Re: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (11.19.10 / 7.15.11)
Was just taking another view of the trailer and, mind you not like I'm coming down with harsh judgment already, but the shot of the deatheater standing in front of the Hogwarts Express, that can only possibly be the abduction of Luna at the start of the Christmas holiday, but it just gives me pause, I don't really understand why they'd bother dramatizing that whole part, a part that as readers know is only referred to by Xeno has having happened in the recent past. It's like c'mon, you've got so much important shit to put in these films, let's not go too crazy with spending time directly seeing things that aren't main events already in the book.
But yea as it's been talked about above, safe to say both teasers we've seen so far don't necessarily have just part 1 material in them, so just because we see the dragon doesn't guarantee Gringotts is in the first. Because clearly we see Harry & Ginny kissing with students running down the stairs behind them, and that's not til the end. I've been reading some chatter that a lot of fans are starting to think the break will come right at the moment of the snatchers grabbing them and thus part 2 starting with Malfoy Manor. Which, from the looks of that footage there's a big chase scene there, whereas if I remember correctly the snatchers pretty much grab them immediately out of the tent. But maybe Yates wants both an emotional and action-oriented cliff hanger for the break so they invented that there's a big chase there.
I've also been wondering if they'll take the same approach as they did with the Riddle memories in HBP (cutting them down) with the number of horcruxes, to keep down the possible running time. I mean okay Hufflepuff's cup is definitely in since we know there's a Gringotts sequence, but maybe to cut down on the Hogwarts time before the climax they left out the diadem. I mean I haven't heard anything about this at all, and I sure as hell hope they don't, just it's a thing that occurred to me awhile ago.
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