I thing they should include some snogging but it shouldnt take up half the movie

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I beleive although snogging was essential in this book, its not needed to be in as many scenes as it was in the book. It is one of the only thing that shows Hermione's envy towards Ron so I think that maybe they should show it, but once, twice at the most. Agreeing with TriadofDarkness, they could show them hanging on each other all the time, and leaving with mysterious looks on there faces, not showing them snogging in every scene. That would just be a waste. Although, part of me says they probably should show alot of it because they are growing up and they are getting to that point where, they do a lot of this, although I would rather see longer scenes from other parts in the movie, then snogging.

I hope they do put the snogging into the movie because it is a pretty big part of the book. I also want the snogging in the movie because i think it would be funny to see ron find ginny and dean snogging.

I dont think that 'snogging' is essential to HBP at all. What is essential is the transformation between children and teenagers, the journey that the trio make. You don't need snogging to portray that, you can just show differences in the characters and show how they are maturing through their speech and actions. I am not averse to a bit of snogging in films... but there is no way i want to watch won-won and lavender glued to eachother for two hours. Neither do i want to see a film focused on harry and IT. One or two seconds, if they have to, but i dont want to see Harry and Ginny snogging. I don't want to see Ginny. full stop.
I don't think that they will cut out all of the 'snogging', but they will cut out some, if only to lower the screen time of the film. It seems the only logical thing to do. but then again, i could say the same about killing off Ginny...

First of all, I would like to state that I never even knew there was a word called "snogging" before reading Half-Blood Prince. I believe that all other kissing scenes or kisses or whatever were used as "kiss" holding responsibilities towards the American versions.

Anyways, I agree with much of the above. It is not something that is needed, but it is apart of the story. As much is death, and you can't cut that. Since we will probably never again see a G rated HP movie, I think that it can be implimented into the movies. We already know Cho kisses Harry in Order of the Phoenix, and from screenshots, it really isn't bad to have. Kids know what it is and stuff.

Half-Blood Prince has a lot of it, yes, but that doesn't matter. I am sure it will be a big part of the movie.

I think that the snogging is going to be kept in the sixth movie... some people are very uncomfertable with the fact that they'll be showing it, some rather excited~ lol.
I do agree, with Ginny and Harry it will be cute... Just with 'Lav-Lav' and 'Won-Won' it
seems kinda disturbing, as he was "eating her face".




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I think that the scene in the Common Room is absolutley needed, no questions asked, and maybe a couple little snit bits from their "walk" around the lake, but I dont think there needs to be too much snogging between the two of them. If the director does a good job, he'll build up their relashionship alot before this scene, so showing it through snogging half the movie, wont be needed. And with Lavender and Ron, maybe one or two at most, but there are other ways to display this somewhat annoying relashionship, rather then snogging every other scene.

This topic has just bloomed....I'm so proud.

But back to the point...
I completely agree with amanda1212, the director needs to build up the whole "Harry finally coming to his sense and seeing that Ginny is a wonderful and amazing person" thing. =p. And also, with the Ron/Lav thing, I think in a book to have a lot of kissing is one thing, but in a movie, it sometimes can get a bit annoying.

the snogging, i don't really want to see it but it is kinda important to understand the emotional strain on harry and to understand how ron and herminie got together in the first place so i wouldn't mind the snogging scence but i don't want as many as in the book.

i want to point out that the movies are a little more family movies so there wont be as many kissing scenes with Ron/Lav in it because those are not as important as the harry/ginny kiss and because harry/ginny kiss only once and ron and ginny kiss lots of times.

so i think that most of ron/lav will be cut out and harry/ginny will be dramatized.

You just might be right about cutting out the R/L snogging scenes. In fact, if the movie does show any kissing between them it will be almost comical. I can almost see them as being giddy and silly together. I can picture lipstick marks all over Ron's face! (No slam on Ron intended, just making my point.)

As for dramatizing the H/G relationship? It just may be dramatized IF, by the time movie 6 is filmed, we know what the final shipps will be in book 7. I feel that if the shipping turns out to be a reunion of H/G, then movie 6 will emphasize H/G. BUT, if the shipping turns out differently (as I hope it does!), then movie 6 may show just the one kiss between H/G. Just like in the 6th book.

