I think its a great idea to split the films. Then none of the detail will be cut out which is what some of the HP movies lack.

Bah. They're just trying to drag it out for more money. The longer they drag out sequels, the worse they get.
And yes, I've read and enjoyed all the HP series.

Stephanie, that is one of the reasons that they were afraid of spliting it. They did not want people to think that they are just doing it for money. It is the right decision because there is really nothing that they can cut.

Personally, I'd prefer one long film with an intermission. Possibly when Ron takes off just before Christmas.

I have read all the HP books, many times. I feel all the films follow the books fairly well, although more detail would enhance the viewing experience.

I agree with MK. One long film, 15 minute intermission. There was a lot of wandering and dragging in the middle of Deathly Hallows. I'll have to look at the book again to figure out where there is anything exciting that would make a good ending to movie 7, part 1.

I this this is great.
They should have done this for all films.
I wish all the movies were dead on with the books, nothing cut.

I'd have no problem in watching a 6 hour movie.

i believe it is the absoulte greatest idea someone could come up with it will be awesome

I am THRILLED that they are splitting Deathly Hallows into 2 films!!!!! I was so disappointed in the last film (OOTP) because of all the things that were either cut out or rushed. And I hope they bring back Dobby!!!!!

Sigh! I was hoping for one long film with an intermission. Some of us aren't getting any younger, you know! Guess I'll just have to hang in there for another 3 or 4 years. (I want to see them in DVD, too).

I think this is a great idea and I completely approve. There is so much content to use in the last book I just hope they didn't screw themselves over but leaving so much detail out of the other movies. Yippie I'm so psyched!!!!!

I think it's a wonderful idea!! Sometimes I wish they HAD spilt Goblet of Fire (it's my least favorite in the franchise..... the subplots suffered too much) As for the Spilt for Deathly Hallows it should come where Ron bails on the trio..... it has Just the right ammount of supense and resolve

I think its a good idea
The first time you read the deathly hallows it seems to drag but once you're read it, you begin to see all the nuisances of all the character relationships. I love the Harry Potter movies but Oder Of The Phoneix seemed rushed and the depth of characters was not fully developed. The split Deathly Hallows means Harry, Ron and Hermione get a Great send off!

My best friend and i LOVE the idea of the split of DH...we think that the BEST place to split the first part should come right when Harry mentions to go to Godric's Hollow or when he and Hermione find Ignotus's tombstone with the DH symbol on it (refer to ch.16 p326-7 in DH)!!!

I think it's a great idea to split the book in two. The first movie should end with the death of little you-know-who after the escape from Malfoy Manor.

This is good. I wonder if they could make the ending of the first part when Ron comes back and kills the horcrux? That was a very powerful part of the book for many people and would make an interesting climax, although it's pretty far into the book.

this is an excellent idea in my opinion. although i wouldnt mind a huge movie, i think making two movies gives that aspect of suspense and excitement that the stories are supposed to bring. like if they ended the first one with a moment that left everyone hanging on their seats.

As long as all the actors are aboard then I am okay with it. I just said to my family. I better be alive until then. LOL

Yeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!! Wahoo! Although I'd rather just see one long movie im still glad they're at least spliting it into 2! I really hope they have doby in this movie! I cried when he died in the book.

Don't have much to say other than that I think this is a great idea.

On the off chance that they pull a "Snakes on a Plane" and get movie ideas from internet message boards: I agree on splitting the movie at Ron bailing on them. It's the best dramatic moment. The only other point that I can see it working is after Malfoy manor, when they are at the cottage. That way Gringott's, Snape's stuff and the battle of Hogwarts are given ample time.

Yep I agree totally. The book is awesome and there's no way they would be able to make the book into a single movie. Literally everything in the book is important whereas in previous books they could skip stuff out that wasn't completely necessary to the overall plot.
It is important to have everything in there and there's just no way around it so - YES IT'S A GOOD IDEA!!
hehe i might've gone overboard

I agree with Anna's comment I was really disappointed with OOTP and how much was left out, I hope they follow the book in HBP and DH. One thing I am glad of is that Warner Brothers went with BlueRay.

[quote]But I’m really excited about it because it should allow us to stretch a bit with the characters and give them the proper send-off.[/quote]

Translation = Im Giving you More Hermione

I dont understand why people are angry that its going to be split into 2 seperate films. Its great, less will be cut out. I also wish they had done the same with GOF, because as someone rightly mentioned above, the subplots did suffer. Kudos to whoever thought of this =]

I think that the death of Dobby would make a good ending` to the first part. At this moment, Harry realise that he has to find the deathly hallows to beat Voldemort. This scene is in the middle of the book, just after the battle in Malfoy's manor and before Gringotts.

I think that splitting the film in two parts is a very good idea as it will enable Warner Bros to include almost all the details of the story and end of the legend of Harry Potter with a Bang!

I also think this is a wonderful idea! My best friend (who is to mostly blame for pulling me into the Harry Potter world) and I have been saying for some time that the movies need to be much longer with an intermission. This is the next best thing! The only thing I don't look forward too is the emotions I will feel as the story comes to an end on screen. I already went through it with the books.

Ah, c'mon guys! Ron leaves! You ever heard of not spoiling it for someone else?!

J/k I've read all the books...

It's a great idea. I think the direction of the last three films has been rushed up, too hasty and the portrayal of Dumbledore was wrong and not upto the standard.

What crap. They are doing it for the money. I realize the comparisons get a bit tedious, but LOTR was absolutely brilliant, and their writers managed to get the whole story told in just three really long movies. There was no need to split up Return of the King to "give the characters a proper send off" or "maintain the integrity of the story". What rubbish. Dollar signs is what this is about, plain and simple. And frankly, it's all getting just a bit boring.

