenotype aka the wand chooses you but his wand was a hand me down of a hand me down @@03souse
@@03souseRon is powerful and smart they dumb him and Harry down to make Hermione seem better because the Hermione was the directors favourite character
They would have loved what happened in the book when Dumbledore picked Harry up at the Dursleys.😂 First they find out that Harry has inherited the Black family home and Sirius' fortune to add to his own. Then Dumbledore rakes them over the coals for the way they treated Harry and the damage they'd done to Dudley.
I think that Ron wasn't really interested in Lavender but ultimately he's a teenage boys who's always overshadowed by everyone around him. He's got a ton of siblings, all of which are either better in school, more popular, or both. Not to mention he's best friends with the most famous person in the wizarding world. Ron is normally fine with not being in the spotlight it probably isn't great for his mental health constantly being overlooked. So when Lavender shows him the slightest bit of attention, he wants as much as he can get. Also again, he's a teenage boy with raging hormones, lol
[Anytime a character gets mildly shoved] Pat: Nah, they dead! [Somene gets hit with the killing curse and falls off a high tower onto cobblestones] Pat: Nah, he alive.
Fun fact: The nucleus of Harry’s and Voldermort’s wands were made with feathers of Dumbledore’s phoenix. They are the only wands made with said feathers.
@@hmp01 wow thats interesting. You are the first person I see that has this film as his favourite. Personally I dont like it because it is so different from the books and ginnys character is nonexistant in this film but I respect your opinion
That wasn't the reason for the awkwardness in that scene. The reason is that she liked him , and was really embarrassed that he saw her with a 'beer moustache.'
The location from the photo at sea is somewhere the child Voldermort was taken on a trip from the orphanage. He tortured two other kids there. A big part of what was missing in this movie but in the book is that Dumbledore spent this year showing Harry memories he had captured of Voldermort. His family, his history, his obsessions. Know thy enemy. These are what helps Harry find the remaining Horcruxes.
maybe the only part of the movie that wasn't in books that was good. but it doesnt make up for or the parts that wasnt good and good parts that were omitted
@@alibabapirce9782 So now these movies suck because it's impossible to perfectly adapt a book into a 2-3 hour movie? What?? They literally had to change things, they had to omit things, or else the run time would've been 10 hours.
@@MFBloosh the 6th and 4th movies suck if you've read the books. still a good movie in general, but damn i realized how bad those two movies were after reading the books
@@jason20880 Again, the movies are still great even though I love the books even more than I love the movies. I also understand that it's impossible to adapt a book series when you only have 2-3 hours per book. I wasn't happy that they cut out things I wanted to see, like how they cut most of Voldemort's backstory out, especially the stuff with his parents. But, I also understand why things have to be omitted or changed. I can see both products, the books and the movies, as separate entities, kind of how I went about watching GoT after being a huge ASOIF fan before the show even came out. But hey, HBO is apparently making a Harry Potter series where each season will take place over the course of 1 book, so the things you're mad about them omitting or changing might make it into the show. And, it's HBO... They rarely mess up adaptations.
For those who don’t remember, back in the day, this was originally slated for fall 2008. But then in midlate 2008, it was delayed to summer 2009 because WB wanted a tent pole movie for that summer, and The Dark Knight made them plenty of money for 2008 anyway.
The weight of Snape being The Half-Blood Prince somehow failed to translate from the book to the movie. In the book, the Half-Blood Prince's textbook was more than just a cheat code, Harry actually started to feel a bond with the owner. He repeatedly wondered who the owner was and at no point would you have imagined it was Snape. More than Dumbledore's death, the Snape reveal as The Half-Blood Prince (and Dumbledore's killer) was more of a shocker for me. That line, "You dare use my own spells against me" - blew my mind.
LOL Harry stood up out of politeness as Ginny was taking her seat. It's fairly old fashioned. He wasn't about to go kick Dean's ass 🤣🤣🤣 I'd watch that though hahahaha
Fenwere Greyback is a werewolf. He was the one who bite Remus Lupin when Lupin was a child. Greyback bit him because Remus' father said something he did not like.
@@Judymoe I believe the book phrasing was he specifically placed himself near children when it was the full moon to have the best chance of being able to bite them.
almost forgot everything? they hint at a good amount of things. Pat or Spidey say something "wrong" and both Navi and Rana feel the need to correct them or convince them to be more "neutral". for example they love Draco solely because they know how the story ends and won't let the boys criticize him.
@@timmlyyexactly! It's annoying me alot in these reactions. They keep imposing their nostalgia and forcing others for reaction. Don't even give time for the guys to soak in and breathe in to react to what's happening and understand, rather keep forcing answers from them and correcting them especially Rana..
Dumbledore’s start of term speech is one of my favorite scenes of the movie and probably from Dumbledore, ever. It’s really poignant especially if you know what’s coming.
This is the best portrayal of Dumbledore out of any of the movies. It's just damn near perfect in this movie, and it's exactly how I imagine Dumbledore in the books. I liked Dumbledore in 1 and 2, but he just didn't have that swagger about him like he does in the books. But this movie's Dumbledore portrayal was great.
Okay the couch synchronicity right here @1:06:55 had me WEAK!!!😂😂😂😂 I’m so excited that you guys reacted to this series. Y’all got me rewatching the movies after work just so I can enjoy the reaction. Super excited that Spidey and Pat are enjoying it as much as they do. It’s always fun seeing ppl really fall into HP in real time. Cannot wait to see everyone’s reaction to the last two!! Thanks for making my week!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾Happy New Years (in advance) 🎊
I remember when my friend let me borrow her 2 last Harry Potter books back in High School, this one and Deatlhy Hallows. I finished Half Blood Prince in school, and immediately picked the next one, It was so cool to see the movies evolve, the books getting more serious, the cast growing up. There will never be another book/movie fever like this. Thank you for posting daily. This is awesome.
As it is set around Christmas and in the UK, the thing Ginny gave Harry to eat and what Ron was carrying on a plate were probably mince pies. These are small pies of containing a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices and suet. A traditional Christmas sweet treat in the UK and they're delicious!
So I think this is a good time to explain why nobody lasts as the defense against the dark arts teacher for more than a year, it's explained in the books. Voldemort applied to the job but was refused twice so out of pettiness he cursed the position forever
This movie always hits me hard. I don't know why some people call these children's movies the first two do have those aspects but after that, the series goes darker and darker and 6th 7th 8th movies were the peak. Half-Blood Prince mostly has night scenes and even when there are day scenes the colours used are such that they give dark depressing vibes well that's the beauty of this series you laugh you cry you attach to these characters. Many movies are better than Harry Potter, but the emotional attachment with the audience and nostalgia are unbeatable.