Well I think that they will show most of it and I think they should because they aren't kids anymore they're teenagers!! I see no problem with it.... ok I really REALLY don't wanna see ron and lavender eating eachother's faces but I think that they should show him and her after the Qidditch match just to show the jealousy Hermione has to go through. Also they should have the kiss between Harry and Ginny DEFINATELY. O and kinda off topic but I hope they show the scene where Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are sitting in the common room and Ginny brings up the tatoo that Romilda thinks Harry has!

-Kelso

hehe, yeah, i have to agree with kelso, i do hope they put the tatoo scene in. And as to the kissing, i rekon that they're gonna have to put R/L kissing, but maybe not often as mentioned in the book, maybe they'll just show one kissng scene of R/L. Oh, and yeah, they definatley have to show H/G kissing, (Gosh, Daniel's seems to be kissing alot, these days) because it's the most important part of the whole relationship/growing up thing. And as to H/R, i'm really not sure, maybe they kiss in Hp And the deathly hallows, but we'll just have to find out, i guess.

I wouldn't want that tattoo scene in the movie. What for? In fact, why did JKR even put that scene in the book? I didn't find it amusing at all.

The first thought I had when I read that passage was that Ginny had seen Harry without any clothes. Ewww! Surely JKR didn't mean for her readers to get that idea!

Grant it, I may have read too much into it, but I was offended by the scene regardless.

I think that the snogging is essential in the movies. It's not a crutial part of the story but it really adds that sort of teenage tension that we all feel once in our life. It's part of growing up and the going out and snogging really adds to that. They should include it.

I agree, there shouldnt be that much snogging on screen as there was in books.. i mean
THEY ARE JUST KIDS :-D

i completely agree, however it would make for a very bad movie if HBP did not have any snogging, it would completely ruin Dean/Ginny, Lavender/Ron and Harry/Ginny relationships.

I think that they are old enough and fans from the first book had to have seen this comming. As the books go on and the characters grow up relationships grow stronger. Its part of the growing up process. I think it is also crutial to understanding the plot and stuff. They have the Harry and Cho kiss so I don't know why they wouldn't add the snogging from book 6. Also the stuff in other movies is way worse so I don't think they need to worry, and if they are worried about the younger fans, I haven't heard anyone complain about the Harry/Cho kiss. And parents that are taking their kids that know about it probably dont care. As I said before it is part of the growing up process. And if they cut the kisssing scenes out they mite as well not have the Ron/Lavender relationship in the movie. Same goes for Harry and Ginny. I think it will be weird if we see him kissing Cho and then not kissing Ginny dont you tihnk?

Well, I think it was ok but it was too much. We kind of got the idea they were growing up when we knew they were in relationships and I think most of the snogging was out of place. We knew Ron was going to be jelous of Ginny's love interests even if she wasn't snogging them and Ron snogging his girl all the time got old pretty quickly.

I don't think it was wrong or too explicit I just think it sould have been more rational and if she was going to make the book so "pink"(romantic I think I mean) I think she should have made Hermione snog while she was at it! Just to be fair hehehe

To quote Amyrat151:

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People grow up.

Think about it. If it seemed a little over-the-top, it probably was because it had to be. It's over-the-top in real life. When's the last time any of you high school kids walked through the hallways at school and didn't see people sucking each other's faces off? Even you middle school kids. Honestly, I still have to deal with it at college.

It's just a part of growing up and developing relationships. Jo had to show it because she needed to show how immature Ron was and how he needed to be in order to grow up and sort of...Deserve Hermione. As far as maturity goes, Hermione is far more mature than Ronald ever has been.

I don't believe any of the snogging that occurred in the books was misplaced or irrelevant, especially since they're main characters. They're on the edge of becoming "of age" and honestly, whoever thought it wasn't already occuring is either really innocent or seriously naive.

Even in the Yule Ball scene in the fourth book, Jo put that bit in about all the couples that were getting thrown out of the carriages.

Act a little more mature yourselves.

It's life and it happens.

u seriously dont know what they will not show in the movie- of course they have to show some snogging- it would ruin the base of the relatiobships- but remember in the fifth book when harry snogged cho? jk didn't actually 'say' or 'describe' what happeneded during the kiss until afterward, which was just harry caliming sullenly kinda that she kissed him. but then, in the movie, they are 'showing' him kissing her. i thought that they would just kinda darken as she moves closer. lol, anyway........ they cahnge stuff in the movies that were as important in the book,s but they still make it good.

