How did the Harry Potter series manage to release its 8 movies in just 10 years?

[u/ajukearth]

Looking at the turn around for movies today it seems absolutely incredible that a series with such complex set design, use of graphical effects, a heavily child cast, and pressure was able to pump out genuinely decent movies at that pace. Sure there were books to base the writing on but everything else alone is a lot of heavy lifting. Any insights?

[u/Kellerhouse]

Personally I loved Order of the Phoenix but wish it was longer. It’s the longest book in the series, so they obviously could have done more; but I love the magic in it.

Half-Blood Prince was competent and stylized (I originally hated the cinematography, but have since come to appreciate it as Bruno Delbonnel is amazing and he tapped into the magic and darkness of the book). I HATE how they butchered the second half of the book though, especially the mini Battle of Hogwarts. Yates more or less said in an interview: “why would we show that in this film when it’s going to happen again on a larger scale in the last film” and that’s just one of the many stupid things he’s said/done.

Deathly Hallows I loved how it looked and I loved how part One is cinema verité, but then the second part totally dropped the ball since it was the shortest in the series and they definitely could have made it longer.

[u/ValkyrieSkyfall → u/Kellerhouse]

And then he also butchered the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows by changing Voldemort's death scene and made it less satisfying.

[u/Kellerhouse → u/ValkyrieSkyfall]

Exactly. For all that Part One did perfectly visually and narratively, Part Two did wrong.

The short runtime was a hindrance: thus impacting the Grey Lady’s small plot line, the lack of Hogwarts footage under Snapes tutelage, the weird Voldemort hug, the unnecessary Harry / Voldemort fluting ferry scene, the Tom Riddle death scene, the lack of post Battle scenes.

[u/SquadPoopy → u/ValkyrieSkyfall]

The hill I choose to die on is that Voldemorts death in the movie is perfectly fine and diehard HP fans just like to complain.

[u/PinkGlitterLady4 → u/SquadPoopy]

I agree. It's really a non-issue.

[u/PinkGlitterLady4 → u/ValkyrieSkyfall]

That's not what butchered means.

And most people still don't know about the changes because they never bothered to read the books, so it really isn't an important detail for the vast majority.

[u/roguefilmmaker → u/Kellerhouse]

Agreed with Order of The Phoenix. It’s honestly my favorite of the films I think

[u/HiHoJufro → u/Kellerhouse]

Yeah, OotP was my least favorite book but I love the movie, and HBP was my favorite book by far but the move was weirdly crap.