I was just reading an article about Alfonso Cuaron (director of POA) was interested in returning to direct Deathly Hallows. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!

I thought that POA was definitely the weakest of the movies and that Alfonso did no justice to it at all and with DH as probably the best book of the series and all the amazing stuff that goes on in it, (Battle of Hogwarts, Gringotts etc) we need a good director.

What does everyone else think?

Funnily enough, because of someone mentioning Cuarons foreshadowing, I watched PoA this evening to see if it was true!

Anyway, that's off topic I am going to have to disagree with you on PoA being the worse of the 5 films, I'd give that award to GoF, for the same reason you give it to PoA, the director. I didn't much like Mike Newells approach and so my no vote for movie seven would go to him.

The jury is still out on David Yates, I think he did a good job of OotP, but I'll see how he does on HBP.

The only person I would really hate to see do it is Steven Speilberg......that would be dreadful!

Oh, I would love it if Alfonso Cuaron directed the last one!
The third movie is my favourite, I only watced OotP once so far, so I can't tell if Yates did a good job. And he's also directing HBP, give some other people a chance. But the fact that it is the last harry potter movie and the most important, I don't think they will get a new director for this movie, but I could be wrong.
So, im all for Alfonso Cuaron directing it, I really liked his approach to the book.

I think cuaron did one of the best jobs with the films.The only movie i especially did not like was GOF. It wouldn't be so bad for me if he came back to direct the deathly hallows movie,but i like what David yates has done with OOTP and think he'll do a good job with 6(and if he had the chance 7)

If they let him do another movie then there must be something wrong. Perhaps we should start a petition. I don't want him slaughtering another HP movie. Especially not the last one. He might be a good director for movies that aren't based on a book but he isn't that great with HP. PoA is my least fav of the movies. It's just so........I dunno. He just left way too much out. And I think he'd do the same for DH.

ABSOLUTELY NOT! NO WAY am I going to let him direct Deathly Hallows! His job on Prisoner of Azkaban was AWFUL!!! I mean, a twelve-year-old could've directed a better film than he did. (As long as he/she had read the book and known it backward and forward!)
If he ends up directing Deathly Hallows, I'm going to see the movie, then protest on the awful job of directing that Cuaron is cursed with. (Or maybe he just plans on making all the Harry Potter movies big stinkers just to ruin the enjoyment of the millions of fans out there.)

I though PoA was good to be fair. The atmosphere was spot on and Alfonso did justice to the end time-changing bit. Maybe he would therefore do more justice to the battle of Hogwarts??

However, I've mostly heard that Yates is back for HBP, I just hope he doesn't cut out too much about Snape, like he did in OotP!!

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Well, if given the choice then I wouldn't choose Cuaron to direct it, but if he did then I don't suppose it would be too much of a tragedy.

I though PoA was actually quite good, albeit corny in some parts (The shruked head were really stupid and corny I thought). I have to agree with etphonehome that the worst film in the bunch was probably GoF because I too wasn't too happy with the job that Newell did. That been said, it still was a good movie, but I wouldn't be happy at all if Newell directed DH.

As for Yates, although he did do a better job with OotP than Newell did with GoF, I will have to wait until HBP to decide if I really like him as a director.

It would be great if Chric Columbus could direct it - he was the best director in my opinion.

If Alfonso did the last movie, I dont know what I'd think. I loved POA...bbut..uhhh..I hated that fact they made harry have that freeze frame and get his brrom at the end of the movie. That's like having Harry get the That would be awful!

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i actually really liked POA, its my favourite so far - well like GryffindorBabexhott i hated the very last bit when dans flying on his broom and it just ends, that annoyed me soo much!

apart from that i really liked the movie, for me everything seemed to just flow nicely i think Alfonso did a gd job. i appreciate that the next two movies must have been harder considering the length of the books but i dunno, i didnt really like GOF and OOTP was alright. i think david yates will do a good job on HBP (fingers crossed). i just hope whoever does movie 7 does it justice, its not going to be easy

I don't know...OotP was sorta...horrible!If Yates better not do HBP or DH,cause I do not like how they did..everything!It sucked!Sorry..I hope it will be good.

