Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: will be two films

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But they are two distinct films with their own stories. Each has a beginning, middle and end with an overriding story linking the two together.

That's not the case here. It's a complete story being cut in half. I'm concerned that the first film won't be successfully made to be a film in its own right. I mean, where's the break point?
 
Sorry guys but why all the moaning? If Harry Potter is something you enjoy, books and films, then just celebrate that you are getting two more doses of it on the big screen and stop the whinging about having to pay to see two films (like your probably only going to see one film that year anyway) and stop complaining about how much money it will make, when JK herself is going to do bloody well out of it!

if you don't like the idea, then stay at home. But I wonder how many of you will be eating your worRAB.
 
No offense, but you must be a very disciplined reader if you stuck with a series of books to have read the final one given you find the writer's style very undisciplined. If i felt like that I would have given up half way through the first book
 
Because people think it is a bad move artistically made for cynical reasons.The concern, at least as far as I'm concerned, is that rather than getting decent 'dose', we may well get two watered down 'doses'. The comparative pacing, size, and complexity of the book doesn't seem to require it. DH is a fun book, but it's hardly a Lord of the Rings type tome when it comes to the complexities in adaptation.Couldn't give a hoot about paying twice, myself (not that a cineworld card makes that relevant). The only issue with money as far as I'm concerned is that this decision seems to have been made for monetary reasons, and then spun for the press as being an artistic decision.That's Dr Who forum logic there. ;)
I hope so. This is all speculation after all. I'll enter with an open mind, but in a 'family movie' franchise that has managed to retain some degree of integrity (George Lucas, I hope you're paying attention), I'd hate to see it fall at the last hurdle due to studio pressure to extend the lifespan of this particular cash-cow. Signs seems to point to that.
 
I'm interested as to why you find Yate's style (or apparent lack of) better than Cuaron's and Newell's. I didn't rate Columbus at all, but wouldn't have described it as workmanlike and uninspiring, just childish.
 
hopefully they will be able to stay truer to the books now....Although Im not exactly happy, they will be making two crappy movies instead of one!!
 
There is no break point in between this book to warrant splitting it into two films. Just another way for them greedy soRAB to make an extra buck, disgusting.
 
Hoepfully this will mean that they will be a lot truer to the books and put all the detail in.
At the same time I'm worried that they still won't do a decent job. And it does seem a bit like they're unecessarily dragging this out.
 
I suspect that the break point will come either when Harry & Co are captured and imprisoned at Malfoy Manor, or possibly around the time of Dobby's tragic demise - possibly a cliff-hanger surrounding their escape or, more likely, with Harry grieving alone at Dobby's grave...
 
According to the OP, they'll be six months apart.

Like some others, I'm really not sure this is a good idea. Deathly Hallows is not the longest book by any stretch, and if the can chip a bloated tome like OOTP into a sharp, entertaining two hours, they can certainly trim what is essentially an extended camping trip in the middle of DH down, and make a decent 2.5 hour finale.

As a franchise, the films and books have maintained a remarkable amount of integrity, but this smacks of wringing more dollars from the story before it enRAB. Not cool.
 
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