Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince: Highlighted Key Differences Between the Novel & Film

Page 43 midway through Dumbledore's letter to Harry (regarding his request for Harry's assistance in persuading Horace Slughorn out of retirement) "If you are agreeable, I should also be glad of your assistance in a matter to which I hope to attend on the way to the Burrow. I shall explain this to you more fully when I see you." We have arrived at the final episode in which Chase & Josh cover Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! As always, at the end of every book in this arc, the Riddikulus Crew compares the novel to the film and highlights the key differences whether good or bad. In this episode we detail quite a few moments we both liked and disliked and discuss the importance and potential damage to the storyline. Instances such as, Dumbledore appearing out of nowhere at a muggle train station and demanding Harry to take his arm and to do as he says, the omission of the meeting between Cornelius Fudge and the Muggle Prime Minister, the lack of a meeting in the broom shed between Dumbledore and Harry where he is supposed to learn that he will be taking private lessons with Dumbledore, Ron confirming that Mrs. Weasley almost pulled him and Ginny out of Hogwarts and tailing Draco in Diagon Alley just to name a few. So continue along with us here at Fact or Fantasy as we finally close out Half Blood Prince before we jump into the final installment of the Harry Potter franchise next week! With Death Eaters showing up randomly at the Burrow for Christmas, the omission of key memories that Harry and Dumbledore are suppose to enter through the pensieve, Snape just letting Harry go after using a specific curse on Malfoy, the omission of Kreacher and Dobby entirely and much more, you will see why we make these differences episodes and why they drive us up the wall. As stated on page 568, "Almost absentmindedly, Dumbledore raised his wand again, twirled it once in midair, and then caught the crystal goblet that he had conjured out of nowhere."