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Lil' Voldemort!! Gandalf...err... Dumbledore In Battle!! New Images From HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE Appear Online!!

Published at:  Jul 29, 2008 2:44:41 PM CDT


Merrick here...


USA Today has posted two images from HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.

One reveals the film's 11 year old incarnation of Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), played...appropriately enough...by Fiennes' 10 year old nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin.

The other pic shows Dumbeldore (Michael Gambon ) battling Inferi in a shot that evokes a moment from THE LORD OF THE RINGS movies.


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    Readers Talkback

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:44:31 PM CDT

    EARTHQUAKE!

    by speed fricassee

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:44:59 PM CDT

    2nd!

    by ben04

  • Jul 29, 2008 2:47:18 PM CDT

    Trailer?

    by angry bald guy

    I wanted the trailer not pics!!! D'oh!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:47:27 PM CDT

    Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

    by o_goncho

    lol, you're shitting me.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:49:05 PM CDT

    I wish Patrick Stewart had been Dumbledore

    by all

    Gambon's always so reactive, angry, scared and unsteady. Professor X would've been perf.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:49:47 PM CDT

    holy crap

    by ben04

    they named the kid hero. badass

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:50:06 PM CDT

    not gandalf....yoda

    by bacci40

    watch the final fight scene from the last movie...ripped from epi 2...christ, steal from something good...oh wait, rowling did that when she took the entire concept of potter from the books of magic...nevermind

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:50:31 PM CDT

    I hope they get this one right

    by kneprock

    I was underwhelmed by the last one. Oh and I hope they give us move Tonks in this one

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:53:27 PM CDT

    this was my favourite book of the series

    by ben04

    hope they dont screw it up. goblet of fire was my favourite before that one, and it ended up being my least favourite of the film series.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:55:07 PM CDT

    Apparently the trailer goes live today

    by mefrog

    That's what I was hoping to see when I saw the headline.

    Damn.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 2:56:32 PM CDT

    Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

    by o_goncho

    Seriously, Merrick... seriously?

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:00:23 PM CDT

    Anyone still cares about HP?

    by underdogthe3rd

    I mean, really? An english nerd who uses magic to solve all his problems. And people think that is literature... How sad.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:03:30 PM CDT

    I can't wait for this

    by superjim

    I can't see how they can do the final scenes justice though, given the teenage target audience. I also hope that they find some way to make is so that the Pensieve scenes don't feel like they take up the whole of the film.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:05:59 PM CDT

    I posted that last comment

    by superjim

    Then read the first photo description over on USA today and it seems that they have done exactly that. Condensed the memories in 2 or 3 scenes....good show.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:06:10 PM CDT

    It's not literature

    by ranma627

    It's entertainment. It's a series about characters you come to love and care about. What's so wrong with that, underdog? I absolutely adore the books and even though the films have gotten worse and worse I still get excited when a new film is released. Plus, this is the best book in the series so what's not to be excited about? And the film isn't about some english nerd who uses magic to solve his problems. It's about friendship and loyalty among many other things. It seems you never even touched any of the books.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:08:06 PM CDT

    They should have superimposed Ralph Fienne's head...

    by tonagan

    on a little kid's body, like that Wayans brothers movie.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:14:10 PM CDT

    UGH...

    by obsd

    Contain the memories in 2 or 3 scenes. You know what that means from this director, don't you? More montages! Woo-hoo! Seeing as the last HP was at least 1/3 montage, that's great news! Oh, wait. No, that sucks a bag of dicks.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:19:52 PM CDT

    Hero Fiennes-Tiffin

    by o_goncho

    I wish his name was my name :(

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:22:15 PM CDT

    Man...I miss Richard Harris....................

    by flickapoo

    ...not the biggest fan of the HP movies, but I would have liked to see Richard Harris in action as Dumbledore's role becomes more serious....

