Top 10 Smartest Decisions in The Harry Potter Movies
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- These decisions made a world of difference. For this list, we’ll be going over some of the most fortuitous or forward-thinking decisions made by characters in the “Harry Potter” film franchise. Our countdown includes Harry Asks Mrs. Weasley for Help, Dumbledore Stands Up to the Ministry, The Marauders Become Animagi, and more! If there’s a good “Harry Potter” decision we weren’t smart for excluding from our list, let us know in the comments!
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Number one should have been breaking the elder wand. Everyone that's ever owned it has died over it.
@@resiplayerz Harry gave up the power to be the True Master of Death, something even Albus Dumbledore couldn’t resist. This shows how incredible and pure-hearted the boy who lived really is.
@@calvinkopp1735 Agreed, it showed his true strength of character and was a very wise decision. Ron said ''that's the elder wand with that you'd be invincible'' and yet Harry still chose to destroy the wand and turn down the temptation of absolute power (Albus's failure). Everyone that's ever owned the wand has eventually died over it one way or the other.
Lupin teaching Harry the spell that kept the demontors from sucking out his soul.
Another major, albeit unpopular, decision was Dumbledore leaving Harry with the Dursley's, with them raising Harry to have no knowledge of the Wizarding World in his early years. Because Harry was so famous for his first victory over Voldemort, there was barely a wizard who didn't know his name. Because Harry knew none of this, he grew up as essentially a normal boy, whereas if he had grown up in the Wizarding World, he would have been a spoiled and pampered prince. In the end, this is such a key factor in EVERYONE'S life.
He had to live there because he couldn’t be touched by Voldemort or Death eaters if he lived in a blood relative house of his mom.
That'll be the point dimlow
I heard that this exact reason was why Snape was more severe than usual with him (aside from his physical resembleance to his father)
Totally agree with you. Harry would've probably end up in Slytherin house and best buds with Draco Malfoy very quickly. How he was raised importantly shapes the person's character.
I wouldn’t call Harry’s abusive childhood (abuse is not just physical) normal….how could he be pampered or spoiled when wasn’t loved at all, and was instead beyond neglected and worse? That’s not a healthy childhood let alone a normal one.
You may not like him. But you can't deny...Dumbledore's got style!!
Harry kills the basilisk
Fawkes to the rescue before bringing dumbledore to azkhaban
What about Harry stabbing Tom Riddle’s diary with the Basilisk Fang? Harry demonstrates quick thinking and it prevents Hogwarts from closing, allows Dumbledore to return, saves the life of his future wife, and saves his own life.
mannnn thats fucking right
I never thought I would appreciate Narcissa until she lied to Voldemort about Harry being dead. RIP, Helen McCrory.
Indeed, Harry and Draco were both saved by a mother's love. Rest in Peace, Helen, you'll be forever missed.😇💕
yesss that was really awesone scene
wait, Narissa actress is dead???
@@user-ix1rp9ff3p Yes, Helen McCrory died in April this year of breast cancer. She was only 52 years old.
@@trinaq no way r.i.p
Low key Hermione ripping the page out of the book and writing basilisk in it was really smart as it alerted Harry and Ron to what the monster was. A top 10 worst decision was going to Lockhart with the information and not any other professor.
it was the basilisk page and she wrote "pipes"
I think the smartest decision in Harry Potter was Dumbledore letting Snape kill him. As it was all part of Dumbledore's plan to bring down Voldemort once and for all.
What is your favourite Harry Potter film?
@@KamonParanormal I know you didn't ask me but mine is Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets what's yours?
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Exactly
Dumbledore having Snape kill him, both to save Draco's soul and keeping the Elder's Wand from ever being Voldemort's is top 3.
Good list, except you forgot to include the actual best decision made. Snape being a double agent for Dumbledore to protect Harry
The Chess Match being an Honerable mention is a bit low for me honestly lol. That Entire Chess Scene is still one of my favourite Harry Potter moments.
True but i'm not even sure the pieces required them to be on the pieces, otherwise it would have required multiple people to cross every time. Realistically they could have just ordered the battle from the sidelines. Or what about a shield charm to protect him?
