Yea I thought so pheonix_knight, but apparently some girl talked to Nat about the movie and she (Nat) said that they had cut it? I thought it sounded a bit off, but what do I know. Regardless of whatever they do I truly believe it will be the best one yet. I think we should leave the decisions up to the professionals, it is their job after all.

yeah, just like what Dan Radcliffe said, he said that unlike the hardcore HP fans, JKR has "a great understanding that the books are one thing, and the movies are another". A book will never be exactly like the movie, same thing with this Twilight movie coming up, all the twilight fans are all happy and stuff, but just wait, they'll soon be the next HP fans, whinying about every little thing, that's what happens to ALL bestseller books that become movies. HP has done more justice to the books than ppl think they have (with the exception of Cuaron's POA). So yeah, November is still a LONG ways from now, we don't even have to teaser trailer YET!! so why is everyone fussing, after the teaser trailer than we can start talking...

That totally sucks!! I accepted it when they cut a few things out of the last movies (despite being terribly disappointed by movies 3 and 5) but I think this has taken it a little too far. I understand that they can't include every little detail, but this excuse cannot be used when they add unnesessary scenes in. I also understand that the books are a lot bigger/longer than the movies can be (so dont flame me for my opinion) BUT if anyone cares to notice, the books flow on rather well, unlike the movies. Those people saying the scene is nesessary to carry on the plot really makes no sense to me as the books manage to do the same thing. It seems every movie has cut scenes to make way for their directors own creations, which has snowballed to the point that they cut out great subplots like this and the only reasoning being (I feel) an invalid one, and yet they can manage to introduce completely new scenes for the same reason I am arguing this point - TELL THE STORY THE WAY IT WAS TOLD AND THERE WILL BE NO COMPLAINTS/PROBLEMS!! There is understandably quite a lot of stuff they have to get rid of, but don't go adding in new things in their place!! I'm sure by this point they have no choice, but I really do not want any more movies that cannot possibly do JK's work justice. I wish this didn't have to happen, and that the movies could come out as great as the books did. *sigh* I understand but I most certainly do not accept this!!

This isn't a case of "book and films can never be the same". We know that, and expect that, but this still doesn't seem to make sense. Even though film and book are two different mediums, there is still a limit to how much a film can deviate from the original text. All that we have heard so far of the film adaption of HBP is starting to sound as though it is not a dramatisation of the book, but rather a complete retelling. It doesn't even sound like HBP anymore. It's as though the screenwriter flipped through a few pages of the book and just made up the rest. Seriously, this should have been one of the most adaptable Harry Potter books for film. It's not like Ootp where so much happens that it is impossible to bring it all to screen. Let's see what we have lost so far; Bill and Fleur, Tonks and Lupin, the Gaunt's, a majority of Tom Riddle's back story and what for? To make room for Harry/Ginny? Please!

OMG! why cant they just stick to the books?! it's like they're ruining the whole plot. how can they just have one scene for tonks?! i really like her character and she and Remus make such a good couple! and wouldnt it be confusing for the movie fans if they just suddenly become a couple without any contact in the past movies?! seriously, how'd they think that out?! and what's with this battle scene at the burrow?! it completely out of line!

by the way... Mr. Yates, i have to say that i didnt like OoTP very much. it was short compared to the other HP movies and there was so little detail. so please dont mess up HBP for us potter fans.....we're getting less and less excited about the movie...*sigh*

I hate them making changes and adding rubbish that wasn't there in the first place. There is absolutely no point to it what so ever. HBP is my favorite book and they are destroying that story. They are leaving out so many things that make HBP so very good. Frankly I think Yates should get his head out of his bum and follow the story and quit making up stuff. As for JK approving the changes, well right now I feel she has no place sueing RDR Books for the Lexicon. If she is going to allow Yates, and Warner to butcher and completely change her creation. Money is not the most important thing, and neither is turning every HP movie that comes out now into a hude action flick. The story is what is most important and I think they have all forgotten that. ~*rant finished*~

Does that mean they've gotten rid of Tonks' Werewolf Patronus? That will mean they won't have introduced the concept of Patronuses not being able to lie. How will they explain why Dumbledore trusted Snape without this vital detail?