I'm a hopeless romantic so I love any hint of a relationship or the jealuosy the others have. I really hope that they at least keep some of the snogging scenes in the movie.

Well I think that if they don't have any snogging, it will completely ruin the atmosphere around Ron because all this shows that he wants attention and sees that his baby sister is even old enough to snog so he wants to show that he's grown up. And of course I'd want Harry and Ginny to snog, well at least during the Gryffindor common room scene because that's one of the key parts to the story. They better include Quidditch because we haven't seen much of quidditch now. I love the Quidditch parts, it gives me a happy tingling feeling when you imagine yourself in Harry's place with all the fans chanting, Go Go Gryffindor Go Go Gryffindor. It's an awesome feeling.

Well, I agree with most of the previous entries that say that there SHOULD be snogging in the sixth movie. However, if nothing else, I just really want them to include Ginny and Harry's kiss after the quidditch match. I think it would be really easy to have the Ron/Lavender situation without getting too graphic, but maybe showing a little and mostly alluding to it. But whatever they chose to do, I will be upset if they completely cut the Lavender/Ron relationship. I think cutting Ron and Lavender snogging would take away from the Ron/Hermione relationship because the contrast with Lavender gives meaning to the relationship with Hermione.

The characters are growing up... andd therefore there... activities (snogging) ... will mature too.... Snogging forms an inportant part of the story... Theres the whole Ron/Lavender snogging, though hopefully they won't be too graphical... i really don't need to see too much of the eel kissing, and then the Harry/Ginny 'ship... They need to include it/// but hopefully they won't go into too much detail...

I hope they have snogging in the movie. It might take away from the relationships if they didn't. But I hope they don't overdo some of them as people have said. It may sound perfectly ok and is a way of showing a superficial or real relationship in a book, but it might come off a little too forcd in a movie.

OMG!!!!! There is soooo going to be so much snogging in the next book it's not even going ot be funny! There are pairs that we can be certain are going to be snogging: Harry and Ginny, (maybe) Ron and Hermione. And there could possible be other pairs that could be there but I'm neglecting due to the cause of a major brainfart!!!



Go Ginny and Harry!!!!!

I mean i am a strong fan of all of the romance, but i just don't want to see too much of it on the big screen. I'm sure almost everyone here agrees that we don't want to see any heavy breathing make out sessions. As for me, i'd rather see the action stuff, than Ron and Lavender swapping spit. ugh!

I don't think there'll be too much, they obviously need some to be true to the books, but I don't think many people want to watch Ron and Lavender kissing all throughout the film lol.

Besides, the greatest kissing scene/most anticipated of the movies is still to be published, and hey, there's a big ole' chance of it happening. We've had everything else, now in the Deathly Hallows it may finally happy .. Harry and Hermione!

i dont think that they will have the whole Ron and Lavander thing because they never introduced Lavander Brown as a character in the movies

Yeah they'll have Ron/Lavender, it's important in the R/Hr ship. I don't think there will be too much but I'd be kinda disappointed if there was none. We'll see Harry and Ginny's kiss, Ron and Lavender maybe a couple of times with a jealous Hermione nearby...and maybe Dean and Ginny but it's not necessary to see those guys. Love is an important theme in the books, and love potions are mentioned often...it won't be left out. These guys are growing up and we are seeing them grow, imagine teenagers with no romance or anything involved...it'd be like watching robots. I have no problems with it.

I agree completley with Miss Minerva McGongall. I will be disappointed if they leave it out, not just for entertainment purposes, but to stay true to the book. Love, romance, and the confusion of it all is a huge part in the book. If it comes down to time, I would rather see action and other aspects of the movie. But I do feel that those parts are needed, but to be use sparingly. With Ron and Lavender they could be on the screen, but not the main focus kind of thing, off in the backround sort of, and as Miss Minerva said, with a jealous Hermione watching. The Harry and Ginny kiss is probably one of the most important events romance wise. I think they may wait to see how things turn out in Deathly Hallows though. If in Deathly Hallows the two get back together, I think they may show a little more on screen romance, for both couples, not just Harry and Ginny, so they can eventually lead into however that book comes out. If they dont end up as couples, they may not play up on it as much. I think one kiss/snog between Dean and Ginny should be witnessed by Harry, just so you can see him get angry and frustrated, because after all thats when he started having those feelings for her. I think there should be small scenes where he's staring at her, and laughing with her, so the kiss doesnt just come out of nowhere. Again, just like Miss Minerva said, they are teenagers, its normal! Without the raging hormones, I dont think they are true teenagers lol. But I do repeat, the scenes should be used SPARINGLY, because if 50% of the movie is all-over-each-other/eating-each-others-face-off-snogging, I will be disappointed. But I also will be disappointed if none of it is in there.

