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I bought this Half-Blood Prince hotness on Blu-Ray

I tuned in a little late, a) I had to work, and b) I forgot. >.<

Yeah, I know. But still!

Anyhow, point is Dan Radcliffe and david Barron (producer) answered my question on the Half-Blood Prince BDLive of "why did you guys opt out of Harry being imobilized in the astronomy tower?" and his and the other two crew member's answers (since David Yates couldn't make it) were to show the choice Harry had to stand by Dumbledore's word, and how it was an act of faith. also to show the emotional aspect of the scene.

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The actual part of the transcript with my question is as follows (starts 2hrs & 15mins in).....

Question person: David, here's a question going back to the books, why did you guys opt out of having Harry imobilized during the astronomy tower scene?

David: It felt like a cop out, somehow. Because all those scenes, when you read it in the novel, it feels completely right and real - but we just tried to visualize it...and sort of...Harry, paralyzed, stuck and all that just - it didn't seem right so we opted to take the path to try to achieve the emotional stasis compared...and it worked.

Daniel: And actually it makes Harry's decision, it makes Harry...it's a lot harder, um y'know, situation that he is in. Because if he actually still has the option to run up there and stop it and be a hero, which is always his first instinct, um, then it makes it a lot more difficult and it makes the test of faith bigger - which is obviously what we're setting up for film seven. Which is the next one, it's going to be all about....faith.

David: Exactly. Faith, and lots of faith.


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I still prefer the book's ending of how Harry was rendered helpless, but that's just me. Now, I'm not saying I'm a hardcore bookie that gets all emotional when the scenes from the book aren't in the movie. I watch a movie for a movie, not a book for a movie - but I found Harry being imobilized to be a very powerful scene in gerneal. Harry can't do anything, and is forced to watch someone he admires die in front of him, including everything leading up to this person's demise - where as the previous deaths in his life happen too quickly, and aren't drawn out as much.

They also answered another question when I first tuned in, but I don't remember since I was too "OWIGW*GRWB@&*@!!" to notice.
>.<

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