MAJOR scenes rumored to be cut from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I’ve got some really, really bad news for you guys.
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According to a couple of different sources, the following is happening with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
- The only scene Natalia Tena (Tonks) has filmed for the movie, isn’t actually in the book at all.
- She was only on set for the part where Death Eaters attack the Burrow at Christmas (where Harry & the Weasleys are present).
- She said that none of the angst of her character is there - indeed, she and Lupin are just suddenly a couple when they meet there.
Oh, but that’s not the worst of it (although that is bad enough). No. This is the worst of it.
THEY HAVE CUT DUMBLEDORE’S FUNERAL.
What. The. Hell. Is. Wrong. With. These. People. That scene is CRUCIAL to the series. What, are we just going to cut away from his broken body and go on our merry way? Plus, Remus got majorly shafted in the books themselves (not to mention Tonks) and now obviously the movies are just making sure we really get it.
Does JK Rowling really approve of this? Honestly, how crappy is this movie going to be without the closure of Dumbledore’s funeral?!?!?!?!?
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14 opinions for MAJOR scenes rumored to be cut from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Momo
May 6, 2008 at 12:45
hard to accept, but it’s a film, it has 2 hours or so to tell the same story the book does. I trust they will find a way to work the crucial information/emotion that the funeral gave us into other scenes and basically compress it in a way in which the ending still works. That is the script writer’s job after all. I am sad about Tonks and Remus being cut so much, but like I said, it’s a film, it only has little time to tell the story compared to the book.
But maybe it helps to keep in mind that a film has something the book doesn’t have, which is visual story telling. Hopefully it will be done well so that a lot can be told via the visuals and we are not ACTUALLY loosing much of the essential.
taylor
May 6, 2008 at 16:41
momo, my buddy!!! how are you chum? i havent heard from you in a while.
i know this sounds kinda creepy, but i kinda agree with you. now normally, i would have said the opposite of what you said, just to annoy you, but i have to agree with you on this issue. i actuall heard a rumor earlier about dumbeldore’s funeral being cut, and i was kind of okay with it. keep in mind, i love dumbledore and he was one of my favorite adults in HP, but i was wondering how they could show this, and all the emotion would be hard to catch on camera. my only question now is (since i am a die hard h/g shipper), when and where is harry gonna tell ginny they cant be together, or will they even have harry break up with ginny at all in the film?????? hmmm…..
im thinking they wont “break up” at all, b/c it would just confuse all the people in the theater who dont actually read the books (the losers). and also b/c they have a nice little makeout session on harry’s birthday, and that would just confuse them even more. so…
vive xe
taylor
May 6, 2008 at 16:45
ooh, and im a little dissapointed about tonks, but i so knew it was gonna happen. she is like THE coolest adult character, but she kind of has her own plot, different than harry’s.
but if tonks is only in the burrow scene, who is going to rescue harry after draco attacks him on the train. harry would still be on the hogwarts express all these years later under his invisibility cloak if tonks hadnt saved him. wonder whos going to save him in the movie. maybe snape…
taylor
May 6, 2008 at 16:45
vive xe
hermioneg247
May 6, 2008 at 19:59
ughhh why do they have to do this?!?! i understand that it’s a movie and they have to compress stuff but THIS IS A CRUCIAL SCENE! first of all, the saying goodbye and stuff of dumbledore (what are they gonna do for the last movie w/ the wand and stuff and his tomb? secondly, the h/g thing– they HAVE to break up– its inevitable- they can’t be together for the last for it to follow the story line (not like the script writer cares)– also i <3 tonks!! she totally got jipped in the 5th– when she dies in the last movie people are not gonna care like i did when i read the book
lupin has been totally taken out and so has tonks– it’ll just be random in the 7th– suddenly they’re together and have a kid– what’s next- will they not include teddy? this is idiotic
the writers really need to stick to the book or the movies are gonna suck– although i still love the movies they keep deviating more and more from the book and i’m starting to like them less and less. hopefully this is just a rumor (fingers crossed)
vive xe
a y n a .
May 7, 2008 at 00:20
OMGG
NOO
STUIPED IDIOTS!