Yeah, there will be alittle snogging, and it needs to be in the movie to add so interst, not something that is cut out, like most things are cut out of the movie, and dont really refrence to the book, only sometimes, but anyways its really not a big deal there 16 or 17 years old there use to this stuff atleast they have witnessed this kind of stuff and they saw it coming, but when it comes to cutting out things from the books just to add a few interesting parts...not a good idea, because its better to see the action, love, and confusion all together to add up to be the book and also the movie, nothing should really but editted out.

snogging can be portrayed beautiful or repulsing... if they do it beautiful I will be happy! There definitly should be some kissing in the movie ( Harry Ginny!!) but they shouldn't overdo it... Harry Potter should stay an adventure, not a romantic flic...

That's true! The bulk of this book is about Hermione and Ron/Ginny and Harry all feeling very confused. I think some kissing would be good but overdoing it will upset a lot of people, seeing as little'uns (as Hagrid would say) watch these films!!!
Everyone kinda thinks the same thing on this subjects so not much more i can say!
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I agree that they shouldn't over-do it but I do think they should have some in. It's good for the ships! Plus, it gives us another story line other than death and Voldomort to look at - it lightens things up a bit.

I agree that they shouldn't overdo it but at the same time, Harry Potter is a series of films as it is books. And I don't think that one film that is more romantic than the others will change peoples' perceptions of the whole series- after all, there is certainly a lot of adventure in HBP as well as romance.

Plus, if WB stay true to the book, then there WILL be quite a bit of romance, if only to stay true to the way JKR wrote the book- in which case I will accept it as it will be sticking to the book!

But even thought I think the snogging scenes should be included, I agree that it's the WAY they do the scenes that will matter most- lets have romance... not....ewwwwwness!

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I totally agree! I think that the film should definately have some romantic scenes but they should be discrete and romantic, so the film is still sutiable for younger viewers. Except with Ron and Lavender though, they should be all over each ther but discretely? If you know what i mean? Like they can do the ' Won Won' and squealing etc but then just be kissing in the background.

i definatelly don't want 2 see Harry and Cho kiss...jsut because i think that it's wrong how she can move so fast from Cedric to Harry...not 2 mention....Harry and Cedric were friends and everything so i think that she's jus not right 4 doing that...not that Katie Leung had a choice...but i think that JK could've done something different about that whole thing...but that's the 5th boook/ movie not the 6th....i also agree that i don't think that i'll enjoy seeing Ron and Lavevder kiss...but i want 2 see Ron and Hermione get together and kiss or i want Harry and Ginny to kiss. in my opinion...i think that Harry should've well had his 1st kiss with Ginny instead of Cho cuz she gets jealous of Harry and Hermione's friendship just cuz Hermione wanted 2 talk 2 Harry about something in the 3 Broomsticks. i have never been a fan of Cho Changs' just cuz i didn't take an interest into her character...plus, she wasn't exactly in the movie a whole lot....so i won't b looking froward 2 her and Harry kissing or Ron and Lavender kissing cuz i thinkthat Ron and Hermione have always looked good together and i was dissapointed 2 have 2 read that particular part of the book...so i don't think that i'll be wanting 2 see it either.....but i'll talk later...bye!!!

Yea, and the funny thing is that I think it's kind of obvious that Ron and Hermione must get together in the final book/film.

And I'l be interested to see if JKR includes a kissing scene between them because I'm pretty sure Rupert and Emma wouldn't want to do that scene at ALL- considering how long they've known each other and how much of a fuss Emma made about hugging Dan in one of the earlier films-

and it's a big leap, a hug to a full on kiss!

i dont mind ron kissing lavender i think the kissing part cud be done without it bein all ewwwwwwwness as sum ov you's put it.this is a part am looking foward to so they better not cut it.i think the kissin part can be potrayed in a nice romantic way.am also lookin forward to harry and ginny's snoggin too.

