UPDATE: Confirmed by Warner Brothers: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been moved two days forward to July 15th.
You may all remember that they did this same thing with Order of the Phoenix in 2007, so it may not come as a surprise.
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04-14-2009
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:20:53
OMG people are gonna be PISSED!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:21:07
uh? thats um interresting :P i might not find it as cool as everyone cause theyre so not moving my countrys date (its ALWAYS on thursdays) so yahh july 16th for me :/
its cool anywayy =) cnat waitttt!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:21:33
Why would they be pissed. Its only 2 days earlier. THATS A GOOD THING!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:21:35
Why would they be pissed. Its only 2 days earlier. THATS A GOOD THING!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:21:41
Why would they be pissed. Its only 2 days earlier. THATS A GOOD THING!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:24:28
Oh, HAHAHA oops my bad I got confused by this part "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has been moved two days back to July 15th" lol sorry
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:24:32
well it was earlier in egypt and other places and YAY thinrd comment
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:24:41
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:24:57
:O Im on holiday on the 15th :( :( :(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:25:04
Haha oh man that is hilarious. Im having flash backs to this summer and the [i]first[/i] date change... What will this mean for Azkatraz?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:29:02
waittt .. where? just the US ??
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:29:19
Why cant they just stick to a date and thats it? I dont want surprises, I just want the real date of the premiere. Why? Because Im flying to England to the premiere and if I book my plane for the 17. July and the premiere is 15. July thats really not cool!! Luckily I havent booked it yet, but Ill have to do it soon. Now - for which date?! Argh I hate WB!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:31:37
I dont think it is a coincidence that this happens right when a new trailer is supposed to come out...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:32:18
Thats two days FORWARD not back...thats a GOOD thing as far as Im concerned. :D
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:33:46
I dont know how people will take this. Its going to mess with peoples plans. I know its great to move it forward be seriously 2 days? They should just stick to one date and not keep moving it. Oh well we will see if they find out anything from WB!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:33:49
HEY YOU GUYS SHOULD THANK ME FOR SAYING IT FIRST! LOL jk anyway, Yeah, Harry Potter is going up against TRANSFORMERS 2... and you know the CRAZY grad-school boyish Fan base that lies there, lol. So HBP needs to jump start on Wednesday, for a 5 day box office! :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:35:41
what about Azkatraz?! Ive already booked my train ticket and everything to be there for the midnight release on the 17th! =(
WB get your act together!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:35:43
they know were all pissed off, and this is a crap way to repay us! FTW!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:36:23
@PhoenixKnighter: I honestly dont think alot of people are going to go see The Transformers movie. It doesnt look like its going to be good...the trailer is really lame. And theres only so much they can do differently.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:39:41
ZOMG thatd be great! :D I hope they do move it! The movie will be closer and closer than ever! :D
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:40:03
here they go again .!
messing with peoples planss
i know thaat in my country its always on thursdays... but maybe it makes an excception... im still going to the premier that is always earlier... so for me ... it really isnt any different..
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:40:14
here they go again .!
messing with peoples planss
i know thaat in my country its always on thursdays... but maybe it makes an excception... im still going to the premier that is always earlier... so for me ... it really isnt any different..
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:40:47
yeah i agree with you iwantorlando05 ... i NEVER liked Transformers, it was tOO cliche... The chic is the HOTTEST of all.. and the Black Guys are laughing jacks who lives with their moms. I found that really offensive. And the joke about masturbation was HIGHLY inappropriate, knowing that plenty of kids would be watching that.. they dont even mention that stuff in HP! Anyway, i think Terminator will be LOADS better than Transformers. but of course HBP will own all. Now Transformers made the Highest box-office for a NON-sequel movie, beating Sorcerers Stone, and we all know SS is still the highest box-office movie of HP, with OOTP coming in 2nd, so I think WB should give another shot at the 5 day opening, which will be more MASSIVE :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:42:14
hmm this is cool. To be expected though
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:44:45
I am one of those that would be really pissed! I have my flights book to visit my friend in Georgia specifically to spend the midnight movie in IMAX together...even though we would still see it in IMAX Thursday night, it detracts just a little of the excitement!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:45:44
also, tranformers 2 is hardly seen by the public eye.