I would love it if he did HP7!!! PoA movie is my favourite out of all of them!

Yes, there are a couple of corny bits (cough-broom-cough-freezeframe), but his movie is still the best in my opinion. The camera work was done beautifully and the way the story was told was very effecteve and...I could go on.

I am already more than a little disappointed that yates in doing HBP. I still have to make up my mind on OotP, but his directing really didn't fill me with guts of joy.

GO ALFONSO!

I actually thought that Alfonso Cuaron did a good job directing PoA. It's my second favourite Harry Potter film. I disagree with those of you who say it's the worst of the five - that would be GoF. I was incredible disappointed with GoF. But anywho ... I'm not going to be mad that he's not directing DH ... I hope David Yates does. I liked OOtP, thought he did a really good job.

I don't think Alfonso should direct DH. I think he cut too much out of the third movie. I also think he kind of reworked some of the plot, and although I do like the movie, I think another director could've done it better.

I think DH should have the best director imaginable, and cost tons of money, and not have anything cut out... but I know it won't happen. *sigh*

I personally thought that Alfonso’s approach to the 3rd film was good and I to think that I liked how Alfonso uses weather to create a mood he also did this in his film ‘A Little Princess’. I also agree with what pureblood_narcissa said about:
I too thought Snape was cut out too much in that film. Made me angry, his one of my favourite characters. I too have heard that David Yates is directing HBP and in fact I think www.imdb.com validates it although I am not too sure. For Deathly Hallows I want either Yates or Alfonso to direct it or maybe both I wouldn’t be fussed with either

I think Alfonso was good for POA he gave it something new and it felt more like a school. Then a holiday camp. Hogwarts did feel like it was a school. I would have liked to see him back for DH. Oh well i personally want Mike Newell to direct DHcause GOF was my Favourite film.
Does anyone actually know who it will be yet? Cause i'm behind on some of the news.

even though he is hispanic (like me), i dont think that he should do HPDH. he did an OK job with POA, but not great. i still think that david yates should do the rest of the movies. he did a good job with OotP.

I agree! PoA is my least favourite of the 5 movies so far.
It felt too short for me.
VERY short.



I agree with this. (:
Chris Colombus was by far the best director for the Harry Potter movies (:

I quite like what cuaron did with the third one, it's probably my favourite of the bunch (though OOTP is a close second). Yeah, the thing with the broom was a little odd, but at least he added the part about the broom. we have to remember that the third book is pretty much the last one before the series becomes darker and more serious, so it's good in a way that he ended it happily. DH is a big job, needless to say, and I hope they take a director who's had previous experience directing an H.P. movie (so long as it's not Columbus! ANYONE but him).

I think Alfonso did an awsome job on POA. On the other hand, I really hated OOTP. Yates took out a lot of important stuff. Alfonso added just enough stuff to get to the point, but still have extras in there. Of course the POA was way shorter than DH. I would be interested to see what Alfonso does with DH.

I think that Alfonzo did a really nice job in POA. I can't say that it is my favorite movie but I think that he did a great enough job to leave all the parts that were needed unlike some of the other Harry Potter directors that have followed him. I would really love to see what Peter Jackson could do with HP and the DH. I think that he could capture the book really well and would do the justice that is needed for an ending series like he did Return of the King.

i'd have to say that Gof is the worst of the series, because of the director and plus i realy wanted to see the world cup it was most important part of the movie for me. i liked PoA loads better than Gof.

NO WAY!!! alfonso and mike newell are the two last pple ON EARTH i would want to direct an extreme epic film like harry potter and the deathly hallows...i was so dissapointed w/ prisoner of azkaban that i didnt even buy it!! (but i kno that i must eventually, as i promised myself i would b4 it came out, no matter how dissapointing it was.) i loved OOTP!! i'm really really pleased that Yates is coming bak! maybe he'll come bak 4 DH as well! i really liked Chris Columbus...but u all have 2 remember that he directed the simplest books of the whole series!! i would've liked to see him in a later movie like ootp that wasnt quite as important as DH so that i knew i was comfortable w/ him taking on the role, but i must say i'm not 2 comfortable w/ it. from the way Potterfan7 described peter jackson, i think that that would be a pretty good match!! but my best bet would be to see Yates come back...

