got antsy about losing its so-called 'tent poles' - multi-part properties that prop up the studio - and decided to split J.K. There's nothing wrong with the two-and-a-half-hour Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 that couldn't be solved if this weren't, in fact, Part 1 - if the saga ended here instead of stopping at the climax and saying, in effect, 'See you in 2011, suckers.'īut two years ago, Warner Bros.
