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Not sure if this has been discussed or not, but I've been thinking much about it since yesterday. And that topic is the seventh movie, with it being split into two parts! Personally, I think that this is a disgrace to Jo's novels and WB should be ashamed of themselves. As well as Jo, because she has a say in the movies - as horrible as this is to say, it's like she has become one of those wealthy snobs, who really could careless about what happens to her story. She wrote the story and I don't understand HOW she could agree to have them ruin her story by making them into two parts?? Wouldn't she rather have one LONG movie, rather than two?

I'm curious if including this in our letter to Jo would make any difference.

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*Sighs and gives her long speech*

I dunno. I mean, WB has kind of ruined the movies anyway. The first two films were pretty close to the books themselves, but after that it has kind of fallen and some major plots in the books just disappeared from the films. It doesn't help how they kept on changing directors either.

I think that the films would've been a whole lot better if Jo wrote the script. She's the one that knows what has to stay and what doesn't. Not some other guy who ends up changing it. But, that's just me. I think that if all movies that are based on a book should have the script written by the author.

Now, as for DH being into two films. I'm not really liking it at all. I know that they want two films so that they can get all the details, ect. in, but they're going to make people go "What the heck is that? Where in the world did that come from?" I'm mainly complaining about OotP and how the locket wasn't in there at all. I think that WB could've done a much better job then they have.

I'm really surprised though that Jo would want it to be two films. I'd rather have it being a super long film, such as LotR. LotR is an excellent example that you can make a movie out of a long book and still make people pay attention to it even though it's more than the usual one to two hour movie. I would've liked DH and all the the Potter films more than just two hours and have a good majority of the details from the books into the movie unlike they are now.

*End of speech*

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And now I'm the odd one out. I was really disappointed when they decided not to film the GOF in two films. I do get where other people are coming from. But I would rather 2 three hour films trying to capture every essence of the book rather than 1 long film that could only really mange 4 hours long and miss loads out. They couldn't film everything they need to for just the one film.

I understand people would rather see a super-long film, but I just don't feel this would be done. With this being a film that would attract a lotof small children, they couldn't possibly sit through a film that long. Then you are talking about loo breaks as well and a lot of cinemas don't have great facilities (seats are bloody awful and make your bum go to sleep after just one hour) so it is really asking a lot. If it was on DVD - not so much of a problem, but still, I just think it would be better for the majority of people if it is in two.

As for Jo writing the films - that would be wonderful, but so never gonna happen. With the original books taking so much of her life up, if she had written the films as well, we'd have never had books 5,6 and 7 on time - I think we would still be waiting. Plus, I could imagine her re-writing her work for the screen would be a bit soul-destroying for her,

But that's just me. Maybe I'm alone here.

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I just joined. Sad that the fan club is so inactive. Where are all the 200 + members??!? I HEART YOU JKR!

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^^^ Welcome to the FC!!! It is a shame we don't have more active members, but I suppose it also means to get to know people better here as it is the same people (looking on the bright side).

What do you think about the DH films spliting in 2 parts?

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Welcome to the club!

I think it was a brilliant idea! That way more can be put into the movie & we can all enjoy.

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*Blinks* I think I'm one of the odd ones here. I'm really disappointed in the choice of having DH in two films. In fact, I'm just disappointed in WB all together when it comes to the Harry Potter movies.

However, if WB would've waited until the final book was complete, they would truely know what to cut out and what not to. It just makes sence to wait, seeming one thing from a Harry Potter book ends up being an important thing in a later Harry Potter book, which usually tends to get taken out. *Cough* There was no locket in Movie 5! *Cough*

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^^^ I do agree with you somewhat. I do think WB have gone about making the movies all wrong. It does seem to be a bit daft starting a project based on someone elses work without knowing how it ends.

But I do think that as they are doing the last film (there is no way they can get out of it now) they made the right choice splitting it in two. If it was just done in one go, it would be so rushed and so much missed out. Just fingers crossed they don't make a complete hash of it!

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Yeah. I guess I don't really care, seeming the Potter movies will most likely will get re-done by someone. Just as long as they don't screw up DH, I'll be happy with them.

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I actually LIKE the fact that it's in two parts. The only downfall is that we have to START watching it, only to stop halfway, then start back up again. Otherwise, it's a GREAT opportunity to cover EVERYTHING in this book. I do wish they'd just do one BIG movie, but I guess we're not that lucky. lol

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Zoe, I am completely on your side with this thought. It makes me so mad to think about WB splitting DH in two movies. HP was meant to be only seven books, and it should be that way with movies too. Think about lotr; they made a long movie so that they could get everything they wanted in there. Yes, they are still going to leave things out - but if they made each movie 3-3.5 hours long, people would STILL watch it. WB would still have made billions of dollars with this series. But no, they have to be greedy and say that instead of making one long movie for the seventh they're going to split it in two and make more money! Honestly... haven't they made enough from the consumers? Nope. Because it's business.

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*Isn't a loner on this one*

I know. I just think that they could've done a much better job with the films. The first two were pretty close to the books, but after that everything seemed to change a little bit.

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Well, I stick to what I said. Its a great idea for them to split the book. Incidentally, do any of you know if this was ever done before with anyother book?

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I have to say that I don't mind that they are splitting the movie into two parts. Would I have watched one uber-super-long movie? SURE! Will I go see both parts of the movie when they come out? ABSOLUTELY! As far as I'm concerned, I don't care how many parts they have to split it into as long as they stay as true as possible to the book. I agree that after CoS the movies started to deviate from the books more and more, mainly because they couldn't fit everything in there for time purposes. The movies were already very long and that was after cutting out a lot of backstory. The problem with the 7th book is that its no longer backstory! Everything is important! And they're faced with the problem that the movie would literally be 6+ hours long and maybe they're concerned that since it is technically a kids/young adult genre of movies, that kids won't want to sit for that long in a theater, even if they gave an intermission like they did with Titanic. And yes, I'm sure the appeal of making more money is certainly a factor, but I'd rather pay to see and buy 2 amazing and accurate movies than pay once and be disappointed by one that is butchered and leaves out more than half of the story. But that's just my opinion

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I'm split about that subject. I dont know if I am happy or not about the fact that they are doing DH in two parts. The important part for me it's that they stay faithful to the books. I was mad about the Order of Phoenix and the way they did it because they didn't respect some aspect of the book which I think they shouldn't have done. I know you can't put everything in the book into a movie but at least respect the essence of the book.

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In which point of the story line do you think they will split it for the two films?

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I'm not sure of that. I never gave it a thought.

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That's a really good question! I'm gonna have to reference my book when I get home and get back to you on this one... definitely got me wondering though...