A VOTE FOR CUARON IS A VOTE FOR RUINING THE SCREENING OF THE MOST EPIC ENDING TO THE ABSOLUTE BEST BOOK EVER CREATED!!

I agree with all of you who didn't like Mike Newell or Alfonso. I was expecting so much more from Alfonso reading that everything was going so well and the Actors were happy, but that is nothing compared to what Newell did. He did the worst job.

I think Chris Colombus did best job but following close comes Yates, I really liked how he maked it so dark I only wished he didn't cut so much, but then again he kept most of the important stuff and maked it look really good. I liked how he made the Death Eaters apparate black and the order white, allthough it doesn't really make sense cause they are performing the same magic, but in the movie it looked cool and it really showed the viewers who hasn't read the book who's on which side cause in the films it goes a little fast forwards and it isn't that many sceens with people from the order and for those who don't read the books it's a little easier to follow, plus it looked cool.

I'm pretty sure David Yates would make a fantastic job doing The Deathly Hallows as well as Half-Blood Prince.
That's my vote, but I would be happy with Colombus as well.

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I still think Alfonso should not direct Deathly Hallows. I think there are better directors out there that could do a much better job. I wouldn't be heartbroken if he directed it, but I would be miffed.

I would be sooo happy to have Alfonso as a Director of DH, I think he did an amazing job directing PoA so i would be completely pro-Alfonso as director for DH.

NO! PLEASE NO!!!!!!!!! Alfonso Cuaron is not a good director!

The reason why Prisoner of Azkaban is so awful is because HE DOESN'T HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOR! Nothing, no scene in PoA was funny, and I think that was a first and last in the Harry Potter movies.

Just look at the box-office gross of PoA, it's made the least amount of money because the movie is dreadful.

Although the third movie is my favorite, I'm not sure Alfonso can pull it off! I mean this is the last movie, and I want it to be Spectacular! I'm not sure how I feel about David Yates directing the 7th film. Cause I think he did a good job and all, but I'm a big R/Hr shipper, even though my picture doesn't show it! I think we need a fresh face. They should get a completely new director to direct the seventh.

I guess it's a bit late now to wish that they had used the same director for all for consistency - but on the other hand the same director for all 7 may have been a big mistake.

When I first saw PoA - I saw it in Imax in the 3rd row - WAY WAY too close so I came out of the movie not liking it compared to first 2. Everything was so different. Set, music etc.

BUT after getting DVD and watching it a bunch of times, then I liked it as much as the others. even the soundtrack was cooler the more i listened to it - esp knight bus scene

Not sure I have a favorite movie/director. There are bits I LOVE from every movie.
I have to say that I have a somewhat perverse liking to the scenes where Harry thinks he's going to die in movies 1,2,4&5. We don't see that in 3.

Well, since Yates is already confirmed for 6 then the only debate left is 7.

I have to say - I'm not sure that I can really make up my mind.
Truthfully, I'm not partial to Alfonso - I like staying inside the box the way that the director Columbus? did in movie 1 and 2.

Although, after I got used to 3 I grew to love the outdoor shots outside the castle when trio go to hagrids hut. That punch was AEWSOME and the ticking of the time-turner in the background etc etc was great.

Small spoiler ahead for book 7.



I wonder if we'll see Hagrid's burned at the end of movie 6. And Imagine the battle scene in movie 7 if they stay true to book 7 and we get to watch Hogwarts fight back.

Let's just hope that whoever directs 7 will end it with a bang. It was an AWESOME AWESOME book - let's cross our fingers that it'll translate to the big screen.

