And yeah, I'm also tossing out the obvious choice--Micheal Bay.
No, I'm just kidding.
The obvious choice is Peter Jackson.
He's already proven he can handle the kind of massive chaotic battle scenes that end this book, while still focusing on the acts of individuals in the battle.
Any other ideas? Objections to Jackson?
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I don't object to Jackson but I do think people will say they brought in a ringer if he does do it.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Because I am still angry over his character assassinations of Faramir and Treebeard. He's proven he has a less than ideal understanding of mythic archetypes, and I don't want him touching any more of my beloved stories.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
word. love the guy, but....no.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Yes, because he's cool, and he had a not so bad reason for those things and other things. If not him, then the dude that directed Pan's Labyrinth, please. He understands the darkness of fairy tales.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Cuaron is my favorite.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
The dood that directed Pan's Labyrinth is his friend. He's even cooler.
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think the franchise would benefit if they brought Alfonso Cuaron back in for the final movie. It might not happen.
They will need to get a strong writer and a strong director because they'll screw it up if they don't. It would be a bit disappointed if the adaptation of the last book turned out to be a pile of Hippogriff crap.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
Wasn't Cuaron's film the lowest earning movie in the franchise?
I'm actually pretty pleased with the most recent director and screenwriter. They might have gotten lucky but if they can turn out a good version of Half-Blood Prince, then I'd be happy to see them stick around for the final movie.
Posted by Reticulum (Member # 8776) on :
Yes, Cuaron's was. I hate Peter Jackson with a verngence, he's absolutely dreadful in my own opinion. I liked the first two movies the best. Chris Columbus for me. I think he could step up to the task. Personally, due to the character depth, and other things, Deathly Hallows will be the hardest to turn into a good movie.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Cuaron would be fine with me, I think he's been the best yet.
If not him, then I support Tim Burton, who I think it is a travesty that he has not been tapped to make one of these yet.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Ugh. I think Tim Burton would stylize it to death. Everything would be all bleak and purple-hued.
Cuaron did an excellent job, but I also loved David Yates and the recent screen writer. I wouldn't be sad at all if they stuck around for Deathly Hallows.
Posted by Adam_S (Member # 9695) on :
Burton or Jackson would be a disaster. I just hope the keep that idiot that wrote the screenplay for OOtP away from Deathly Hallows. David Yates did an adequete job of being the BBC version of Chris Columbus, so I'll be content to trudge through his dull low budget style/representation of half blood prince in the hopes that the film series will get back on track for the last film.
fwiw, Del Toro (Pan's labyrinth) was offered Order of the Phoenix first but he turned it down to do PL instead.
Even though Azkaban isn't my favorite film, I'd pick Cuaron for the final flick. he could really bring off the visuals, but I'd prefer Mike Newell back since he's the only director to really get the heart and spirit of the character relationships on the screen.
Posted by Tarrsk (Member # 332) on :
Cuaron was the best director so far. His film had the best performances from the three lead actors, aside from Radcliffe in "Order of the Phoenix" (which I think had more to do with Radcliffe's own improvement as an actor than with better direction), and his visual style perfectly captures the Potterverse.
Joss Whedon has expressed interest in the past. He doesn't quite have Cuaron's eye for imagery, but nobody does better dramatic death scenes, and he has a knack for pulling nuanced performances even out of the most wooden actor.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Yes, bring back Cuaron. It's the only movie that feels even sort of like HP to me.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
quote:Wasn't Cuaron's film the lowest earning movie in the franchise?
Perhaps, but it was Rowling's favorite, or at least she sure made it sound that way in one interview I read. She said he put things in that foreshadowed where the series was going. I'm not sure what she meant.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I personally would like to see M. Night Shamalayan get another chance to direct Harry Potter. He turned down the first movie to do Unbreakable and I know it eats him up on occasion.
Cuaron was just fine, but I don't think he did an especially amazing job with Harry Potter. The shrunken heads REALLY annoyed me. The idiocy of completly removing the tension between Harry and Hermione by NOT having her get his broom confiscated was compounded by the fact that they just seem to toss Harry his broomstick at the end when there just does not seem to be a point to it at the end.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
I'd like to see Night direct something he hasn't written before giving him a shot at an established franchise. Has he?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: I personally would like to see M. Night Shamalayan get another chance to direct Harry Potter.