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:23:15 PM CDT

    actualy,

    by imascooby1985

    it doesnt mean more ontages, it means more time spent on the love stories. The crew and director have already stated that the majority of this film will be focusing on the relationships between Ron/Lavender/Hermione and Harry/Ginny, with the penseive scenes (which are what the book is really all about) being relegated to only 3 scenes. Which is complete bs. But oh well, I will watch it opening day anyways.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:23:34 PM CDT

    and also

    by imascooby1985

    the trailer goes online at 8 pm tonight.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:25:02 PM CDT

    I'm Just Glad Dumbledore Finally Gets Busy

    by kevinwillis.net

    The first three or four movies, he just stood around and looked paternal. It's good to see him kick some ass.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:27:08 PM CDT

    Dumbledore looks a bit gay...oh wait

    by kizeesh

    he does look like Gandalf though.
    Harry! You cannot Pass, because you failed your OWL exam by 3 points....

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:27:14 PM CDT

    kevinwillis.net...and by "get busy" you mean...

    by flickapoo

    ...gay gay wrinkly bearded wizard sex I assume...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:28:01 PM CDT

    I'm an educated guy...why am I compelled to...

    by flickapoo

    ...say such things?...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:31:15 PM CDT

    Harry gets bummed by Gandledorf

    by kizeesh

    then he gives birth to 100 ass babies called inferies. They're made of farts and Gandledorf accidentally sets them on fire while stroking his 'phoenix'.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:39:57 PM CDT

    i have yet to like a harry potter movie

    by magic rat

    I haven't hated them, I just haven't liked them either. I just don't connect with it in any way. I never read the books - but then again, I never read Lord of the Rings either before I saw FOTR, and I fell instantly in love with the characters and the story and I immediately went out and got all the books and read them.


    Harry Potter, not so much.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:40:08 PM CDT

    "Shitty Crapper" isn't necessary and doesn't....

    by flickapoo

    ...make sense. Why not stick to the more traditional..."Hairy Pooter"?...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:40:12 PM CDT

    Dumbledore is gay

    by second try

  • Jul 29, 2008 3:40:36 PM CDT

    Snape kills Dumbledore

    by second try

  • Jul 29, 2008 3:40:49 PM CDT

    That's all I got

    by second try

  • Jul 29, 2008 3:41:32 PM CDT

    is it that hard....

    by byobkenobi

    ...to just fucking post the pictures here instead of the typical shovel journalism they normally do? Oh and Merrick, fuck you.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:41:55 PM CDT

    "Harry Potter = Shitty Crapper."

    by shigeru

    Only on AICN, folks.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:44:22 PM CDT

    Is the ACTION going to be any better this time?

    by zooch

    Or are we going to get another poorly staged CGI-laden mess where no one really gets hurt?

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:52:47 PM CDT

    Is Harry gonna bang Cho Chang?

    by nasty in the pasty

    TAP that underaged, Scottish-accented Asian ass!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:53:41 PM CDT

    *Random Homophobic/Peado/Hater comment*

    by pokadoo

    Just to fit in.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 3:54:55 PM CDT

    Trailer is out later tonight?!

    by pokadoo

    Can't wait.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:00:08 PM CDT

    Dumbledore looks like Dr. Fu Manchu

    by seymourclearly

    This younger version of Dumbledore looks like Dr. Fu Manchu! WTF?

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:02:56 PM CDT

    This is actually my fav of the series

    by subtlety

    While giving the villian a backstory usually demystifies the character and makes everything generally sucky, this book's take on Voldemort strikes me as very thoughtful and sensetive, without falling into lame psychobabble. It makes Voldemort make sense without making him seem less terrifying. I love the characterization of the heirs of Slytherin being inbred, pathologically embittered backwoods lurkers. There's somthing about that which has a wonderfully dark vibe to it, with just a hint of the hopelessness of the situation. Lots of very creepy imagrey all through the book, actually, which for my money is the tightest plotted of the series.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:05:17 PM CDT

    At least we have an 18 year old Emma Watson in this one.

    by mr slippy fist

    I might actually watch this one.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:08:12 PM CDT

    Yeah, I miss Richard Harris too

    by cat_corporation

    He was perfect as Dumbledore, how I always imagined him from the books. Gambon's just fine, but for me I can't look at him without thinking of that episode of Top Gear when he almost rolled the Reasonably Priced Car, causing them to name that corner 'Gambon' forever more...Hard to take him seriously after that!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:10:07 PM CDT

    Ralph Fiennes has a nephew named Hero?

    by tompiltoff

    I hope he gets picked on in school, serves the parents right.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:14:14 PM CDT

    Dumbledore=Bloodninja

    by lost.rules.