All in all, the series will have had 4 possible 5 great directors we just have to wait OMG 3 more years to see the finale. Bring on the midnight screening - hope the last ones a summer release.

i prefer chris columbus. he was the only one to stay as true to the books as possible. i was irked by OotP. David Yates just mutilated the story. I understand having to cut some things out to keep the movie from dragging but that...that was just terrible. Plus he didn't do Neville's triumphs any justice. It bothered me. i saw the movie twice. The first time i made the mistake of comparing the movie to the book so I kept slapping my forehead throughout and couldn't really enjoy it and the second time, I didn't compare but I still wasn't fond of it.

all I know, is that this movie can't stray away from the book. There are just too many important details

David Yates had nothing to do with the script, people. And whoever says that he left a lot of things out, look at the book that he had to turn into a movie. None of you guys could turn a 700 page-book into a 2 hour movie. And most of the lines were word-to-word from the book.

Alfonso was good for PoA, and I wanted him back for the Half-Blood Prince. But we have Yates, and he did a terrific job with the Order of the Phoenix, so I'm happy. But I just like Alfonso's idea of things. It was dark, and epic. Mike's was too dark, and his shots were very simplistic. The Goblet of Fire was done poorly, in my opinion. You have to remember that the director and the screenwriter and two different things, so Alfonso had nothing to do with the humor. All he did was supervise the whole thing, and told the actors what to do, such as their expressions and things.

The expressions in the Goblet of Fire were terrible... terrible. Voldemort has surprising mood swings, but they seemed half-hearted in the Goblet of Fire. In the Order of the Phoenix, he seemed pleasant, pleased, and evil, and yet he got angry, too. The Order of the Phoenix had spectacular directing... And the finale was exciting. The shots were fantastic, especially when Harry was chasing Bellatrix, and when Voldemort appeared.

Chris has a major idea of pure evil. The movies he worked on weren't very dark at all, so we don't really know what he can do yet. I was always hoping for him to come back, and I want him the most. My second pick is David Yates, and my third is a brand new face altogether. Then I want Alfonso. I don't want Mike at all. No way!

i dont think he should get it!
it sounds like he only wants to do it for the credit of doing the final harry potter
i think it should be given to a directer thats going to do it justice and gave the fans an awesome final movie like JK give us an awesome last book

Well, I think PoA was pretty good, the punching of Malfoy was unexpected though. He might be a good director for HBP or even DH

I agree with Venom, I didn't like POA at all. I feel like Alfonso focused too much on the set (which didn't even look that great) and little things that didn't really matter. It was annoying to watch a bird flying through the school for 30 seconds when those seconds could have been used to explain who the Marauders were, that still annoys me that they didn't mention one of the main points of the book. I would be very disappointed if Alfonso came back for DH, I don't think he would do justice to it. I wouldn't be too happy if David Yates directed it either, I wasn't impressed at all with OOTP. My favorite director so far was probably Chris Columbus, I would like to see him or a new director do the last movie.

Oh god NO WAY!!! NO WAY!!! he can't, he can't, he can't not that POA was that bad it's just that to waaaaaaaay to much was left out and that cant happen with Deathly Hallows it just can't!!! The best thing to do in my opinion is to bring in some one completely new because I don't think any of the movies with the possible exception of ootp were all that great.

I 100 percent agree with Venom. Alfonso Cuaron did a terrible job with POA. Even though POA is still my least favorite book, the movie version was even worse. Why was it always cloudy?!?! He was way too weird of a director, and therefore should never be offered the chance to do DH. Hopefully David Yates will return, I really liked OOTP. If not David Yates then what about Chris Columbus? He did a good job with SS and CoS.

Chris Columbus did a good job? His movies were lifeless, in my opinion. I like Cuaron because his movie had so much flair, but it was also able to be beautifully understated at times as well. Someone here also said there was no humour in PoA. What?! PoA's been the funniest, and the most original.

