Last Potter Picture to be adapted into two

[frankthedm]

I'm not optimistic, particularly since I thought they could have cut a huge swath from the middle of the book. Making it two movies makes me suspect that the "camping trip that never ends" will be a major part of the movie.

Uhg. The one potter book that did not need this treatment got it.

 

[GlassJaw]

Uhg. The one potter book that did not need this treatment got it.

I was going to say the same thing. Deathly Hallows was my least favorite of the series. It had a lot of scenes that had nothing to do with the overall plot.

I am looking forward to The Half-Blood Prince though. That was my favorite of the series.

 

[Mark Chance]

WTF? Why not just make it a double length movie? It worked for Kingdom of Heaven.

But Kingdom of Heaven was a bunch of drek. Hmm. So have been all of the Harry Potter movies, so with that in mind, I'd say make just one long waste of film rather than two.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I was going to say the same thing. Deathly Hallows was my least favorite of the series. It had a lot of scenes that had nothing to do with the overall plot.

I am looking forward to The Half-Blood Prince though. That was my favorite of the series.

Maybe that is actually why they choose this one. The first movie ends with all the pointless stuff, so people will get a good nap at the end, then can go back in later for the second half and enjoy the whole film

 

[LightPhoenix]

Honestly, this reeks of gouging. As people have said, none of the other books got this treatment, even though several could have used it (IMO). Sure, those movies may have (and did, again IMO) worked in two hours. However, in that case, why not do the same to the seventh book? If there was a great deal of clinging to the exact text, I would understand this, but now? Again, it reeks of gouging. What's sad is that it will work too, because they know all the fans will go see it anyway.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Its called editing... I'd rather watch a concise 2 hour movie created from a 500 page book rather then a 4+ hour long movie (or 2 2+ hour long movies) which drags on because the producer wasn't balls enough to tell the book's author that having a 30 minute long conversation in the middle of the movie or an hour long recap of the previous movies is not entertaining.

 

[Ranger REG]

Honestly, this reeks of gouging.

So's Lord of the Rings. JRR Tolkien always consider it one big book, but his publisher insisted that making it three books more profitable.

We could have had LOTR in one film.

 

[LightPhoenix]

So's Lord of the Rings. JRR Tolkien always consider it one big book, but his publisher insisted that making it three books more profitable.

We could have had LOTR in one film.

That would actually be amusing, I think.

 

[horacethegrey]

Too late. I heard she's dating someone in his late 20's/early 30's.

Curses...

So's Lord of the Rings. JRR Tolkien always consider it one big book, but his publisher insisted that making it three books more profitable.

We could have had LOTR in one film.

Much as I love the trilogy, you couldn't pay me to watch it all in one sitting. :\

 

[Ranger REG]

Much as I love the trilogy, you couldn't pay me to watch it all in one sitting. :\

You think I could sit it through without a bathroom break?

Never mind the many campfire songs and the Council of Elrond meeting.