I don't understand why everyone is complaining so much. Yeesh! After all the changes that were made in the first 5 movies, you would think the HP fandom would expect this. So just a few reminders for everyone who is complaining about this (which seems to be everyone): 1. It is impossible to condence a 500+ page book into a 2.5 hour movie. This was obvious from the beginning, and complaining about it has no effect on the WB execs so you might as well save your energy. 2. Because of #1, changes in the plot have to be made. Things have to be taken out which means that small things will have to be added in order for the story to make sense. I think it's ridiculous for people to complain about adding a scene out of nowhere and talk about how it can't possibly make sense. You don't know that; you haven't seen it in the context of the rest of the movie. It may make perfect sense, in fact it probably fits into the movie perfectly. 3. If Jo thought it was that bad, she would step in and say something. HP is her baby, and she wouldn't let anyone mutilate the story. What it comes down to is do you trust Jo (in the immortal words of our fave DADA prof).

Lupin and Tonks are randomly a couple in HBP?!! WTF That is sooo ridiculous!!! They aren't meant to get together until the very END of HBP. So they are leaving out all the detail and character development and they are leaving out Bill and Fleur too? I AM SOOO SICK OF YATES and those crappy script writers. After the DISASTER of OOTP and after this news i don't think i'm going to even bother watching HBP. It's going to be utterly crap I can tell. I'm going to stick with Twilight, at least they are accurate to the booK! I HATE HATE HATE the people making this movie! Why can't they just include the important stuff? They don't even bother any more. They're lazy a**holes!

CRKSHNKS: To address your comment. No HP movie has ever made mistakes THIS BIG before. Not to be rude but sorry i don't care what you say: JK Rowling obvsiouly doesn't care about the movies any more because Yates HAS COMPLELTLY 100% MUTILATED Harry Potter. They have left out Bill, Fleur and now they are ruining Tonks and Lupin's relationship!? This is the biggest mistake they've ever made and its not acceptable. Also can i point out that OOTP was only 2 hours 20 mintues long. GOF was actually a longer movie dispite the fact that it was a shorter book. This proves that Yates is an idiot! GOF may have been kind bad at some points but it was pretty dam accurate and thats what i like about it. Yates doesn't even know the meaning of the word "accurate". He's an utter disgrace to HP book fans. I don't mind small stuff missing but this is an absolute joke.

I loved HBP the way it was. I hate this changed version. Its fine if they cut out a few parts... though the Tonks-Lupin thing is really. Making them look like a random couple makes Lupin look odd, as though he doesn't care about Tonks being with a Warewolf like him. I loved that part in the end!! I'm sooo depressed that they're cutting it off. It brought about the feeling of warmth even in between all that darkness :( :(. But what's more annoying is that they're adding some extra nonsense...Why can't they get rid of that and add the Tonks and Lupin part??

Oh common! We perfectly know a movie can't be 100 % like the book! I know that certainly because many of the movies I love is based on books. BUT what they do is cutting down character developements of other characters then the main ones. It makes the story less interesting when the other characters we love from the book is cut down like this. I didn't expect lots, but like this? Wtf? And if Rowling has accepted this then man she's letting her books down then. Hmpf. Just because she might accept it doesnt mean we have to.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOO! Whyyyyyyy? Couldn't they have instead cut out Dumbledore dying and skipped to his funeral?

TO LONNIE AND CRKSHNKS: To address your comments. No HP movie has ever made mistakes THIS BIG before. Not to be rude but sorry i don't care what you say: JK Rowling obvsiouly doesn't care about the movies any more because Yates HAS COMPLELTLY 100% MUTILATED Harry Potter. They have left out Bill, Fleur and now they are ruining Tonks and Lupin's relationship!? This is the biggest mistake they've ever made and its not acceptable. Also can i point out that OOTP was only 2 hours 20 mintues long. GOF was actually a longer movie dispite the fact that it was a shorter book. This proves that Yates is an idiot! GOF may have been kind bad at some points but it was pretty dam accurate and thats what i like about it. Yates doesn't even know the meaning of the word "accurate". He's an utter disgrace to HP book fans. I don't mind small stuff missing but this is an absolute joke. You can't expect us not to be mad, they are totally ruining the best books ever! I'm so sick of these movies i'm just moving onto Twilight and forgetting about Harry Potter. I can guarantee that HBP is going to be a dissapointment to any geniune book fan.