The whole series is about Harry and Voldemort - to say "Let's get a new villain. Voldemort has already been in every movie so far." is the same as saying "Let's get a new hero. Harry has already been in every movie so far."
Butterbeer is alcoholic. Not a lot, but it is. Its based on an old Tudor-era pub drink called butterred beere which is almost exactly what it sounds like. It's not bad. Warming. Good for winter.
One of my favourite parts of the Half Blood Prince (and the entire Harry Potter franchise as a whole) is the entire backstory of Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort. The books go into even more fascinating detail, but the movie condensed version is still cool to watch. *FUN FACT:* the actor of child Voldemort in this movie is Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin, the nephew of Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (aka. the actor of the adult Lord Voldemort). Frank Dillane also did great as 16-year-old Tom Riddle in this movie.
My favorite detail that was cut was when Harry was in the astronomy tower with Dumbledore and Draco, Dumbledore had him petrified while under the invisibility cloak. Only after he fell and the spell was broken, Harry was still frozen from what he witnessed then he gets up to chase
@@Dannydarko27 yup. also the only reason draco disarmed dumbledore was because he was casting spell on harry to petrify him other wise even dying dumbledore under the post effects of emerald potion there is no way draco would disarm him
In the books he didnt drink all of luck potion and gave the rest to his friends so when deatheaters came to hogwarts they drunk it and didnt get hit while fighting (there was quite a big fight before harry and dumbledore returned)
Vibes yes, but it's also got one of the few scenes in the saga that they invented entirely out of whole cloth. F*** that pointless-ass "Burn the Burrow down" scene and the dragon it rode in on. Honest to god have no idea what the hell they were thinking when writing and shooting that.
@@victorious8562 They so badly needed an editor to tell them what things were necessary to include and which weren't because so much of what was cut was just vital information for understanding what is going on.
Anyone who actually read the books, or applied their critical thinking hats for the movies, could surmise that Draco has ALWAYS been a bully - someone epitomized by their own frail vanity. Yes, he is cruel, but he’s a child. Why would Narcissa make an unbreakable vow with Professor Snape? Because they had both been privy to the fact that the Dark Lord commanded Draco to murder the Headmaster
I honestly never understood why they chose the orphanage memory instead of the Gaunts. Since they didn't use any of the actual information from the book Orphanage in that scene anyway, the Gaunts scene would have been significantly more informative.
14:31 When Professor Slughorn says only one brewed a sufficient potion, it is implied in the next scene that it is actually Snape since he is the half blood Prince
out of the few times I've watched this movie... since I was little, I never ONCE realized there was a moving picture on that crumbled up paper. Let alone Malfoy XD
Super HAPPY you guys did this. Harry Potter was my Avengers!! Had all the books. Waited each year as a kid when the next movie would come out! I'm 32 now and Shout out to RANA!!! Bruh we would of been awesome friends if we met at school!! Navi your awesome!! And glad Pat and Spidey went to the Harry Potter adventure 🖤🖤🖤😎😎😎
This movie holds a special place in my heart cause it’s the only one I saw in theaters. I can distinctly remember watching the scene with Ginny and Harry kissing, and Dumbeldor’s death like it was yesterday.
It sucks that this movie doesn’t have Voldemort’s backstory the book is so good at explaining the sheer charming sociopathic nature of Tom riddle in his quest for immortality Lemme add so much of Harry and dumbledores characterisation like so many beautiful scenesss Also add the feiry Feistiness of Ginny that gets left out
Take out the "burn down the Burrow" scene and you probably have time to get another memory in, namely one that involves the Horcruxes Harry wouldn't otherwise know without it so that you don't have to bulls**t into Harry knowing what all the Horcruxes are when covering the Seventh book.
@@MFBloosh It's just a bad adaptation... Who in the hell gives priority to teenage romance drama over backstory of voldemort and snape?? Dumbass people...
The youngest Tom Riddle was played by Ralph Fiennes' nephew, and the Hogwarts Tom that was collected by Slughorn was played by Frank Dillane, the son of Stephen Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones. Frank was also in the first few seasons of Fear the Walking Dead.
Potions, and to all extents, spells, are not as simple as it’s uttered or created. Potions can take months or years to brew or create, with very specific ingredients and measurements (similar to studying and researching modern medicine). Powerful or more established wizards can cast spells without saying them, and you have to mean them for them to be effective. You can also create spells if you’re very good like Snape’s sectumsempra. These are kids/students so they only learn basic spells and potions making, which as of now, they just use over and over. It makes sense that the potions book with all the “cheat codes” belongs to Snape, since he’s been teaching potions for years before that and is masterful.
The "I just sort of go with it" and when he told Mrs. Weasley "I didn't know. Dumbledore" are some of my favorites. Who would've thought little Harry Potter from the Sorcerer's Stone would grow up to be so self-aware T_T
When I first saw the shop that the twins made I thought it was amazing and always wondered how they funded it. (watched the movies before reading all the books) Thought it was wild how in the book, Harry gives the twins the prize money from the tri-wizard tournament which also thought was just a insane amount of money they gave away. He basically told them he already had too much money and they could put it to better use than he would at the moment.
58:35 Dumbledore's death was spoiled for me before I finished reading the book, so when the last book came out, I got it Friday evening and did nothing but read all weekend to finish it so no one at work would spoil it for me. My husband was so mad because I literally did NOTHING around the house all weekend, which was usually when I tried to do housework I needed to catch up on. One of the few fights we ever had. I won, of course. It was fhe final Harry Potter book. 'Nuff said. 1:08:24 Miracle Workers is hilarious! Steve Bushemi is in it as well.
One thing worth mentioning is that the Weasley brothers started their own shop with the money Harry one in the triwizard tournament. He didn't want to keep it so he gave it to them.
I wanted Harry to date Luna, because they've both witnessed their mom's death, and they both don't mind odd behavior. Plus, Luna is very sweet and insightful. Also, I don't remember if it was a book thing, but I thought that Dumbledore never gave Snape the DADA position *because* those professors never last more than a year, and he wanted him around.
You and I are the same. I always thought Harry and Luna were the best match of the series and it’s crazy to me that hardly anyone else thinks they’re well matched (especially compared to Ginny or Hermione)
16:20 Tom Marvolo Riddle's name was already recorded in the Book of Admittance since he was born. No professors in the school can get rid of him (especially when he was just a child).
This book might have also required a part 1 and part 2. They cut so much from the book including the battle they had in hogwarts that got Ron’s brother Bill turned into a werewolf
Bill didn't actually get turned. The werewolf Fenrir Greyback attacked and bit him, bit it wasn't a full moon. So ever the attack, Bill has scars and a liking for extra rare steak, but he wasn't turned into a full werewolf.