    "I put on my robe and wizard hat."

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:16:27 PM CDT

    Hero is a girl's name...

    by i am the most horrible

    ...but then again maybe that's just much ado about nothing.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:19:11 PM CDT

    This is my favourite too

    by newc0253

    Goblet of Fire used to be my favourite book of the Potter series, now it's Half Blood Prince.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:26:05 PM CDT

    Hero is a girl's name?

    by david cloverfield

    Like Bookcase or Sandstorm. English speaking folk sure name their kids strange. Here in Hungary, everybody boy is called Attila. It's less confusing this way.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:29:12 PM CDT

    "Hero Fiennes-Tiffin"

    by ray gamma

    "I was just starring in a dreadful little picture. I play the younger version of my mummy's brother, Ralph. So I shot my scenes and finished up in time for the hunt on Saturday lunchtime. Marmaduke had a new quad-bike. It was jolly good fun. Once we'd killed the bloody fox he let me have a go on it, but I only went and crashed the bally thing into the stables. Lilly-Belle and Farquar were laughing ever so much."

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:38:06 PM CDT

    Love Guru did it better

    by arcadiands

    they should have used the same bobble-head tech from Love Guru when they made a little Mike Meyers

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:51:19 PM CDT

    i love the seventies Dumbledore

    by ray gamma

    see that picture of Dumbledore in the seventies? fucking marvellous design going on there

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  • Jul 29, 2008 4:55:59 PM CDT

    O'Toole should have been Dumbledore

    by keltic1701

    Gambon is ok as Dumbledore but I really wish that Peter O'Toole got the job instead. I think he would have been a much better replacement after Harris passed away.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:08:46 PM CDT

    I say,

    by ray gamma

    were you taking the piss out of my vernacular, Mr NukeMy? Now steady on old boy.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:09:22 PM CDT

    Uhhh....

    by dvdhound79

    What kind of fucked up name is that? He sounds like a character from the series we haven't met yet.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:29:23 PM CDT

    This better not suck ass like Order...

    by judge briggs

    Man, that fucked that movie up... longest book into the shortest movie!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:35:59 PM CDT

    Potter pics so shocking they shook the earth in SoCal

    by finky089

    Voldemort AND Dumbledore in pics for the new Harry Potter flick? Well, this is some shocking news. What next? Pics of Quidditch matches or robed children walking through castle hallways??

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:36:13 PM CDT

    Movies that are designed to put you to sleep.

    by angry_bastard

    Time to wake up! http://tinyurl.com/yqn2ca

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:42:17 PM CDT

    finky089

    by dannyglovers_dickblood

    The joke was much better when it pertained to Burton casting Depp. Now FUCK OFF.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:45:20 PM CDT

    Potter movies have been strange

    by drath

    The first two weren't as good as the books but were intensely faithful, the third one was excellent though slightly different from the book, the fourth was better than the first two movies by miles, but oddly not as cinematic as the book, and the fifth was the shortest movie based on the longest book, and yet it was reasonable and still lots better than the first two movies. And somehow the music with Williams in the first two was okay but not great, while his music in the third was outstanding, and then they went with other composers and the music became forgetable and mediocre even compared to the first two by Williams. They've all been entertaining, but only the third really captured the magic in the books I thought--and oddly changed stuff that enraged purists in order to get that. Not sure what to expect with this new movie, but I am glad they got over the "oh the actors will outgrow their parts" bull. I'll take that as just a big "we reserve the right to ditch these kids if they don't age well" disclaimer--although the media bought it hook line and sinker, even cracking jokes that Radcliffe wouldn't still be playing the part by the time Order of the Pheonix became a movie (chumps!). I do wish Cauron had come back for one more. Shame he didn't make Goblet, I think he'd have delivered magic again, and that was the one that I thought fell the most short of what it could have been even though it was better than the Columbus outings (and I can't even bitch at Columbus too much cause he did cast the right kids for the parts and set a tone that paid off later).

