That is DUMB!!!! LOTR and Star Wars, and Titanic were all EXTREMLY long. Harry Potter is worthy to be with those movies. That is why the movies, dont turn out so well cause they have to cut SO MUCH out. They should put the 45 min back in with the DVDs so all the fans can watch the whole thing.

iy's not 2.15 long...it said that they have to cut 45 minutes because it's over 3 hours... so it's not 3 hourss...it's more...so probably the final movie will be about 2.30 long...or 2.45...we never know.. Although....it's no problem for me....4 hours...i still want to watch it badly..

I'd LOVE a three-hour movie!!!! They should keep it that long!!!!

EVERYONE: He said it's OVER 3 hours. Therefore, if the movie is, say, 3 hours and 55 minutes, then the movie we see in theaters will be 3 hours and 10 minutes. Additionally, how do you know he's going to cut EXACTLY 45 minutes off? What if he cuts 30 minutes off? Then we have a movie that is 3 hours and 25 minutes. I don't know about you, but I'd be happy with a movie that long.

yay!!i cant wait till the movie comes out!!!!!!!sux that he has to take out 45 mins but u do what you gotta do

ONLY TWO HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES?!?! WHY DAVID YATES? WHY?

The movie should at least be 2:45 if not longer. I hope it is longer personally. As to add to the list of movies that are over 3 hours, have any of you watched the movie DUNE. That movie is 295 min. or 4 hrs 55 min. It spans over 3 DVDs and is a great movie.

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That must be so cool for Evanna & JK Rowling. I can't wait to see how Luna comes to life!!! Luna is ridiculiously hilarious and reminds me so much of me and it's interesting hearing Evanna compare herself to Luna. I can't wait for 5th movie! I hope it is like seriously long but it'll be like similar to the other movies. In the DVD they should put everything on and make it like hours long!

well, i'm glad its not going to be a short movie!!!!!!!

Seriously.. 2 hours and 15 minutes?!? Are they crazy?! Have they read the book? This sucks.. :( I would've thought they'd atleast stretch it to 2 hours and 30 or 45 minutes.. *sighs*

My hope is if they cut the 45 minutes from the theratrical release that they take a leaf from the LOTR movies and release an extended edition on DVD so we get to see all the extra scenes.

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I agree with everyone who is demanding a long HP movie by reminding everyone about how long LOTR: ROTK was and how much money it made. I hope no one at WB is stupid enough to think that a 3 1/2 hour long HP movie won't make money because IT WILL! As far as the edits go, please remember that it's not necessarily the fault of David Yates if he cuts too much. I don't think he will get to decide on his own how long his film will be. IMO, their are three essential elements of this story: 1. Umbridge's cruelty towards Harry and her hunger to do whatever the Ministry wants in order to further her career; 2. Harry's despair at losing Sirius; and 3. The big battle at the Ministry. It is essential that Harry and Sirius's relationship be properly established in the film. Otherwise, the audience will not understand why Harry's so upset at Sirius's death.

This is off topic but do you know how on the side of all the Harry Pooter books it says YEAR 1 or YEAR 2...up to 6. HArry says that he wasnt going back to Hogwarts do you think it will still say YEAR 7??

I AM SO MAD RIGHT NOW!!! I MEAN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF EVEN FILMING THE 45 MINUTES IF THERE JUST GOING TO DELETE IT AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL DVD OR EVEN AFTER TO SEE THESE NEW SCEANS!!!! ALSO OOTP WAS THE LONGEST BOOK IN THE SERIES....ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LONGEST BOOKS EVER CREATED!!! ANYTHING UNDER 3 HOURS IS A TOTAL RIP OFF!!!!! SO PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION ABOUVE!!!

I CANT BELEIVE THEY ARE CUTTING IT SHORTER...THEY SPENT THE TIME FILMING, WHY NOT USE IT????????

45 minutes? That's a bit ridiculous. I understand cutting 15 minutes out. I mean, The Departed was 2 hours 30 minutes along, and everyone loved staying to see that. But 45? Don't like that. If they do cut 45 minutes, they should at least include them in the DVD like LOTR had.

shouldnt do the edit... leave it how it is... cnt wait for the film.. GUNNA BE WICKED eccited to see luna.. haha brad

Aww man they can't do that! 45 minutes taken off! Oh well I can't do anything about it (though I wish I could). anyways, it is good that they have stopped (or almost) filming. that means that they are half way, or less, done with it. YAY!

lillink1222: nice optismism! i tht idea

Please keep the movie as long as possible, but whatever gets cut please include in the DVDs!

I WANT A 3 HR MOVIE!!!! :D

even if this movie was 5 hours...i would still go see it!!! why cut the running time???