*shudder*
Please no.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka:
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: I personally would like to see M. Night Shamalayan get another chance to direct Harry Potter.
*shudder*
Please no.
Why not!?
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
If he could keep his ego in check, it could be interesting.
I doubt he can, though. He's ruin it with a diatribe about lousy wizards who don't love Malfoy's poetry and then impose his own face over Daniel Radcliffe's for the final showdown.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by Javert Hugo: If he could keep his ego in check, it could be interesting.
I doubt he can, though. He's ruin it with a diatribe about lousy wizards who don't love Malfoy's poetry and then impose his own face over Daniel Radcliffe's for the final showdown.
lol. The former couldn't happen because the director doesn't write the screenplay, though I suppose he could decide to make that scene on the fly. I COULD see the latter happening Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
I really hope they don't let Cuaron anywhere near this franchise again. I can't believe that Rowling suggested he put in a lot of foreshadowing. I thought that was the worst of the movies so far (haven't seen number 5) and I felt it sacrificed a lot of stuff that actually did have relevance in later stories (I can't remember what now as I haven't watched or read Azkaban in quite a while). It didn't feel at all faithful to the book to me. Some of this could have been the screenplay but I don't think it all could have.
I don't know who I would pick to direct it. I loved Pan's Labyrinth and could see Del Toro pulling it off. I just hope they don't get a directory who is more interested in style than substance (which I think was a problem with Azkaban).
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I don't think 3 was NEARLY as bad as 4. Four would have been so much better if they had done something about those ridiculous dippiness factors. "Send word to Azkaban, indeed" Why did they DO that? Grah, I am not feeling the movies.
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :
Jackson. What he did with LotR was amazing. If he did Deathly Hallows, I can guarantee that it would be the most amazing visually. Also it would very likely be the most emotional. I mean, he really made me feel for King Kong, which is a feat. It would also probably be really really long. Not a bad thing in my book. Failing Jackson, back to Curan. I liked 3 a lot, and he seems to understand how to direct actors extremely well. Wild card pick (just go with me on this) is Quentin Tarantino. The guy knows action and dialogue like nobody's business.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
If Q Tarantino did the movie, the HP kids would be cussing and shooting guns and then sitting around talking about Quarter Pounders and then ninja would appear with swords and stuff.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
...in black and white.
And Harry would defeat Voldemort by snatching his eye out with his bare hand.
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :
I know, it would rock
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
I think I could get behind giving Whedon a chance.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Well if we're following stereotypes, the dialogue in a Joss Whedon Harry Potter movie would be beyond ridiculous.
Posted by Tarrsk (Member # 332) on :
I dunno, Rowling's dialogue often feels to me like Britishfied Whedon-lite, especially when she's writing sardonic characters like the Weasley twins. She has that same love of worldplay, and a similar ability to poke fun at her own creation.
Considering how well he wrote the British characters of Giles and Wesley, and that his original background was in movie script doctoring (i.e. the guy who takes a script and punches up the dialogue), I think a Joss Whedon take on Rowling's 'verse would be fantastic. In fact, I think it could actually be an improvement on the original, since Whedon writes far better dramatic dialogue than Rowling.
Posted by SC Carver (Member # 8173) on :
I'll agree Cuaron did the best directing, but I thought the last movie is the best. I know some people have complained, but I loved it. So I wouldn't mind if they keep Yates for the last one. He is already doing HBP. Book 5 was too long and had a lot of fluff. Cutting all that out made the movie much better.
The problem is books 6 & 7 don't have much fluff so I think the writer will be more important than the director in the last two movies. It's going to be very difficult to communicate half of what happens in 2.5 hours of screen time in a way that people can understand.
You know in the last movie the director is going to want to spend a lot of time on the final battle. They will be able to do some really cool visuals, but I am worried they will just gloss over the deaths. Plus the Kings Crossing scene will be hard to do without being hokey.
