Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer (Page 2)

And it used to be lot worse - we watch the original Blob movie every year at the Blobfest in Phoenixville (where it was filmed).  Steve McQueen was 28 when he played a 16 year old!!!

I could not agree more with everything you wrote! I got flamed several months ago for suggesting most of the HP books read like drafts and not finished books.

As for PJ and LOTR, right on. But what the heck did he do with King Kong?  AWFUL!!! 

So we all know that the last book will actually be split into two movies to solve the dilema of trying to cram too much into one movie.  It will be filmed all at the same time, but will be edited into two different movies and will be released months apart from each other. 

The Deathly Hallows will be shot as two movies and at the same time ....... they are already doing screenplay stuff as they will roll right into the next one.

The thing about LOTR that makes it unique is not only was it shot all at once, but it was also shot almost all in sequence for the first unit group.  That is almost unheard of in film making.  What sucks is that The Hobbit will ALSO be split into two movies ...... just more to wait and anticipate I guess.

But by splitting TDH and The Hobbit into 2 flicks each, they will be able to capture a lot more of the content.

OOTP was a lot more introspective and emotional stuff, which is hard to portray in a film but I agree that it is one of my least liked of the HP movies.

Funny you mention The Hobbit as I just finished re-reading it for the umpteenth time last night.  I can totally see it split in two.  I'm thinking from when they escape from the Wood Elves and get taken in with the Lake Men.  What do you think? 

Sorry, maybe I should start a new thread on this so as not to hijack the OP.  Then again, where do you see the split in TDH?

That makes sense.  It is before they meet Bard and the Lakemen and that still leaves the whole episode with Smog and the battle.

But maybe to keep in line with LOTR he would stop it after Bilbo escapes from Golem and the goblins.

I would think that they would probably split TDH somewhere around when Ron returns and they destroy the amulet.  Plenty of action up until that point to keep everyone occupied but before they get to the Malfoys and rescue Luna and Ollivander.  Although that might be a good place as well when they get to Bill and Fleur's.  The only problem with that is Harry will have figured out where the last two horcruxes are as well as understanding all about the Hallows.

Thinking of that .... actually they could do it after the episode with Lovegood when he explains the Hallows and they escape from there!

(I just re-read TDH on my trip to IMLP using it to help relax before and recover after the race).

IactuallykindoflikedKingKong. [runs and hides to avoid flaming]

To help further derail this discussion, did anyone else see Heavenly Creatures? One of my favorites, and based on a true story.  After it came out, Ann Perry was "outed" as one of the girls, which completely creeped out my daughter (who up to that point had read quite a bit of Perry).  She even wrote a song with the chorus "Ann Perry, you scare me".

Before Ron comes back they escape from Nagini and LVM in Godric's Hollow, which would be a pretty exciting "ending" to the first movie. 

The only thing about Ron coming back is that it is not all that "exciting" of a scene that you could end a movie on.

That's why I threw the Xeniophelias Lovegood scene out there because they get hunted down by some death eaters and escape with dramatic flare.  And from an understanding point in the book it is pretty good.  But it may be too far along in the story to get another solid 2-1/2 hour movie out of afterwards.

We'll see in a few months!

HPANA has a good sort of frame by frame analysis of the trailer and even pulled out some shots like a picture of Greyback and also Dumbledore getting AK'ed.

Dude,

As much as I respect you for your racing, I respect you even more for your love of these books.  You da'man!!!!