Well, that's what I think.

sorry, but i have to say, i was [extremely disappointed] with PoA. the most important point, he left out [the most important thing]...hello!!?? the marauders, [people]! erm...where were they? how do [you] describe that to [your] friends? come on!

anyway, yea, i dont trust columbus to do the seventh...he did the simplest ones and thats all i've seen...i would've been more comfortable [with] it if we'd seen him do a later book that still wasnt quite as important as the seventh. we need the BEST for that one.

newell...not over my dead body, he won't.

alfonso...the thing about PoA is [you] have to watch it a BUNCH of times to like it...and i just dont like that. i was extremely dissapointed with it. i absolutely dont trust him with it. sorry.

now, Yates, yates , yates...YES! love him, he's awesome, brilliant. he's so cool. down to earth. kind of director harry potter needs. not crazy ones, cuz newell was crazy, and we all see what he did with the 4th...

i mean, we've seen what he could do [with] the hardest book of the series. and it's my favorite hp movie now. of all of them. it was CoS, now it's [definitely]. OoTP...oh yea. loved it. and he actually explained what the book was meant to be about! not like SOMEONE we kno...
so i'm pleased [with] him, but i'll see what he does w/ HBP first, then we'll be able to tell...

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PoA, IMO, was the worst book in the series. It wasn't very exciting, and it was terribly dull.

So I think that Alfonso got stuck with a really bad situation. I think that he'd do a slightly better job with HBP or GoF. I personally hated GoF. After Voldemort came back, Harry was like: "Oh well. It's not like I care.", when he should be like: "OMG A MURDERER'S #1 PRIORITY IS TO KILL ME!!!". And Dumbledore was a terrible mess in that movie, when he was A LOT better in the Order of the Phoenix.

Yates did a terrific job in the Order of the Phoenix, IMO. He fixed Dumbledore's already ruined character, he fitted in the Longbottom Story, which Mike didn't bother even touching, and he made Harry afraid of Voldemort.

Alfonso is a novice director, and he could never take on something as complicated as the Deathly Hallows... I would of preferred to have him direct the Half-Blood Prince, and have David Yates do the Deathly Hallows.

i'm hoping and praying for David Yates! The Order of the Phoenix was so good I saw it 3 times, and Daniel Radcliffe seems to think the guy knows what hes doing. I agree that Prisoner of Azkaban sucked!

I think that Peter Jackson, the LOTR director, should direct the last HP movie. I think that he may do a better job than the last few directors. i think that the first movies were the best and they have been going downhill from there. i know that they have to cut things but they leave out important parts.

I also find PoA the weakest HP film, so I would not like it if Curan came back to direct. The film looked pretty and everything, but he barely followed the plot at all.
I think if Yates directs OOTP and HBP, he should do DH as well. I personally loved OOTP and his interpretations. Also, since he is doing HBP too, he should do DH simply for continuity. It won't do DH justice to have the last film interpreted differently from the other two most important books in the series.

Ok, I think you put him as too dramatic. I thought PoA was a great movie. I think that if he does return back, i think it should be good. But i think that another director should direct it, one with more talent and more skill, only because it is the last book in the series and everyone wants it to be the best.

omg again another movie of this OOTP spoiler? nooo wayyy he was awful!!!
the movie made me sick afterwards..
when I watched PoA the first time I wanted to hunt the director down...but then I watched GoF and OOTP and re-watched PoA and thought..it was wayyy better than what I saw in GoF , which is the worst yet, and OOTP which is right behind GoF..
the best were really the first two movies and the worst GoF and OOTP sooo dont give those guys another chance to destroy HP...they are awful man..duh..
if I would watch the movie not because of HP but because of the quality I doubt I would have watched another one after GoF...

so either get Chris Colmubus back or hire someone like Peter Jackson...
Jackson has a real clue how to do movies based upon books...look at LOTR..these were what I call good movies..

NO alfonso, NO newell...that's as much as i need to say...
alfonso in my opinion, destroyed the third (hehe that may have come out a bit harsh but STILL!) i mean, wasn't half of the story about the marauders? and who were the marauders? he could have at least ATTEMPTED to make the story go in order according to the book...what's the point of just mixing and matching...just do it like it is and everyone'll be happy...
newell...WHERE do i start? the movie jumped around SO much-made my eyes dizzy!

YAY FOR YATES! i think he did an absolutely BRILLIANT job with OoTP...it was so great, and an extremely difficult movie! the guy has to stay, it would be dissapointing to have someone mess up the seventh, and i think he might do it justice...if not then ANYONE but cuaron or newell....

