> --- In HPforGrownups@y..., John Walton <john@w...> wrote:
> > Problem is, we don't KNOW that it's a subplot! Don't forget, JKR 
> has laid
> > enough of a trail for us in previous books that SPEW and Bagman 
> could very
> > well be very important indeed
(snipe-new post)

> The Bagman plot was just plain annoying, which was the reason I argue 
> for its elimination.
> 
> Two movies is possible -- the good place to make the chop would be 
> just after the Pensieve when Dumbledore said 'Good luck with The 
> Third Task.'  That would be a cliffhanger as we go into the 
> intermission and there would still be at least 250 pages to go.  
> Running time would be about four and a half hours altogether -- may 
> even be longer than Lawrence of Arabia or Apocalypse now (the redux 
> version).
> 

bagman is important to Book 4 because he serves as a suspect for who put harry's name in the Goblet!  he definately had a lot to gain!
I don't see WHY any of the books couldn't be made into long movies with intermissions?!!  I have ChittiChittiBangBang on tape.  It's VERY long and has an intermission-on the TAPE, when we could just stop it to go potty, get a soda or whatever.  Did they have anintermission for it at the theatre?  Why can't they do that today? It would definately be worth it for the theatres to mess with!  Sell more stuff!  Happy HArry Potter fans means lots of money! Everyone would just have to keep their stubs or have two stubs or they show part one on one screen and part 2 on another screen.  Theoretically, you could see part one on one day and part two on another day!  So, if there ARE two parts to GoF they should be released simultaneously, then it wouldn't matter as much where they make the cut off!
BUT, If Jo doesn't hurry up with Book 5, they'll HAVE to release 2 parts separately just to stretch it al out...

Kitty/Vicky


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