I’m too young to remember movies having an intermission.
Personally, if Lawrence of Arabia could have an intermission than so can most epic films these days.
After catching HBP in HD on HBO, I think David Yates did a good job. After the stumble that was OOTP, I’d written off the Potter films and stayed with the books.
Oh, John Williams you are sorely missed.
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