No no no no! Not Alfonso. Never ever again. Way too much cut out. I don't agree with Sir Cadogan; the POA book is very exciting and I simply LOVED it! (But the MOVIE is so dull, how did he manage that?)
Unlike everyone else, I have to admit that I don't think GoF is that bad (sorry), even if there are certain unnecessary -----. But I don't want Newell back, not now. DH is too important for me.
Yates made the OotP movie very emotional. I liked it, but it made me depressed. And I noticed that all the funny little things and everything but the mainplot was cut out. It had a couple of funny moments, though. But when I watched it in the theater nobody laughed when it was funny 'cause everyone were so down. But as Sir Cadogan said, he made Harry scared of the Dark Lord, and he made me scared of him too... I was actually afraid of Lord Voldemort ("DON'T say his name!") in the OotP movie. I like OotP when I don't compare it to the books - it's a very good movie. BUT THERE'S NO WAY I'M GOING TO LET HIM DIRECT DH!!!
NOT SPIELBERG!!

I love Columbus. He made it real. Someone said he made the easiest films, but honestly, do you really think that making the very first HP movie was easy?
I agree with mammacmoose. We NEED Peter Jackson for the 7th film. He can handle the action. Some people say he can't make HP as good as the made LOTR 'cause he isn't a fan, but I don't think it matters 'cause I love him.
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My vote goes to Alfonso and then Columbus.

Ack. Please don't kill me. xD

I think the first two movies of Harry Potter were done exceptionally well, but I really think the movies took their own in the third. It had so much unique flair in the third movie it wasn't an attempt to act out HP it was a movie, a masterpiece a spawn, inspired by the HP saga.

GOF in my opinion was a let down comparatively from POA. I think Mike made the best of what he could, although I honestly thought there was more potential than Mike gave. It was dark and it really set the mood for the next movies though, and I think it did well. I mean GOF was kind of very different from the other books and I think the movie captured that great.

Yates did a fantastic job on OOTP I think. However everything was so corny, like Harry and Sirius hugging ALL the time. I also felt like a lot of the key moments in the book were altered, or disgraced with terrible effects or made up lines and things. Overall I felt this movie interpreted the book pretty good which is great, but to me nothing stood out. It wasn't that magical at all. I have a lot of faith Yates to do as fabulous a job on HPB as he did OOPT.

When Sirius died in the 5th I really didn't like the way Yates did it, and I personally don't think he can handle the number of deaths in DH. My favorite character died in the 5th movie and it wasn't an unforgettable scene like it should have been. I could not bare if that happened in DH.

But I really would enjoy seeing what Alfonso does with DH. I think he could make it a great movie, something that stands out like he did with POA. The acting in that movie was superb, the setting was gorgeous, the humor priceless. The quality of that film was beyond those of the others combined!

So I would love to see Alfonso give it a go.

That's my honest opinion too.

Yay, fjkrs, I agree completely. Cuaron all the way. I don't like Columbus much, though.

I didn't like OotP for the same reasons, but I also liked it for the same reasons. For me, it wasn;t a movie that I can love or hate, it kinda goes either way. That's why I wouldn't want Yates to do it, personally. I want a finale that I'll love, and I think Cuaron could do that. PoA for me is the best.

It wouldn't be so bad if Columbus did it, I suppose. Just not Yates, unless he does something better with HBP than he did with OotP. Maybe he learned things. Well, one can hope.

I know there are heaps who love Yates, though. Who knows.

Wow, okay, I feel like an idiot. I spent a while searching for this topic last night and thought it was weird that I didn't find anything related to the subject of director for this movie. I thought that was strange, and went ahead and started one.
Oh well. We all have the chance to look like idiots at some point...I just get that chance more often than others it seems

Aaanyways. Back on topic.
I'm really hoping Yates directs this one. Honestly, I'll be disappointed if he doesn't. He's the first director of a HP movie that's actually gotten the feel of the books down on screen.

After watching OotP for for the third time, I've changed my mind! (can't remember what I wrote in my last post but whatever ---)

BETTER ALFONSO THAN YATES!!
He ruined OotP!! How could he!!

PoA is so much better