I need a Potter break... aka It's my Potter and I'll cry if I want to..

[IronFingaz]

Great news they will split it in two, kinda sucky news Yates will direct. I was hoping Spielberg, Del Toro or Alfonso Cuarón who did The Prisoner Of Azkaban. What about Joh Williams doing the score? Will they bring him back?

 

[Entropy]

I don't know how in the hell Yates got a Harry Potter movie let alone four of them. OotP was his first film and shoddily directed IMO. Maybe it's just because he's English. In every interview I read, he said things about the story I thought were terrible choices. Hopefully the Kloves scripts will redeem his shoddy directing style, but if HBP is lame I won't have much hope for the rest of the series.

 

[bumblebee]

2 films is the right way to go IMO, just means theres less chance of them leaving out some of the important stuff from the books. the wait between the two sucks though.

 

[KitFisto]

One thing that does blow about this is how long it will be between HBP ( Nov 08 ) and part 1 of DH ( Nov 2010 ). A full 2 year gap.

 

[Darth Loki]

One thing that does blow about this is how long it will be between HBP ( Nov 08 ) and part 1 of DH ( Nov 2010 ). A full 2 year gap.

If I'm not mistaken, that'll be the biggest gap between films

 

[pixletwin]

If I'm not mistaken, that'll be the biggest gap between films

At least its not the craptacular 3 year wait for SW films which were arguably inferior.

 

[KitFisto]

At least its not the craptacular 3 year wait for SW films which were arguably inferior.

Arguably my ass. I love SW and the Potter films are far superior to the PT SW films.

 

[KitFisto]

If I'm not mistaken, that'll be the biggest gap between films

That's ok though. We got used to it with LOTR PF announcements.

 

[Buttmunch]

I for one don't like the idea. Why start now? All of the films since GoF could have used the two film treatment, but they have been able to cut enough fluff out to making them reasonably sized. OotP, was the longest book, yet shortest movie. It did feel a bit rushed, but they did make it work. I think WB finally realized if they divided it up, they get twice as much money for the same film.

What happened to the days of movie intermissions for long films? Those need to be brought back.

I can't wait to see the trailers for: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows PART ONE! Oh, like that won't make anybody feel like they are getting ripped off.

Part one, frankly. is going to suck. It is going to be the three kids wandering around the forest, fighting with eachother, for 3 hours. Plus I don't really see a clear dividing point.

Part two will definatley be the better film with the final battle.

Still a stupid idea though.

 

[Darth Loki]

I for one don't like the idea. Why start now? All of the films since GoF could have used the two film treatment, but they have been able to cut enough fluff out to making them reasonably sized. OotP, was the longest book, yet shortest movie. It did feel a bit rushed, but they did make it work. I think WB finally realized if they divided it up, they get twice as much money for the same film.

What happened to the days of movie intermissions for long films? Those need to be brought back.

I can't wait to see the trailers for: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows PART ONE! Oh, like that won't make anybody feel like they are getting ripped off.

Part one, frankly. is going to suck. It is going to be the three kids wandering around the forest, fighting with eachother, for 3 hours. Plus I don't really see a clear dividing point.

Part two will definatley be the better film with the final battle.

Still a stupid idea though.

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. There are a lot of great parts in the beginning of that book (won't use any spoilers) that I can't wait to see on film. Of course the second part will be the better film, it'll be the climax.

 

[Agent0028]

I think you're right about it being the longest gap. Seems like they're coming out about a year and a half apart. I guess they are delaying the release of the first part to make a smaller delay between first and second.

 

[ProgMatinee]

Even if part 1 is weaker than part 2 atleast all the necessary developement needed in part 1 will not delute part 2 like it would if the parts were conjoined.

 

[KitFisto]

I don't think it's a stupid idea at all. I think book 7 has way too much in and not much "fluff" to cut. I think a film that leaves out all the events would be a stupid idea.

I think the Harry/Dursley's scene is a must along with Harry's escape from their house. That's a 15 min piece by itself if done correctly. The battle of Hogwats whould be 15-20 min alone and the FINAL battle with Harry/Voldemort is another 15 min done RIGHT. You have Dobby death that should be handled better than "oh, he died" ( They need to bring Dobby back for this ). You have the turn around in Kreacher ( sp ) that needs to be in the movie IMO along with him leading the house elves at the end.

That's just scratching the surface of what goes on in this book. Two 2 hour + movies is the way to go.

 

[pixletwin]

I think you're right about it being the longest gap. Seems like they're coming out about a year and a half apart. I guess they are delaying the release of the first part to make a smaller delay between first and second.

I agree. Since the last two movies are coming out so close together it evens out.

 

[KitFisto]

That's your opinion and you're entitled to it. There are a lot of great parts in the beginning of that book (won't use any spoilers) that I can't wait to see on film. Of course the second part will be the better film, it'll be the climax.

Exactly, the climax of the book is a WHOLE movie by itself if done correctly. I love the early stuff in the book too. Cissy and Bella going to visit Snape is good. Harry escape...Moody's death, Hedwig's death....geez...great stuff.

Loki, I bet you're glad you finally listend to me and got into Potter eh?

 

[ProgMatinee]

Plus the searching for horcruxes and the investigating of the Hallows etc. Plus lets not forget the ending which will almost be like the ROTK ending and probably need 15 minutes...lol.

 

[Agent0028]

The non-book readers are going to hate you Kit...

 

[KitFisto]

And will they even get into the epilog at all? If so that's another few min.

 

[KitFisto]

The non-book readers are going to hate you Kit...

Well, damn, I better edit. I mean it's been out for a long ass time now though LOL. I put the spoiler in white so people have to highlight to see.

 

[Agent0028]

I know, I agree, but one time I let out a spoiler from a book that was like 6 years old and people got mad...