I think it is a good idea to split the films, number one is that all the content in the book could not possibly be covererd in a 3 hr film. Two, in order to do the series justice the entirely of the novel should be represented even if it is on film. Personally I am estatic about the whole deal. Not only am I looking foward to this November I have something to look foward to for the future films. I hated to see this series end, but all great things must come to an end. Thanks! For everything!!

I think it is a great idea that they are making two films! I wish they would have done that for GoF.

When I read the Deathly Hallows, my first thought was that the movie should be n two parts. There is just too much that needs to be presented to do the book justice. BRAVE MOVE!! It will make the enjoyment last longer

I don't think they should've made the decision to cut the film into 2 different ones. It's completely pointless, I agree with the 15 minute intermission. Why is it that GOF or OoTP was never made into 3 hour films? I mean if they can do a 3 hour movie like LOTR, why shouldn't Harry Potter? The Harry Potter dvds need to be released with deleted scenes included in the movie, I don't mean scenes like Trelawny eating, but good ones.

I think it's great they are doing this in 2 parts, they just better not screw it up. OOTP was the worest HP film too date, it was also the shortest, yet the book being the longest.

Right now looking forward to Half Blood Prince and hoping they don't cut and paste this movie like they did with OOTP

YESS this is SOO good!!
i think they should have done this to the last four books, especially the OotP as that is the longest. i dont think the creators of the movie are doing it just for money, but even if they were WHO CARES like honestly, too see a movie really doesnt cost that much, ITS LIKE 10 DOLLARS PEOPLE. i think it worth it to see that it does the book justice.

I am not completely happy with it being in two films, it just means I have to wait another 6 months or however long the gap is to see the final ending! With the second part of the Deathly Hallows due to be released in 2011, that will mean the whole series has being going on for at least 10 yrs!
I agree with alot of other people, I think there should be one long film with an intermission!
However, with is being in two films, it gives them a chance to get every single detail inserted, and make sure everything is perfect!

Oh and by the way- did anyone else notice that in the Order of the Phoenix, the part of the book where Ron, Hermione, and Harry find a locket in a draw in Grimauld place was not in the film?
It then is found to be SO IMPORTANT in the Deathly Hallows- that locket was one horcrux! How are they gonna explain that one???

So not to sure about the decision....
I would certainly rather one long film though!

I think spilting the movie will be great. I've read all the HP books and agree that all the info needs to be put in hp7. But they should've put more info in the other movies cause there's so much information missing from the movie thats in the books.

i don't like the idea....i mean what's wrong with watching a six hour film i wouldn't mind and why would i it's Harry Potter

i think its great i also felt like the ootp was the worst movie and i think is because they had a new writer who didnt know the books as well as well anyone! i felt like if they wasnt gonna make the movie right then the dvd should have had something more. like they should have let the sence where dumbledore gets away exactly like it was in the book. i agree 2 films.

To all of you who point out LOTR's long hours...permit me to point out that the target audience of LOTR is not kids. I think you know as well as I do that any kid is going to have QUITE a time sitting through a 3-hour long movie. I think this is going to be great, personally. I trust Steve Kloves and the other producer/director people, and I implicitly trust JKR. I am sure that she is okay with this--I don't think they would dare to do something so drastic without her consent-- therefore, I trust this decision. JKR isn't going to do it for the money. She's never done anything like that. This is really going to be amazing. These characters mean so much to people all over the world, and by preserving the integrity of the films, the makers will ensure that the fans of the books are finally going to get the wonderful movies that the books merit.

i agree with AMK up there^
they havent really displayed the depth of the characters in the movies, especially in OOTP thats when Harry gets really deep and you really see his emotions and they did an awful portrayal of that in the movie

also if they ruin the princes tale i will be so upset. they already messed up JKRs brilliant foreshadowing in OOTP with snape and lily in the pensieve scene. that part of DH is snapes redeeming moment and it had best be done right.

and i think they should split it when Ron leaves because it is a good dramatic point for the story.

Remember that each individual book in the LOTR is shorter than most of the HP books. Return of the King is somewhere around 300 - 400 pages, while HBP is around 650 pages. There really is no direct comparison to LOTR and I wish people would stop making it. I also agree with Skippy that audience does have an effect. However, it is depressing that the first two movies are as long as the others so far, and are much shorter material-wise.

It is difficult to create movies for a book series when the audience ranges from children right up to adults. Where the children may not care so much about detail of a character, but the adult or teenager would.

I really wished that they had kept all the detail of the books in the movies because I've noticed in the movies certain parts are rushed, you can tell by some actors that they are hastening their lines in the scene (I particularly noticed this in GoF with Voldemort and also PoA in the Shrieking Shack). And where they may cut something out they'll ADD something instead, which doesn't need adding.

Though splitting DH may annoy some people, I am happy that they have done, for the sake of keeping detail, although every book deserved the same courtesy (Peeves has never shown up once in the movies, Winky didn't make any appearance and Dobby was only seen in the 2nd movie but has made no reappearance since).

They better make it the greatest one out of the series! (And they better not cut the Prince's Tale or I will be very very VERY mad indeed!!)

I, personally, am ecstatic about the movie split. However, for people who havent read all of the books, they may be lost because of the serious lack of detail in the 4th and 5th movies. Also, i agree that the split should be when ron leaves, that would be a good place to stop and leave all audiences guessing.

I hope this means we'll get to see more Malfoy scenes...