GoF & OoP- Each made in Two Halfs

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Kriselda Jarnsaxa
<thorswitch at t...> wrote:

> 
>>>> There has been talk about making GOF as 2 separate movies that
would be  released about a month or so apart. ...edited..., I suspect
it's even more likely that GOF and OOP will be handled  that way,
rather than trying to cram as much content as they can into a  single
film. <<<


bboy_mn:

I never thought about this small aspect until I read this post, but...

A side note first: I think 3 hours is just barely enough for any of
these movies. PS and CoS could have bee noticably improved if they had
been stretched to 3 hours. If the studio puts pressure on to keep PoA
down to 2 to 2-1/2 hours, it will be a sad waste of celluloid. PoA is
a complex story even if it isn't as long as GoF, and it is by far the
most dramatic. So, in my opinion, anything less that 3 hrs is a
horrible injustice to the story.

GoF lends itself well to being made into two movies. The end of the
first task is about the middle of the book, and that would make an
exciting quiting point for that first movie. 

But where is a good place to break OoP? 

OoP isn't a series of nicely defined tasks. It, for the most part, has
smooth uniform action from beginning to end. 

The place that I would suggest is when Mr. Weasley gets bitten by the
snake-

Chapter 21 - The Eye of the Snake - begins page 441 of 870 - Harry has
the dream. Ends (pg 465) in Harry's dorm room with McGonnagall saying,
'I believe you Potter...'

Chapter 22 - St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries -
begins in Dumbledore's office, moves to Grimmauld place (pg 475), then
to the hospital (pg 484), ends with the Weasley kids hearing that
Harry is possessed by Voldemort while listening on Extendable Ears (pg
491) 

The next chapter is back to Grimmauld Place for Christmas.

That's closest to half way, and reasonably exciting climax. 

Of course, halfway through the book is not necessarily halfway through
the screen play. But, unless they want to end it like the first Lord
of the Rings where it just stops and leaves you hanging, I can't think
of any other place near the center of OoP that is a suitable stopping
point.

But, I guess we are years away from having to worry about OoP, the movie.


Just a thought. 

bboy_mn