I’m watching Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince on ABC Family.
And just…the climax scene in the cave.
Where all of these Inferi come crawling out of the water.
The terror that the audience feels.
The terror on Harry’s face.
The way they just grab him and pull him under.
The struggle.
The suspense.
Wouldn’t it be great if, in the next movie, we see a character who went through the same exact thing? The. Same. Exact. Thing. Only this character didn’t survive. And the audience watching would recognize the parallel and Harry would know just what this character went through because he almost went through that himself. And the audience would really be able to see the tragedy of what this character went through.
Imagine a scene like that!
Well, instead we get Ron and Hermione playing the piano.
Which is…nice.
But personally, I feel as though they wasted a huge opportunity when they decided to leave Regulus’ story out of the movie. They could have easily had flashbacks of what Regulus went through transition into flashbacks of what Harry went through.