Yedi Weasley
May 7, 2008 at 08:49
That is sad that they have to cut that scene out it was a very main important part in the book! But it is hard to put the Whole book in a 2 hr. movie…so from that point i understand them!
Kevin
May 7, 2008 at 13:01
What Daetheater attack scene occurs at the Burrow in Half Blood Prince over Christmas?
In Half Blood Prince, Percy and Scrimjaw show up during Christmas!!!!!!!!!
Deatheaters don’t show up Draco is able to get them in Hogwarts!!!!
I don’t understand why they feel the need to limit the length of these movies. Some of the top grossing pictures of ALL TIME are 3 hours plus!!!!
If it is good movie people won’t notice how long it is!
taylor
May 7, 2008 at 15:41
yo, kevin, keep up with the times!!!! they announced weeks ago that they were gonna add a scene in HBP. harrys over for christmas and bellatrix and greyback attack the burrow. they did this with Jo’s blessing b/c they said that they wanted us to know that the wizarding world isnt safe. jo makes that clear as the books go on, but this scene just kinda tells you that nothing is safe to your face.
actually, the script for that scene leaked online. not that they were saying much besides, “look out” and a couple of random spells and some “harry!!!”s thrown in for good measure.
apple22
May 8, 2008 at 07:58
Lately it seems like JkR only cares about money. Where’s the integrity of the books? They should just make the film longer instead of cutting it.
Kevin
May 8, 2008 at 10:49
Every single “change” that has been made for the movies has not resulted in a better movie.
The most offensive of these were:
1. in Prizoner of Azkaban:
The Petronis NOT being a Giant stag and charging down the Dementors (also Order of the Phoenix) The “bombarda spell” Hermione used to free Sirius, not taking about 1 minute at the end when Lupin gives Harry the marauders map back and telling him his father helped create it
Harry: Professor, how is it you know how to use the map?
Lupin: Why I’m Moony, Sirius is Padfoot, Peter was Wormtail and your father was Prongs
2. in Goblet of Fire, Harry vs Dragon (movie version has the dragon dying, not nearly as suspenceful as the book where he has to tease the dragon into moving and then just barely getting to the egg without serious injury), Harry in the lake (the silly “ascendium spell” to get him out of the water) and the “magic shrubs” in the maze (how unbelievably BORING!!!!!!!!!), THE COMPLETE LACK OF SCORING FOR THE TASKS, Voldemort resurrection scene (that seemed to last only 5 minutes and had Fienes rushing thru his lines as if he was for something)
3. in order of the Phoenix: replacing the Creevy brothers with the “whatever the the character’s name is”, replacing Doby’s significant impact on Harry with Neville ( THE death in Deathly Hallows that impacts Harry the most )
and “bombarda maxima” used by Umbridge to magically blast open the door of the room of requirement …
I could go on but I hope my point is well taken.
JKR gave us an “flavorful story” and the movies turned it into an imitation vanilla outline.
It just irks me that when the books where released the first thing the movie producers did was discuss what parts of the books will be cut!
How about trying to convert the book to a screenplay first then edit to make the movie and just like Lord of the Rings release a “special edition with hours of extra footage”
Oh but by all means continue to waste 15 - 30 minutes on the end credits and then have the balls to include that in the length of the films!!!!
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Lander
Jun 16, 2008 at 16:19
while all of you have good points, you have to realize that they DON’T have to put the book into a 2 hour movie. they could go to 2 1/2, 3, or even more hours. these last two movies are the ones that are going to bring the Harry Potter story to an end, and the writers, director, producer, and even JK Rowling have to see that without all these crucial scenes in the movies, the ending of the series will not make sense. i sincerely hope someone makes some type of action to put these scenes into the movies, because they need to be there. if not, i know i will be one of many millions of disappointed fans.
Jamie
Jun 22, 2008 at 21:17
So make the movie longer, and stop screwing up the story! People don’t have a problem with the length of the Lord of the Rings movies; they won’t have a problem with Harry Potter being a 3 hour movie. They botched up 5 so bad that it’s frightening! PLEASE don’t make the same mistakes in 6. The fans know the story, and they’re going to want to see the key parts included (how many people who didn’t read the books know ANYTHING about Neville’s involvement with the Prophecy?)
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