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:45:30 PM CDT

    Yates kills the Franchise

    by inspectordoppler

    Whoops - SPOILER ALERT!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:51:50 PM CDT

    Wow, I know the Harry Potter was directed at kids..

    by deanbarry

    But this talk back has hit an all time low for juvenile trashtalk. Way to go people, proud to be a part of this.
    Sheesh!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:57:23 PM CDT

    Cuaron's Prisoner of Azkaban is still the one to beat

    by performingmonkey

    He's the only one who realised 'this is a world of magic, let's put it onscreen FFS!!' He's the only one that saw the movie as a seperate entity to the book and yet tapped into the overall feel of the series better than ANYONE else. Goblet of Fire is the second best - the effects sequences are fucking brilliant and there WAS some great acting in it, with Daniel Radcliffe suddenly seeming credible and Ralph Fiennes coming in as the 100% right choice for Voldemort. It was the right length too, unlike Order of the Phoenix which was too short considering the size of the story. Order is actually the only one I felt disappointed with after seeing it. Even the first two movies had more merit. The big Department of Mysteries sequence SUCKED compared with the book.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 5:58:41 PM CDT

    SIMPLY....

    by rawrmachine

    underwelming. I'll wait 3 more hours for the trailer to pee myself.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:00:43 PM CDT

    Oh come on Dickblood

    by finky089

    where's your sense of humor today? Tremors fuck up your afternoon, or something? They only caused everyone here in OC to go out to an early lunch.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:02:56 PM CDT

    What's with all the talkbackers recently...

    by flickapoo

    ...(egg salad boy, Cock tease and co.) who feel the need to keep us all up to date on the latest passing craving they are experiencing in their changing and pimply teenage bodies? Aren't there Hanna Montana or Degrassi Junior High TB's for that sort of thing?...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:07:39 PM CDT

    FLickaPoo

    by finky089

    when school's out, there's apparently not enough homework to keep the kids busy. My excuse is that work has been keeping me too busy lately to do much more than occassionally make a snarky comment or two and leave.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:14:27 PM CDT

    performingmonkey

    by second try

    I agree, best HP movie. I don't think it will be beat.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:20:29 PM CDT

    I wanted Bob Hoskins for Slughorn

    by rumpel tumskin

    He would have been perfect. Never like Broadbent for whatever his name is

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:20:44 PM CDT

    Posts on this page have been strange

    by ray gamma

    The first two weren't as good as the posts on the last thread but were intensely faithful, the third one was excellent though slightly different from the second, the fourth was better than the first two posts by miles, but oddly not as cinematic as the second post, and the fifth was the shortest post based on the longest post, and yet it was reasonable and still lots better than the first two posts. And somehow the post with Ray Gamma in the first two was okay but not great, while his post in the third page was outstanding, and then they went with other readers and the posts became forgetable and mediocre even compared to the first two by Speed Fricassee and ben04. They've all been entertaining, but only the third really captured the magic in the posts I thought--and oddly changed stuff that enraged purists in order to get that. Not sure what to expect with this new post, but I am glad they got over the "oh the readers will outgrow their posts" bull. I'll take that as just a big "we reserve the right to ditch these readers if they don't write well" disclaimer--although the media bought it hook line and sinker, even cracking jokes that Ray Gamma wouldn't still be posting the posts by the time the thread reached 1000 posts. I do wish NukeMyFridge had come back for one more. Shame he didn't make this post, I think he'd have delivered magic again, and that was the one that I thought fell the most short of what it could have been even though it was better than the previous post I wrote (and I can't even bitch at Flickapoo too much cause he did write a good post and set a tone that paid off later).

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:24:06 PM CDT

    NukeMyFridge

    by kloipy

    oh, by 'those AICNers' I thought you meant women, cause there really aren't many of 'those' here either

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  • Jul 29, 2008 6:24:57 PM CDT

    Fink, I think Gummer dropped his balls on the floor

    by kloipy

    that's what caused the tremors 2: aftershocks

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:17:23 PM CDT

    I really like

    by turd furgeson

    the look of this movie so far. All the pictures I've seen so far look moody, with unique lighting and tone. I like it so far. MTV has another picture of a piece of memory in a small glass vial, looks really cool. It seems as though the teaser, the real one, is going to be up in a few minutes...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:30:39 PM CDT