@@Awkwardstefan007Np! It just always stuck with me because Greyback was so twisted. To bite and scratch someone when you're NOT turned into a werewolf, during a wizard duel? Creepy guy..
Magic can't do everything, it has rules and misteries. Death, Love, Mind, Time, Prophecies, etc. are subjets to investigation in the magic world, but it seems nothing can cheat death and bring dead ones to life again. Also the reason of Dumbledore leaving Harry with the Dursleys is because of Harry's Mom ancient magic of protection, if Harry stays close to those who has Lily Potter's blood he will be safe from Voldemort, that being Duddley and Petunia
I remember exactly where I was when I was reading the dumbledore scene. I was on the toilet in my parents house. Like oh sh** nahh, I mi's read, like what??? Then like, when's my mum getting home because she needs to read this right jow so I can discuss it with her
I remember reading this book. I was at my grandparents' place... I was about 14 yrs old. I remember calling my mom (although she was just a block away) and bawling my eyes out about Albus's death. The book has such a nuanced story... the movies leave out so much... Absolutely adore Queen Jo...
6th months late, but at 05:00 the dragons blood gave him away because in Albus's youth he wanted to be an Alchemist not a dueling wizard... nicholas flamel took him under his wing and with his help he discovered the 12 uses of Dragons blood, so he was an expert on it when he tasted it, probably could have told Slughorn the exact breed it came from
This film is Draco's film. He starts out with his whole world turned upside down. Draco grew up with his 'aristocratic' father in control of the Wizarding World social and political spheres. The Malfoys were top of the heap, important, influential. Following the situation at the Ministry of Magic, the Malfoys have been plunged into scandal. Draco's father Lucius has been found out as a Death Eater and supporter of Voldemort. Lucius has been tried and sent to Azkaban and the family are now pariahs among wizards. And Voldemort is furious that Lucius BROKE the Prophesy he was sent to retrieve from Harry Potter; this puts the entire family in danger, because Voldemort is a murderous monster. Voldemort has taken possession of Malfoy Manor during Lucius's imprisonment. That terrorism in Diagon Alley was the destruction of Ollivander's Wand Shop and the kidnapping of Ollivander, who is now kept in the Malfoy cellar where he is tortured for wandlore information. Draco blames Harry for the predicament the Malfoys are in. He is full of rage and easily fell for Voldemort's recruitment of him as a new Death Eater and has accepted Voldemort's orders to carry out certain 'tasks' at Hogwarts. (Draco doesn't know that Voldemort does not expect Draco to be successful, that he will fail at his tasks, and Voldemort will just kill Draco for failing.) This is where the film begins. But as the film goes on, Draco has second thoughts. The time outside of his father's influence and the harm he causes people at Hogwarts makes him reconsider...well...everything he thought he knew. Including whether his father earned the idolization Draco had always shown him. ______________________________________________________________________________________ The red substance that dripped onto Harry's forehead is an ancient plant resin called 'dragon's blood'. It's a real thing in the real world. It comes from a plant native to a portion of a desert in the Middle East. It's very mild tasting and safe to ingest and was once used to preserve wine. The resin can be ground into a powder to use along or in a mix as an incense. Historically, it was believed to be magically protective, whether it was burned as an incense or worn as an anointing oil. Mixed with other incense, it was believed to intensify the magical properties of the incense into which it was mixed. It makes sense that Dumbledore tastes it; there's no other way to easily identify it. Likely Slughorn put some around to help protect himself from the Death Eaters trying to recruit him. Yes, Dumbledore knows the taste of dragon's blood. Go back to the first film, on the train to Hogwarts; Harry reads the trading card that came with the chocolate frog and it states Dumbledore knows all 19 uses of dragon's blood. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Best you know that Draco's mom Narcissa's maiden name is Black, her sister is Bellatrix [Black] Lestrange, and their sister Andromeda [Black] Tonks is mother to Nymphadora Tonks. The Wizarding World is a small world, especially among the purebloods; they are all related to each other, which explains the high degree of insanity among purebloods. The saving grace for magical folk has been intermarrying with muggles, and actually about 50% of wizards/witches are half-bloods. Even Voldemort is a half-blood, as is Dumbledore, McGonagall, Hagrid, Snape, Trelawney, Flitwit, Umbridge, and Harry, among others. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Did you notice what was in little Tommy Riddle's sparse room? There were seven rocks on his windowsill. And there was a photograph (stuck on the wall above his desk) of a rock wedge island in the sea offset from coastal cliffs. That rock island is where Dumbledore takes Harry to collect the locket Voldemort hid there. ______________________________________________________________________________________ This year, with Voldemort increasing his efforts, Dumbledore has set up protections that keep everything out. One of Draco's tasks is to set up a vanishing cabinet, fix it (they are temperamental and break down easily), and open a way into the school for Death Eaters to use... Draco is testing the vanishing cabinet, to make certain it's safe for people to use. First he sends the apple, to make certain things are going to the other vanishing cabinet. Draco also has two canaries to send, one yellow and one black; they're being sent to test whether living things can be sent safely. The first canary sent is a yellow one, but the cabinet 'misfires' and the canary is returned dead (no one killed it, it just didn't get transported safely). ______________________________________________________________________________________ What the Slughorn Dinner Club are eating is NOT ice cream; they're a kind of small cream puffs called profiteroles (google it). ______________________________________________________________________________________ Ron has a bad habit of ingesting anything he suspects of being ingestible. That's how he got overdosed with Harry's Love potion laced candles. Slughorn gives Ron the countercharm for the love potion, then decides to share a toast with Ron and Harry, but again Ron starts wolfing down the mead instead of waiting until the toast is completed. And the mead is poisoned (it was given to Slughorn, who was planning to regift it to Dumbledore). Harry does the right thing, rifling through Slughorn's supplies to find a bezoar to give Ron. Remember in the first film, when Snape asks Harry if he knew where to find a bezoar? A bezoar is a natural object believed to reverse the effects of poison. ______________________________________________________________________________________ I still say Draco was in the lavatory crying tears of regret, guilt, fear, and desperation. He has no one he can confide in or ask for help; he feels alone and trapped. And he feels really bad about hurting innocent people. If Harry had stopped to ask Draco why he was crying, instead of immediately attacking him, I have to wonder how this story would have gone from there. Also, in this scene Draco is wearing more white than he ever wore in any other scene in the franchise. It seems telling of a change in Draco, that his character was changing. He was having a revelation. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Dumbledore is so on top of things. Like Spidey says, Dumbledore's playing 8D chess... There's a reason he pulled out his wand on Draco; he knew Draco was high on adrenalin that he would reflexively panic and strike that wand out of Dumbledore's hand, disarming him. That's what Dumbledore wanted; it transfers the wand to Draco, makes Draco the wand's true master. Later, you'll see this improves Harry's survivability... ______________________________________________________________________________________ So, everybody has a backstory... There's a reason Tom Riddle ended up a psychopath. Tom's mother fell in love with a muggle, Tom's father and namesake (Jr & Sr). Tom's mother resorted to dosing Tom Sr with love potion, to get him to marry her and stay with her. Tom Sr was on so much love potion that it affected his genetics. Even in real life, environmental chemicals can affect men who then pass on damage to their children. Tom Jr was conceived while Tom Sr was still being flooded with love potion, and it destroyed Tom Jr's ability to feel empathy, love, or bonding. Tom Jr is literally 'damaged goods', and since the damage is from magical cause, it's irreversible. He can't help being that way; he's emotionally handicapped.
