Exposition and the Future

[Steve]

There are two long expositions or exchanges of dialog in the books, and I'm very anxious to see how they are handled in the last movie.

The two are -

1.) Dumbledore meet Harry at King's Cross Station, or what appears to be King's Cross.

2.) Harry meets Voldemort in the Great Hall at the end.

In the King's Cross Station scene, Dumbledore and Harry ramble on too long. This is going to have to be cut way down, and get to the point quickly. Even in the books, the scene drags somewhat, though valuable information is revealed.

In the Great Hall, in the final meeting between Harry and Voldemort, the face each other and circle. In their dialog they clear up a last few plot point, and bring the story, more or less, to a close. Though once again, it drags on too long. This scene is going to have to be cut very short. But at the same time, certain information has to come out in order to resolve the story. 


Lastly, the most confusing unresolved Plot Point -

In the books, Harry hid the Potions Books in the Room of Requirement, and he knows exactly where it is and what it looks like. This is very necessary to resolving the plot.

However, in the movies, Ginny hid the Potions Books, not only from Snape and everyone else, BUT FROM HARRY TOO. How can they possible reconcile that is a way that is not a huge distraction?

Is Harry going to take Ginny to the Room of Requirement instead of Hermione? Is Harry going to take both Hermione and Ginny? 

And most important of all, how can Harry realize that he hid the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and realize where it is, when thanks to Ginny hiding it, Harry has no knowledge of the Diadem?

I just don't see how they can realistically resolve that plot point in a satisfying way. I don't see how this allows them to move more smoothly to the end of the story. It seems that, to resolve it, is going to require a huge complex distraction, that is far more likely to either slow the story down, or to be completely unbelievable. 

It will be interesting to see how they handle this, what I consider a, great misstep. 

Steve/bboyminn