    Watch out for the

    by g-ride9000

  • Jul 29, 2008 7:31:17 PM CDT

    RICK ROLL!

    by g-ride9000

    I got played, tryin' to watch this mutherfucker early

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:35:17 PM CDT

    The trailer is up

    by turd furgeson

    I only found it on msn.com videos so far, no HD version yet.. Looks moody and intense.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:36:44 PM CDT

    Y'all know the the trailer's already up, right?

    by flickchick85

    Sorry if it's already been posted:
    http://tinyurl.com/5c9rs9
    That's the international one, at least. I think it looks damn good, and is actually exactly what a teaser should be.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:38:05 PM CDT

    Oh, and I LOVE the cinematography already

    by flickchick85

    Bruno Delbonnel = love

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:51:52 PM CDT

    Trailer is up:

    by thejwac

    http://tinyurl.com/62ltn9

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:54:19 PM CDT

    Guys...

    by excommunicated

    Harris would have had a heart attack filming some of the more action-y scenes of the series.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 7:55:10 PM CDT

    Yeah that looks great

    by turd furgeson

    Just watched it a few more times and it looks great. You're right about the cinematography, what a needed and perfect change from prior films. Now if we can get this in quicktime!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 8:06:25 PM CDT

    Wow

    by kingben

    Looks like a huge step up from Order of The Phoniex. The cinematography is amazing. I LOVE HP!!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 8:53:52 PM CDT

    Trailer = Kick-Ass

    by saluki

    Yeah, big step up from the previous films. I actually damned impressed.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:05:46 PM CDT

    Love the teaser...

    by viola123

    I hope the rest of the movie's that good!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:07:34 PM CDT

    The ONLY good Harry Potter movie was the third one....

    by thewaqman

    Directed by Alfonso Cuaron (made Children of Men after), Gary Oldman played Sirius, it was very dark and exciting.

    The rest of the movies were rubbish though. Especially the one made by Yates (who is sadly making the 6th and 7th).

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:25:12 PM CDT

    If Goblet of Fire had Cuaron's name on it...

    by saluki

    ... Would anyone have noticed? I rate it as the best so far.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:28:22 PM CDT

    Immediately looks the best since PoA

    by performingmonkey

    Wow, the teaser has got me excited (that's it's job, right?). New cinematographer onboard - check. Michael Gambon more involved as Dumbledore - check. The focus on Voldemort and casting the right 10-year-old kid for that scene - check. DARK tone - check. Man this does look really dark. But it will also include some of the lightest moments in the entire series. Has David Yates pulled it off? It certainly looks like it.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:28:35 PM CDT

    Trailer in HD

    by prior walter

    http://tinyurl.com/6h2hd3

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  • Jul 29, 2008 9:59:29 PM CDT

    If Goblet of Fire had Cuaron's name on it...

    by flickchick85

    It would have been good.
    No offense, Saluki. Mileage varies, obviously.
    I rate them mostly for their acting, since the scripts are almost always weak, and Cuaron and Yates got the best performances out of those kids. I mean, BY FAR. Plus, they both had some actual artistic style. Now, with Delbonnel on board shooting the book that most seems like it was written for a movie? Yeah, I'm looking forward to this one.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:07:44 PM CDT

    i dont understand the yates hate..

    by soup74

    i thought book 5 was one of the dullest, and i thought movie 5 was one of the best. I'm glad hes on board for the rest of the series.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:26:31 PM CDT

    Fiennes should play Voldy when he goes back to school

    by tallboy66

    and has his mano-a-mano staredown with Dumbledore. I read on IMDB that he isn't in the cast list, so if they use whatever "teenage Voldemort" for that scene, I would be very disappointed. And if they just flat out cut it... that would be flabergasting, quite frankly. It's one of the few scenes in the movie where the (admitedly minor) protagonist confronts in major antagonist in the series. Oh, and SNAPE _____ DUMBELDORE!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:28:25 PM CDT

    Also, Yates & Co. took a dull book 5 and made a great movie

    by tallboy66

    Yes, I really missed the small "HARRY POTTER: RESCUE MISSION" button part, but aside from that it distiled the book's story down to Harry raging against the minstry of magic machine. Good show!

