Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Movie

[Cornelius]

They will have two movies to cover the next book. On the one hand I'm thrilled that they'll be able to be as close to the book as the first couple of movies were, but on the other I'm kind of worried about where they'll put in the "To be continued."

[TheCraw]

They will have two movies to cover the next book. On the one hand I'm thrilled that they'll be able to be as close to the book as the first couple of movies were, but on the other I'm kind of worried about where they'll put in the "To be continued."

THAT'S easy. Right where Fenrir Greyback and the other's capture Harry, Ron and Hermione. Perfect cliffhanger moment. (Unless it's left OUT!)

[sorryIkilledU]

They will have two movies to cover the next book. On the one hand I'm thrilled that they'll be able to be as close to the book as the first couple of movies were, but on the other I'm kind of worried about where they'll put in the "To be continued."

how the hell are the next movies going to follow the book, if they completely changed the last movie? (well, not completely, but still. how are bill and fleur [AKA: Phlegm] going to get married at the burrow?_

[mat61]

They're probably going to come up with some stupid excuse, like we have magic, we can rebuild it.
Or maybe they won't get married at all

[TheCraw]

how the hell are the next movies going to follow the book, if they completely changed the last movie? (well, not completely, but still. how are bill and fleur [AKA: Phlegm] going to get married at the burrow?_

In the sick little film-world, Bill does not exist. And Fleur hasn't been seen since "The Giblets of Fire". Heck, one can't even be sure that was Charlie in the distance in G-o-F tending the Horntail, can one?

Nope, no wedding. (Which means no Elphias Doge or Aunt Muriel telling Harry about Dumbledor, no Crum and/or Xenophilius Lovegood mentioning the Sign of the Hallows or Grindelwald, but who in Hollyweird cares about all THAT?)

It ALSO means Harry won't be reciving his birthday kiss-to-end-all-kisses from Ginny!
(And since they screwed up their fisrst kiss, they OWE us that!)

[Cornelius]

Look, I loved the books, but there's no way I could've stood for 5 hour movies for the past couple of iterations (and you know that is what it would've taken). They cut out way too much from the 5th one, but I think they struck a nice balance with this one.

[TheCraw]

Look, I loved the books, but there's no way I could've stood for 5 hour movies for the past couple of iterations (and you know that is what it would've taken). They cut out way too much from the 5th one, but I think they struck a nice balance with this one.

(sigh) Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
(no matter how horribly HORRIBLY incorrect it may be!)
But how about just 3 hours? Are you saying Tolkin fans are more durable than Potter fans? And while I understand about trimming for time, what about the usless, pointless adding-on uf made-up scenes like the "Blowing up the Burrow"? As you see, I am -NOT- alone here:
http://www.lockergnome.com/swordofdestiny/2009/07/16/harry-potter-and-the-hey-lets-blow-up-a-house-at-christmas-half-blood-prince/

[Cornelius]

Yes, that scene didn't make sense to me, but pretty much the rest of the movie did. And they were nearly at 3 hours with this one already, so adding all the scenes from the book would've pushed 5 hours in my opinion.

[mdmuff]

Yes, that scene didn't make sense to me, but pretty much the rest of the movie did. And they were nearly at 3 hours with this one already, so adding all the scenes from the book would've pushed 5 hours in my opinion.

I think that should be the center of a debate as I understand they need to cut some stuff for time and fluidity, but the main problem I had was adding scenes that were not part of the story. If the argument is that there wasn't enough time for actual details from the book then how can they find time to add completely new scenes?

[sorryIkilledU]

Yes, that scene didn't make sense to me, but pretty much the rest of the movie did. And they were nearly at 3 hours with this one already, so adding all the scenes from the book would've pushed 5 hours in my opinion.

I think that should be the center of a debate as I understand they need to cut some stuff for time and fluidity, but the main problem I had was adding scenes that were not part of the story. If the argument is that there wasn't enough time for actual details from the book then how can they find time to add completely new scenes?

well, guess what. they can cut the movie in half (although I dont like that idea, they are doing it anyways) they are doing it with the 7 th, so do it with the 6th