YAYYYYYY!!! I am SOOOO excited!!!!! Since the rumors came out, I have been hoping this would happen!!! Now they can include every part of the fantastic book!! Plus Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (I believe the name is a bit stupid) will come out just in time for my birthday!!!!!!! jumping up and down
wow, is this a record? over 450 comments in 6 hours! WOW! I find this amazing that they will keep it true to the book and the plot! Also, 5-months wait is acceptable compared to the typical year-and-a-half wait between films… So I am wondering as well where the stopping point will be between films??? HMMM????? I mean you can’t have Harry find all horcruxes in Part I then have him hunt down Voldemort in Part II because he only finds the last Horcrux almost before confronting Voldemort and you’d have to add more fluff and plot for that, so, no. No more scenes that aren’t in the books PLEASE!
Wow. I’m kind of surprised that I’m so in the minority here…but, happy about the movie being 2 parts, at least that leads me to believe that they’ll take the time to tell the story properly; but APPALLED about the return of David Yates. It kind of dims any sense of anticipation knowing that he’s going to be at the helm again…sigh
hey all, i am actually quite happy with all of the news… I loved David Yates for OOtP and before that I loved the first two movies because they were almost the exact copy of the books, only in movie form. I liked PoA well enough, but i didn’t like GoF at all. They left too much stuff out… the only thing really missing from OOtP was the cleaning part, them not finding the locket could come back an bite them in the butt bigtime… it all depends on how they try covering up their mistake. Yates is a good director. I like him and he did a very good job. i am not just saying that like other people who’s fave book was OOtP, but mine is HBP and i am excited to see that one on screen. as for the two parts coming out 6 months apart, i say that it is a good idea because then you have time to digest the first half. only thing i would do different is maybe open them 3 months apart so that there is a shorter wait. i am all for more of the content of the book in the movie! anyways, have a good night all… don’t sulk too much, because in the end we all know it will be a kick-butt movie!
OHMYGODYES!
Finally! I honestly couldn’t care less about the wait – at least they’ll have EVERYTHING in this time! YESSS! :D
About DH being two movies, Wow. About David Yates returning, I’m scared. Unless he can improve his action scenes the Battle at Hogwarts and almost every tense moment is going to be a disaster. I can’t express my depression on how disappointing the 45 second “epic” fight was in OotP. It was the first time I walked out of a “Potter” film disappointed. Maybe Heyman now knows Yates weakness with action and got some amazing animators to whip up some good pre-viz, and that’s a big maybe. Maybe Yates will surprise me with HBP (god, I hope he does), but if he doesn’t I will be saying to myself forever, “I knew Del Toro was right for the job, I knew Del Toro was right for the job…”
Hmm.. I’m not sure I’m all that excited. Two movies is fine, but David Yates directing? I thought he was pretty shallow as a film-maker.
Yeah, I have to say I walked out of OoTP feeling that it’d had about as much substance as your average music video. I really hope something changes for HBP, otherwise, I’m in for a highly disappointing three years.
I am so happy right now. OotP was my favourite HP movie by far and to have that director back with double time to fit it all in sounds like my idea of greatness :D I am totally looking forward to 2010 now (well after November this year of course!). But I’ll agree with all those who say it seems just so so far away!!
It going to be great that they put into films but is going to be a pain when they get to the scene where it stops and you have to wait for the next part..
how far apart they are makes sense….they will be able to release the second installment not long after the dvd release of the first, for those who maybe missed it in the theatre, and to create more suspense for it.
Well, On the plus side 2 films….On the minus side David Yates…..
Anyway It’s a happy news…....I think the break will be at dobby’s death where Harry decides whether he’ll pursue hunting the horcruxes or hallows…
i was so excited when i read this! i probably broke my brothers ears screaming. haha. i am happy as i do truly love how yates did ootp. and, while i think it would be great to have one 5-6 hour long movie (yates had better get past the whole “90 minute movie” thing) rather than waiting half a year for part II, the general publoc probably wouldn’t like that much. and while i think it’s going to far to say that the only reason for the 2 parts is to milk the money cow as much as they possibly can, they do have to worry about making money. i think i’ll just find someplace where i can watch part I right before part II. @TMC- you cant get rid of the gringotts scene. they would be getting rid of a very dramatic scene. and, while i think this is probably a bit too far in to be ending part I, think how dramatic it would be to end it with the trio riding off into the sunset astride a dragon. as far as where to split the parts, i had been thinking ever since the pottercast “staffcast”, that it would end with harry seeing the silver doe, then start as he was following it. i think that ending the first part the moment after ron comes back, while nice and climactic, wouldn’t work. because that would be right when hermione starts punching him, which i think would be a bad note to end it on. i think having it end where voldemort has just broken into dumbledores tomb would also be nice and dramatic, but i think it should probably end with a trio moment. someone posted the idea to start part II with potterwatch, which i think would be really cool. i immediately got the image in my head for it to start out with you hearing ron adjusting the radio while zooming into the tent or something. then, once in the tent, he’d still be fiddling with it and trying to find the password. then it would work and there you go. also it could kind of get the viewers up to date on all the tregedies that are going on. for the wedding, i think that it has to be bill and fleurs. to have lupins and tonks’s, while it would be nice to see, doesn’t make as much sense. i like it better with there’s being much quieter. and i think having the wedding at the weasley’s is kind of important, and why woul l/t’s be there? i agree with the fact that some things, like when going to godric’s hollow, even though they should be using polyjuic potion, using it wouldn’t really work for the movie. for that i think it would be important to use dan and not some other actor since that is such an emotional scene, where we should be seeing harry and not some little old man. for the epilouge, i think it’ll work fine to age them all 10-15 years with makeup. also, just wearing the right clothes/robes would help a lot. and even though it wasn’t in the book, i would really like to see a harry/ginny ron/hermione double wedding (there’s a picture by moodblood 428 in the galleries of that scenario that i absolutely love). i think that would be a great way to start the ending. ok, that’s all i’m going to say right now even thogh i have more to say. sorry for th reeeaaallllly long post peoples. lol. well, now we’ve got atleast 3 more years ahead of us of harry potter news, so i couldn’t be happier. :)
This is fantastic news but it will be the longest 6 months between each film I’ve ever known especially if they leave us with a cliff hanger even though we know the outcome.So pleased for Yates he will carry on with the good work he has done so far. Who will be in the epilogue will it be Dan ,Emma,Rupert & Bonnie transformed to look older or will it be 4 new faces we shall have to wait and see.