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
I agree on the point that Whedon and Rowling share similar tastes in humor. So much of the great dialogue from the books has been left out in the movies and while most of it may be unimportant to the central plot, I think Whedon would do a nice job of incorporating some to bring laughter back to the story. The last one is going to be so dark that we're gonna need a few moments of lightness to keep from getting completely depressed and numb to the action.
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :
"Donnie Darko" director Richard Kelly. I remember being super excited for Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell because it listed "Donnie Brasco" on his filmography and I subconsiously read "Donnie Darko". Don't get me wrong, Donnie Brasco was a great movie, but its style bears less resemblance to what I want Harry Potter to feel like than does Donnie Darko.
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :
Also, Gore Verbinski of "Pirates" fame, Bryan Singer (X-Men and X2), or Sam Raimi (Spider-Man)
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I think two directors who need to be put on the ballot are Spike Lee and Mel Gibson.
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :
How about Ang Lee?
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by SteveRogers: I think two directors who need to be put on the ballot are Spike Lee and Mel Gibson.
HA! Spike Lee would show Harry marching off to dumbledore looking like he's floating.
There also would be a long diatribe about race thrown somewhere in there and jazzy saxophone music. Also Spike Lee would have to be in the movie playing Ron with a red wig.
As for Mel Gibson, lots and lots of violence. I haven't even SEEN the movies he's directed but I know I'd be on the couch covering my eyes going eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Kevin Smith should do the screenplay.
"Harry, when are we going to find the Horocrux?"
"I'm not even supposed to be here today!"
Posted by heifertipper (Member # 10612) on :
I agree with the Whedon idea, he has a thing for strong women and IMO Hermione has not been shown to her potential in the movies. With book 7 proving she is a friggin genius, I think only someone who has experience pulling off strong women characters could make Emma not look absolutely ridiculous with some of the stuff she will have to do. Not to mention his love for flawed angsty type characters. I feel one of the most pivotal chapters in the book was the Prince's tale, and to really feel the necessary emotions associated with such a chapter you have to really understand Snape, which I think was completely botched in this last film. Snapes worst memory needed to be played in its entirety, or people who have not read the books will never be able to understand Snapes motives. Without his motive, his character is unbelievable.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Snape has been generally botched and underplayed to the extreme in the movies if you ask me. He's just not mean enough. He's kinda goofy if anything. Don't get me wrong, I love Alan Rickman, I just don't like how he's portraying Snape. I think he could do an excellent Snape. But I haven't seen it yet.
But that aside, can I second, third, fourth and fifth the Whedon idea? Can we have him do screenplay and directing? Personally I think he'd be just about perfect to do Harry Potter, cause his stuff generally has almost exactly the right tone for it. My only reservation is that he doesn't generally do his best stuff in movies. He does better with TV where he has room to breath.
You know what? Can we just remake the entire Harry Potter movie series as a TV series? Books 1 and 2 can be a season, books 3,4,5,6 and 7 can all have their own seasons. And we can get Joss Whedon to do the whole thing. That'd be brilliant if you ask me. The movies have sucked near as I can tell because you just can't cram those books into 2 or 3 hours and do it right. But if you take a 22 episode season, you just about could. And I think they'd work fairly well in episodic format. After all they encompass an entire year each, they're pretty much written in episodic fashion -- each chapter's an episode.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I wonder how good Whedon would be when working with somebody else's story. I'm afraid that we'd be disappointed.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I dunno, I think he'd do alright with this one. It's close enough to him in sensibilities that I think he could pull it.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
He's originally a script doctor. I'll bet he'd be okay.
He'd just have to resist the temptation to leave Harry dead in the woods and have Hermione and Ginny take out Voldemort.
Bet he'd appreciate Molly Weasley's scene, though.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I bet Ginny would actually start to show some character and get some lines with him at the helm. Not that it would help much if he got the seventh movie, cause she doesn't get to do much in that one at all anyway. I'm a wee bit grumpy at Rowling about that. Ginny started actually being a character in books 5 and 6 and doing stuff, and then Rowling goes and just removes her -- along with the vast majority of supporting characters actually -- for the most of the seventh book.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I don't think people would watch a whole 22 episode tv season if they knew how it would turn out.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
I would...
