'Deathly Hallows' is 784 Pages -- Will Warners Chop it in Two?
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Now we know how long Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is -- 784 pages. It's not a surprise. Being the final book, there's a lot to wrap up. There are questions to be answered, sexy adolescent experimentation to be tried and epic battles to describe. Hell, it isn't even the longest of the series, since The Order of the Phoenix weighed in at 870 pages. So, this is a big bunch of greatness for Potter fans. There's lots of pages and lots to read. While that's all well and good, what will happen when it comes time to make the movie?A lot will probably depend on how fans take to the upcoming Phoenix movie, which will be released on July 13. There's a lot of big events and huge changes for the boy wizard in the novel. If it translates well to the screen, without fans being disappointed in the pieces that will inevitably be cut, then there shouldn't be any problem with the final book. That being said, the Hallows is an ending to a long series, so it's a little harder to chop up, not to mention the fact that it's the last, so you should end with a solid finish since this has been years in the making.
Shooting two films also gets into messy contract issues. There are already rumors that Emma Watson doesn't want to continue the series. Would any of them want to prolong it? I say screw fears of length! People are dying to see this, and you can always put in an intermission. Make it long, make it good, and make it worth the wait. Although, how good it is will depend on how well J.K. Rowling wraps everything up. In my fantasy world, Harry Potter does die in the end, like Daniel Radcliffe hopes, and a certain sexy co-star * (who has a birthday today) reappears and saves the day in nothing but a loincloth. Sure, it sounds more adult, but if Radcliffe can perform horse love in the buff, I can have my partial nudity!
*Figure out who that is at your own risk!
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3-21-2007 @ 1:23PM
Michael said...
Of course they're not going to release it in parts, there's no financial incentive for them to do that. Why would you even postulate such a thing?
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3-21-2007 @ 1:51PM
Mark said...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6465875.stm
Warner Bros says she is staying, though I don't think I trust them that much...
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3-21-2007 @ 2:06PM
liz said...
I hope Emma will change her mind, it just would not be as good without her. I am anxious to know what happens but I do not want Harry to die.
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3-21-2007 @ 3:38PM
Ray said...
Listen - They're not going to break it in two - everyone speculated that the were going to break GOF in two and they didn't - same with OOTP; so enough with this - it's unnecessary.
By the way, I assume you're talking about Radcliffe - his birthday in on Friday, not today, according to IMDB.
I think it would be cool if Harry died and came back to defeat Voldemort - the whole Christ rising from the dead thing would fit right into the mythology, not to mention that Voldemort would go nuts because it's the one thing that he always wanted to be able to accomplish, but couldn't -
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3-22-2007 @ 10:58PM
Chris said...
"Of course they're not going to release it in parts, there's no financial incentive for them to do that."
What??? You mean the fact that legions of Potter fans paying twice to see both parts of the film isn't financial incentive? Right, because why make twice as much money when you can be nice and only charge once. You do know what the words "financial" and "incentive" mean, right?
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3-21-2007 @ 2:30PM
MB said...
Oh, I didn't get the birth date wrong, you've just got the wrong guy, Ray. :)
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3-21-2007 @ 2:52PM
Jessica said...
I like your idea about who should save Harry. Not sure how I feel about the loin cloth idea, (guess it wouldn't be so bad) but he was one of my favorite charcters from the ENTIRE series. I was so sad when he died. :(
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3-21-2007 @ 9:20PM
littleroo27 said...
I think that would be awesome - a "gone with the wind" length movie complete with 20 minute intermission. But it won't happen because it would cost them more money and they wouldn't get more out of it. It's still the same ticket price for the same film and the same 2 disc DVD, so why make it longer then it has to be, right? Oh well, there's always a 42nd re-read of the books, right?
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3-21-2007 @ 9:20PM
littleroo27 said...
P.S. Gary Oldman can save my life in a loin cloth ANY DAY
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3-22-2007 @ 1:01AM
Tony said...
Warner may be forced to rethink their 2-2 1/2 hour running time limit they put on all the Potter films after Order comes out. The reviews I have read from fans have left out or changed alot of plotlines, some that I think are going to cause problems as the movies move on. Especially since the studio has no idea what transpires in Deathly Hollows. Order will do good because of the fanbase, but the backlash will be there. There is no reason they couldn't film more scenes and put an Extended Edition out on DVD later like LOTR.
I have already fumed about the cutting of the books to fit into the time alloted, so instead of continuing to ramble, here is what I wrote: http://www.themovieinsiders.com/has-harry-potter-outgrown-warner-brothers-with-sequel/
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