this week I saw knowing and Marley and me (i cried at the end) and they both had HP trailers, and neither had TF2 ones, and TF2 has hardly any publicity at all, and Mike bay isnt that good a director either.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:46:52
@PhoenixKnighter: I think Transformers will make alot of money, but I know I dont want to see it...but that doesnt mean other people dont. I kind of want to see the Terminator movie too. But Im looking forward to Public Enemies with Johnny Depp, Inglorious Bastards, Wolverine, and other big action movies like those more than Transformers 2. But I do believe HBP will make ALOT of money worldwide...they always do. And BTW, Im black and i didnt care about that part. I thought Anthony Andersons character was hilarious in that movie.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:46:59
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:49:25
that is so stupid. why screw with peoples plans and move it TWO days?? If your gonna mess with people like that at least make it worth while! Like, 2 weeks or something! Geez wb, you need to get your act together. :/
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:51:31
Yeah me too iwantorlando05 ... i just had a problem with it, cuz not one but TWO black characters had their moms around them, as if they cant think for themselves. Plus they were just boisterous and not really funny. Its kinda funny too that the white movie critics took it more offensively than the black critics, lol. But anyway, i just watched the trailer and what was that??? It was just BANG! CRASH! KABOOM! ARRGH! REVENGE... "SHIA I LOVE YOU DONT DIE!" NOOO! lol thats basically the trailer.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:55:42
@phoenixknighter: I KNOW right...first of all...I didnt even know the trailer was out because there has been NO publicity for that movie and when I saw it...it was just so LAME! There are no words...like 10 things blow up and then thats it. I mean I cant figure out what its about. But the army guy in the movie wasnt like that, so that kind of made up for it. IM SO EXCITED!!!! YAY WARNER BROTHERS!!!!!!!! Its only TWO days, but still its coming out earlier!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:55:42
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet! Im excited! :]
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:56:01
CEEELLLL-E-BRATION TIME COME ON!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 16:57:20
so tomorrow will make it EXACTLY 3 months until the films released.... Perfect Timing WB ;)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:02:39
Score! This falls the day after my birthday, now! *punches air* I only wish they would release movies on Saturday, so I could go the the midnight release. I have to work on Wednesdays. :-(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:04:08
All the people who are worried about Azkatraz...I think they can easily move everything up a day...I think the schedule is tentative anyways.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:05:16
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:06:29
WHAT IS THE POINT?!?! UGHHH leave us BE to enjoy the time we have WB... is this for all the countries? or just.. US...UK...?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:10:41
malteselover: This falls the day after my birthday, now! .. SAMEEE ... too bad Im on holiday :/
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:16:37
WAND...Im pretty sure this wont affect other release dates, except maybe in the UK...they will probably move that one up too. But the others will more than likely remain the same.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:21:35
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:23:27
Im definitely not complaining that they move it up two days, except for the fact that this screws up the plans to show the movie at Azcatraz...... :(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:24:58
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:27:21
I dont like it...I mean, its good that we wont have to wait as long but Wednesday premieres hardly ever take the top spot fr the box office totals. Personally Id gladly wait the extra 2 days for a Friday premeire and a guaranteed #1 at the weekend box office.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:30:06
what?? why? why do they think moving the movie forward to a WEDNESDAY, of all days, will make it better? people have WORK on wednesdays. how can you go to a midnight release if you have to get up the next morning?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:31:12
Ha ha. All I read was "Half-Blood Prince moved" and I was about to punch a hole in my computer screen and scream. And then I finished reading. This is awesome!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:33:52
@Bellatfortis: Actually Wednesday premieres usually have HUGE opening weekends...especially over the Summer. "The Dark Knight," "Tropic Thunder," "Order of the Phoenix," "Spiderman 3" and some other huge movies came out on Wednesday.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:33:53
Im not surprised. Theyve already pushed the Australian date from the 16th to the 15th, so I was waiting for this announcement.
Sucks for Azkatraz, though!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:34:21
Awe man, that sucks! I agree I_am_hermione ... I cant see a midnight showing now.
Not cause of work but Ill be doing a study abroad this July and hitting 3 countries: First Italy, then France then England. I would be in London by the 17th and could make the 16th midnight showings ... but I think Id still be in Paris by the 14/15th.
Arg ... stupid WB people.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:34:53
Oh, I just realised it was going to come out on a Friday before, and people have work on Fridays too. So nevermind. But STILL, what about people who had specific plans?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:39:15
You need to change your countdown at the top!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:42:07
stupid stupid stpuid. this is just messing with peoples minds and their plans. what does this mean for other countries, though?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:42:38
Yeah...doesnt come as a surprise, but definitely NOT for that reason...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:49:30
So what does this mean for other countries? Like the UK or europe?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:50:39
Im happy! I mean its only two days difference but at least its closer not farther! !!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:53:21
That stinks! Im not gonna be home that day! Why couldnt they have just stuck with the first date back in November!! This is really screwing up my year!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:57:00
wow. A whole two days. Ok WB. You are forgiven and have redeemed yourself...............