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
In order to fill seven seasons, there would have to be a great deal more than Rowling's story. I don't want the fan fiction to be become canon.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
quote: Also, Gore Verbinski of "Pirates" fame, Bryan Singer (X-Men and X2), or Sam Raimi (Spider-Man)
Sam Raimi? Oh yeah, then we could have the gratuitous b-movie horror scene a la Doc Oc killing all the medical staff. "Harry Potter" really needs a zoom-in shot of Hermione screaming her head off while clawing at her own eyes. Maybe if Raimi didn't feel like he HAS to give a nod to the Evil Dead series in every single movie. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Originally posted by Synesthesia: If Q Tarantino did the movie, the HP kids would be cussing and shooting guns and then sitting around talking about Quarter Pounders and then ninja would appear with swords and stuff.
Well, there was a lot more cussing in this book.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(I still want the BBC to do a 3- or 4-part miniseries of each book after the crappiness of some of these movies has died down.)
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
quote:Originally posted by Synesthesia: If Q Tarantino did the movie, the HP kids would be cussing and shooting guns and then sitting around talking about Quarter Pounders and then ninja would appear with swords and stuff.
Well, there was a lot more cussing in this book.
Yes, but this would be REAL CUSSING. The sort of words that turn the air blue!
I want to know if O of the P is worth me seeing tomorrow since I have NO BUSINESS GOING TO SEE A MOVIE TOMORROW!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: (I still want the BBC to do a 3- or 4-part miniseries of each book after the crappiness of some of these movies has died down.)
Why not make it like Pride and Prejudice?
Or perhaps why not start at the beginning and give each book (or perhaps pair them up) an entire season's worth of episodes on TV? Then EVERY single little nuance and incident could be documented. Heck if you REALLY wanted it to last long you could include little sub plots that happen incidental to the main story line.
Perhaps Rowlings encyclopedia when it's finished could be used.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
quote:Why not make it like Pride and Prejudice?
Or perhaps why not start at the beginning and give each book (or perhaps pair them up) an entire season's worth of episodes on TV? Then EVERY single little nuance and incident could be documented. Heck if you REALLY wanted it to last long you could include little sub plots that happen incidental to the main story line.
*Ahem*
quote:You know what? Can we just remake the entire Harry Potter movie series as a TV series? Books 1 and 2 can be a season, books 3,4,5,6 and 7 can all have their own seasons. And we can get Joss Whedon to do the whole thing. That'd be brilliant if you ask me. The movies have sucked near as I can tell because you just can't cram those books into 2 or 3 hours and do it right. But if you take a 22 episode season, you just about could. And I think they'd work fairly well in episodic format. After all they encompass an entire year each, they're pretty much written in episodic fashion -- each chapter's an episode.
Yes, I know you were being sarcastic, but I actually happen to like the idea. HP as a Tv series with all subplots and such included would, IMHO,be awesome.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
BB, are you being sarcastic, or not?
I just really can't tell today.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: Well if we're following stereotypes, the dialogue in a Joss Whedon Harry Potter movie would be beyond ridiculous.
Harry, marching up to Voldemort:
"I am a leaf on the wind!"
I vote for Cuaron.
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
I didn't really like Alfonso's movie as much as I liked the others, though people stare at me for liking the first two movies.
I'll just analyze my opinion of the directors so far:
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone: This movie may have had an overkill budget, but I thought it did exactly what the book did: expose the wizarding world and introduce the fresh ideas and wondrous concepts. I do acknowledge that some of the child actors weren't as great as they would be later on, but I usually watch movies pretending that they're really happening, waiting until it's finished to think of how everything was done and how the actors were thinking.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was also a very well-done movie, because it almost perfectly mirrored the humor and mystery from the book. I was impressed the first time I saw it with how the movie just flowed like the book. It didn't seem rushed, even though so much was crammed in, and it didn't seem too long; I enjoyed it all the way. Lockhart and Creevy were just perfect. Maybe I just like the first two the most because of John Williams' soundtrack.
