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Half-blood Prince book versus screenplay...some thoughts:
S - for screenplay
B - for book
S - condensed following Draco to rooftop spying, no convo overheard whereas the magical earpieces used in the book, Draco was with his mother in film, in book he had to escape/hide from her
S - Dumbledore picks up Harry in a cafe,, as he flirts with a female employee, this sets up the teenage lust feeling, he was conversely picked up at Uncle Vernon's after a time by himself, stuck in his room, mourning...
S - Dumbledore did not accompany Harry to the Burrow, no Tonks, and there is a non-book convo between Harry, Ron and Hermione about Dumbledore being old, or getting old, with the effect of Dumbledore's credibility and power startiing to be at question, it serves to undermine his aura of power just like, and can be equated to, Dumbledore's blackened hand in the book, the one that Harry keeps looking at and wondering about, the one in which the Slytherin ring cursed when Albus destroyed it...this all has the effect, and is leading towards, the death of Dumbledore and Harry's transition to metaphoric manhood, very important in his maturation cycle, for the hero to come-of-age, which he is not in the book officially, for 17 is when wizards come of age, and he is only 16 at the time
B - no tip about the cabinet in the book, I think it is mentioned butonly in passing, in true mystery form, yet it is set up in the film from the beginning, with Malfoy and his mother going into Borgin and Burkes and them all hiddled round it, as if an object of importance, it is only explained, the thing Malfoy was talking about in the shop, was a gift, or an object, we do not find out until the end what it was he was talking about
S - Dumbledore wants hm to be "collected" by Slughorn, and Harry agrees, in film however, Harry avoids him and his parties at all costs...WHY? cannot remember!
S - hermione has awkward teen moments, with the toothpaste and butterbeer on her lips, Ron having to point out the faux pas both times (of course the guy se likes, has liked for some time!)
B - Harry never goes to a Slughorn party (except the Christmas one, which is iindeed in the film as well) but in the screenplay, he is at the FIRST one
S - the "conversation hour glass" owned by Slughorn, (very novel idea) is a film/screenplay invention, nowhere in the book
S - Remus is more aggressive in the screenplay/film, he is more laid back, tired, detached in the book, for he had been relieved from his werewolf intrigue
S - there is no mention of Ron's 17th birthday in the film, the same day when Ron is brought under the iinfluence of Romilda Vane's love potion chocolates intended for Harry, and when he is accidentally poisoned by the mead intended for Dumbledore (two separate "intendeds" that Ron is smacked with on same day
S - no explanation of the bezoar that Harry uses to save Ron with when he is poisoned by the Mead (in book, is the work of Three Broomsticks wench NAME? when under the iinflluence of the Imperius Curse) is only understood as another "Harry heroic"
S - Snape did not ask Harry for his Advanced Potions book, in fact he did not seem to get into any trouble at all (punished with detention on every Saturday morning until end of term, preventing Harry to miss his Quidditch Championship, in book)
S - no setup of Aragog's death, so Harry just invites Slughorn along, which he accepts (for what reason?) although he does keep mildly reprimanding Harry for being out of doors at night, he comes along...Slughorn had more tact in book because the context was more thorougly developed, because Harry was already invited to Aragog's funeral by Hagrid, and Harry told Slughron that was where he was off to...he has no tact in film because he asked for venom at the funeral, which Hagrid concedes...in book, he pretends to investigate Aragog's head from up close, Hagrid was way more upset in the book
S - story that Slughorn tells of Lily and the fish is a film iinvention, used to show his love and connection towards her
S - non-chalantly dropped in Dumbledore's blackened hand, when talking of Horcruxes to Harry, whereas his hand was heavily referenced in the book
B - the light emanating from the pedestal that supposedly held one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, was an eerie green, there was no particular colored light in the film, although the liquid that Dumbledore had to drink was purple
S - Snape was underneath Dumbledore in the Astronomy Tower with Harry, in fact, Snape told him to keep quiet, in book, DUmbledore jinxed Harry, makiing him frozen, and was also under the Invisibility Cloak, so he was almost non-existent
S - Fawkes was in last scene flying off, during day, his moaning cry heard, in book, Fawkes was heard throughout the grounds with his mourning cry that night when Dumbledore died, and then he left
S - the Room of Requirement was given almost no context until the end, Malfoy was just seen closing his eyes, and then he was in a room full of myriad items,, a motley vintage barrage, in book, Harry finally began to suspect that Malfoy was going in there, but not sure why,
S - the scene with Malfoy and the canary (?) and he sends it through the Vanishing Cabinet, (also the scene with the apple) film invention, although it very provocative and poignant, moreso than the book, because it sets a tone from Malfoy's point of view, especially when the canary comes back dead, and the look on his face, one of shock and almost contempt, it is symbolic of him? was this llike canary in coalmine symbol? something so innocent and free, now dead