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 17:59:54
but arent people gonna be pissed about azkatraz?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:18:51
you know what guys? I dont think WB CARES about your "plans" over the summer to be honest... all they care about is BIG BUCKS! Wednesday releases guaranteed OOTP to almost top SS, so theyre the BEST! I know i wont be working cuz its summer, so no offense but it sucks if you guys work on that day and travel... But hey, you can always watch it some other time! ;)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:23:08
when i first saw this story, i thought that the movie had been pushed back. but i read it again and i saw that it had been moved forward. i didnt mind that it came out on a friday since i have summer classes and dont have time to see it on a wednesday. but yeah...that sucks for people who have already made plans. especially for azkatraz.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:34:24
oooh a whole 2 days!!!! that SOOO makes up for it!!! nott...
but i mean really whats the point of doing that, friday wouldve been better anyway cuz its FRIDAYYYYY!!!, not like yucky middle-of-the-week wednesday...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:39:56
DUUDE! THIS IS AWESOME! but..a wednesday? that kinda sucks. but IDC ! ill be there at midnight
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:45:29
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:47:40
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:47:56
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:51:53
So, are they going to update the countdown to reflect the change? They should keep up on these things.... And now i have to change my vacation request for work! oh well, now its coming out 2 days earlier yay!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 18:57:36
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:02:54
WB is so pathetic, not to mention completely greedy. Im still not going to see the premiere night. I still havent seen any WB movies since they canceled the November showing and Im still boycotting all WB products. I know they dont give a rats fart about us, why should they? I havent forgotten my vow and Im standing by my principles and righteous indignation.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:04:53
bloody hell! What about the midnight showing at Azcatraz on the 17th?!
Cant they make up their flippin minds?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:14:38
y r som ppl pissed off?? this is a good thing rite/? what a bunch of ungrateful yaks
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:22:25
and u cant blame WB for trynna make a little extra money. with the way the economies going rite now. just enjoy the movie when it comes out and quit whining
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:23:25
YES!!!!!!!!!! EVEN THOUGH ITS TWO DAYS EARLIER ITS STILL AMAZING!! ALAN HORN IS TRYING TO GET OUR FORGIVENESS AND HE NEVER WILL GET IT!!! oh well, if you had plans, thats your fault.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:32:45
@sevviesnapples: lets celebrate together!! haha. *gives you butterbeer* cheers!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:37:36
for everyone that is complaining about not getting to see the movie at a midnight showing: you can still go on friday. :D
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:53:27
I was actually pissed in 2007 when they changed it because July 13th was my 15th birthday. MOVE IT UP 2 MORE DAYSS!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 19:57:16
Holy sh... crap. Wow, thats pretty sweet, but now I need to change a few dates on my phone and on my calendar plus the countdown thing needs to be updated.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:11:05
I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN! I was just waiting for it to happen.....this is so cool!!!!!!!!! WOOHOO! 2 days earlier!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:15:22
Thats my birthday! Woot! XD
My 18th birthday, actually.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:16:44
YAY! its a little better than july 17th i guess. get to push my countdown forward two days which feels awesome!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:18:12
omg.
i dont know what to think of this...
happy that its two days sooner, but who are they fooling? they totally screwed over ALL of the Azkatraz people!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:26:07
eeeeeeeeeee! im so excited!:D people be happy:D:D:D its 2 days less to wait for HP6 hehe:D:D:D when phoenixknighter said it on the other post im like ohmygee! ohmygee! ohmygee! hehe sorry im just really excited!!!!:D:D:D:D.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:38:02
URG! WB QUIT MESSING WITH MY PLANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:43:29
Awesome! Has anyone noticed that the movie release is only one day away from when the book came out on 7/16/05!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:56:07
"And then monkeys fly too." What else is WB gonna change? What else are we supposed to believe??
