Cedric Diggory cut from PoA

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

Richelle wrote:
>
> ...big edit...
> 
> David Heyman (or Steve Kloves, can't remember which) said PoA would
be the same length as or slightly shorter than CoS.  So they've got to
cut a lot.
> 
> As for GoF being two movies, I believe it was Steve Kloves who said
they were looking at it and as the script writing went along would
determine whether it would be one or two movies.  But the way they
were talking sounded like they were leaning toward two.  Maybe WB is
waiting to see how the two Matrix movies do (May and November).
> 
> Richelle

bboy_mn:

Regarding the Quidditch part I cut from this post. I think they need
to have Quidditch. It's expected. What's a Harry Potter movie without
Quidditch? 


Regarding the length of the HP movies. I still don't understand why
2.7hrs for HP is 'butt numbing' but +3 hrs for Lord of the Rings
doesn't even rate a comment. I think it is a crime to make any of
these movies less than 3 hrs long. That extra 20 minute would allow so
much more plot and character developement. It would also allow a lot
smoother transitions between scenes, and make the movie a lot less
hurried, but still excitint pace. 


Chamber of Secrets on the big screen; the truth is, they can't
effectively squeeze any of the first three books into one movie; at
least not when they are shooting for a 2.5 hr target running time. It
would be impossible to make CoS in one movie even if it was stretched
to 3hrs. Given Warner Bro's desire to keep thier movies short, I doubt
they would try to squeeze it into 3.5 hrs. Even 3.5 hours would have a
hard time doing it justice. 

It's going to be very interesting to see what a new director can do
with this story. I've already heard rumors that he is challenging the
status quo, and planning to approach the movie differently. I hope the
first thing he does is makes it longer.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn