GoF & OoP- Each made in Two Halfs

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Scully931" <scully931 at y...> wrote:
> I agree completely that GOF should be two movies. 
>
> I wonder, though, whether it is necessary to split OOTP. ...
> But, there was much description that isn't necessary to the story. 
> Much of the time in Sirius' house is describing getting it clean. 

bboy_mn:

I think all the cleaning was really just a setup for the Black Family
Tree, and I think they could move into that much faster in the movie.
So the whole beginning of the movie could be wide shot of Privet
Drive, Harry+Dudley+Dementors, Mrs. Figg, Grimmauld Place, Black
Family Tree, and off to school. 

But that's the way all the movies go. even with trememdous cuts, they
are still going to be hard pressed to get PoA into one 3 hr movie. So,
even with tons of stuff cut out (which always happens) you are still
going to be hard pressed to condense OotP into a good 3 hr movie. If
you've seen the DVD of CoS, then you know all the stuff that was cut
out, was the stuff that explain many scenes and plotlines that seemed
to have no explaination. 


> I'm also only on my second time reading it. But, my first thought 
> when I was done was "That was a four hundred page book put into 
> eight hundred pages." 
> 
> Deborah

Other people have complained the book dragged many subplots out. Some
complained that the book was too slow in the beginning. But I would
like to point out that the Dementors show up on page 12, by page 19
they were gone, page 24 the boys were home, page 40 Harry's in his
room, and page 55 he's leaving Privet Drive. That seems like a lot of
story to cover in only 55 pages.

I didn't find this book as captivating as previous books, but there
was no part that I found dull or slow. And, but JKR's own admission,
she had to drag some part of the story out in order to be able towork
in clues and characters that will be important to the next two books.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn