My Review of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[marion11111]

> Carol aks:
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> And one more question for anyone who's seen the film. In at least one of the trailers, it sounds as if DD in the cave is shouting "hocus pocus!" Please tell me he's not really using that Muggle magic spell! What is he really saying, can anyone tell?
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> Carol, who plans to see the film in a week or two when the crowds are smaller
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marion responds:

I couldn't hear *anything* he was saying in that cave.  It was very mumbly and I was straining to hear if he said "my fault, etc."  I think I heard some of that, but it might be my imagination since I expected to hear it.  I didn't notice a "hocus pocus," but like I said it was pretty hard to make out that he was saying anything.  I imagine that people who haven't read the books didn't notice much at all and certainly wouldn't assume any significance to what was said.  His mumbling seemed more for effect than plot development.

As far as the end battle mimicking the battle in DH, that's two movies away.  There shouldn't be a battle in part one, just part two.  For goodness sake, there was a battle in every Star Wars and I don't think the audience got bored with it.