Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince- spoiled.

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I suppose JKR couldn't make it too scary. Or she'd get thousands of parents complaining that thier little bratling wet it's nappy all night.

My cousin, who was 12 at the time, saw CoS with me.

I had to sleep over with him and he not only wet the bed, but he also could not go to sleep because of the basilisk.

[jellyoflight]

I suppose JKR couldn't make it too scary. Or she'd get thousands of parents complaining that thier little bratling wet it's nappy all night.

My cousin, who was 12 at the time, saw CoS with me.

I had to sleep over with him and he not only wet the bed, but he also could not go to sleep because of the basilisk.

Well, yeah, but when I saw CoS, I was 12 at the time, and I laughed because the basilisk was so hillariously pathetic

[o_0]

Bah. I got scared when Harry stuck the sword up the basilisk's mouth and killed it. Well, not really scared, but more queasy. I mean, it went right through its head. :S

But, to get back on topic.

I wonder how they'll fit this book into a movie. I mean, what stuff can they leave out? Much of the book is essential to the plot. :-/ I personally wouldn't mind having to sit through a 4 hour long movie, but I don't want them to break it up into two.

I also wonder what this one will be rated. My guess is PG-13, but then if you think of it, there is A LOT of violence in the end of the book. =/

[Hil]

Hehe...I like that part when Crabbe (or Goyle) took a polyjuice potion and turned into a little girl and Harry snuck up on "her" and was like "You're a pretty girl, aren't you?"

Ok...first off...I forgot most of what happened in the 4th and 5th book. This is because I read them so fast I think...and a while ago. Actually, I remember most of the 5th, but not the 4th. I guess I'll have to reread it. (I read the first 3 twice and have the movies) I took my time on this one...in no hurry to finish it. In fact, I just finished it last night. I wanted to savor the book.

What I don't understand is whether Snape really is evil. In Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, he put a countercurse on Harry when Quirrell was cursing him. Why? I know he had a promise to Dumbledore or whatever, but did he break it in this book because of the unbreakable vow? Why did he want to help Draco and go back to how he was?

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[Nulashae]

I suppose JKR couldn't make it too scary. Or she'd get thousands of parents complaining that thier little bratling wet it's nappy all night.

My cousin, who was 12 at the time, saw CoS with me.

I had to sleep over with him and he not only wet the bed, but he also could not go to sleep because of the basilisk.

Pah! I AM 12 and as such I saw CoS when I was... 8-9 maybe? The basilisk didn't really phase me at all for some reason. Odd really. I can't watch horror movies *cough*Ring*cough* but three years earlier watching a giant snake attack the protogonist, get its eyes clawed out, and leak blood didn't bug me at all.

Movie ratings are bound to reach PG-13 eventually. The books are getting more, em, mature as we go, so yeah. I would love to sit through a 4 hour movie if it provided all the information needed, but I can think of a lot of other people who wouldn't. They may be able to clip out the first chapter of HBP, and maybe compress romance stuff, but I don't really know what else they could do. I just pray for a better script than Prizoner of Azkaban.

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It'd be funny if they did include the first chapter, and Tony Blair made an appearance.

Or was it Major who was PM at the time?

o.o What year did it happen again? xD

[Josephine]

It might even have been Maggie Thatcher.

Good grief.

[o_0]

It might even have been Maggie Thatcher.

Good grief.

But the book takes place in the nineties.

[Moogum]

Book one starts in '91... even if it was published in '97....

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Book one starts in '91... even if it was published in '97....

So it starts in 91, so it would be 96. That's Major, right?

[Igg]

Major was 1990-1997.

[SpiraLethe]

Hehe...I like that part when Crabbe (or Goyle) took a polyjuice potion and turned into a little girl and Harry snuck up on "her" and was like "You're a pretty girl, aren't you?"

Ok...first off...I forgot most of what happened in the 4th and 5th book. This is because I read them so fast I think...and a while ago. Actually, I remember most of the 5th, but not the 4th. I guess I'll have to reread it. (I read the first 3 twice and have the movies) I took my time on this one...in no hurry to finish it. In fact, I just finished it last night. I wanted to savor the book.

What I don't understand is whether Snape really is evil. In Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, he put a countercurse on Harry when Quirrell was cursing him. Why? I know he had a promise to Dumbledore or whatever, but did he break it in this book because of the unbreakable vow? Why did he want to help Draco and go back to how he was?

Saving Harry definitly helps solidify his "good guy" image in the eyes of Dumbledore. Back then, Snape didn't know Voldemort has returned.

The Unbreakable Vow between him and Narcissa intrigues me. Why did he do it? He need not prove himself in front of Bellatrix, or does he? Maybe he's secretly in love with Narcissa </ridiculous notion>. (Snape? Love? HA!)

[fzun]

I suppose JKR couldn't make it too scary. Or she'd get thousands of parents complaining that thier little bratling wet it's nappy all night.

My cousin, who was 12 at the time, saw CoS with me.

I had to sleep over with him and he not only wet the bed, but he also could not go to sleep because of the basilisk.

I read CoS for the first time when I was 11 and when I got to the part about the basilisks I got so scared I had nightmares that night XD

[o_0]

Hehe...I like that part when Crabbe (or Goyle) took a polyjuice potion and turned into a little girl and Harry snuck up on "her" and was like "You're a pretty girl, aren't you?"

Ok...first off...I forgot most of what happened in the 4th and 5th book. This is because I read them so fast I think...and a while ago. Actually, I remember most of the 5th, but not the 4th. I guess I'll have to reread it. (I read the first 3 twice and have the movies) I took my time on this one...in no hurry to finish it. In fact, I just finished it last night. I wanted to savor the book.

What I don't understand is whether Snape really is evil. In Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, he put a countercurse on Harry when Quirrell was cursing him. Why? I know he had a promise to Dumbledore or whatever, but did he break it in this book because of the unbreakable vow? Why did he want to help Draco and go back to how he was?

Saving Harry definitly helps solidify his "good guy" image in the eyes of Dumbledore. Back then, Snape didn't know Voldemort has returned.

The Unbreakable Vow between him and Narcissa intrigues me. Why did he do it? He need not prove himself in front of Bellatrix, or does he? Maybe he's secretly in love with Narcissa </ridiculous notion>. (Snape? Love? HA!)

Snape is a Death Eater. He made the Unbreakable Vow because if he had not, he would have betrayed himself to Voldemort (him being the one sheltering Pettigrew may make him a very high positioned Death Eater). Bella would have told on him and his cover would have been blown.

[.:Compact Disk:.]

I suppose JKR couldn't make it too scary. Or she'd get thousands of parents complaining that thier little bratling wet it's nappy all night.

My cousin, who was 12 at the time, saw CoS with me.

I had to sleep over with him and he not only wet the bed, but he also could not go to sleep because of the basilisk.

I read CoS for the first time when I was 11 and when I got to the part about the basilisks I got so scared I had nightmares that night XD

I was afraid to open my eyes in the morning because I thought a Basalisk would be in the room with me. xD