Just saw Half-blood prince

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Well, they couldn't exactly have the Battle of Hogwarts because the D.A. wasn't implemented in the movies. I already knew there wouldn't be a battle scene at the end and didn't bother reading a shred of what was already in the movie.

I like how they portrayed Malfoy, but I do not like how they did the closet scenes. It seemed too random... Pointless. Oh, quick nerd moment here. I laughed with my family that the bird in the closet was actually Schrodinger's cat.

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What? Dumbledore's Army was established in the movies (have you seen the 5th one?), but that's not important anyway. Teachers, students and Order members were all fighting the Death Eaters in the Hogwarts battle of book 6. There was no reason to leave it out, and it's terrible that they did. Only reason I can see is money + time. It just added to the horrible weakening of the supposed-to-be-powerful ending.

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That reminds me of another of my favorite scenes they really ruined. Using sectum sempra for the first time on Draco in the bathroom. I thought the spell itself was done decently, but not having Snape react and demand Harry bring him the Potions book made me upset. They ruined that scene. In the book I really felt Harry was terrified at what he'd done...I didn't feel that in the movie. It was like, lol better get rid of book now.

On that note, did anyone else notice how little attention they even gave to the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book? It felt like a minor part of the movie, when it's like...supposed to be insanely important. lol You know, with the TITLE even mentioning it. I was afraid they weren't even going to reveal it was Snape's for a while there. haha At least they did that.

And yeah, I didn't like all the crap with Draco testing it either. I agree his character was well done though.