That is SO messed up!

Everyone needs to calm down. I think most of us who are really into the books can come to the agreement that the director's decisions have destroyed the films, but getting into a flap and arguing about it isn't going to change anything. This extra scene may be good, it may not -- we will see. Maybe one day in the distant future an old Potter fan who's made it as a director will make a more acceptable adaptation... We can but hope.

I guess that HBP is such a small book that they can add scenes without effecting the actual story. Hmmm, at least DH gets two movies. I wish OOTP had two movies, it needed it.

If death eaters are fighting at the burrow, what does this mean for the fight scene at Hogwarts? Is this in place of that, or will there now be two fight scenes? To all those devil's advocates out there, we know movies can't follow books word for word, but look at the website you are blogging on. Hello, obviously HP fans are going to complain, we love the books. The first two movies did a great job of adapting, the changes made there did nothing to change the storyline. The third is where they went off course. By OOTP it became unrecognizable, (which was my favorite book, and most disappointing movie). The point is, they just keep "adapting " more and more with ervery movie.

Steve Kloves is back writing the screenplay. 'Nuff said.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? ARE YOU FREAKIN' KIDDING ME? I just don't get this. They say they're splitting DH into two movies for the fans, to do the book justice, and then they only have Tonks in one scene, and she and Lupin are suddenly a couple? Yeah, explain how that's doing the book "justice", Davids. Y'know, I'm starting to think it was all about the money after all. They say one thing and then do another.

Again fans complaining??? I mean i got angry too but still...ITS A 2 HOUR FILM for god's sake!!! You can't expect them to add every single line from the book!

I HATE YATES AND STEVE KLOVES. I miss Aflsonso Cauron sooo much :( At this stage, is it even worth going to see HBP? i don't think i could be bothered now. Its just going to be a disaster. I was hoping Yates would get better after OOTP but apparently he's gotten WORSE! ARG! Thank god Twilight comes out 2 weeks later or i would be seriously mad.

You know, I'm as big an HP fan as any of you, but this is getting out of hand. It's just a story, people. As much as we as fans don't want to see the story changed, the bottom line for WB is money. Screaming about it won't change anything.

TO CRKSHNKS: To address your comments. No HP movie has ever made mistakes THIS BIG before. Not to be rude but sorry i don't care what you say: JK Rowling obvsiouly doesn't care about the movies any more because Yates HAS COMPLELTLY 100% MUTILATED Harry Potter. They have left out Bill, Fleur and now they are ruining Tonks and Lupin's relationship!? This is the biggest mistake they've ever made and its not acceptable. Also can i point out that OOTP was only 2 hours 20 mintues long. GOF was actually a longer movie dispite the fact that it was a shorter book. This proves that Yates is an idiot! GOF may have been kind of bad at some points but it was pretty accurate and thats what i like about it. Yates doesn't even know the meaning of the word "accurate". He's an utter disgrace to HP book fans. OOTP was such a disaster, all the relationships were totally wrong and they left out HUGE things such as st mungos, quidditch etc... I don't mind small stuff missing but this is an absolute joke. YOU CAN'T EXPECT IS NOT TO BE MAD, they are totally ruining the best books ever! Yates says he wants to be true to the books, but he is the most untrue director EVER! I dont' understand why he can't make the films longer. Every HP fan would love that! I'm so sick of these movies i'm just moving onto Twilight and forgetting about Harry Potter. I can guarantee that HBP is going to be a dissapointment to any geniune book fan. At least the director and screen writer of Twillight are being accurate to the book.

kerrman2004 - I agreed with you :P Why did you direct the question to me? heh. Anyway I'm not going to repeat myself. But as someone else said, there's no point it arguing with each other. Some of you don't need to attack those who are upset over Tonks and Remus (of course we're going to react like this when this happens to favorite characters).

ok sorry lonnie it was more directed at crkshnks. The very start of your comment sounded like you were defending Yates lol.

