Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Ultimate Edition) [Blu-ray]
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Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. E
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction — the Horcruxes. On their own and on the run, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever…but Dark Forces in their midst threaten to tear them apart. Meanwhile the wizarding world has become a dangerous place. The long-feared war has begun and the Dark Lord has seized control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arre
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dvd details,
Since I had to look elsewhere for DVD details (to decide whether to buy the 2-disc or one-disc film), I thought I’d post here:
1-Disc Wide screen and Full Screen DVD
*Includes both a wide screen and full screen version of the film.
*No special features
*RRP $28.98
2-Disc Digital Copy Special Edition DVD
*Widescreen version only
*Additional scenes (6:31)
*Close-Up with the Cast and Crew of Harry Potter special. Matthew Lewis (“Neville Longbottom”) and Alfred Enoch (“Dean Thomas”) lead us on an entertaining look at the cast of Harry Potter as they explore their interests away from acting and spend a day on set with the production team (28:30)
*J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life: A fascinating and intimate look into the life of J.K. Rowling over the last year of writing “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” (49:32)
*One Minute Drills: The cast has 60 seconds to describe their character’s personality, history, relationships and other traits before time runs out (6:43)
*What’s On Your Mind: Hosted by Tom Felton, the cast is put on the spot when asked a series of rapid-fire questions on their likes and dislikes. (6:41)
*Universal’s “The Wizarding World of Harry Potter” Sneak Peek: Get an “inside look” at the amazing world of magic and excitement being created at Universal Orlando® Resort in Florida (11:38)
*Digital Copy of the theatrical film (2nd disc)
*RRP $34.99
I can’t believe the negative reviews. I read the book and thought the filmmakers did a fantastic job with it. Anyone who wants a film to be an exact replica of any book should do themselves a favor and just read the book again. Am looking forward to enjoying it again (and again) on DVD.
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|So sad, so… very… sad.,
First. please let me say that I adore (nay, worship) the Harry Potter stories. So, being a gen-you-wine “Potter-Head” I was first in line to see Half-Blood Prince.
It was an interesting movie. Nice special effects.
Disjointed enough however that one MUST have seen all the previous movies and/or read the books to follow the plot.
…Most importantly, it bears little resemblance to the Harry Potter books!!!
Really. I can forgive replacing the actions of one character with another character, to save time, I can even forgive eliminating whole chapters for the sake of brevity, but to change scenes, edit whole parts, and invent whole chapters???
Beware, below, there be SPOILERS! Don’t read if you haven’t watched!
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Some examples of lost scenes:
-Dumbledore confronting the Dursley’s? Gone.
-The invention of a fight at the burrow, including the destruction of the whole house? Really? Where’s Bill & Fleur going to get married next movie? (Oh that’s right, in the movies, they AREN’T! Heck, they aren’t even in -this- movie!)
-The “Meeting of the Ministers” scene? Gone. Heck there’s absolutely NO sign of Scrimgeour -anywhere- in the whole movie!
-Tonks rescuing Harry from the train? Nope, now it’s Luna, looking for Wrackspurts, and removing Harry’s invisibility cloak with her wand. (As A Deathly Hallow, it should be immune to summoning and/or levitation charms.)
-The slow build up leading to the Quiddich victory kiss? Gone. Now just a “close your eyes” peck in the Room of Requirement, and this was done horribly!!
-The two months of Harry & Ginny dating? Gone.
-Harry breaking up with Ginny to protect her? Gone!
-Harry’s ownership of Grimmauld Place and Kreacher? (Key for the next movie) Gone.
-The Gaunt house flash-backs? Both gone. And with them any mention of Merope, Voldemort’s mother. Gone too the mention of her locket by Caractacus Burke.
-The memories of Hokey the house elf, and of Dumbledore’s job interview with Voldemort? (Key for the next movie) Gone. In fact, all references to the valuable heirlooms such as Hufflepuff’s cup are gone.
-Crabb & Goyle polyjuiceing into girls to stand watch? (would have been funny, but…) Gone.
-Snapes “Defense Against the Dark Arts” lessons? Gone.
-Apparition lessons and test? Gone.
-Hermione & Ron’s Prefect status? (Well, since it wasn’t mentioned LAST film, why mention it now?)
-Harry’s appointment as Quiddich captain? (Not mentioned, only implied during the tryouts)
-Mundungus stealing Sirius’ property? (KEY for the next movie) Gone.
