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[HildebrandRarity]

I wouldn't know where to start, Blofeld. I'm not that much into the series. Cursory interest only.

BTW, What do people recon will be the end point of movie one?

I say Escape From Malfoy Manor and Death Of Dobby ends the movie.

What do people think?

[Mr. Blofeld]

I wouldn't know where to start, Blofeld. I'm not that much into the series. Cursory interest only.

BTW, What do people recon will be the end point of movie one?

I say Escape From Malfoy Manor and Death Of Dobby ends the movie.

What do people think?

If you're not that much into the series, how do you know about what you just posted?

[HildebrandRarity]

I have only read 5/8ths of one of the seven books. That hardly puts me in a position to compare my beloved James Bond to the Potter-man.

I'm only guessing that movie one ends there.

The Gringotts/Goblin bank break-in/break-out would make for a logical PTS to movie two, from what I have read so far.

[Tybre]

I have only read 5/8ths of one of the seven books. That hardly puts me in a position to compare my beloved James Bond to the Potter-man.

I'm only guessing that movie one ends there.

The Gringotts/Goblin bank break-in/break-out would make for a logical PTS to movie two, from what I have read so far.

Trouble is Harry Potter doesn't do cold opens...

[HildebrandRarity]

No, eh?

No wonder I love the Bond movies more than anything else!

[Mr. Blofeld]

I have only read 5/8ths of one of the seven books. That hardly puts me in a position to compare my beloved James Bond to the Potter-man.

I'm only guessing that movie one ends there.

The Gringotts/Goblin bank break-in/break-out would make for a logical PTS to movie two, from what I have read so far.

Trouble is Harry Potter doesn't do cold opens...

It did for the first movie, remember?

[Tybre]

I have only read 5/8ths of one of the seven books. That hardly puts me in a position to compare my beloved James Bond to the Potter-man.

I'm only guessing that movie one ends there.

The Gringotts/Goblin bank break-in/break-out would make for a logical PTS to movie two, from what I have read so far.

Trouble is Harry Potter doesn't do cold opens...

It did for the first movie, remember?

True, but ever since, it's title and BOOM film. Which I don't mind at all really. If every film had a cold open or lacked a cold open I'd probably go nuts. Well, more nuts than I am now.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

For that matter, can you imagine what splitting the last film into two parts would do for merchandising?
I mean, would it be one Deathly Hallows video game, or two?
There would certainly be two different soundtracks...

I wonder, as an afterthought, if, when part II is finished, there'll be an "ultimate" edition for Deathly Hallows, in which there are both films with some added bonus features. Although I know that an ultimate edition for all 8 of the films is coming a little longer down the road......

[Tybre]

Two games, most likely. If Harry Potter continues the trend of tie-in instead of GoldenEye style moviegame, then yes, there will very likely be two. Although I must say, for tie-ins, the Harry Potter games aren't that bad. They're far from fantastic, but in the scheme of movie tie-ins, they're good. Now if only we could convince them to be smart and hold off a year or two, develop a truly good game built around the movie instead of trying to cash in on the initial hype...Although I suppose I haven't got much room to talk. Last one I bought was OotP, and Azkaban before that. No idea of the current or the fourth. Anywho, splitting it into two parts makes it much better for merchandising. It allows them to spit out more useless products. Just like splitting it in half makes them, theoretically, more money. We'll see how that theory holds up.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Well, and the Lego Harry Potter video game is also coming out in 2010. So Warner Brothers will make LOADS of money off of that, the regular DH video game (I and II), and EVERYTHING else...

[HildebrandRarity]

Warners and Rowling are salivating at the prospects, i'm sure.

A certain term comes to mind:

Milking.

Hey, James Bond has been no different in the past. No doubt the 00s will be seen as the Harry Potter decade 50 years from now.

[DamnCoffee]

Pictures from the filming at Shell Cottage:




I love how Radcliffe has longer hair, too. I loved his look in Goblet Of Fire. He never suited short hair, imo.

[HildebrandRarity]

My intuition remains that this (Malfoy Manor Escape/Death Of Dobby) is end of movie one.

It also looks like the screenplay of that segment is different than the book (which i've now read about 5/6ths of as of last night) because Helena Bonham Carter is on set there.

So it definitely looks like they are padding things out in movie one.

Who here visits Harry Potter sites? Perhaps you can shed light on Bonham Carter being in dress on those dunes?

[DamnCoffee]

Well, in the book...

Spoiler

Hermione uses Polyjuice Potion in order to gain access to Bellatrix's vault at Gringotts. With help from Griphoook (The Goblin on set), who helps Harry, Ron and Hermione in return for the Sword Of Griffindor.

[HildebrandRarity]

So this means that the three leaving w the goblin for the bank from the Fleur cottage is in movie one, then?