.... they complain bout not being able to fit everything in the movie and then they go around adding random scenes which aren't even in the books... where is the logic?? ... disappointed..

miss_black: Yeah i agree there is no logic there. They're just idiots! They just wana make money they don't care about the book fans anymore. I mean OOTP was shorter then GOF! There is no logic there! Shame on JK Rowling for not stopping this travesty. I never really believed she had any real power over warner brothers/ producers etc.. she probably signed a contract years ago saying that she could only "suggest" or "give her opinion" but I doubt she has any real power or else she should have made them include the more important thing they left out. I love Remus Lupin and i can't beleive they are ruining his relationship with Tonks and ruining his character by taking away his dark emotional side. And they are taking away Tonks depression and forbidden crush on Lupin. I really wanted to see that!! Whats the point in making a movie based on the book if you're going to totally change the characters?! I miss Alfonso, he actually nailed every character! They were the most accurate out of all the films.

phoenix_knight..... you're spamming the comments. please... we have a right to discuss our opinions but that doesn't mean we have to repeat ourselves every five seconds. (or rather, three minutes as we can't post in between, lol) thank you sweetlilthing... I really think that this is a horrible thing to add and cut. they could have taken out the dementers attacking and added Lupin and Tonks relationship stuff... ugh.... well, i already said it in my other comments so... :~{

i realize JKR approved of this, but I really don't think it absolutely had to happen.

If they do a death eater scene in HBP at the Burrow, then what are they going to do in the wedding scene in DH where there is an actual fighting scene at the Burrow. Repeat it again??????? I hate the fate they are changing te whole stroy and still the movies wont be good.

If Tonks is in a new scene where death eaters attack the Burrow you can be sure that wedding scene in DH where the Burrow indeed was crashed is completely removed from the DH1 movie. I wonder how much of Dumbledore

My argument about them cutting the angst of the Lupin and Tonks relationship is that, in doing that, it will hurt the scenes with Lupin in film 7...if they even INCLUDE them. Lupins worry about them being a couple in book 6 is then looked at in a deeper way in book 7 with him becoming a father. This leads to him almost abandoning Tonk and leads to the fight with Harry. It flows well together and adds much to Lupins character. Removing them BECOMING a couple in film 6 means its all the more harder for them to justify his behaviour in film 7. THIS is why they're having to split film 7 into 2 parts. They're missing out so many things that are important that its leaving them all the more to do in film 7. This is why I hate the movies. You read the books and you have complex characters who have their pluses and their negatives. None of them are perfect. You watch the films and they're stripped of anything other than the smart one, the stupid one and the hero...and thats the trio. People I know who watch the films without reading the books have NO CLUE whats going on and have to ask me to fill in the blanks for them. How are these people supposed to feel anything for Doby when he dies. He has NO relationship with Harry save from the first film. While I have no problems with the film diverting from the books (look at Lord of the Rings as a perfect example) it should only be done when ALOT of effort goes into it. Years and years and YEARS went into the writing of the scripts. It wasnt a studio based production with suits making the calls. It was passionate filmmakers who WROTE the scripts and who loved the material putting their heart and soul into everything. From set design to characters. The BIG mistake they made in making these films is that they started making them before the book series was finished and they are so concerned with getting these films out before the actors are to old to play them that they will happily rush them out without putting in the time...

MATTUK: I completley agree. They are complelty changing Lupins character by doing this. Lupin is extremely self conscious about being a werewolf. He doesn't think he deserves to be loved by Tonks. He thinks she's better off without him, and this is only made worse when he finds out that Tonks is pregnant. He doesn't think he'll be a good father at all. He goes to a very dark place, he feels alone and cut away from society because he's a werewolf and they HAVE to include this or else they completely ruin the story. Tonks has to persuade him that its ok for them to be together for gods sake. I really hate Steve Kloves and Yates. They are ruining one of my favourite characters now.