It's disappointing to hear they will cut so much. I'd prefer they make it two movies much along the lines of Kill Bill. While I too am convinced not everything from the book needs to be in to make a good movie, I do think that if you feel it is worth shooting those 45 minutes, it's worth fighting to get them in! They'd better not mess up the scene where Fudge et. al. take on Dumbledore however! It is my all-time favorite scene in the entire series thus far! No added drama. No weird effects. Just WHAM... that's Dumbledore's style! :)

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The new movie is gonna be awesome, but it will have NOTHING on book 7...I am just going to be sad when there will be no more new harry potter

Come on people..cut the kiss? How long can they Harry and Cho kiss for? What? Three seconds?

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Agreed Pinkslips! Cut the kiss! Ergghh 45 minutes cut? My hope for this movie just went down the drain....again. I bet you this movie is going to be all about Cho and Harry and nothing about the important stuff! BLEHHHH! darn you Hollywood! Stop appealing for the "casual" viewers and start trying to put some effort in! Those casual viewers should pick up the book and read it before going to see the movie that's what I think! I mean, I can understand that you have to edit some stuff but so much could happen in 45 minutes! And besides, cutting it down so much will NOT do the book justice, sorry. And what is this about it's "easy to distill" Are you kidding me! Blehhhhh!!! *end rant*

I'm still getting the XML error message & I don't have a MAC. Does anyone know how to solve this? I had the HBP countdown & it worked fine.

Leave it at 3 hrs. If it is at that length theres a better chance you did the thing correctly

Too short to believe.

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If the movie would have an extended version sales would rocket up pre slaes would go up too. I dont understand why they have never had an extended version yet. A directors cut edition or something would be nice I thought GoF could of used one I still enjoyed it though. I just think WB has really given us the short end and they just rely on us to come back each film and they dont worry but they should.

gandalfxj9 I can't seem to get to the link =( It's not working.

Is it to much to ask for for them to put the uncut vertion of the movie on the DVD?

I had really hoped Mr. Yates would not make the mistake of trying to condense the story too much, but it seems he has. The last two directors tried the same thing and failed misreably. The parts of the story he'll probably take out are going to be the parts that make the story interesting. I know he can't include every minute of the story, but 2 hours and 15 mins? He's kidding, right?!?!

NO kidding! Two hours and 15 mins is a long movie, but common, and with the fact that they're totally getting rid of Dobby in the movies totally sucks, but yes this book will be much easier to condense then the fourth one was!

Well considering they are cutting dobby and quidditch this isn't surprising. And I agree seeing Harry and Sirius brooding is sort of boring, along with cleaning number 12, and I have a feeling they are going to cut the giant storyline for the most part.

Well... yes it sucks... but remember... the trailer is due out soon sooooo we can all have a big fest of discussing/arguing about it then....

well,first of all,cool layout,mugglenet and also the countdown...AWESOME!!i don't care if they wiil take away 45 minutes....as long as i can watch OOTP!!yaaayyy! i can't wait for it!255 DAYS????its so long!!! but i can watch its trailer in the internet this nov.17!!yeeehaaaww!!HP TRULY ROCKS!!!

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go figure, they like to ruin everything. all the movies have been ok in there own way, GOF was an exception, due to the fact that they just figured most people have read the books and cut most of the story from the movie. i just wish they wouldnt of put those stupid tree parts in it... compleatly waste of time. They just LOVE taking stuff out, i guess they dont understand the whole potter fandom, we WILL watch it... regardless of the length, but i guess they understand it enough that WE WILL WATCH IT regardless of how short it is also. and that means MONEY.......... just like the new mugglenet book, MONEY IN THERE POCKETS.

well i would sit through the movie no matter how long it is...hey i have sat through all the LOTR movies played one after the other...so I really dont have any problems...and come to think of it I have also sat through all 4 HP movies to date...so I will be just super excited when this one comes out...3 hours or not! Ü

DON'T CUT IT!!! Boo... I'm pretty sure all of us die-hard potter fans would stay for those last 45 minutes...

Why cut it?... nah!!... the longer the better!!!

As a die-hard HP fan, I would love to see everything kept in the release. But I don't get why everyone's saying that WB will make more money if it's longer. No matter what length a film is, we're going to pay the same amount. If I see a movie that's 1 1/2 hours, and see another movie that's 3 hours and 15 minutes long, I'm still going to pay $7.00 for each one. I think that if 45 minutes are cut from the movie, it would be a GOOD thing for WB. Why? Because if the movie is shorter, it can be shown more times in a day ... just a thought. As long as Yates does a good job with directing, and the editing crew doesn't butcher the movie, I'll be happy =]

That's shorter than PoA!!!!!! (Well, not really) They should realise this is not a movie for little kids with short attention spans......this is for FANS =]