Hermione modifying her parents’ memories should’ve been on the actual list. It was super sad but so clever. Harry’s sacrifice was also great. But god damn that resurrection stone hurts every time.
I mean realistically she could have just asked them to move and given them new identities and the effect would have been much the same.
@@LordSStorm no. Not if the death eaters found them.
@@madelinegarber7860 That's the problem though, the Death Eaters presumably didn't find them, so we have to assume the outcome would have been the same either way as long as they went to the same place and she did the same thing. The memory charm is unlikely to have impacted that.
@@LordSStorm But she couldn't possibly know they wouldn't find them. She did it to make sure they were safe. Yeah in hindsight it was pointless but she didn't know that. Your argument is dumb.
@@DemonKingNemo I mean she's a smart girl, she can use logic. "I'm sending them away, if they don't find them, great i'll see them later. If I wipe their memories what does that change... nothing? Well then it makes no sense to do it."
Another smartest decision is Dumbledore hiring Trelawney to protect her from Voldemort and his Death Eaters after she for told the prophecy between Harry, Neville and Voldemort. Snape heard the half of the prophecy and told Voldemort about it and the Dark Lord decided to go after Harry and stop the prophecy from coming true but he only sets it in stone. “One often meets his destiny on the road, he takes to avoid it.”
The greatest decision in this franchise is the decision of Snape to do whatever it takes to save the son of his one true love...at the cost of his life and without anyone other than Dumbledore knows about it.
How is Dumbledore and Snape planning for Snape to kill him for the ultimate deception not on this list? Or just Snape deciding to turn spy against Voldemort after Lilly’s death?
cus that plan takes real brains and not using cheat codes like harry and his resurrection stone BS
Exactly
The moral of the story is to ALWAYS listen to Hermione, since she listens in EVERY class!
...except when she claims that the Deathly Hallows can't be real or that there's no way a horcrux could be hidden at Hogwarts.
Or when she thinks her grades matter more than Dumbledore's death...........
I can’t believe it’s already been a full decade since this wonderful (masterpiece to me) saga ended….although it will never really end. Harry Potter is timeless. 💖💖
Let us not forget EVERYTHING Snape did, from fooling Voldemort into thinking he was his most loyal servant to low key saving Harry in almost every movie all because his undying love for his mother…
In fact, smartest decision of all was the sorting hat putting Lily in Gryffindor rather than having her be with Severus, in which all the major characters would not have been in place and Voldemort would have been unstoppable!!
Smarter still would've been sorting Snape in Griffindor too. He probably would never have become a death eater, never have ratted Trewlaney's prophecy to Voldemort and Voldemort would never have gone after Harry Potter at all. Even Dumbledore says he think the schools sorts too soon with relation to Snape at some point in the books
@@FemkevanDrooge very valid points…it all started with the sorting hat after all
@@collegebro85 Not necessarily because Neville Longbottom could have been the one with the scar they say that in one of the books Dumbledore says it I think in book 5 when talking about Neville's parents. But Harry's story could have easily been Neville's but the dark lord thinks James and Lily gave birth to a superior wizard. So the dark lord saw Harry as more of a threat than Neville.
No, it’d be better to Snape be gryffindor too.
Man the end of the final movie made me so sad. The final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort was much more epic. Instead we got hugging off a building and return of the ghostbuster beam crossing. Especially when the rest were so well done with small changes here and there.
yeppp that was epic
Severus Snape planning out a plot of vengeance with Dumbledore over the murder of Lily Potter that took years of cunning, lying to Voldemort without detection via occlumency and maintaining a double agent role. His demeanor towards Harry was a combination of his loathing of James for being chosen by Lily over himself while keeping an undying love for her regardless of the outcome of their friendship.
Technically, he was a triple agent!
"Undying love"? No. More like a creepy obsession.