The place by the ocean with the rock is a place where the orphans go to look at the ocean as a little trip, but Voldemort would like use his crude magic he had at that age to torment the other orphans there. So he liked that place and made a hiding place for his horcrux. And there's ton of memories about Voldemort cut from the film. It's unfortunate.
just fun cool fact that hero fiennes-tiffin (famously known rn for the after movies) played the kid tom riddle. hero is also the nephew of ralph fiennes, actor for voldemort.
Fun fact: the kid playing young Voldemort in the orphanage is Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Ralph Fiennes’ (voldemort) nephew! Hero is also in those cheesy Wattpad movies “After” & “After We Collide”.
The cliff place is a field trip that the orphanage went to and the caves was where Tom and two other kids went to explore and the other two kids died. His first kill was there so he hid a horcrux there. He’s very symbolic with where he hides them and where/what he chooses
From book 1 to 5 Snape taught Potions. Instead of using the book, he always wrote his own instructions on the board for students to follow. Hermione made perfect potions for 5 years straight following Snape's written instructions. This time she follows a book and thus fails to make a perfect potion.
Woah, i never even thought of this. Interesting
And other students, specially Neville, were awful at it, but after they were free from Snape's bullying, they got better performance
Because Snape becomes the DADA teacher and not the Potions teacher anymore. In fact he's an excellent teacher for both classes.
@@a.a677 excellent at potions, not an excellent teacher. Excellent teachers don't make students feel unsafe and mock them for not knowing things.
Snape is the half blood prince because I’m pretty sure his dad is a muggle so he’s a half blood and his mom’s maiden name, the magic part of him, is Prince = Half Blood Prince
yup that is correct
@@j.j.1517no it didn’t 😭 snape isn’t the only character who studied potions
@@j.j.1517the name had nothing to do with potions….
Honestly this revelation meant nothing in the movie, it was given almost no importance
But why does that make it special?
One change the movies make from the books that alters Voldemort's character completely is when young Tom Riddle tells Dumbledore at the orphanage; "I can make bad things happen to people that are MEAN to me" when in the books the line is; "I can make bad things happen to people that ANNOY me." This one word change may seem insignificant, but is a big one as the movies almost create sympathy for young Tom Riddle as it comes across like he is being bullied, whereas in the books its clear that he IS the bully and the cruel one in the orphanage.
Good catch!
Yeah but then that just makes Dumbledore look stupid for having a bully join his school
@@goestheboom5211 he got tom to join so he could keep an eye on him which yes maybe was risky and didnt work out in the end but he didnt know how bad tom would turn out to be
@@anbur9780 yeah sounds stupid like the movie version better
@goestheboom5211 or he brought an orphan just like Harry to a place he would fit I. If he had not come to hogwarts Dumbledore would not have such insight into him and he would have still been evil
10:06 Ironically, Draco *was* browsing for furniture, since he was looking for a certain cabinet...
The reason that Snape is "the Half-Blood Prince" wasn't really explained in the movies, but in the books we find out that Snape's mother had the surname "Prince". She was a pureblood witch with two wizardly parents, but his father was a Muggle. So Half-Blood Prince was always Snape. And we see how he always had a talent for Potions, even though he wanted to be Defense vs. Dark Arts.
One of the many mistakes in this movie...
Spidey is too perceptive for this series lmao. Never seen someone guess Nagini as a horcrux this early
Fr he's called quite a few things now and I'm like "How?!"
@@stevenfriedman2902 his name is Spidey
Ya but he didn't realize even after Snape said my own spells that Snape was the half blood prince. Some things go over his head it seems.
@@hiStrangerM I know. What exactly does that have to do with what I said? Lol
@@stevenfriedman2902 I'm saying his Spidey senses are tingling. Clearly yours aren't.
You forgot to mention to the guys that the Weasleys are also pure bloods. Also Ginny is extremely powerful, that's why they show how shocked the twins and everyone else were in The Order Of The Phoenix.
All the Weasleys but Ron were very smart/powerful really. The twins didnt excell at school but it´s clear that they were smart with all the shit they invented.
I like to think Ginny was so powerful because she was a Seventh Born; the 7th offspring is always special, magically.
Ron is powerful too he just has a wand that is actively working against his inner power phenotype aka the wand chooses you but his wand was a hand me down of a hand me down @@03souse
@@03souseRon is powerful and smart they dumb him and Harry down to make Hermione seem better because the Hermione was the directors favourite character
@@ThatBlackPiano true, that's a good point actually
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It's actually funny because Emma Watson DID have a crush on Tom Felton during the making of these movies. Especially in the earlier movies
They would have loved what happened in the book when Dumbledore picked Harry up at the Dursleys.😂
First they find out that Harry has inherited the Black family home and Sirius' fortune to add to his own.
Then Dumbledore rakes them over the coals for the way they treated Harry and the damage they'd done to Dudley.
The movies were missing so much Sassy Dumbledore. 😢
The upcoming HBO Max show will adapt that. Hopefully!
@@bidishahalso loved how Harry was kinda a dk in the books lol. Spew would've been coo to see in the movies as well.
One of my all time favorite book scenes
@@anotheryoutubeuserwhat show?
I think that Ron wasn't really interested in Lavender but ultimately he's a teenage boys who's always overshadowed by everyone around him. He's got a ton of siblings, all of which are either better in school, more popular, or both. Not to mention he's best friends with the most famous person in the wizarding world. Ron is normally fine with not being in the spotlight it probably isn't great for his mental health constantly being overlooked.
So when Lavender shows him the slightest bit of attention, he wants as much as he can get. Also again, he's a teenage boy with raging hormones, lol
ginny actually mocked him in the books for not having a girlfriend so yeah he was just being a teenage boy trying to "prove" himself
The hormones were certainly hormone-ing 😂
At least he's the tallest in the books
[Anytime a character gets mildly shoved] Pat: Nah, they dead!
[Somene gets hit with the killing curse and falls off a high tower onto cobblestones] Pat: Nah, he alive.
