ROTTEN TOMATOES: Warners, David Yates Splitting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Two

Warners, David Yates Splitting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in Two

by Jeff Giles | March 13, 2008

Summary

Remember those rumors from awhile back about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows being split into two films? They aren't rumors anymore. Back to Article

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bigbrother writes:
on Mar 15 2008 01:43 AM

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Yes it's all about money, Governments are all about oppressing their people and Flouride secretly weakens our will. Honestly what do we care as long as the final product is good? It's no big secret movie studio's want to make money so let's stop pretending like it is and they're just trying to bamboozle us. Guess what folks fast food is fattening and cigarette's are bad for you too and you know who's fault it is if you get fat or die of cancer? it's not the governement or big tobacco, it's yours.

Seriously who is it hurting if the movie industry makes more money? The fans who get more special effects for their big budget films made because of it. The little indie projects which never would have been made at all without it? The writers who obviously were being underpaid? or the million or so otehr people who make their living making movies and trying to bring a little joy and entertainment into your lives. What is so offensive about making a profit honestly!?!

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kodie131 writes:
on Mar 15 2008 10:02 AM

I think its really understandable when people say Azkaban was the best. The directing was incredible! Even though it was a little slow, they still did a very good job. But my favorite would have to be Goblet. Even though it completely butchered the book in many ways, it is definitely the most entertaining. And Ralph Fiennes performance as Voldermort still gives me chills.

As for Deathly Hallows split into two films? I am fine with it. Even though I feel like they are just trying to make more money off an already billion dollar enterprise, it will be great for the fans. I always thought the final battle scene should of been a movie itself, and if you think about it, that would make one amazing movie. I think if they cut part one right before they get to Hogwarts, that would be very, very epic. I am just sad that the Steven Spielberg directing rumor was just a rumor. That would of been the greatest movie of all time.

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SadisticMagician writes:
on Mar 15 2008 10:46 AM

6 months isn't really that long...so i don't mind the split.
besides...2 movies are better than one so everyone wins. the fans get more movie time and hollywood gets all of out money. lol.

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PennsylvaniaJames writes:
on Mar 15 2008 01:08 PM

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I was sad about that Spielberg rumor being false also. But I read somewhere that he choose not to direct any of the Harry Potter movies because "It would have been like shooting fish in a barrell-there would have been no challenge". I think that's basically right.

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bsumovieguy83 writes:
on Mar 15 2008 03:02 PM

Thank god they are spliting DH into two movies!! i can't take them butching the story anymore, it is so agravating! I can only imagine how much they leaving out of half-blood prince.

And to everyone one here that thinks order of the phoniex is the best movie u couldn't have read the book because it is absolutely butchered!! Order was my favorite book of the series till DH and to see how they did the end was such a let down, the book had so much more excitement and magic in it!!

I just hope that he finishes this up right because it has the chance if exected like the book is written to be a classic and one of the biggest, best movies of alltime!!!!

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DarthWonka writes:
on Mar 15 2008 03:36 PM

It makes me wonder if they'll release the Deathly Hallows DVDs in two parts. Wouldn't it suck if you loved Deathly Hallows Pt. 1, bought the DVD for it and then Pt. 2 came out and it sucked?

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RuinerxxSINCITY writes:
on Mar 16 2008 04:35 PM

Look if they are willing to pump the money into a 2 part finale with Yates directing I am all for it. The Harry Potter series has brought me so much unexpected joy since I first found it. I remember expecting to be hugely disappointed popping in the first movie's DVD, since I wrote it off as a children's series. However, what I found was incredible alternate universe filled to the brim with entertaining ideas and characters. It truly pains me to realize we are down to the final 2 books, because I seriously do not want to think of not having another film to look forward to. Yes, Cuaron did a wonderful job, but as Rowling's writing continues to evolve the movies do as well. If Cuaron stayed on with Potter we would never have seen Children of Men which is now my favorite movie. Order of the Phoenix was the best film in my opinion, and I expect Half-Blood Prince to be even better. There is more then enough things happening in Hallows to make an extremely exceptional 4-4 1/2 hours conclusion.

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mygrnangl writes:
on May 20 2008 11:17 AM

I have all movies and love them all. But, i feel the last three are the best. I'm just waiting for the next one. As for book 7 in two parts, i don't know if that's the best idea either. All of us that have read all the books already knows what happens in the end. Why drag it out?

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shootingsparks14 writes:
on Jun 03 2008 02:16 PM

i disagrre with u completely!!!!!!!!!

i cant wait 4 these 2 films!!!!!!!!

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misseyv writes:
on Jun 25 2008 12:50 PM

I dont know if I'd consider myself a die hard fan. I'm a huge fan of the books and enjoy having movies to go with them. I do agree that The Prisoner of Azkaban was really hard to watch; that movie was long, boring, didn't do the book justice at all, and I ende up turning it off and watching it later 3 times. I dont know who any of the directers are that you're all talking about, so I have no idea who it was that did POA, but I dont think he did a good job and I hope he's not the one doing the next few movies. But as far as any of the movies are concerned, theres only so much a director can do; I think its impossible for a movie to reach Rowlings magical books.
As for Deathly Hollows being divided into two movies, I'm thrilled. As much as I wanted Harry, Ron, and Hermione to have a happy ending, I was very sad when I was finished with the 7 books, with something that good, you want it to just keep going. Dividing the last film into two parts gives us more Harry Potter without compromising the trios happy ending... cant get much better than that!

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misseyv writes:
on Jun 25 2008 01:00 PM

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Thank you bigbrother! You said all of the stuff I didnt feel like getting upset about as I wrote it! I think all of those people that are offended and shocked that warner bro's are trying to make as much money as they can from this gig are a little too into HP and think they live at Hogwarts where justice always comes one way or another, rather than in the real world, where just about everything is about money. And yes, pretty much everything is about money... church too.

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jrash writes:
on Jul 30 2008 11:57 AM

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The fourth book was by far the best of all. After that, they were all disappointments. What was the point of the fifth book/movie?? It was about a prophecy that tells us absolutely nothing new! One must die so the other can live??!?! Didn't we already know that. It was perhaps the most useless book of the series.

They really should've split the Goblet of Fire into two movies. It was the most interesting book of the series and was the biggest turning point of the series. It actually set up plot points for the ending while 5 and 6 just made up new information that really didn't change much for the finale. The series should've ended at 5 books...

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