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Originally Posted by Flamesguy_SJ
The other thing was, all the little details from books 1-6 that they left out of the movies were all of a sudden important to the plot of book 7. They had to split book 7 into two movies so that they could crowbar in all of the characters, relationships, and details they completely ignored for 6 movies (prime example: "Hi Harry, I'm Bill Weasley!").
I saw Part 2 tonight, and was pretty underwhelmed. At first, it seemed like they were rushing through the first of the movie so that they could get to the Battle of Hogwarts, but then when they got to it, they didn't really do much with it.
I still say that the movies suffered a great deal from not having a completed story to build off of. When they get remade in 50 years or so, they'll be much better off  |
This is one thing that has bothered me about the last few movies. I enjoyed Part 2, but not to the extent I could have if they had introduced the story line properly. It also caused scenes that were supposed to be dramatic to fall flat (Sirius' death, the Harry/Ginny relationship which is great in the books but falls short in the movies IMO). Like I said I wouldn't have minded to see The Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows all split into 2 parts. Or at least make the movies longer. LOTR proved that people will sit through a 3+ hour movie so why not do it? Its Harry F****** Potter, I don't think you're going to lose customers because the movies a bit long.
That said, I have enjoyed all the movies (I think the 4th one is still my favorite) but for anyone who hasn't read the books I recommend doing so. The 5th one is especially enjoyable.