...and real effort that should be placed into it. I know its not really fair to compare these films to LOTRs but when you look at them, they are very similar. A huge cast of characters, a huge world, complex characters, etc. Another thing they did was listen to the fans. Remember the huge uproar over having Liv Tylers character Arwen at Helms Deep. They wanted to make Arogon and Arwen appear together and the fans HATED it so they listened to the fans and changed it. Thats because FANS were making those films, as opposed to a huge studio looking to milk a franchise for every penny it can get.

mattuk and kermann puts its so perfectly!! Who are they making the movies for? Because I really start wondering if it's for the fans! I hoped cutting Fleur/Bill would lead to more Remus/Tonks, but obviously that time probably is given to Hermione, Harrys wet dreams and WonWon. It's just unfair to focus just on them. The minor characters flesh out the story too. Those movie makers must be really brave to do all these changes. I would like to see how the train scene ends up and what the answer to why Tonks is not in the scene would be...

let's just say : yates is the worst thing that ever could happen to this movie!!

Thanks Lonnie! I totally agree, they definitley are not making these movies for HP fans any more, they're clearly just doing this for money, they don't really care how it turns out any more. Rupert doesn't get enough lines and Emma steals lines from other characters just because she's a girl, she's not even good at acting for gods sake! they should give her less lines, not more! Does anyone agree that Alfonso is the ONLY director who accuratly portrayed the characters. He made Hermione actually seem normal for a change and Ron was just so cute, trying to get sympathy from her. And the argument they had over scabbers was very accurate. and omg Lupin and Sirius and Trelawney were just 100% perfect. I have to give Alfonso credit for introducing 3 new characters and doing such a great job of it! Why couldn't Yates copy Alfonso's style when it came to Lupin, Sirius and Trelawy. He totally ruined them. Yep I agree _Belatrix_ Yates is definitley the worst thing to happen to Harry POtter. I was CRUSHED when they picked him for Deathly Hallows. He's going to ruin one of my favorite books of all time!

When we all rule the world...lol...i guess we should sort of kind of maybe partially consider giving Sir Yates a break. At least he didn't switch actors/actresses on us! THAT would be something to scream about. >_< The books were always, ALWAYS better than the films anyway... I STILL THINK SOMEBODY ELSE (Peter Jackson) SHOULD HAVE DIRECTED THIS FILM THOUGH!!!

Does anyone recall that editorial? With all the lotr terms and stuff? Glorfinelizing or something? Yeah, this is obviously going to suck FOR US. But remember, not everyone reads the books, we have to see how those people react. And the reason JKR probably accepted it is because she realizes its not total butchery, and just a way to put in some action. But, we can argue all day, it dont matter, We haven't seen the movie yet, and I bet most of you, no matter how much you hate the movie, most of you will be going to the theatre, just t osee what the didn't 'massacre'

would it kill them to stick to the book?!!?!?!!! somethign tells me this just might be as bad of an adaptation as the golden compass, total and complete TRAVESTY!

at least the Golden Compass made a good kiddy movie for people who didnt read it(even though the book was so not about that, and was one of the most intellectual books I read). This just sounds like its going to be one of those stupid depth less action filled movie. So very far away from whats its supposed to be.

Dragon_queen4ever: T hat was my argument in my very long post though. Not everyone has read the books true, but people who have not read the books and then watch the films have NO CLUE what is going on. The films are so thin on explanation that it leaves people who have not read the books completely clueless. BTW, thanks to Loonie and kerrman2004 :o)

What about liitle Teddy? Didn't JK say she even wrote the whole ending because of that character? Are they even going to say how Tonks father dieded in DH? This just messes everything up.

Shadowwing - Teddy is so far no problem really (well depends on what those squirrel brains do with Deathly Hallows and such) because Remus and Tonks is together in HBP. Just in a totally opposite way then the book! What annoys me the most is that Nat said in an interview that her role is bigger in the "next" movie. WHICH ONE? HBP or DH?? I was sure she ment HBP then because since it hasn't come out yet it's still "next one up". And theres hardly any info on DH yet??? What's going on? You can find the interview on natalia-tena.com It's 45 minutes long, but she mentions it at least twice. I'm SO confussed!?

Guys this only proves Andrew's theory from a mugglecast along time ago when they said there will be a new scene in HPB! Long Live Andrew Sims!!

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sootyface is SOOOOO correct

you know what now tha i think of it ........i think it's totally fine that they are adding that death eater scnece at the burrow..but im sad about tonks! :( but you know jkr did say that was totally fine..in fact she loved it! oh well such as life!