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I’ll stand with hpfan on Kloves…he cut very little of importance from the script—several scenes were filmed and then deleted, which aint his fault. And didnt JKR indicate all along that her preference was to have one screen writer, and that would be Steve Kloves?

In comparison, look at all the plot and subplot lines missing from OotP! Since my criteria is “coherence of story line”, and given the numerous omissions in OotP (note, I do not specifically blame Yates or Goldenberg or Mark Day the editor, but rather alll three of them as having collective decision making power), I’d rather see Kloves…even if some dialogue is clunky

...and give Evanna Lynch the final say in everything, she’s a least a die-hard fan like we are

Well actually in my opinion Kloves served Ron a lot better than Glodenberg: in the OotP we never see him… I paid attention to his scenes, and I think he’s even in less scenes than that awful Nigel…Hermione is always there, she has a lot of lines, even useless ones, while Ron never speaks… I think his character was better described in Kloves’s screenplays. And I agree with Rhiannon: one thing is the screenplay and a completely different thing is the director’s view….

I hope they just make it a really good 3 hour long film like LOTR:Return of the King was and I will be happy. I don’t think it will work to split it up, that would just be too complicated. But I am happy that Steve Kloves is coming back. He and JKR are so close that I think he’s the only one that can faithfully adapt the books to screen, even though Michael Goldenberg did a great job with OOTP.

wow…did you guys watch movies 1-4 and then OofP? I mean Kloves at least kept close to the storyline. I mean dont know about you, but the whole ministry scene being cut was terrible in OofP. i was so looking forward to that. I’m glad Kloves is back. I think he understands the material way better than any other screenwriter. Plus he has the experience. You guys are crazy for hating him

I’m ok with Kloves.

As for director, I’d like one of the one’s that already made HP film. Preferably Newel as Goblet seemed the most grown up film, and DH should be quite grown up. But Yates or Cuaron would be good too I think. As for score I’d like to see Patrick Doyle back for the 7th, his music is incredibly beautiful.

Steve Kloves is from Texas not from England so he might be a member of WGA I hope he will not ruin Ron’s character (again) I hope both Kloves and the director of DH (I prefer Tim Burton or Del Toro for that and definitely not Spielberg) will stay faithful to the book as much as possible and the only way for that to happen is to make two films. I cannot see any cons to this choice

boo! im sorry I really cant stand his writing…oh well there goes DH….all the possibly good dialog is out the window….bring on all the one liners..that dont fit into the movie at all ….pretty soon It will be Ron that takes Voldermort out…and HArry and Hermione will end up together!! sad sad day….

Steve Kloves sucks!!! He invents his own lines, which, most of them are awful awful awful, instead of getting them directly from the book! YUCK

I don’t particularly love or hate neither Kloves nor Goldenberg. In my opinion the director is the one who has the last word on what to put into the final film, so many of the mistakes that we do all recount in the HP movies may not depend on the screenplay (nor even on the director’s choices: it can also be the editor’s or the production’s fault…). What is very telling on that is that PoA was a very good film, while GoF was a little weak, and the screenwriter was Kloves in both cases. We have to consider that the production is the one who gives the main feature of the film: if Ron is a little stupid in PoA is probably because they had to respect a sort of balance. Ron cannot be as clever or as cool or as brave as Harry, because Harry is the main character, not Ron. And this is also because, in my opinion, they decided to give a bigger role to Hermione, because she’s Harry counterpart (not a romantic one, but she still is his mirror, she’s the one in whom he can trust). In this sense Ron’s role is seen more as a funny one, he’s the one who makes the jokes, who is clumsy, who makes us laugh. This is not what JK wrote, but this is what they needed to “simplify” her books to make them more “enjoyable”...

Stephen Kloves?!

Oh God.

goes and tries to forget any excitement about a decent 7th film

Goldenberg much better then Kloves.

Kloves…

Enough said:(

I don’t mind kloves or goldenberg… even though I’m slightly inclined towards goldenberg. But I just hope they don’t bring Cauron back as director, I HATED his direction. Someone needs to tell him that its Harry Potter and not Shakespere… I wouldn’t mind Yates or Columbus. And I’m still hoping for a two-part film!!!

I’m glad Kloves is back. But seriously, can they not just reach some agreement on the stupid writers strike already? It’s starting to impact the economy, which isn’t what we need at all. If this stalls the release of Deathly Hallows I will give those writers something to strike about…

oh and rose… You really don’t get any of the characters.

As we know DH is going to need a lot of attention so if I was Kloves while the strike is on I would be writing the first draft for DH. Just because he can’t “offically write” on set doesn’t mean he can’t write at home.

For all we know he could be on the picketlines or on the London set but if I was him that is what I would be doing.

I totally agree Phoebe… The strike is SO FRIKIN ANNOYING! I’m missing all the TV!!

G-R-O-A-N! Oh, no – anything but Kloves. Well, they’ll probably save some money on other actors since now we’ll have Hermione taking out all the Horcruxes, cutting Nagini’s head off, killing Bellatrix and aiming Harry’s wand at Voldemort for him.

headdesk

I think it’s better to have DH be one film, not two. Artistically, you can make an overlong film out of a book that feels breezy. It’s important not to do this by knowing when and where to edit. If I were adapting it, I would keep it one film, leave out Bill/Fleur (you can have a celebration of Tonks/Lupin’s wedding when the ministry falls), and you can cut out the break-in at the MoM by having Kreacher provide the locket. That way, you can focus on the later, more important events in the book and give them the weight that they require.

P.S. I’m saddened that Kloves is coming back. I don’t like his writing of Ron and Hermione. I would be VERY upset if Spielberg or his former protege Columbus came back to direct. Uggghh! Either give it to del Toro, or bring back Cuaron!

Just when I thought I had the real Ron, he gets snatched away! Damn you Kloves!