[HPFGU-Movie] DH - Time and Space -[Spoiler-ish]

[Valerie Flowe]

Steve,
I haven't read The Bartimaeus Trilogy, but I see the dilemma in what 
you are talking about.
I assume, in DH, that you are speaking of the scene where anyone and 
everyone converges on the Hogwarts grounds and then inside the castle 
for the big battle?
This scene reminded me very much of one of the Lord of the Rings mega 
battle scenes or Narnia. They were able to do it well, and I'm sure the 
HP director will too, with a lot of CG creatures.
Maybe for simplicity they'll keep it all happening on the grounds? 
Although IF they film it in the same location as the last 3 movies, it 
will be difficult to find a huge expanse of ground. They changed the 
landscape after COS from flat, green lawns, to rocky hillsides.
And as for the grand monologues, we know from experience that they get 
chopped way down (as in all of Dumbledore's end-of-book wrap-up 
speeches.)
I was wondering today what the 'remains' of Voldemort will look like. I 
imagine less than the creepy small creature he was in GOF? I guess he 
finally realized what Dumbledore meant when he said that there are 
worse things than death!
Valerie

On Aug 12, 2007, at 3:36 PM, Steve wrote:

> 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 -
>
>  *** Spoilers(ish) to Follow ***
>  *** Again Spoiler(ish) to Follow ***
>
>  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.