I didn't like Cuaron's direction. It didn't really explain who Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs were, so it took me a couple of hours explaining to my father, who had not really read the books, what that was all about. The movie seemed rushed and it looked like it was trying to be a horror flick with all the dementor emphasis. Professor Lupin's character wasn't really depicted as I had imagined him. Plus, what did they do to Hermione? She turned into a babe or something? She's supposed to be a know-it-all whose knowledge isn't limited from social expectations.
I liked Goblet of Fire more, though I think whoever decided to make everyone's hair shoulder-length was taking it too far. It might have been a great movie if John Williams did the music and it had more of the Quidditch Cup.
I think Order of the Phoenix was perhaps on par with the brilliance of Harry's Wondrous World from the first two movies, and it was remarkably true to the book. I'm not going to say it's my favorite yet until I see it again, maybe in IMAX if I can find a theater showing it. But I was very impressed by David Yates's direction; the characters really were the ones from the books, and I really felt I was using legilimency on them, knowing who they are, although the subtleties are still key. I read Order of the Phoenix just before it came out, and I was so impressed by the way so many scenes were done almost word for word in the book and how even the more obscure subplots and ideas were included cleverly in the reels of different shots that show transition from Dumbledore's to Umbridge's Hogwarts, and those that show Harry's progress as a teacher and the development of the DA. Also of note, I'm pretty sure this film earns the Guinness world record for the most breaking glass in one movie.
One source says that Steve Kloves (sp?), who wrote every screenplay except for Order of the Phoenix, will direct Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but I read this before the book came out, so even if that was true, minds may change. I'm thrilled that the director of Order of the Phoenix will also do Half-Blood Prince.
Deathly Hallows reads almost like Lord of the Rings quest, only they are pursuing several objects before they face their final challenge. I hope the director will be able to show the internal struggle of Harry when he asks "Hallows or Horcruxes?" and make the march to Voldemort as beautiful as it was in the book. I also hope the director of Lord of the Rings can advise on the battle scene, but it should be a bit humorous with the many students and teachers doing what they do best. I hope the director of Deathly Hallows will have the wisdom of David Yates to keep it true to the book and still remarkably not seem like the movie is rushed and dizzyingly fast.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: BB, are you being sarcastic, or not?
I just really can't tell today.
*Mashes KQ's sarcasmometer's reset button*
You shouldn't be getting any blips. I actually think a Harry Potter TV series in a few years time with at least 1-2 years of planning could be brilliant.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Chamber of Secrets was pretty good until the battle with the Basilisk. Then it just sort of fell apart.
quote:How about Ang Lee?
Well, he's good with the "Are they dead or what, and how did it happen?" effect.
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
Sort of a funny story:
I had previously seen this thread on the front page, and never opened it, because I had not yet read the book.
So as I was reading the book this past week, I had the question in the back of my head. During the final battle, with all the chaos at Hogwarts, I thought to myself: "Whoever directs this should be good at showing the battle as being both terrifying and surreal, kind of like the last scene in Children of Men. Perhaps that director could direct the final movie..."
So I go and see who that director is, and it's the same guy who directed PoA! Which is my favorite of the books, as well as my favorite of the movies.
He's got my vote!
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
If he turns THIS one into a horror flick too...
*imitation of Mrs. Weasley against Bellatrix Lestrange*
...which, by the way, is the one scene in the movie they had better NOT goof up, just as Fred and George's fireworks were the thing to look for in Order of the Phoenix and Malfoy as ferret was the thing to look for in Goblet of Fire
Posted by GForce (Member # 9584) on :
I just watched "Pan's Labyrinth" and I now think that Guillermo del Toro would be pretty perfect for the Harry Potter franchise.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by GForce: I just watched "Pan's Labyrinth" and I now think that Guillermo del Toro would be pretty perfect for the Harry Potter franchise.
That's what I said! He gets it about the darkness of faerytales and the underlying darkness of childhood.
It's tempting to watch it again, though it frightens me in parts.
Posted by Brontes (Member # 10974) on :
Personally, I doubt anyone could do a good job directing the final HP movie. The last book was so dark, emotional and depressing--that I'm not even sure I'd like to see it played out. Don't get me wrong, I LOVED the book... I'm just not sure if I'll be able to love the movie.