Fun fact: The nucleus of Harry’s and Voldermort’s wands were made with feathers of Dumbledore’s phoenix. They are the only wands made with said feathers.
I wonder if Fox feels some kind of paternal feeling towards those two.
Fox ?? @@kjj26k
It's like cooking.
The book isn't "wrong".
The Half-Blood Prince is just more gifted and perfected an already working formula.
The Dumbledore in this movie is probably the closest thing we got to book Dumbledore in the series.
i love Dumbledore in this film. This is my favourite one of the bunch, and Michael Gambon acted perfectly in this part stunning acting
@@hmp01 wow thats interesting. You are the first person I see that has this film as his favourite. Personally I dont like it because it is so different from the books and ginnys character is nonexistant in this film but I respect your opinion
Harry stood up when Ginny got to Slughorn's just more as a greeting. As a sign of respect, he stood to say hello to her.
Tom Felton’s acting was brilliant in this film, Such a talented guy.
Simply because I recall the ladies swooning over him in Peacemaker: Cormac MacLaggan (the Quidditch Jock) is also Vigilante.
It took me so many watches to understand that Hermione wanted Ron to clean the butter bear off her face like he did the tooth paste in the beggining
You just made me realise it as well 😂
My face, also just realising this: 😮😮😮😮
That wasn't the reason for the awkwardness in that scene. The reason is that she liked him , and was really embarrassed that he saw her with a 'beer moustache.'
And you still interpreted it wrong 😂😂
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The location from the photo at sea is somewhere the child Voldermort was taken on a trip from the orphanage. He tortured two other kids there. A big part of what was missing in this movie but in the book is that Dumbledore spent this year showing Harry memories he had captured of Voldermort. His family, his history, his obsessions. Know thy enemy. These are what helps Harry find the remaining Horcruxes.
The entire story about the fish in a bowl, beautiful and sad and not in the book. Very memorable !
maybe the only part of the movie that wasn't in books that was good. but it doesnt make up for or the parts that wasnt good and good parts that were omitted
I plan on getting it as a tattoo since so many HP tattoos are overdone
@@alibabapirce9782 So now these movies suck because it's impossible to perfectly adapt a book into a 2-3 hour movie? What?? They literally had to change things, they had to omit things, or else the run time would've been 10 hours.
@@MFBloosh the 6th and 4th movies suck if you've read the books. still a good movie in general, but damn i realized how bad those two movies were after reading the books
@@jason20880 Again, the movies are still great even though I love the books even more than I love the movies. I also understand that it's impossible to adapt a book series when you only have 2-3 hours per book. I wasn't happy that they cut out things I wanted to see, like how they cut most of Voldemort's backstory out, especially the stuff with his parents. But, I also understand why things have to be omitted or changed. I can see both products, the books and the movies, as separate entities, kind of how I went about watching GoT after being a huge ASOIF fan before the show even came out. But hey, HBO is apparently making a Harry Potter series where each season will take place over the course of 1 book, so the things you're mad about them omitting or changing might make it into the show. And, it's HBO... They rarely mess up adaptations.
For those who don’t remember, back in the day, this was originally slated for fall 2008. But then in midlate 2008, it was delayed to summer 2009 because WB wanted a tent pole movie for that summer, and The Dark Knight made them plenty of money for 2008 anyway.
Yes. Alan Horn decided that. Awful guy, ruined autumn for us. They announced it with just a few months to go, too.
28:10 - Now I gotta wonder- can Luna actually sleepwalk back INTO the Ravenclaw dorm? Now that'd be impressive 😂
The weight of Snape being The Half-Blood Prince somehow failed to translate from the book to the movie.
In the book, the Half-Blood Prince's textbook was more than just a cheat code, Harry actually started to feel a bond with the owner. He repeatedly wondered who the owner was and at no point would you have imagined it was Snape.
More than Dumbledore's death, the Snape reveal as The Half-Blood Prince (and Dumbledore's killer) was more of a shocker for me.
That line, "You dare use my own spells against me" - blew my mind.
@1:00:22 Draco got that task, because his father had failed to retrieve the prophecy (previous movie/book). Voldemort punished the Malfoys for it.
exactly thanks for explaining it
LOL Harry stood up out of politeness as Ginny was taking her seat. It's fairly old fashioned. He wasn't about to go kick Dean's ass 🤣🤣🤣 I'd watch that though hahahaha
Luna continues to be delightful.
Fenwere Greyback is a werewolf. He was the one who bite Remus Lupin when Lupin was a child. Greyback bit him because Remus' father said something he did not like.
*Fenrir, FWIW
Also, Fenrir is a creep, and really loved biting/torturing children, if I remember the book correctly.
@@Judymoe I believe the book phrasing was he specifically placed himself near children when it was the full moon to have the best chance of being able to bite them.
@@JournoNerd312 He is also the only werewolf knowm to bite when not transformed.
I love that Navi and Rana both forgot almost everything but the big things. It felt like a couch full of first timers lol
almost forgot everything? they hint at a good amount of things. Pat or Spidey say something "wrong" and both Navi and Rana feel the need to correct them or convince them to be more "neutral". for example they love Draco solely because they know how the story ends and won't let the boys criticize him.
seems fake to me
"almost"? I'm not sure there's any part of this reaction I thought the girls had seen this. They seemed entirely oblivious.
@@timmlyyexactly! It's annoying me alot in these reactions. They keep imposing their nostalgia and forcing others for reaction. Don't even give time for the guys to soak in and breathe in to react to what's happening and understand, rather keep forcing answers from them and correcting them especially Rana..
even the shit they do remember they dont remember correctly. Navi has continuously given wrong information throughout the whole series so far
Dumbledore’s start of term speech is one of my favorite scenes of the movie and probably from Dumbledore, ever. It’s really poignant especially if you know what’s coming.
This is the best portrayal of Dumbledore out of any of the movies. It's just damn near perfect in this movie, and it's exactly how I imagine Dumbledore in the books. I liked Dumbledore in 1 and 2, but he just didn't have that swagger about him like he does in the books. But this movie's Dumbledore portrayal was great.
I just rewatched Harry Potter for Christmas and now I’m rewatching it with you guys 😂
34:30: he was afraid and guilty
In the book Dumbledore says Slughorn took precautions against veritaserum
Dumbledore actually wrote about about new uses of Dragon's blood.
Okay the couch synchronicity right here @1:06:55 had me WEAK!!!😂😂😂😂
I’m so excited that you guys reacted to this series. Y’all got me rewatching the movies after work just so I can enjoy the reaction. Super excited that Spidey and Pat are enjoying it as much as they do. It’s always fun seeing ppl really fall into HP in real time. Cannot wait to see everyone’s reaction to the last two!!
