Where Would You Split "7A & 7B"?

[Hugh Kenrick]

This is a direct steal from the COE forums regarding 'The Hobbit' (credit to Elwen)

Since we now know that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be two films, where's a logical place you would split that set of movies?

[Haldomere Banks]

I think that I would put Voldemort and all of his crowd in one movie and Hogwarts in the other. That way they could have one normal year of school with no crises. Harry and Ron could learn another three or four spells on top of the five or six they learned in six years of school. Mr. Weaseley could learn how an electric can opener works. Luna could start a student newspaper. Hermione could spend some more time in the library and lean that there are whole subjects that she knows nothing about (mathematics, English literature, biology, feminist studies). And they could all go to the prom.

[Hugh Kenrick]

My thought would be that you divide the film at the point right after the attack at Godric's Hollow. This leaves all the school action for the second film; but there are other possibilities.

Rowling certainly has learned to write the later books with movies in mind.

[Elwen]

This is a direct steal from the COE forums regarding 'The Hobbit' (credit to Elwen)

Since we now know that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be two films, where's a logical place you would split that set of movies?

LOL.... you won't believe it, but that split thread was lifred directly from a 'DH movie split thread' in another Potter forum - so we have come full circle ;) :D


Well, I don't want a 'cliffhanger' split (I don't think they work well in the cinema). I want a split that allows both films that have reasonable story arcs and character arcs. That's not easy to do with the story, actually.

My 'least worst' option would be the arrival at Shell Cottage and Dobby's burial.

All in all, I don't like the idea of splitting DH.

[Pearl]

I think that I would put Voldemort and all of his crowd in one movie and Hogwarts in the other. That way they could have one normal year of school with no crises. Harry and Ron could learn another three or four spells on top of the five or six they learned in six years of school. Mr. Weaseley could learn how an electric can opener works. Luna could start a student newspaper. Hermione could spend some more time in the library and lean that there are whole subjects that she knows nothing about (mathematics, English literature, biology, feminist studies). And they could all go to the prom.

:rotfl:

Like Elwen, I think that splitting DH at Dobby's death and burial is the lesser of ... other evils.

Splitting the story any earlier makes the material for Part 1 terribly thin.

At least in Part 2 they can concentrate on those 24 hours between Dobby's death and the final showdown at Hogwarts.

Like Elwen, I do think the split is a Really Bad Idea. There is really not enough material in DH to justify doing this. :shrug: DH is not *cough* epic enough ...:biggrin3:

But, of course, a perfectly thrilling and cinematic story in its own right. :)

[Elwen]

Pearl!! Yay!!!


Let me think. DOes the tomne of your post suggest that you have been discussing this.... erm... quite a bit in the past year or so?

I detect certain signs of... tiredness. ;) :LOL:

:rotfl:

[Hugh Kenrick]

Agreed on all points. I don't particularly like cliffhangers, but I have a strong suspicion that's what they'll do, and the split is entirely for monetary reasons, IMHO.

In my view it's entirely unecessary for the story, which is to your point, because I can't imagine anyone that sees part 1, isn't going to come back and view part 2.

It ought to be more like LOTR, they didn't really leave it at a cliffhanger either time, just at a point of natural progression in the story.