EXACTLY
‘HARRY DID YA PUT YOUR NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIA!!!’ said dumbledore calmly
While gently throttling him
Hermione leading U*bridge to Grawp aka Dumbledore’s secret weapon, on a whim, causing her to get drug off by the ‘half-breeds’, I believe she called them…
I still love how Dobby says, "Dobby is FREE!" And his expression. Perfect :)
The only thing I do not like about the movie series is how it treats Ginny Weasely like Harry’s love interest instead being a strong woman who loves Quidditch matches and cast powerful spells as described in the book.
It’s far from the only things I hate about the movies but it’s definitely up there on the list. A very very long list
Or even Ron. He's reduced from the wisecracking useful BFAM to Harry to into a dumb useless sidekick.
I mean, the movies do show her using an incredibly powerful Reducto spell. If I had never read the books, I would have known Ginny was a powerful witch anyway. The quiditch thing I kinda agree with but that's a near series wide failing. The sport loses a lot of the importance it had in the books, becoming more of a background thing than what it was on the page. In the books, incredibly important moments happen during and as a result of the games. Like Ginny and Harry getting together in the aftermath of a cup winning match. Honestly though, in that case, I feel the movie had a better catalyst (hiding the book).
Hagrid delivering the letter by himself was one of the smartest decisions imo
Will nvr forget when snape says
" always .." 😔
Would of mentioned breaking/destroying the Elder Wand and throwing it away (a big break between movie vs book, but also smarter for removes any chance of another getting control of it again).
I could've sworn he did break it in the book. Is the movie messing with my memory of the book?
@@williamsbrian0310 Chapter 36 of book; "I'm putting the elder wand back where it came from. It can stay there. If I did a natural death, like Ignotus, its power will be broken, won't it? The previous master will never have been defeated." Why I prefer the movie version. In the book he became just as vulnerable to a transfer as Dumbledore was with Draco.
@@donaldfrederick501 Add to that the fact that Harry took Draco's wand which made him the true master of the Elder wand!!
@@donaldfrederick501 ok thx. It's been so long since I read it that the movie is affecting my memory.
@@donaldfrederick501 I would agree with you if he had still used it to fix his own wand first.
dumbledore telling snape to kill him to protect draco and subsequently allowing potter to disarm draco at malfoy manor so that the elder wands loyalty was to potter so that harry was the master of death since he possesses all three of them cloak stone and wand
or the unbreakable bond snape did with dracos mom which led to such events
Bro Harry Potter man brings back the good ol days
James and Dumbledore leaving Harry a deathly hallow was pretty smart as well
IMO, the best decision was Cuaron's redesign of magic in the third harry potter film. We saw several examples of simple spells with no incantations or even wands to just close windows, turn on a projector, move a spoon on the cup, open a lock, light a candle... often accompanied to a low whistle. For me, it made magic look like a true extension of a wizard, not just the wand being a remote control, but magic being seen for mundane things done in mundane ways. I really think we needed to see more "mundane" magic in this franchise, and Cuaron really delivered it in Prisioner of Azkaban.
I actually prefer how it is in the books. That magic can be done silently, but required advanced training to do so. It seemed strange to me that by the final 2 films, they're all dealing with snatches without uttering a word. One of my favorite moments from the books was Snaps yelling "Blocked!! Until you learn to control your mind". That line was what convinced me Shape was not actually the bad guy. He was still desperately trying to teach Harry something vital before it was too late.
That being said, I did like what you called mundane majic. Food prep, closing shutters, etc. It made for a more visually fun movie.
I feel like Harry’s final decision, destroying the Elder Wand (and repairing his normal wand with it in the book) was one of the best decisions a wizard in this universe has ever made. Nobody can have the wand ever again after that.
ah, thought this would be more BTS-esque like smart changes specifically made for the film that deviated from the book.
I’d like to see a list of the smartest decisions the HP filmmakers made when adapting the stories.
Numbers 1-10 are the casting of Rickman. Genius move.
Seriously though, I would say Alan Rickman going to JK Rowling insisting that he needed to know where his character was heading to inform his acting. And going back, there are multiple instances where, in hindsight, you can see how Snape hurts when he looks at Harry, how he's caught off guard the first time he sees him at Hogwarts, seeing Lily's eyes once again. Truly a genius performance by Rickman.
