Undeathly Hallows ? (was Re: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas/Pyjamas)

[Alison]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
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> Cabalwrote:
> > 
> > Cabal wrote: 
> > The other option is to focus the first half on the Horcruxes
> (knowing the final Horcrux is in Hogwarts and has to wait until the
> end) and moving things around so that they go to Bill & Fleurs 
before
> visiting Lovegood. This way you concentrate the first film on the
> horcruxes and end on the grand finale of breaking out of Gringots 
and
> flying away on a dragon.
> > 
> Carol responds:
> That would work, I suppose, especially if Heyman considers Hallows 
and
> Horcruxes to be "themes" (see my earlier post). But as I see it, the
> Gringotts break-in is the first step in the defeat of Voldemort and
> sets in motion everything else, including Voldemort's panicked 
Horcrux
> search for his Horcruxes and invasion of Hogwarts. It also, as I 
said,
> occurs in the same twenty-four hours as the battle of Hogwarts. IMO,
> it definitely belongs in the second film in terms of both plot and 
theme. 
> 

Alison : 
I agree that makes some sort of sense, although it would be a shame 
to miss out on the fact that it was while digging Dobby's grave, that 
Harry's thoughts clarified and he decided to focus back on Horcruxes. 
Still I'm not sure how that could be adequately portrayed in a movie, 
and I realise I can't have everything anyway.

One other problem here though, is that they only learn Luna is 
missing after the visit to the Lovegoods, and rescue her from Malfoy 
Manor before going to Shell Cottage. 

That suggests that either Luna being held hostage is cut, or they 
simply discover her there, just as they do Ollivander.

They seem to also need to further include more backstory, such as the 
identification of the Hufflepuff cup since it's unclear if this is 
going to be in HBP.

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> Carol:
> As I said, the first film would focus thematically of Harry's 
struggle
> to embark on and make sense of the impossible mission that 
Dumbledore
> has assigned him. The film could end at the point where he finally
> understands what he has to do and why. (Not counting the
> self-sacrifidc, of course.) The second film would focus on carrying
> out the mission.
> 
> Carol, who thinks there are more than two ways to divide a two-part
> film and the key in this case is theme
>

Alison : 

Wouldn't this then need to include some of Harry's disillusionment 
with Dumbledore since that contributes to his, and indirectly to 
Ron's, frustration and therefore more of DD's backstory ? In my mind 
this is all mixed up together with the appearances by & discovery of 
Grindelwald, and then further mixed in with Harry's flashes of 
Voldemort's search for the Elder Wand, for which Grindelwald is 
pretty much the key. 

Probably more telling of my state of mind than anything else....