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Originally Posted by TaraLivesOn
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But by splitting it in two they won't have to radically truncate a great deal of scenes and they can leave in moments like [spoiler]the wedding, Dobby's final moment & burial, freeing the dragon (er, doesn't that sound naughty!) and the visit to Luna's house[/spoiler]. It's also important to give the epilogue it's proper amount of time and not rush it (kinda like LotR had a long triple ending).
HBP had some scenes that could be left out like dwelling on the effects to muggle-world but DH has so much that's important on the quest.
The guessing game would be where they will split it. I'd have to go re-read a couple parts to remember where the middle actually is - was it after [spoiler]he buried Dobby[/spoiler]? Because I liked his attitude much better after that... |
Regardless of whether it's 1 or 2, the Bill/Fleur romance is gone from
Half-Blood Prince, which indicates they don't intend to use it in
Deathly Hallows either. The epilogue doesn't seem possible to me at least because it would mean ending the film with actors we care little for. Plus, it's easily the worst part of the HP series :lol: I really don't reckon it'll be split.
I can't see most normal people (read: not fandom) wanting to pay twice to see one story. Heck, I'm a fan and it would displease me! :lol: Plus it'd take longer to film and produce and would not be as good as releasing one film in the summer of 2010 when, if all goes well, the HP world opens at Universal Studios. I'd imagine that would be W.B. ideal scoop, much like the double-whammy we had in 2007 with the book and the film. They could even have a premiere of the film at the park, like they did with PotC.
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But I do hope Chris Colombus comes back
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Columbus is good at lifting material, but he's got no artistic integrity whatsoever. Personally, I don't think it's a good thing to watch an exact replica of the books on the screen. I want to see something a little different, something that shows some creativity on the part of the director. Merely mirroring the source doesn't take much effort, and resulted, imo, in the two most boring films of the series. Plus I don't feel Columbus understood what it is to be British, and ended up too often using cliches. David Yates for
Deathly Hallows, imo.
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i think that with hp quality is only going to come with quantity-whenever they do edit it and fit it into one film, they leave things out, and it doesnt do the book justice-the first 5 movies are evidence of that. so i think dividing it will be better.
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Being truthful to the book doesn't have to mean copying it.
Order of the Phoenix was the best yet, imo, because it remained faithful to the spirit, and yet was the shortest. Which is proof that time doesn't have to be a negative constraint. Making something too long can also be bad, because it runs the risk of the story dragging. That was an issue that occured in the latter books of the series when the editors got a bit slack.
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I think they can definitely cut it down to 1 reasonably sized movie, I mean for a lot of the book they seem to be hiding out in a tent doing barely anything anyway.
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Exactly. Those bits were tedious. Yes they emphasised the hardship of the trio's task, but they won't make interesting cinema, visually. With
Deathly Hallows, they'll want to mark out the "big" setpieces, and then fill the gaps in between. Kind of like with
Goblet of Fire, but hopefully with better editing so it flows more smoothly.