Comments on: Harry Potter Extended Edition Re-Releases on the Way?

By: Potter fan

Potter fan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 03:44:01 +0000

……the goblet of fire did not even feature the house elf winky you obviously have no idea at all what you are talking about

By: left

left — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:35:48 +0000

You are seriously wrong. The Harry Potter producers are probably the only ones in the world who solely produce these films because they are passionate about the books and the magical world. Most producers these days produce films with no story at all just throw in any old special effects and hope that will be enough to make money.

By: Frances Carodine

Frances Carodine — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:39:00 +0000

i wish they do extended version in the begining when the dvd’s are sold. what sad that they did put Dean thomas in deathly hallows

By: Judy

Judy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:02:22 +0000

I’ve been waiting to purchase copies of the HP movies that include the extended/additional scenes. I noticed last weekend (1/10/2010) the versions shown on ABC Family Channel had not only the additional scenes we’ve already seen, but even more previously unseen footage (At least for HP3 and HP4 – didn’t see 1 or 2).

My question….. Can anyone tell me with certainty whether the new blue-ray versions that state “additional scenes” on the box, include the additional scenes as shown on ABC Fam?

They make it SO difficult to understand exactly what is included on any particular DVD or blueray package. I’ve been burned before – buying what I thought was to be additional scenes only to find its bits and special features on a second disk. Quite frankly I don’t care about these things. Like another said I don’t buy a film to see Daniel Radcliffe, I want to see HP! Learning too much about the actors, production, etc can often take away the ‘magic’ of the experience.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:14:37 +0000

I think the idea of extended editions for the HP Movies would be a good idea. There is a LOT of stuff they left out from the books. I mean The Lord Of The Rings did a good job when they came out with the 4 disk set but still left out main people in the movie. None the less there was far to much left out of the HP movies from the books. Oh and On the Movie 7 thing That Will was upset about. I am kind of happy to see them do that as the last book was so big. It’s my hope that they actually put in more of the book in this movie unlike number 6. . They did a so so job with that one.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:45:00 +0000

I find it illogical that they would even have extended editions for movies 1 and 2 because those were the only films in the series that acatually kept a majority of the book’s plot intact. STarting from movie 3 onward, they’ve completely butchered the books by leaving out crucual bits of information. I would love to see extended versions on those, especially movie 5.

By: anthony

anthony — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:23:32 +0000

Do we really know that there aren’t any more deleted scenes? I for one don’t believe that the deleted scenes that have been released with the previous dvds are the only ones. It might be a matter of taking scenes that didn’t even make it on dvds as bonus features and adding the effects and finishing them up and putting them in the films. Just my thoughts.

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By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:53:57 +0000

1.They’re now releasing second blue ray versions of the movies.Are the original blue ray versions theatrical or extended versions for the movies?The second releases are being called Ultimate editions, are they extended versions of the movies?

By: Elaine

Elaine — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:54:15 +0000

I have bought each of the movies so far on standered dvd, but have always intended to buy the special extended movie editions once all the movies were out and had been sold every way they could be, before the final best ever utimate collection is released on blue ray, I may have to wait a few years for the best set collection but I’m not wasting money re-buying the collection over and over.

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:09:02 +0000

Dammit I just bought all the Blurays for my wife, screw them, bad enough I used ot double dip for DVD, F no Im not gonna double dip on Bluerays.

By: T

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:20:55 +0000

Well considering that through one misadventure or another I would up with a Fullscreen copy of 1 I’m certain I’ll probably buy it just so I can have it in widescreen but as for the rest unless they release them in Blu-ray I doubt I’ll be spending the extra cash anytime soon.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:56:13 +0000

1 through 3 didn’t lose any detail because they were all under 500 pages, so there really would be almost nothing to add. 4 MAY be worth owning (as it was just shy of 800 pages), but I think they did get pretty much all the details in the movie with the downside that the movie was paced much too quickly. I’d say the only extended editions definitely worth owning would be 5 and 6, depending on how much filmed material there is to add to those films. Those two had to sacrifice a lot of secondary plot elements and details to make the run-time with the main plot intact.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:10:19 +0000

I bought the LOTR extended versions, but not the cinematic ones, but as you say, there was a huge amount of extra stuff in there. In fact, I would regard the extended editions as the definitive films and the cinematic as cut-down versions. But with Harry Potter? I don’t know. If there’s more Snape I’d buy it!

By: Joshi (work)

Joshi (work) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:33:31 +0000

Already own all the DVD’s, but as far as the extended ones are concerned, I think I’ll wait to hear some reviews on them first and even then, I’ll probably only get Prisoner of Azkaban and possibly Order of the Phoenix (and HBP if they do that).

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:09:41 +0000

On numerous occasions throughout the years, various scenes that were being shot have been described and those scenes have never turned up on the dvds–especially with the fourth and fifth films, the latter in particular. I clearly remember on more than one occasion, David Yates mentioning that the rough cut of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was over 3 hours long. Mike Newell said Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was of a similar original run time. There is an enormous amount of footage we have yet to see that will be included in the extended cuts. It will be equal to LOTR.

By: Eva

Eva — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:59:59 +0000

I already have all the DVDs released of Harry Potter. However, since I am a big fan of the series I will no doubt buy the extended versions as well. (I did so with Iron Man, my all-time favourite movie. Ever!)
Also, in my opinion there can never be enough of Harry and co. and since the movies are drawing to a close what better than to start all over again?
I just hope there will be some interesting scenes added. Not just behind the scene stuff or interviews. Not that that isn’t interesting but it’s Harry Potter I want to watch, not Daniel Radcliffe.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:19:17 +0000

I’ve got all three LOTR 4 disc sets and they are totally worth it. Best special features in my collection hands down though i didn’t buy the two disc sets when it was first released. I’m doing the same with watchmen, just waiting for the ultimate cool edition. On harry potter, enjoy them but not the biggest fan, see all of them at the movies but never buy the dvd. Don’t know why but this news annoys me, probably because they split up the seventh for no rea$on. Harry Potter produces just love money don’t they.