@remipau: if they make two 2 and 1/2 hour movies. then that will be a total of 6 hours. That’s a long freakin’ movie. Yes!!!!!

Oh my God! I think this is just SO fantastic. Wow. I think the two moviws will ensure that nothing of importance gets cut and that with Yates as a director makes me really believe that they are going to be brilliant! Woop woop! Harry Potter madness will continue for may years to come!

OMG!!!!!!! YES FOR THE TWO MOVIES. No for David Yates. Yes FOR STEVEN kOLOVES

tHEY SHOULD SPLIT THE MOVIE AFTER RHE WHOLE SILVER DOE /RON COMES BACK/ GRFFINGOR SWORD/ DESTROY HORCRUX SCENE

SO ECXITED OMG I CANT EVEN SPELL PROPERLY CUZ IM SOOOO EXCITED

“Unlike every other book, you cannot remove elements of this book…”

I disagree. You could remove the whole DD backstory, seeing as it has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PLOT. Not to mention that it’s repeated over and over…

Sorry, but after the way some of the other books got condensed to confused messes in the other movies, NOW, with a book that spends a lot of time sitting around on its butt and another large portion talking about stuff that has nothing to do with the main plot, they give a crap?

I have mixed feeling about this. I would have liked one long movie but I seem to be in the minority. When I read the book I wondered how they were going to film all the important parts but I never considered a two part movie. I am a fan of long movies like Gone with the Wind and Titanic and could not fathom those movies being cut and shown 6 months apart. Also, a 2 YEAR wait just for part 1 2 ½ years for part 2-WHY? I wonder if it is scheduling conflicts with the actors. I just hope it works. What is funny to me also is that many of the people on here get so excited anytime there is new movie news then the movie comes out and it is –I hate the movie, I hate the director, I hate the screen writer, I hate the music, I hate the hair styles, where is Harry’s scar, they cut this, they should have never cut that, Ron was not book Ron, Hermione was this, Harry was that, my popcorn was stale, Blah,Blah,Blah I can’t wait to see the board after DH part 1 is out and everyone is tearing it apart like they have done with OOTP this past year and some that are already anticipating a bad HBP. Why did they stop it there, they should have done this, ETC…

WOooOOoooooo.

We all knew it would happen.

I am so STOKED at this!! This way they can get everything in, hopefully! I cannot WAIT! I wish it was earlier than 2010 and 2011, though!

WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I really wanted this ! They will be able to include all the great parts without major sections being lost and them having to change the story to cope with this. Would of prefered a new director but you can’t have everything! 110% for this !

I think I am happy with David Yates staying. I liked his style in OotP. Alfonzo Cuaron would have been interesting, seeing as he had the whole darkness thing down in POA, but overall he wasn’t my favorite.

I also think they should cut right after the whole Ron coming back and Locketcrux and everything there.

Hmmm … Interesting!! .. I was hoping they would make one looong movie instead (i wouldn’t mind sitting 3.5 hours to see a Potter movie!! ..) ..... But since the split is now official, we’ve got to move on from there …

so now to the talking point … where should the split be??? ... I think the best point to end the first movie would be the destruction of the first horcrux. It would have something of a climactic feel as it is the first victory in their quest for destroying Voldemort.

But, If this is the breaking point, it wouldn’t make much sense to call the movie ‘Deathly Hallows’ as they don’t figure into the story at this point.

I say we start a petition to get more Harry Potter Books written. Maybe on the next generation. The demand is there, we want more and more!

Ive changed my mine. I think they should cut it after shell cottage . it would make a pretty good ending seen for dobbys funeral thingy. AND I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING. WE HAVE TO WAIT TWO STINKIN YEARS TO SEE DEATHLY HOLLOWS PART WONE THEN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS TO SEE HARRY KILL VOLDIE. NONESENCE! THAT IS REDICULOUS. IF THEY ARE TAKING THAT LONG TO MAKE THE MOVIE THEN IT BETTER BE GOOD.

SOO ECXITED SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

As long as Dobby is not replaced by Kreacher…

But how can they do this without Bill, Fleur, and Mudungus?

Keith, I think that is disrespectful of Jo. She has already given us 7 wonderful books and 17 years of her life. Give her some closure. Because if we milk a next generation out of her, we’d still demand more and more. She also wouldn’t be putting as much heart into it, I’d say. She’s had 17 years to work out everything with Harry, and couldn’t possibly continue on the same feel with the next generation.

She says she’s done, and she’s done. I’m actually satisfied with the Harry Potter story. I still crave Jo writing, but I’ll wait until the Scottish book and for her non Harry Potter stories to come out. :)

Cant say I’m pleased I rather just see one long movie with an intermission then to have to wait 6months to see the 2nd part. Clearly a way for WB to squeeze even more money out of HP franchise. Of course I’ll go see both assuming I’m still alive. It just very freaky to know that when the 2nd part of DH comes out I’ll have just turned 28.