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Originally Posted by Morrigoon
I think they'd do better breaking up the long books into more than one movie than to throw so much out due to time.
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Oh hell no. If the screenwriter is doing his job correctly, it can be condensed into an entertaining cinematic experience that does not have to be 5 hours long. And FOUR MORE YEARS of Harry Potter? (i.e. Rambo.. errr Harry: half blood part 1, half blood part 2, deathly hallows part 1, deathly hallows part 2? ugh.) Of course, the screenwriters can't just include things willy-nilly and then drop the reason for including them, a la OotP. Slavish reproductions of any novel make for boring watching. Hell, even 3 1/2 hour Gone With The Wind was MASSIVELY condensed (from the 1000+ page novel) and that came out beatifully.
Though of course it would have been cool for the "fans" to have extra DVD scenes, a la Lord of the Rings.