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:56:48
This made my day!!! YES!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 20:58:45
Im so excited! I will be there on July 15! :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 21:08:05
And what was the point in moving it two days later, exactly? I hope theres a good reason. Ive waited too long for this.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 21:13:29
How about they move it to,oh I dont know, April?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 21:13:41
How about they move it to,oh I dont know, April?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 21:17:27
I am so over WB....Whatever. I cant even bring myself to feel excited about it. Two days, and so what. Ill be smiling when Ill sit in front of it. Stupid WB...Im so over you guys.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 21:26:56
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:02:44
I AM PISSED!!!! Do they know what a big difference 2 days can make!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am going to be in ANOTHER COUNTRY!!!!!!!! I am going to miss the release!!!!!!!!!!! I am in Trinidad and Tobago and I was going to be back on the 16th so I could go to the midnight release but now I cant!!!!!! Im soooooooo pissed!!!! This was going to be the first time I am allowed to go the midnight release because my mom wouldnt let me before and now Warner brothers ruined it for no reason!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:12:51
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:14:50
I know most people look at it moving forward two days is a good thing. However, to those of us who have to work 40 hours a week and take a vacation day so we can see the midnight showing, its not such a good thing. WB keeps ruining my plans. When OOTP came out, i had a training that was scheduled for the Wed before. So I was excited that I could go to the midnight showing with my husband and sister and brother. Instead, I got a nasty surprise when they decided to move it to the Wed. before. I was stuck in Seattle all by myself while all my friends went without me. WB KNOWS they are going to push it back, why dont they just tell us that from the beginning. Although I did think they might do this, so I am still taking my Friday off and STILL going to the Midnight showing. I can work 8 hours on 4 hours of sleep. Thanks WB!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:27:23
Sounds good to me. Plans can be changed. -& I have no problem working on no sleep. Ill still be at the midnight showing. (:
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:28:05
dont be too surprised if this moves again before too long. were looking at a company who cant decide which day is going to make them more money, and if they conduct any more demographic studies about summertime movie viewing, they might have to jump the gun yet again by a few days.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:36:55
So, to reconcile that little thing about postponing it 7 months..... were moving it up TWO DAYS!!! Fail, WB. Fail. This sounds exciting at first glance, but really its just going to screw up Azkatraz COMPLETELY (way to care about your fans...?) and its going to mean that instead of going to a midnight premiere and struggling through friday so we can catch up on sleep over the weekend, instead were going to be sleep deprived all week. Its just a marketing ploy to have a bigger "box office opening weekend" -- but its like, dude, you cant just extend the weekend to TUESDAY! what the heck?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:37:04
hhmmm.. Silly WB. if they knew that the Wednesday night viewing of OOTP went so well, why didnt they just have the release date on the 15th originally? im sure it would have saved a lot of people some grief there. Personally, i think its great cos i havent been planning that far ahead. It keeps getting closer :) :) :)
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:38:39
I know this should be a good thing but it actually makes me mad! I already made summer plans with the release date in mind. Now I wont be able to go to the midnight release. If the WB is trying to win back favor, they failed! What kind of inept, corrupt company has to put its fans through all this?!?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 22:59:09
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 23:01:47
Cool but Id rather have it come out on a Friday. Theyre just doing this so the weekend is longer and they can say they made more money opening weekend.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 23:19:19
well shoot...that totally messes things up for me! D:
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-14 23:50:31
Well, it had already been moves two days forward here in Denmark, so to us it is the same.... But great news for everyone else!! =D
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 00:19:00
Hmm...Well You see...Good News up early in the Morning...
But however...Even for OOTP..It was stated for a wednesday release day..But We got to see it on friday itself...SO ..I am not Excited.
Though many people are...But if our dates are also shifted forward...I will be awesomely happy.
though i know thats not gonna happen..Our INDIA release is stated for 17th july...I know That is final here.Probably.
Yayy...90 days away.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 00:36:43
Ok- so WB moved the date up to the 15th. So why does the count down clock still shows the 17th, AND the release dates still show July 17. So, which do we believe?!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 01:14:16
WB. You know, your mood swings are kinda giving me whiplash.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 03:13:50
It means its now on my Birthday so Im happy!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 03:14:22
yay! thats two days less of waiting! whoop! :D
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 03:14:47
yay! thats two days less of waiting! whoop! :D
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 05:48:54
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 05:55:21
This is bullshit. Its just the US again.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 05:59:31
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 06:25:10
ha ha ha wow ... two days forward ... are we to jump around now and celebrate or what?? well Im not... *sigh*
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 09:11:01
D**n it!! I was looking forward to seeing HBP together with a bunch of other fans, but if the movie really is to be released two days earlier, thats not gonna happend :( Its not only Azkatraz that will suffer, other conventions with the old release-date as well :(
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 09:11:12
I hate to say this, but Ill believe it when I see it!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 10:21:10
Im angry! I planned my vacation around being home for the midnight showing. Arghhhh!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 11:43:20
wb is so silly. changing release dates all the time...
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 13:23:42
WHAT?! In what countries? The release date list on the WB site still says the old date.. Anyway, its probably still gonna be on the 16th here, movies always come on thursdays here.. GAH, this is so annoying..
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 15:05:05
Thats going to throw a kink in the Azkatraz plans, isnt it?
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 16:54:48
im happy that it is two days earlier, but im pissed because they keep changing the date!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-15 19:44:41
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-17 00:51:11
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-18 11:51:15
this pisses me off, Andrew should have stated in the update that it was only in the US.
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Posted by: - Posted on: 2009-04-19 14:31:36
Personally I think this is really weird. Don
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