-Snap’s betrayal of Trelawney’s prophecy to Voldemort? (HUGE!) Gone!!!
-Harry petrified by Dumbledoor to protect him? GONE!
-The Hogwarts battle between Death Eaters and Order members? (and Bill’s disfigurement?) GONE!!
-Dumbledore’s funeral? GONE!!!!
…oh sure, we’ll probably get to see a few of the minor bits I’ve mentioned in the “deleted scenes” portion of the “Deluxe” version of the DVD, but for this screen version, We get such useless add-on scenes as:
-All the trees around the burrow (HP 2/the flying car shot) have been cut down and replaced by a marsh?
-Harry wandering the underground, and chatting up a waitress??
-The aforementioned Burrow fight and subsequent burning??
Not to mention, Harry NOT petrified, but willingly hiding and watching Dumbledore’s assassination? (Does anyone besides me see how that fundamentally would change Harry’s view of himself?) Yeash!
And WHAT the heck was up with Jessie Cave/Lavender Brown? Worst acting since Brother Sun/Sister Moon! They tested 7000 girls, and they picked a 2nd rate ham? In fact, they tested using the hospital scene, which was single-handedly the worst scene she did in the film!
Ok, ok, on the positive side, the Quidditch tryouts and match were well done, and Dumbledore and Harry’s apparition is depicted quite well.
All in all, I am happy they are making Harry Potter movies, but they are -nothing- compared to the books, and THIS one should be prefaced with “Loosely based on the novel by J. K. Rowling”!!
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|Don’t Buy This Edition. Great Film, but Not the Extended Version!,
Warner Brothers is trying to fool us again – calling this an “Ultimate Edition” when it is NOT the extended version of the film. It comes with behind the scenes extras and commentaries, but the movie itself is the same! I expect this is because they decided after the first 2 Ultimate Editions that they would wait and re-release all 8 movies at once in another Ultimate Edition, but this time a Box Set with extended versions of all films – to entice everyone to buy all the movies yet again. Hold off for now and watch your DVD copies – next year we can all buy the REAL Ultimate Editions!
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|Extra Features Are The Shortest I’ve Seen Not Worth Buying Again!,
I already had the blue ray combo but I didn’t have a blue ray player.So I finally broke down and bought the walmart 2 disc and boy was I disappointed.All the features are extremely short didn’t time it but I would be surprised if everything totaled more than 30 minutes.Total waste of money and the features leave you wondering what was that.WB really ripped us off on this whole hp release.
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|DVD-Watchers Unite and Rebel!,
Everyone knows what ‘Harry Potter’ in general is all about, let alone this movie, so let’s just talk the DVD.
I’m really having a problem with this big move to Blu Ray. I have no reason to just go and spend extra good money on a Blu Ray player just yet, not when I still have a finely working DVD player which I also spent good money on. And yet it seems like they’re trying to force us to get a Blu Ray player if we want all the special features. If you want the special features for ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1′, you’d either have to get the Blu Ray or the DVD/Blu Ray combo. You can get the DVD-only version, if you’re merely content with the deleted scenes. With this kind of treatment, I’d so far as say that us DVD-watchers are being discriminated against.
Thankfully, I find out about this two-disc DVD release just like the previous DVD’s. If there’s one complaint to be had, keeping it from getting the full five stars, it doesn’t have *all* the special features that the Blu Ray has. I guess for whatever odd reason they couldn’t squeeze everything in, and so they cherry-picked what they could. It’s great that it has the ‘On the Green with Rupert, Tom, Oliver, and James’ and the deleted scenes, but it would’ve been nice if it still had that one video about the actors playing the Dursleys, who all bid their fond farewells. Still, this 2-disc DVD release makes my collection on the shelf feel more even, and I hope I’ll be just as fortunate whenever the final Harry Potter film comes out.
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|The Vultures Didn’t Get Me!,
It really pays to read these reviews.I Just payed $19.96+tax for the Harry Potter 2Disc Special Edition Of
Deathly Hallows.I purchased it at Wal-Mart,and so should you!We all work to hard for our money,just to give
it to some blood sucking vulture with absolutely no morals.As for the movie itself…Another great installment
in the series.As these guys mature,so does the theme of these movies.Some very young children may find the
darker theme a little discomforting.
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