Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows (11.19.10 / 7.15.11)

[annie711pm]

Originally Posted by smokew11

i still think they should end part 1 on a sour note, with Harry finishing his burial of Dobby, looking out over the water and thinking about whats to come.


What is one of the best sequels ever, and why? Empire Strikes Back...Han is taken and Luke is Vader's son...movie ends with Luke and Leia looking out the window at the stars, contemplating the dangerous mission that awaits them..perfect ending

Yes. I'd love it to end the way you described; I think a hardcore action cliffhanger is NOT the way to go here...however, 5 & 6 were essentially butchered from their source material, so who knows what the powers that be will decide for the split..

[junior94]

Originally Posted by annie711pm

Given that Snape became the Headmaster...in the books you never get to see what that is like, and since I adore both Snape & Alan Rickman, I'd love to see some action at Hogwarts while the kids are gone and see him actually being in charge there. Granted, I am not a fan of things being added in that aren't in the books (such as that stupid train station coffee shop scene from HBP) but if they can take stuff that DOES happen in the books & actually SHOW us, I am all for it.

Actually that reminds me, one of the things I think was a lost opportunity for HBP in not only the movie but also the book, was how little time they spent showing Snape teaching DADA. I realize there was a lot of important things going on in book 6, but just given the fact that this was a job that Snape had continually been denied during Harry's whole time at Hogwarts, and he finally got it in year 6 (& obviously he'd been Potions teacher long before Harry got there) that Snape finally got into that post, it's like even Rowling herself really barely touched on that at all.

And the funny thing about that HBP coffee shop opening -- I actually remember reading a good while back about how they shot the sequence of Dumbledore collecting Harry from the Dursleys for HBP, but obviously they went an entirely different direction.

Originally Posted by smokew11

i still think they should end part 1 on a sour note, with Harry finishing his burial of Dobby, looking out over the water and thinking about whats to come.

Well I see two particularly good points in that. First, it allows for a pretty intense main opening act for part 2, seeing as how the next step is the Gringotts break-in. But also it's not long at all after that when they finally get back to Hogwarts, so that would tell me that they're really going to do everything in the last few chapters of the book real justice.

I'm still wary of the Dobby thing, though. I'm not sure that people who have only watched the movies will be at all emotionally invested in Dobby when he pops back up, they haven't seen him since Chamber. It might've been a mistake by the filmmakers to have left him out of every movie since then, instead of how like he stayed around even in a small way in the books.

[Sooner17]

Is it sad that I don't really remember anything about the last book? Harry dies, right?

[iMAC386]

I haven't read it since I read it the summer it came out...and I'm sure I've forgotten half of it, but I'm absolutely ecstatic to pick 6 and 7 back up soon to reread in prep for the 7th movie.

[DMBfreak41]

Official trailer comes out online tomorrow!!
http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/3607

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by junior94

Well I see two particularly good points in that. First, it allows for a pretty intense main opening act for part 2, seeing as how the next step is the Gringotts break-in. But also it's not long at all after that when they finally get back to Hogwarts, so that would tell me that they're really going to do everything in the last few chapters of the book real justice.

I'm still wary of the Dobby thing, though. I'm not sure that people who have only watched the movies will be at all emotionally invested in Dobby when he pops back up, they haven't seen him since Chamber. It might've been a mistake by the filmmakers to have left him out of every movie since then, instead of how like he stayed around even in a small way in the books.

exactly- it allows for 2- 2 1/2 hours of breaking into gringotts and the battle at hogwarts

dobby plays a huge role in DH though, and needs to have his role reprised in the movie. they can still do things here to make up for his lack of screen time since chamber. its a movie- the director can easily make us care about dobby if he wants us to

its the most poignant part of the book imo...Harry has lost his parents, Sirius, Mad Eye, and others im surely forgetting.. Dobby is the first friend he can actually bury, he can actually say goodbye to. A lot of people may have missed it, but Harry wasnt just burying Dobby in that scene, he was burying his parents and Sirius.

