DH - Time and Space -[Spoiler-ish]

[Steve]

I'm curious how many people have read 'The Bartimaeus
Trilogy' by Jonathan Stroud? In the climactic scene near
the end of the first book -

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'The Amulet of Samarkand'

- there is a scene that takes place in a large room in
which a giant demon has been called up. The Demon is
blundering around the room killing people, and turns
toward the Hero, as he has the Amulet, and begins to
advance. 

This was the only part of the book that I found 
somewhat unbelievable, though I still certainly 
enjoyed the scene over all. The giant could likely
cross the room in 4, or 5 steps. Yet, that is much too
fast as the Hero needs to do lots of things as the 
giant is walking toward him. Don't want to give away 
too much, but the Hero in the moment has a few other 
evil distractions.

So, my point is we have a distortion of time and
space. That is, the many things the Hero must do, 
doesn't fit in the available time and space.

Now, let's switch back to 'Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows' -

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Once again we have a climatic battle scene contained
in a small space (actually a couple of small spaces, OK,
big spaces, but the point is, the scene is contained),
and once again we have an unlikely distortion of
available time, space, and the presence of other
people.

I can picture the HP Movie Producer throwing his 
head down on his desk after reading 'Deathly Hallows'
and groaning 'Oh my God, what is she trying to do
to us!'. 

This type of climatic scene is extremely difficult 
to film because you can have a 'time and space'
distortion in a book that you simply can't have in
a real-time film. 

Without giving too much away to those who haven't 
read the final book, how do you imagine the movie
makers will be able to effectively film this 
climactic scene? 

Also, how can they make what was 'climatic' in the 
books, seem equally climatic and exciting in a 
movie? For example, this scene includes a long 
monologue by one of the key characters. Monologue
/dialogs may work in books, but they usually don't
do so well in movies when they represent the most
critical point in that movie.

Overall, I would say that JKR has set out an 
extremely difficult task for the movie makers. 

Just a few thoughts.

Steve/bboyminn