Thanks for making my week!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾Happy New Years (in advance) 🎊
I remember when my friend let me borrow her 2 last Harry Potter books back in High School, this one and Deatlhy Hallows. I finished Half Blood Prince in school, and immediately picked the next one, It was so cool to see the movies evolve, the books getting more serious, the cast growing up. There will never be another book/movie fever like this. Thank you for posting daily. This is awesome.
As it is set around Christmas and in the UK, the thing Ginny gave Harry to eat and what Ron was carrying on a plate were probably mince pies. These are small pies of containing a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices and suet. A traditional Christmas sweet treat in the UK and they're delicious!
So I think this is a good time to explain why nobody lasts as the defense against the dark arts teacher for more than a year, it's explained in the books. Voldemort applied to the job but was refused twice so out of pettiness he cursed the position forever
This movie always hits me hard. I don't know why some people call these children's movies the first two do have those aspects but after that, the series goes darker and darker and 6th 7th 8th movies were the peak. Half-Blood Prince mostly has night scenes and even when there are day scenes the colours used are such that they give dark depressing vibes well that's the beauty of this series you laugh you cry you attach to these characters. Many movies are better than Harry Potter, but the emotional attachment with the audience and nostalgia are unbeatable.
In case anyone hasn't said it yet, the dessert is called Protiferoles. It's a cream filled pastry ball using choux pastry, like an eclair
Cool! I won’t make this, but at least I know what to look for by name! Thanks!
@@galaxylucia1898 they're also called cream puffs in most American stores.
The whole series is about Harry and Voldemort - to say "Let's get a new villain. Voldemort has already been in every movie so far." is the same as saying "Let's get a new hero. Harry has already been in every movie so far."
Butterbeer is alcoholic. Not a lot, but it is. Its based on an old Tudor-era pub drink called butterred beere which is almost exactly what it sounds like. It's not bad. Warming. Good for winter.
One of my favourite parts of the Half Blood Prince (and the entire Harry Potter franchise as a whole) is the entire backstory of Tom Riddle/Lord Voldemort. The books go into even more fascinating detail, but the movie condensed version is still cool to watch.
*FUN FACT:* the actor of child Voldemort in this movie is Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin, the nephew of Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes (aka. the actor of the adult Lord Voldemort). Frank Dillane also did great as 16-year-old Tom Riddle in this movie.
cuting out merope to leave space for ginny feeding harry was a crime
My favorite detail that was cut was when Harry was in the astronomy tower with Dumbledore and Draco, Dumbledore had him petrified while under the invisibility cloak. Only after he fell and the spell was broken, Harry was still frozen from what he witnessed then he gets up to chase
@@Dannydarko27 yup. also the only reason draco disarmed dumbledore was because he was casting spell on harry to petrify him other wise even dying dumbledore under the post effects of emerald potion there is no way draco would disarm him
Dafaq is that name, poor kid, that's horrible
In the books he didnt drink all of luck potion and gave the rest to his friends so when deatheaters came to hogwarts they drunk it and didnt get hit while fighting (there was quite a big fight before harry and dumbledore returned)
Y’All bringing so much joy to my VERY boring work days with these!
Tom Felton is the star of this film. His performance is astounding here in my opinion.
The Dumbledore scene and the Malfoy scene at the end always make me cry...
This is my favorite one because it ages fantastically with the finale.
8:27 Spidey was excited about this while predicting the end plots is nothing to him😂😂
I need Spidey to speak up! This guy has wisdom on these situations!
52:04 Spidy reference to it like an old Crew-neck-member o da Crips😂😂😂
Totally captures the vibes from the book.
The most rainy weather Potter movie.
Vibes yes, but it's also got one of the few scenes in the saga that they invented entirely out of whole cloth. F*** that pointless-ass "Burn the Burrow down" scene and the dragon it rode in on. Honest to god have no idea what the hell they were thinking when writing and shooting that.
Lol no. This is 100% the worst HP movie. They totally butchered the book.
@@victorious8562 They so badly needed an editor to tell them what things were necessary to include and which weren't because so much of what was cut was just vital information for understanding what is going on.
Nah, the romance in the movie was so poorly written
Anyone who actually read the books, or applied their critical thinking hats for the movies, could surmise that Draco has ALWAYS been a bully - someone epitomized by their own frail vanity. Yes, he is cruel, but he’s a child. Why would Narcissa make an unbreakable vow with Professor Snape? Because they had both been privy to the fact that the Dark Lord commanded Draco to murder the Headmaster
I honestly never understood why they chose the orphanage memory instead of the Gaunts. Since they didn't use any of the actual information from the book Orphanage in that scene anyway, the Gaunts scene would have been significantly more informative.
Might have been harder to explain to people who didn't read the books...who the people in the gaunts scene were
What I think is really awesome, is that Maggie Smith was undergoing chemotherapy while filming.
Whoa is that true?
@@prathapkutty7407 , it is true. It was even addressed in the 20th anniversary special that was done.
@@meganhutcheson5867wow. 😲She is truly committed.
She's a fucking beast
Dude spidey catches on to things so effing fast he’s guessed like 20 things
14:31 When Professor Slughorn says only one brewed a sufficient potion, it is implied in the next scene that it is actually Snape since he is the half blood Prince
Profiteroles is what they're eating Rana! Bloody gorgeous things
20:26 this is the funniest moment for me😂😂😂
The actor who plays Cormac McLaggen (guy who has a crush on Hermione) also plays Vigilante in Peacemaker
out of the few times I've watched this movie... since I was little, I never ONCE realized there was a moving picture on that crumbled up paper. Let alone Malfoy XD
Super HAPPY you guys did this. Harry Potter was my Avengers!! Had all the books. Waited each year as a kid when the next movie would come out! I'm 32 now and Shout out to RANA!!! Bruh we would of been awesome friends if we met at school!! Navi your awesome!! And glad Pat and Spidey went to the Harry Potter adventure 🖤🖤🖤😎😎😎
This movie holds a special place in my heart cause it’s the only one I saw in theaters. I can distinctly remember watching the scene with Ginny and Harry kissing, and Dumbeldor’s death like it was yesterday.
Not sure if it mentions it in the movie but Harry gave the twins his winnings from the triwziard to start their shop.
It sucks that this movie doesn’t have Voldemort’s backstory the book is so good at explaining the sheer charming sociopathic nature of Tom riddle in his quest for immortality
Lemme add so much of Harry and dumbledores characterisation like so many beautiful scenesss
Also add the feiry Feistiness of Ginny that gets left out
They had less than 3 hours to adapt a book that's 650 pages long. I don't know what people expected. Lol.
@@MFBloosh These were literally the most interesting moments to understand why Riddle became a monster.
@@MFBlooshPeople expected a better job.
Take out the "burn down the Burrow" scene and you probably have time to get another memory in, namely one that involves the Horcruxes Harry wouldn't otherwise know without it so that you don't have to bulls**t into Harry knowing what all the Horcruxes are when covering the Seventh book.
@@MFBloosh It's just a bad adaptation... Who in the hell gives priority to teenage romance drama over backstory of voldemort and snape?? Dumbass people...
It's strange that Pat's the only one who questions why all these WIZARDS never use their MAGIC to solve literally all of their problems.
The youngest Tom Riddle was played by Ralph Fiennes' nephew, and the Hogwarts Tom that was collected by Slughorn was played by Frank Dillane, the son of Stephen Dillane, who played Stannis Baratheon in Game of Thrones. Frank was also in the first few seasons of Fear the Walking Dead.
Potions, and to all extents, spells, are not as simple as it’s uttered or created. Potions can take months or years to brew or create, with very specific ingredients and measurements (similar to studying and researching modern medicine). Powerful or more established wizards can cast spells without saying them, and you have to mean them for them to be effective. You can also create spells if you’re very good like Snape’s sectumsempra. These are kids/students so they only learn basic spells and potions making, which as of now, they just use over and over. It makes sense that the potions book with all the “cheat codes” belongs to Snape, since he’s been teaching potions for years before that and is masterful.
The "I just sort of go with it" and when he told Mrs. Weasley "I didn't know. Dumbledore" are some of my favorites. Who would've thought little Harry Potter from the Sorcerer's Stone would grow up to be so self-aware T_T
Romilda Vane was played by Anna Shaffer, she hasn't done much since but she's also Triss in the Netflix Witcher.
Love that dramione led to zuko/katara shout out 😂
When I first saw the shop that the twins made I thought it was amazing and always wondered how they funded it. (watched the movies before reading all the books) Thought it was wild how in the book, Harry gives the twins the prize money from the tri-wizard tournament which also thought was just a insane amount of money they gave away. He basically told them he already had too much money and they could put it to better use than he would at the moment.
58:35 Dumbledore's death was spoiled for me before I finished reading the book, so when the last book came out, I got it Friday evening and did nothing but read all weekend to finish it so no one at work would spoil it for me. My husband was so mad because I literally did NOTHING around the house all weekend, which was usually when I tried to do housework I needed to catch up on. One of the few fights we ever had. I won, of course. It was fhe final Harry Potter book. 'Nuff said. 1:08:24 Miracle Workers is hilarious! Steve Bushemi is in it as well.
you guys are too funny hahahah immagine Voldemort reading the book with galsses and learning new spelles hahaha
That opening Death Eater attack scene is absolute fire. 🔥
So is 32:09.
Aint no way she just said dumbledore died accidentally in the beginning of the video!
bro 37:00 I love how Dumbledore and Snape are just there listening like wtf is going on lmao
One thing worth mentioning is that the Weasley brothers started their own shop with the money Harry one in the triwizard tournament. He didn't want to keep it so he gave it to them.
I wanted Harry to date Luna, because they've both witnessed their mom's death, and they both don't mind odd behavior. Plus, Luna is very sweet and insightful.
Also, I don't remember if it was a book thing, but I thought that Dumbledore never gave Snape the DADA position *because* those professors never last more than a year, and he wanted him around.
You and I are the same. I always thought Harry and Luna were the best match of the series and it’s crazy to me that hardly anyone else thinks they’re well matched (especially compared to Ginny or Hermione)
16:20 Tom Marvolo Riddle's name was already recorded in the Book of Admittance since he was born. No professors in the school can get rid of him (especially when he was just a child).
Haha no Rana, they used two actors for young Tom Riddle. The youngest being Ralph Fiennes’s own nephew (Voldemort) 😊
In the books, Harry becomes absolutely obsessed with finding out what Draco is up to, even wanting to skip Quidditch to find out
This book might have also required a part 1 and part 2. They cut so much from the book including the battle they had in hogwarts that got Ron’s brother Bill turned into a werewolf
Bill didn't actually get turned. The werewolf Fenrir Greyback attacked and bit him, bit it wasn't a full moon. So ever the attack, Bill has scars and a liking for extra rare steak, but he wasn't turned into a full werewolf.
@@275EllaTM oh, thank you for clarifying 😁
@@Awkwardstefan007Np! It just always stuck with me because Greyback was so twisted. To bite and scratch someone when you're NOT turned into a werewolf, during a wizard duel? Creepy guy..
To me this is one of my favorites, thanks to Snape. Goblet of Fire and Half Blood Prince my two favorites for sure.
Magic can't do everything, it has rules and misteries. Death, Love, Mind, Time, Prophecies, etc. are subjets to investigation in the magic world, but it seems nothing can cheat death and bring dead ones to life again. Also the reason of Dumbledore leaving Harry with the Dursleys is because of Harry's Mom ancient magic of protection, if Harry stays close to those who has Lily Potter's blood he will be safe from Voldemort, that being Duddley and Petunia
I remember exactly where I was when I was reading the dumbledore scene. I was on the toilet in my parents house. Like oh sh** nahh, I mi's read, like what??? Then like, when's my mum getting home because she needs to read this right jow so I can discuss it with her
I remember reading this book. I was at my grandparents' place... I was about 14 yrs old. I remember calling my mom (although she was just
a block away) and bawling my eyes out about Albus's death. The book has such a nuanced story... the movies leave out so much... Absolutely adore Queen Jo...
The only other time I've actually cried myself dry was while reading Timeline by Michael Chrichton, when they visit Marek's grave in the epilogue
GREAT timing. I literally just finished watching, "The Order of the Phoenix" reaction from y'all lol
Yayyyyyyy I was hoping this was going to be posted today. Looked earlier but you hadn’t uploaded yet. Glad to get to listen to this while at work
6th months late, but at 05:00 the dragons blood gave him away because in Albus's youth he wanted to be an Alchemist not a dueling wizard... nicholas flamel took him under his wing and with his help he discovered the 12 uses of Dragons blood, so he was an expert on it when he tasted it, probably could have told Slughorn the exact breed it came from
glad she clarified snape is much younger than voldemort. lol
This film is Draco's film.
He starts out with his whole world turned upside down.
Draco grew up with his 'aristocratic' father in control of the Wizarding World social and political spheres. The Malfoys were top of the heap, important, influential.
Following the situation at the Ministry of Magic, the Malfoys have been plunged into scandal. Draco's father Lucius has been found out as a Death Eater and supporter of Voldemort. Lucius has been tried and sent to Azkaban and the family are now pariahs among wizards.
