Ok, that’s fine, JUST ASLONG AS HE DOESN’T MISS ANYTHING OUT AND THAT IT’S 7 HOURS LONG!!! And NO changing things, Yates! I mean it!
@Natalie: It’s the screen play writer who cuts things out of the story.
They’re adapting “The Giver” to film? Be still, my heart!
I think Yates is a good director but I did not like how he closed the Order of the Phoenix. I thought it was abrupt and meaningless. Other than that I enjoyed the film immensely. I hope that on the next two films he keeps that in mind.
Noooooooooooo! Saffron I’m totally with you.
Crap. I don’t want the seventh movie to be less than a friggin hour. Boooo. Get someone new pleeeaaaase.
@Jan: The ending of the film was written by the screenwriter not the director.
Caracticus, I agree. However, I also wouldn’t mind a 3 hour long verson.
As for Yates, I’ll be content is this is true. It makes sense to finish out the series. It would also explain why Dan Radcliffe adimantly said Spielberg would not direct the final film. My only problem with OotP was the editing decisions. Hopefully that will improve in HBP. If they choose to extend DH, we shouldn’t run into that problem (hopefully).
Cuaron or bust!! Yates made Ootp boring IMO, it was the most bland HP movie so far. It could have been SO much more amazing, and should have been 30 minutes longer without question. Because it was his debut feature he was bullied into making a shorter film to get more screenings in (this is my opinion). Directors with a bigger sway like Cuaron and Newell could do more what they liked.
I really didn’t find anything directorially astounding about OotP. While it was an appreciable improvement over the previous films., I attribute that much more to Michael Goldenberg than to Yates. Nothing wrong with Yates, nor particularly amazing about Goldenberg come to that. I think anyone who didn’t decide to replace perfectly good sections of dialogue or minor plot points with creations of their own aspiring mind would be an improvement over Steve Kloves. With him slated for the last two movies, I’ve essentially given up hope on the franchise.
Minor quibbles regarding the headline: If we’re going to use quotations around the title (an altogether questionable practice) we should at least move the question mark to outside of those. The novel isn’t, after all titled with a question.
“They should get a new director. Even if Yates did a good job with #5, they should keep the series fresh!”
I agree.
I like getting new directors. Each time the series has a new take and each film feels very much to be their own work, rather than just another iteration of the same thing. It’s very refreshing. I was pleased when Yates came on to do 6, but 7 is so different I think a new directorial voice should take it on. Why oh why couldn’t it have been del Toro?
oh, and FGK, your quibble is with the AP style guide, not with Leaky. Not that I take issue with you quibbling with the AP. As someone with an MA in English, I’m right with you. But good luck getting them to listen. ;-)
no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NO,no please!!I hope this rumor proves to be mistaken….come on guys!!Who wants this hugely important film to be handed over to someone with almost zero experience??OotP was ok for a film but undenyably slow with abrupt sequences.And I am sure he doesn’t have that many ideas about the way he will approach the series.All his ideas will be used up by the time he takes DH into his hands.WB should be looking for a director with experience,able not only to make a faithful adaptation but also to create an original artistic movie….what new ideas will David Yates have to offer after all these years?I can guess why they are doing this,it is surely more economical for WB to hire this kind of a director.But WB can also summon the bigest names in the industry,hasn’t the Harry Potter series earned this?I am seriously upset about this!!I had faith in WB and Heymann to make DH the best of all the hp films….I guess they are just not taking the film as seriously as I expected them to take it.
I vote for a 4 hour Deathly Hallows film…