So im going to add my opinion to the others that think that the snogging is a necessary part of the book and movies as it has such a big impact on the relationships and confusion and regular teenage agnst portrayed in the book. But id also like to add that im one of those kids that has grown up with harry potter- literaly- im only a couple of months older than him but it has been interesting to read the books and watch harry, hermione, ron, ect... grow up alongside my own life expeirinces. It has always seemed that they were a little immature for there age but the six book changed that cause if your 16-17 and you haven't done your fair share of snogging then you have probably been living under a rock for the greater part of your life. I was excited to see this level of "maturity" in the book and if it is cut from the movie then i will be severly disapointed, and i think that the movie will not truly capture the essence of the sixth book.

To be honest,I really don't care if it is in it or not.If it is in it, it will not be rated "R".

thing is if they cut out the snogging, then they cut out half the book... and to be honest i think that if they cut out half the book, they only have half the story, which is stupid. if you can't watching snogging on screen then you have to pretty much not watch any film except films like Uc's because i will garnte they will not have snogging in them, even period dramas have snogging in them and they would not in that time!

this day and age you see people kissing in the street and we think its normal and we don't mind, so why are people getting so worked up about it being on screen when it's in the book... you read it you imagined what it looked like so to be honest if you can do that then you can watch it on screen! it's kissing i bet you've kissed millions of times so let others do it too!

also they are 16/17! if they don't kiss/ go out with people they will not be veiwed as normal tenagers!

To be honest, I'd be really, really disappointed if they left out the romance stuff....toning down ron and lavendor's snogging is fine, but cutting out harry and ginny's kiss would be a bad idea. Harry developing feelings for ginny is a vital part of the book, and his whole 'growing up' and finding love process, so it's crucial that they include their kiss. Also, I think ginny needs to get more screen time....I still think that they might not have included her as much as they should have in the OoTP (haven't seen the movie yet obviously, but that's what i feel they've done)
People who go to watch HP who haven't read the books are totally gonna be confused when they see harry falling in love with ginny in the sixth book.....one of my friend's hasn't read the books, and she doesn't even know ginny's name from watching the movies....her role has been reduced to merely ron's red-headed little sister.

also, i think ron and lavender snogging is what makes hermoine jealous, and i'd really like to see a jealous hermoine on screen...not to mention the canaries attacking ron
i think this whole won won business was a necessary step in their developing romance, so i definitely think they shouldn't cut it out....but i do want them to show just a little, not too much coz that'll just make ron look bad to me and would ruin the sweetness of the movie.

now im a teen but if i dont see any snogging in this movie then ill just stand up in the middle of the theater and yell "i command you to snog Harry Potter!" but not too much after all we want to see malfoy and some wizard fights and spells, but some snugging in between would not hurt.

I'm sure they will have a fair few snog scenes. Afterall Harry Potter isn't just a childrens thing it's teenagers and adults it's an all round thing.

So i imagine they will have most snogging scenes in yeah. Otherwise it would be really strange.

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I think people are bothered by the kissing and sexual scenes, because these are the characters they knew as small kids at the age of eleven still shaking off cooties... But you have to realize that this is like any high school, and my high school compared to the HP books is like comparing a stripper club to a library; and HP is very timid. The kissing scenes between H&G are sweet, but R&L are more of revenge then for love. And when teenagers want revenge, they go all the way. Just think of Mean Girls, a HUGE hit, they are 15/16/17 (the same age) but if we saw Emma portraying that image, people would boycott the movie. The only reason parents don't want there kids watching this movie is because of the kissing, violence, and etc, but isn't the movie rated P13? They should be able to handle what their kids see on the screen, and if they don't like, then they should go home and watch their kids play GRAND THEFT AUTO or any of those war games on their Xbox. The only difference between Grand Theft Auto and Harry Potter, is the fact that Harry Potter is a book about life and growing up, and Grand Theft Auto is about stealing cars and "getting all the chicks" ..

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well said I couldn't have said it better myself.
I totally agree.The kissing scenes willl be uncomfortable for younger audiences but that is what parents are for. I personally do hope thtat they show Won Won and Lav Lav snogging on that one armchair where it is described like they are wrestling