Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (SPOILERS)

[Chernabog]

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.

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.