![]() "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" is a more faithful adaptation than any of the previous films. Dividing the seventh book into two movies has given a taste of what a miniseries might have been like. I was not one of the fans complaining, because I figured that as long as it wasn't a miniseries, the best approach was to interpret the story rather than present the events exactly as they appeared in the books. The two best films up to now-the third and the sixth-worked in part because they took the most risks, often departing substantially from the narrative of the books, to the consternation of many fans. The result was a movie that felt choppy and barely coherent, almost dreamlike. ![]() This was most painfully evident in the fifth movie, "Order of the Phoenix," which awkwardly attempted to fit the longest Potter book into just 2 hours and 15 minutes of film. ![]() They've all had to omit significant plot points, which has not only disappointed the more literal-minded fans but risked the integrity of the story. The movies so far have had difficulties showing enough of the books' events within a reasonable time slot to keep the story flowing. Ever since the release of the first Harry Potter movie in 2001, I've wondered how a TV miniseries of the books would have fared.
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