28. "when I finished the book, I thought" In response to In response to 26
the best place to split it was after Malfoy Manor. they can open the final movie with some horcrux / Hallows explanations at Shell Cottage, then onto Gringotts, and it's non-stop from there.
Dobby *had* to be there since he rescues them from the Manor. and in that case, they might as well use his death as the somber split point (which apparently worked for the sniffling row of girls next to me). sure, emotional depth is lost when you consider how much of the house elves they omitted from the movies. but you didn't seem to like him in the books anyway (I feel the same about Hedwig).