[thebridge15]

Originally Posted by smokew11

exactly- it allows for 2- 2 1/2 hours of breaking into gringotts and the battle at hogwarts

dobby plays a huge role in DH though, and needs to have his role reprised in the movie. they can still do things here to make up for his lack of screen time since chamber. its a movie- the director can easily make us care about dobby if he wants us to

its the most poignant part of the book imo...Harry has lost his parents, Sirius, Mad Eye, and others im surely forgetting.. Dobby is the first friend he can actually bury, he can actually say goodbye to. A lot of people may have missed it, but Harry wasnt just burying Dobby in that scene, he was burying his parents and Sirius.

Especially since Dobby had saved them from death or at least defeat in general just minutes before he died.

Even though from the previews it looks like Gringotts is going to be in the first movie.

I really hope these movies don't suck again.

[DMBfreak41]

http://www.mugglenet.com/trailer.php

[proppenator]

Originally Posted by DMBfreak41

http://www.mugglenet.com/trailer.php

[dmbbearcat]

The trailer looks amazing. I really hope they do this right.

[junior94]

Originally Posted by DMBfreak41

http://www.mugglenet.com/trailer.php

Oh my god I just wet myself!! well I'm downloading the windows hi-def version now, since I refuse to install quicktime on my computer.

[DMBfreak41]

Chills! The clips with just Harry and Voldermort are intense wow. November...come now.

[junior94]

There's a bit too much of repeated footage in there from the earlier stuff for my tastes, but it's still wicked cool, and it's obviously a trailer for both parts, not just 1.

Curious, it appears as if the final Harry/Voldy battle doesn't take place with the rest of the whole school watching around them as in the book.

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by junior94

There's a bit too much of repeated footage in there from the earlier stuff for my tastes, but it's still wicked cool, and it's obviously a trailer for both parts, not just 1.

Curious, it appears as if the final Harry/Voldy battle doesn't take place with the rest of the whole school watching around them as in the book.

i hope they dont change it around too much

[watchtower86]

Yea, that looked pretty awesome.

[junior94]

Originally Posted by smokew11

i hope they dont change it around too much

Well when I looked at it while pausing a few times, you see a few dead bodies strewn about the ground, but the walls of whatever part of the castle they were in are blown out, and it appears as if those two are the only actual living people in the scene. And I'm still surprised now with the first full trailer they're still putting both movies together, I would've thought they'd want to save most of the 2nd part footage for later.

[sean52692]

Looks amazing

[shaggo91]

i wanna live in this world

[Barbossa]

i got chills watching the trailer. i can't believe this series is coming to an end...

[smokew11]

Originally Posted by colegibson

i got chills watching the trailer. i can't believe this series is coming to an end...

same here

[Sooner17]

So I wonder how many box office records Harry Potter 7v2 or 7/8 or 7.5 or whatever will break in July 2011.

Me thinks a lot.

[annie711pm]

Shit I just watched the trailer and promptly crapped my pants. OMFG!:bo unce

[sean52692]

Emma Watson

[sean52692]

Originally Posted by colegibson

i got chills watching the trailer. i can't believe this series is coming to an end...

Neither can I man. Pretty amazing and awesome.

[Sooner17]

Originally Posted by sean52692

Emma Watson

In the end, it really doesn't matter how good the film is. All it needs is Emma Watson.

[ThatLetter]

http://media.mugglenet.com/i//movie7/dhonesheet.jpg

[annie711pm]

Damn, even that movie poster is ******** amazing...

[TheLastStop123]

wow that trailer looks epic.

[iMAC386]

Originally Posted by opshannon

http://media.mugglenet.com/i//movie7/dhonesheet.jpg

Holy shit. That's awesome and heart-breaking at the same time.

I never imagined Hogwarts getting that effed up during the final battle.

[Sooner17]

Is every trailer and poster going to have part 2 in it as well? Seems odd.

But that poster is very ominous. I dig it.