A few more decisions/actions that I really love:
1. The Seven Potters - Drinking polyjuice potion to create decoys, saving Harry from Voldemort and the death eaters
2. Drinking Felix Felicis (liquid luck) to get information about the horcruxes from Horace Slughorn (and to survive the first battle of Hogwarts in book 6)
3. Harry uses The Half Blood Prince's notebook, using which he learns new spells, tops the class and earns the luck potion
4. Using the Time Turner to save Sirius and Buckbeak
5. Sorting hat: Choosing Not to go to Slytherin
6. Hermione solves the potions riddle (book 1)
7. Harry uses shadows and sounds of Basilisk to prevent paralysis or death (by not looking in its eyes)
8. Harry figures out how to open the Golden Snitch and get the resurrection stone (book 7 - I open at the close)
Even though using the Half-Blood Prince's notebook also ended up being a dangerous decision when he fought with Malfoy in the bathroom
The Basilisk was blinded by Fawkes who pecked out its eyes so Harry couldn’t get Petrified or death by looking in its eyes.
Don't forget Harry telling the Sorting Hat he didn't want to be in Slytherin! Imagine how things would have been different if Harry had been in Slytherin instead of Gryffindor!
Have you made a top 10 dumbest harry potter decisions video? if not that's a video idea for you guys
The fact you found 10 of them in the first place is an accomplishment
🎞 Smartest Decision: release the series!
Um WHAT ABOUT LILY SACRIFICING HERSELF FOR HER SON?!?!
Great List!
Draco’s decision to use the vanishing cabinet? Probably more clever than all of these.
#1 saving hermione from the troll then befriending her
OK but should be 1
I really wish people would pronounce Voldemort correctly. She made it very clear how it should have been said…
Kindly, she can go away now. The artist is dead, long live the art.
@@Perceptionreflection yes because cancel culture rules the world right? Sorry but that’s not how it works.
This made me want to watch Harry Potter again lol
The only thing that ever truly bothered me about the Harry Potter franchise was the fact that J.K. Rowling kept killing off my favorite characters. First Sirius, then Dobby, and than Tonks and Lupin.
Watch Mojo:Pronounces Animagi and Animagus incorrectly.
Also Watch Mojo: Uses Clip of Ron saying Animagus correctly
What about Harry showing his loyalty to dumbledore in chamber of secrets with is what calls Dumbledore's pet pheniox Fawkes to his ad
Dumbledore trusting Snape should have been number 1.
Harry Potter is timeless when my son is old enough I’ll pass this amazing show on to him .
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Giving Harry the cloak of invisibility was probably one of the best. Not only did it come in handy, but according to lore it allowed the original owner to avoid death until he was ready. Much the same way that Harry needed to survive, until it was necessary for him to sacrifice himself to defeat Voldemort.
also it was a family heirloom in the first place, hence it deserved Harry's ownership
The Ministry of Magic tries to controll them by not letting them learn how to defend themselves. Being able to defend yourself is a major check on Tiranny.
I love Sirius Black because of his super sweet personality. :) He's truly mankind's best friend. :)
Can you please make more "Top Smartest Decisions in..."? Like, decisions in "One Piece", or "RWBY", or "My Hero Academia"?
What are those?
@@JMwhocares anime
@@themillenniumfalcon5071 rwby isnt
Can you make Kaitou Joker top 10?
I love that part of Order of the Phoenix where the Ministry of Magic all saw Lord Voldemort with their own eyes because I knew Umbridge was lying Harry wasn’t really trying to get to Dumbledore he’s trying to get his Godfather Sirius Black cause he’s in trouble & it turned out to be a trap
Thanks that was fun
Harry freeing Dobby is even MORE important in the books considering how much his part got reduced in the movies
One thing about #10, what if a muggle tripped while walking by the wall?
They would fall face first into a brick archway, if memory serves, you have to possess magic for the barrier to let you pass
Snape should have been on this list for everything that he did for Harry just cos he loved Lily so much & more. I still love these movies & hope nobody ever tries to remake them.
Amazing
Wow that's amazing
What about Snape's decision to switch sides?
