[HPforGrownups] Re: MOVIE: NEWS: Book three script and TWO book four movi...

[mlacats at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 28130

In a message dated 10/22/2001 7:08:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
cynthiaanncoe at home.com writes:


> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., Maxwell Simpson <usergoogol at y...> wrote:
> > According to www.the-leaky-cauldron.com Book Three's script is 
> already in the works, and there are theories that Book Four may be 
> divided into two seperate movies, due to its extreme length. Which, I 
> must admit, would be intriguing.
> > 
> > But how would two movies work? Could it be a good old fashioned 
> double feature? Or what? What then? Would the two movies be released 
> at the same time, and people could either watch seperately, or 
> simultaneously?
> > 
> 
> Wow.  I'd like to shake the hand of any script writer who could 
> figure out how to make two good movies out of Book 4.  If you split 
> Book 4 directly in half, you come out right after "The First Task" 
> and before "House Elf Liberation Front."  So the second half would 
> have the big plot twists, and the first half would have things 
> like "Bagman & Crouch."  You'd have to figure out a way to do it that 
> doesn't divide up the Triwizard Competition, I guess.
> 
> Personally, I'd much prefer to see one solid three-hour movie that 
> cuts down a lot of the background stuff in the beginning of the 
> book.  I know this is controversial, but I'd eliminate the QWC 
> entirely, just for starters.  
> 
> Cindy
> 
> 

Oh, but Cindy, what about the conjuring of the Dark Mark, which takes place 
after the QWC is over, not to mention the fact that the cup is exciting,what 
with the Veela and the lepracauns, Krum flying around, etc.

Harriet


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