I think the perfect place to end would be at the end of the Deathly Hallows Chapter. The trio is back in the tent, the taboo has just been said, and we hear voices outside the tent, “Come out of there with your hands up!” Screen goes black. Then part two can pick up on the way to Malfor Manor.
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Nehoo…YOOooOO! When I heard they were gonna split the HP7….that’s where I assumed woul dbe the most logical place to spilt it @...When Ron returns. Cause you know..striaght to that point it’s filled with lost of exciting near captures and what not of them. Then After Ron returns…..it’s starts slow then builds up to the climax again.
MAN I CANT WAIT!!! When will Leaky C have the countdown tickers for Hp6 yo :D???!!!
I dont care where they split, its two parts of one movie anyway. I leave it up to the artistic merit of the writer and director to cut it but it wont mean much in the end.
WHOO HOO! awesome, even though i’ve already seen these, i’m soooo happy that they’re finally releasing some hi res photos.. i can’t wait for the actual trailer :)
@latm1999: “I am sorry to tell LemonFaeire that the escape from the Lovegoods comes after ron’s return. Although I want to see Hermione’s reaction to his return before the first instalment ends.”
Sorry, maybe I wasn’t clear in my post before. I know it’s after, that was my point. I think cutting it at Ron’s return is too soon. Personally I would prefer it to be cut either as they are escaping the Lovegood’s house OR as they are captured by the Snatchers and being taken to Malfoy Manor.
As for what will come before or after, I think they are going to be taking a lot of liberties with the book, they are going to have to. For example, I doubt we will see the break in at the Ministry or that whole story line at all. It’s one thing to show Harry and Ron Polyjuiced as Crabbe and Goyle for a few minutes in COS, but the trio spends a lot of time in disguise or Polyjuiced in DH, which you just can’t have on screen. They are going to want the actual trio on screen as much as possible, not other actors filling in as the disguised trio. (And so do I.) They will probably have Kreacher end up giving the locket to them and telling Regulus’ story, then they’ll invent a reason for them to have to leave 12 GP. They aren’t going to want to spend a whole lot of time there, anyway, because it doesn’t advance the story, they will want to get the trio out of the house and on the move as fast as possible.
Keeping that in mind, then, I really think cutting it at Ron’s return is too soon for the first movie to end. It leaves way too many big, important sequences that are going to need adequate time devoted to them to be squeezed into the second half. I want no squeezing! I want good pacing and plenty of time for the scenes that need it. If they wait a bit to cut it, and get one or two of those other scenes in the first half, it will allow much needed time for everything else in the second half.
Eh…..IMO Ron’s return isn’t enough time for the END and the battle of Hogwarts I like Shell Cottage better
i haven’t read the book yet so could someone tell me what Ron did that was soo bad please???
I was worried that they were going to end the first part after Ron left, and I just didn’t like that, although it would make for a nice cliffhanger ending of part 1 and an explosive beginning to part 2 at Godric’s Hollow. I just didn’t want it to end on such a downer. The place that I want it to end is at Xeno’s. The last line of chapter 20 is Xeno saying, “Are you referring to the sign of the Deathly Hallows?” and I really feel like that’s a good spot. Any earlier and (as others have said) the Deathly Hallows won’t have been mentioned yet.
But this is a rumor and there’s really several places where they could split. I guess we’ll have to wait and see!
If they cut it at Shell Cottage, the second half of the movie would drag. There is such a thing as too much action.
Cutting at Ron’s return is the most obvious because it is a point of resolution.
To be honest I don’t care where they make the split. The fact we’re getting around four or five hours of DH is good enough for me.
i hope its not true.because dobby’ death more effect and passion
Gandalfxj9 – totally agree with your comment on page one.
Return of Ron? What a lame place to split it. HP movies usually end after a bit of action – after Gringotts, i.e. at Shell Cottage, would be a perfect place to split it. Plus, everything that happens after Shell Cottage would take aages on screen, and deserves the screen time.
J – so you’re saying you want them to cut half of the book because cutting it at Shell Cottage would ‘drag’ the second part? That doesn’t make sense. Cutting it at Ron’s return (which is earlier than Shell Cottage) makes the second movie EVEN longer. Whether you like a lot of action or not, DH IS a story that is action-packed.
And I’d like to point out that Shell Cottage is ALSO a point of resolution. They’ve got all but one of the horcruxes (not incl. Nagini), they just made a big escape where Hermione nearly died, and Dobby did die, and they rest. SC is a chapter of resting/resolution and of scheming/taking it all to another level – i.e. the end of DH1 and beginning of DH2 respectively. Perfect IMO.
I think they should split it right as ron leaves and hermione goes running after him crying. i think that would be the perfect spot for it to split, because if you hadn’t read the book, its a perfectly suspenseful part.