Plus I have serious doubts about any director bringing all that is needed in character depth, emotional drain (and stress) when the previous movie directors haven't really bother with any of that.
At this point I don't know if anyone is "good enough" to handle the dark side of Deathly Hallows. The series started with such a childish and magical theme and to end with so many deaths and adult related-themes-- makes me wonder if it'll simply flop at the bitter end.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I don't even know how they will make the last two movies and have it make even a bit of sense. I think with Order of the Phoenix, we've already hit the point where so much has been left out that we're really starting to miss some vital pieces of the story. When you hit Half Blood Prince, so much of that book is needed to set up the last book, that the last book especially you can't leave anything out because they tie up so many loose ends.
But these movies have already deleted so much, I don't know if I want to watch the last movie either. I worry less that a good director will be there, because there are plenty that excel at the darker stuff, like del Toro, Burton and I'd say Shyamalan too.
My bigger concern is the scriptwriter, not the director.
Posted by C3PO the Dragon Slayer (Member # 10416) on :
I don't see what the big obsession is over everything needing to be "dark."
I found Deathly Hallows a fun book, not at all depressing, that was gripping and satisfying and, though not cheerful, as the first few were, beautiful. I'd like to see the movie for Deathly Hallows portray the characters for who they are, portray the scenes the way the book did, and...
oh, man, this is so awesome...
JOHN WILLIAMS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN RETURNING TO COMPOSE THE DEATHLY HALLOWS SOUNDTRACK!!!!
That alone will make Deathly Hallows a great movie.
In truth, Deathly Hallows is the easiest book to convert to movie format, because it's written with a plot that isn't as dependent on the minor details as some of the previous ones were. I can see the moviemakers cutting the Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, perhaps limiting it to hints of who Aberforth and Grindleward are, and their relations to the Deathly Hallows. Otherwise, you have the following:
1. Bad Guy intro 2. Sniffly goodbyes (Dudley's finest hour, Petunia's worst) 3. Epic chase scene 4. Recovery from epic chase and discussion of ghouls and addled parents (+ stuff from Dumbledore) 5. Best wedding EVAH (+ it is Grindlevald's svastika) 6. Ron shot first (yes, this is a Star Wars reference) 7. Sirius's house, learning what happened to the Ministry, (possibly Lupin's sob story), and RAB 8. Kreacher power 9. Rowling couldn't help but torture Umbridge a bit more. This scene will be very fun to watch 10. Imperials discover the Rebel base and the Rebels flee 11. Ron's a wimp 12. Godric's Hollow 13. Escape from Godric's Hollow (this scene shall be plenty dark for you dark-side obsessed freaks) 14. Learning somehow about Dumbledore's relationship with Grindlewald and his swastika 15. Deer, more Radcliffe nudity, and Ron's return and heroism 16. Hermione goes ballistic 17. Series of discoveries about how awesome the Deathly Hallows are, how to kill the Horcruxes, and racism 18. ULTIMATE HOGWARTS BATTLE! 19. ULTIMATE MUSICAL SEQUENCE BY JOHN WILLIAMS WHILE HARRY IS WALKING INTO THE FOREST! 20. ANOTHER ULTIMATE HOGWARTS BATTLE WITH HORSES CHARGING OVER THE HORIZON AT DAWN JUST LIKE LOTR! 21. Molly 22. vs. 23. Bellatrix 24. Insignificant Harry and Voldemort blah blah 25. AVADA KEDAVRA! Oh, darn, I misse- hurk! 26. Surely there is another way to show that Harry lived happily ever after...
Not a bad movie. If you can get a director to make a movie that really is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and not Harry Potter and the Depressed Death Calamity Tragedy Stuff, or Harry Potter and the Creepy Dementors, or Harry Potter and the Teen Angst, or Harry Potter and the Long Hairdos (who on Earth decided to do that for Goblet of Fire?) (bring him back for Deathly Hallows, the book says they don't shave while camping), we might be fine. What we need is a director humble enough to acknowledge what he's making is not his, but ought to be an accurate visual synopsis of a work of great literature.
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
This is very good news indeed!
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