[DamnCoffee]

I'm not quite sure really.

I feel that Dobby's death would be ideal to end Part I. The Gringgots sequence would start off the next movie as YATES said in an interview that Hogwarts will be featured fairly early on in Part II.

[HildebrandRarity]

I suppose the most efficient thing to do is to film Bonham Carter and the other three in the sand dunes while they happen to be filming the burial, eventhough it (the scene using Bonham Carter) may be for movie two. Save money on the production side w the location shoot, etc.

[Mr. Blofeld]

Besides, it also seems like they've got the actor who plays Bill Weasley, as well as Evanna Lynch, on set to film their scenes; it also looks like they've cast an actor for the part where Hermione changes Ron's appearance to make him look like a foreign Death Eater.

You know, I was worried as to the length of which Hermione has Bellatrix's appearance in the book, but from the look on Bonham-Carter's face, it should be fun.

[HildebrandRarity]

Any concrete news on what's the end point of movie one?

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

I have a quick, off subject (But Harry Potter related) question:

I found this on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co...e...1165&sr=8-1

If they did the tenth anniversary for this book, would they do one for the rest of the series?? I know that they did the "deluxe" HBP and DH, but would they do a 10th anniversary for the rest of the series???



Also, another quick question: If someone were to redo the Harry Potter films, many many years from now, would you watch them again???

[Tybre]

No word yet as far as I can find. Latest I've seen/heard is them filming Dobby's funeral.

As for the tenth anvs, they probably will do one of each.
As for remaking the Potter films, I would give Azkaban another go in theatres. Stone, Chamber, Goblet, and Phoenix would be pending upon reviews, both professional and what friends have to say. The last two would be a long way down the line. I never cared too much for the last two books, and the last film, while good, was still nothing fantastic, and I still think the last few moments after Hermione's last line just utterly kill the way the ending was moving, and it completely took me out of the film. Good thing it was at the end.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

I would definitely pay however much for the tenth anniversary edition of the Harry Potter books. I just hope that this wasn't a one-time thing with Sorcerer's Stone...
I would also love to see what a different director could do with the Harry Potter series. Mind you, it probably won't be for a LONG, LONG time, but I would go watch them over again. I would particularly like to see Azkaban made again (For example, there's a scene that I really hate: It's when the Whomping Willow shakes the water/snow off of itself and it splashes onto the camera. That, to me, acknowledges that there's a camera in the room and that someone's filming that scene.....Maybe it's just me.)

BTW Tybre, what was Hermione's last line???

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

Here's a quick question:
I haven't read OOTP in a while, but a question just occurred to me.

Spoiler

Why did Voldemort want the prophecy? What was so important that Voldemort was willing to kill Harry to get it???

[DamnCoffee]

Voldermort only heard the first part of the prophecy which was that someone was gonna kill him. He wanted to hear the second part, which he thought would tell him how and why.

[HildebrandRarity]

What's the latest? Is there a release date yet?

[DamnCoffee]

I'm not too sure yet.

In a new interview with EvannaLynchFans, Luna Lovegood actress Evanna Lynch talks about the Lovegoods and filming for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Which part of Deathly Hallows are you most excited about seeing turned into film?

I imagine everyone will say this-the walk through the woods and Platform nine and three quarters. It was such an experience to read, such a catharsis, I remember reading it for the first time and I felt like I could hardly keep up with my own eyes rushing across the pages. It will be so exciting to see how they translate that experience onto film, to see what someone else made of it. And of course the Lovegood house!! I have seen it being made from scratch and been in it and all around it and it is absolutely beautiful, much more vivid and detailed and alive than anything I could ever dream up even while reading the books. I hope they give it good screen time, it truly deserves it. I'm so excited just to see Mr.Lovegood in action. Luna has always been so different and jarring to those around her, it will be so nice to see someone with the same energy and hear his lines, you can't beat the Lovegoods for unpredictability.

[HildebrandRarity]

That's all nice but usually when filming is underway the release date is set. This is true of all blockbusters including James Bond films.

It's true that Half Blood Prince's release was delayed by about 8 months - for profit-maximisation reasons I imagine - but I find it unusual that DH1 does not have a release date.

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

http://tweet.paperma...ended-editions/



Looks like we'll be getting an ultimate edition for the Harry Potter films (Or the first two, at least.)

[DamnCoffee]

Oh! Brilliant!

I hope to see a lot more footage, especially for Azkaban!

[danielcraigisjamesbond007]

I've just got two quick questions:
1) What did Dumbledore really see in the Mirror of Erised? Was it

Spoiler

Ariana?

2) Speaking of the Mirror, what does the engraving say above the mirror??? Does anyone know?