Deathly Hallows - 2 Films

[innerSpaceman]

So odd you'd post this today. I give all my Harry Potter books to my ex, who keeps them on her shelf. So I'm dog-sitting for her this week while she's at the South-by Fest in Austin, and of course this morning I notice all the books and think of the news I heard several months ago that the last book was to be split into 2 films.


So I thought to myself I think it's a nimrod move, and wonder if I should comment on that on the LoT.

I guess I should.



It's a nimrod move.



If any book should be split it's Half Blood Prince. But of course, in re-reading it recently (my absolute least favorite of them), I realized a good writer could cull about half the material for a quite good movie.


The same could be done for the final tome. 2 movies will leave things bloated and overblown. It will likely be closer to a boring Chris Columbus straight from the page, literal filming of the novel ... and as far as possible from the film series' highlight of Alfonso Cuaron's brilliant movie adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban.



UGH.