And Voldemort is furious that Lucius BROKE the Prophesy he was sent to retrieve from Harry Potter; this puts the entire family in danger, because Voldemort is a murderous monster. Voldemort has taken possession of Malfoy Manor during Lucius's imprisonment. That terrorism in Diagon Alley was the destruction of Ollivander's Wand Shop and the kidnapping of Ollivander, who is now kept in the Malfoy cellar where he is tortured for wandlore information.
Draco blames Harry for the predicament the Malfoys are in. He is full of rage and easily fell for Voldemort's recruitment of him as a new Death Eater and has accepted Voldemort's orders to carry out certain 'tasks' at Hogwarts. (Draco doesn't know that Voldemort does not expect Draco to be successful, that he will fail at his tasks, and Voldemort will just kill Draco for failing.) This is where the film begins.
But as the film goes on, Draco has second thoughts. The time outside of his father's influence and the harm he causes people at Hogwarts makes him reconsider...well...everything he thought he knew. Including whether his father earned the idolization Draco had always shown him.
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The red substance that dripped onto Harry's forehead is an ancient plant resin called 'dragon's blood'. It's a real thing in the real world. It comes from a plant native to a portion of a desert in the Middle East. It's very mild tasting and safe to ingest and was once used to preserve wine. The resin can be ground into a powder to use along or in a mix as an incense.
Historically, it was believed to be magically protective, whether it was burned as an incense or worn as an anointing oil. Mixed with other incense, it was believed to intensify the magical properties of the incense into which it was mixed.
It makes sense that Dumbledore tastes it; there's no other way to easily identify it. Likely Slughorn put some around to help protect himself from the Death Eaters trying to recruit him. Yes, Dumbledore knows the taste of dragon's blood. Go back to the first film, on the train to Hogwarts; Harry reads the trading card that came with the chocolate frog and it states Dumbledore knows all 19 uses of dragon's blood.
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Best you know that Draco's mom Narcissa's maiden name is Black, her sister is Bellatrix [Black] Lestrange, and their sister Andromeda [Black] Tonks is mother to Nymphadora Tonks.
The Wizarding World is a small world, especially among the purebloods; they are all related to each other, which explains the high degree of insanity among purebloods. The saving grace for magical folk has been intermarrying with muggles, and actually about 50% of wizards/witches are half-bloods. Even Voldemort is a half-blood, as is Dumbledore, McGonagall, Hagrid, Snape, Trelawney, Flitwit, Umbridge, and Harry, among others.
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Did you notice what was in little Tommy Riddle's sparse room?
There were seven rocks on his windowsill.
And there was a photograph (stuck on the wall above his desk) of a rock wedge island in the sea offset from coastal cliffs.
That rock island is where Dumbledore takes Harry to collect the locket Voldemort hid there.
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This year, with Voldemort increasing his efforts, Dumbledore has set up protections that keep everything out.
One of Draco's tasks is to set up a vanishing cabinet, fix it (they are temperamental and break down easily), and open a way into the school for Death Eaters to use...
Draco is testing the vanishing cabinet, to make certain it's safe for people to use. First he sends the apple, to make certain things are going to the other vanishing cabinet. Draco also has two canaries to send, one yellow and one black; they're being sent to test whether living things can be sent safely. The first canary sent is a yellow one, but the cabinet 'misfires' and the canary is returned dead (no one killed it, it just didn't get transported safely).
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What the Slughorn Dinner Club are eating is NOT ice cream; they're a kind of small cream puffs called profiteroles (google it).
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Ron has a bad habit of ingesting anything he suspects of being ingestible. That's how he got overdosed with Harry's Love potion laced candles.
Slughorn gives Ron the countercharm for the love potion, then decides to share a toast with Ron and Harry, but again Ron starts wolfing down the mead instead of waiting until the toast is completed. And the mead is poisoned (it was given to Slughorn, who was planning to regift it to Dumbledore).
Harry does the right thing, rifling through Slughorn's supplies to find a bezoar to give Ron. Remember in the first film, when Snape asks Harry if he knew where to find a bezoar? A bezoar is a natural object believed to reverse the effects of poison.
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I still say Draco was in the lavatory crying tears of regret, guilt, fear, and desperation. He has no one he can confide in or ask for help; he feels alone and trapped. And he feels really bad about hurting innocent people.
If Harry had stopped to ask Draco why he was crying, instead of immediately attacking him, I have to wonder how this story would have gone from there.
Also, in this scene Draco is wearing more white than he ever wore in any other scene in the franchise. It seems telling of a change in Draco, that his character was changing. He was having a revelation.
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Dumbledore is so on top of things. Like Spidey says, Dumbledore's playing 8D chess...
There's a reason he pulled out his wand on Draco; he knew Draco was high on adrenalin that he would reflexively panic and strike that wand out of Dumbledore's hand, disarming him. That's what Dumbledore wanted; it transfers the wand to Draco, makes Draco the wand's true master. Later, you'll see this improves Harry's survivability...
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So, everybody has a backstory...
There's a reason Tom Riddle ended up a psychopath.
Tom's mother fell in love with a muggle, Tom's father and namesake (Jr & Sr).
Tom's mother resorted to dosing Tom Sr with love potion, to get him to marry her and stay with her.
Tom Sr was on so much love potion that it affected his genetics.
Even in real life, environmental chemicals can affect men who then pass on damage to their children.
Tom Jr was conceived while Tom Sr was still being flooded with love potion, and it destroyed Tom Jr's ability to feel empathy, love, or bonding.
Tom Jr is literally 'damaged goods', and since the damage is from magical cause, it's irreversible.
He can't help being that way; he's emotionally handicapped.
So Snape is half-blood and his moms maiden name is Prince hence the nickname the Half-Blood Prince
The place by the ocean with the rock is a place where the orphans go to look at the ocean as a little trip, but Voldemort would like use his crude magic he had at that age to torment the other orphans there. So he liked that place and made a hiding place for his horcrux. And there's ton of memories about Voldemort cut from the film. It's unfortunate.
I love Draco here. His performance is so good compared to the other movies.
I can't wait to see their reaction in snape memories
Idk if anyone mentions it or knows, but the boy who plays young Tom in the orphanage is the nephew of Ralph Fiennes, who plays Voldemort.
just fun cool fact that hero fiennes-tiffin (famously known rn for the after movies) played the kid tom riddle. hero is also the nephew of ralph fiennes, actor for voldemort.
Fun fact: the kid playing young Voldemort in the orphanage is Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Ralph Fiennes’ (voldemort) nephew!
Hero is also in those cheesy Wattpad movies “After” & “After We Collide”.
The cliff place is a field trip that the orphanage went to and the caves was where Tom and two other kids went to explore and the other two kids died. His first kill was there so he hid a horcrux there. He’s very symbolic with where he hides them and where/what he chooses
Profiteroles Rana, choux pastry buns, whipped cream inside them, chocolate sauce