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:34:43 PM CDT

    PLEASE GET OFF CUARON'S BALLLZZZZ

    by trueisback

    ohh for the love of crumbcake...will everyone please get off of cuarons nuts...truth is his did a piss poor job of translating the 3rd movie to film...yes hes a great visual director...but he did a terrible job translating the book to film....no marauders map...barely any explanation for things...a shorter running time for a better bigger book and the worst ending ever with that ridiculous freeze frame...i remember the entire audience of potter fans groaning at that last scene....please give the other directors some respect and be happy cuaron wont be butchering half blood prince or deathly hallows.....the probably would have been 1:30 each with him at the helm

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:34:49 PM CDT

    Yeah, who is playing Voldemort?

    by prior walter

    The quick glimpses in the trailer are from OotP. And Fiennes has said he isn't in this one. But V. has gotta be there for the end with Dumbledore.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:40:39 PM CDT

    Oh not this AGAIN...

    by j.b.m.a.

    I'm happy to admire Cuaron's direction with the rest of you, but he still managed to turn (on first read at least) the scariest of the Potter books into a somewhat insipid brew, flashy directing or no. Plus I'll never forgive the fucker for randomly (and most jarringly) changing the whole layout of Hogwarts for NO REASON AT ALL. At least Mike Newell had the sense to inject some of the missing English humor into his film, not to mention having the boldest of the script adaptations so far.As for Dumbledore I don't think either casting has got anywhere close to the character yet - Harris was utterly dull, while Gambon seems to lack the required oddbod sensibility that the books relish. Stephen Fry's audio-books come closest so far...

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  • Jul 29, 2008 10:42:12 PM CDT

    It seems trueisback got in before me...

    by j.b.m.a.

  • Jul 29, 2008 10:42:43 PM CDT

    ...and he's right you know.

    by j.b.m.a.

  • Jul 29, 2008 10:54:45 PM CDT

    Nevermind...Remembered V. is not in this book

    by prior walter

  • Jul 29, 2008 11:05:55 PM CDT

    BRING BACK JOHN WILLIAMS!!!

    by nasty in the pasty

    Or at least a decent substitute like the perrenially underemployed Bruce Broughton (who hasn't scored a theatrical movie in a FULL DECADE!). The OOTP score was HORRID.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 11:31:03 PM CDT

    Good teaser

    by deadnotsleeping

    The movie won't be as creepy but I dig they way they are selling this.

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  • Jul 29, 2008 11:38:51 PM CDT

    No Hermione.

    by prior walter

  • Jul 30, 2008 12:16:42 AM CDT

    Casting of Dumbledore

    by lordgrimplemort

    I'm glad to see I'm not alone in thinking they got Dumbledore wrong with Gambon. Richard Harris was perfect--just like the book's description. For a series with such perfect casting for Hagrid, Snape, the original Dumbledore and everyone else, I can't believe they blew it so bad with this one. Gambon seems like an angry, grumpy old bastard version of Dumbledore and I don't like it. I guess it's too much to hope they'll wise up and replace him for part 7.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 1:06:00 AM CDT

    One thing I didn't like about Cuaron's film...

    by drompter

    Is what he made of the Dementors. They simply weren't scary enough. In the book they were ominous, frightening 12 foot walking hooded creatures creatures that could easily make any of the Nazgul from LOTR look like Casper in comparison. The fear people in the book feel for the Dementors was palpable. In the movie, however, Cuaron made them look loke a bunch of flying rags, fairly unable to scare my cat. I also didn't like the way he portrayed Prof. Trelawney's prophecy to Harry. It totally lacked the gripping factor from the book.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 11:48:35 AM CDT

    Dumbledore was in LOTR?

    by mullah omar

    I looked, then looked again, then squinted, and each time the pic of Dumbledore looks like Ian McKellan from LOTR.

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  • Jul 30, 2008 11:56:49 AM CDT

    It was a great trailer

    by mefrog

    I'm wary about Yates - I enjoyed OotP about as much as Goblet of Fire but damn, learn how to stage a fucking action sequence. The Department of Mysteries sequence was awful. But the trailer just focusing on Voldemort's origin was great, and creepy. Hope the movie lives up. Hope we finally get a GREAT Harry Potter movie.

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