What about when Harry chases Neville’s rememball for him??? That opened up a LOT of things for him, including giving Harry the money that he gave to the Weasleys to open their prank shop.
Ginny "it was love at first sight"
Harry "hey how do I get in this train?"
Ron "I hate corned beef..."
I love all of the decisions in the books and movies even if it means a beloved character dies ( with the exception of Fred Weasley, I know his death was definitely uncalled for) it all leads up to Voldermort's second and final defeat by Harry. So basically, everyone was sacrificed to have good triumph over evil. Even though a lot of people didn't know it at the time, including Harry and Voldermort. I'm sure Dumbledore did though, he was so beyond smart!
Narcissa isn't a Malfoy 😅
By marriage she is
@@AmyBlackRoseCena I mean she doesn't have their malice cuz she doesn't carry their blood 🤷🏻♀️
Ron Panicking about the Spiders and warning Harry about the Spiders was also a smart decision.
I've watched DH pt 2 so many times and never noticed that Harry nodded.
Another major decision in the context of the Harry Potter word was Snape's decision to come over to the good side. Even though it was a forced decision (due to Lilly's murder at the hands of Lord Voldemort), I seriously believe that this decision was really paramount in the whole of the story. This decision proved significant in the defeat of Lord Voldemort and as Snape himself said in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Snape was able to fool one of the greatest wizards in the world.
I saw every series. I love it the Harry Potter series. I cried during the goblet of fire when Cedric diddley died
After I Read The Books I Really Started Hating These Movies lol
Why lmao 😂
@@themillenniumfalcon5071 possibly for the admissions and changes.
@@thecunninlynguist What's your thoughts on removing the dislike button?
Wait. A thought just occurred to me.
Lupin bites Sirus as a werewolf while the two of them were fighting.
Shouldn't that mean Sirius should've become a werewolf too or did his being in his wolf form somehow protect him from the effects of the werewolf bite?
lol so practically Dobby is freed via a technicality
How about Dumbledore not telling Harry what he suspected from the beginning…how Harry was connected to Voldemort, and ultimately a Horcrux
I just started watching Harry Potter and it's not that bad my question is why is the points got removed to the third movie
Eh Bob Hopskins as Slughorn!
I will never not admire JK Rowling amazingly consistent writing in Harry Potter, i read the7 books so many times that even did once with the intention of finding plot holes, inconsistences or convoluted writing but couldnt fill a hand with the 7 books, Rowling level of foreshadowing and details was insane
the way how harry overpowering draco and taking his wand somehow made the elder wand transfer its allegience to harry also. that part doesnt make much sense, its two different wands
Another reason Umbridge refusing to teach practical spell casting is stupid is because, even ignoring Voldermort's return, the world of both the wizarding and muggle world has plenty of crime.
By trying to keep students from learning defensive spells in order to "stop Dumbldore's army from forming" they were intentionally trying to leave kids unprepared should they encounter ANY kind of criminals AT ALL, not to mention the other dangers of the wizarding world, like dragons, trolls, werewolves and so on.
I know Fudge wasn't in his right mind, but acting like you NEVER would need to defend yourself at ANY POINT in your life is beyond stupid
hermione damaging harrys face to hide him from snatchers was good, patronus classes with lupin, occlumency with snape and felix potion to get memory from slughorn .
How Harry snapping the elder wand in half didn't get number 1 is beyond me. Seriously though, I love the books more than the movies but the one thing the books got wrong was that. Considering LITERALLY all it takes is for anyone to disarm Harry just once and the wand is rightfully theirs.
One moment that would have changed HP forever is have Snape, Lily, James, Lupin, Sirius & Dumbledore's spirits reunite with Harry when he held the resurrection stone in the Forbidden Forest...
Hermione changing Harry's face with a spell while being chased by snatchers to hide his identity.... you missed a pretty Big smart move there watchmojo
I take some issue with Harry asking Molly for help, in the movie.....shes causing a small scene to her kids as if Fred and George never been before. If she were quiet, he would have never known to ask her.
HE'S GOT STYLE!
For me the movie totally botched the king cross /or the deathly hallows scene.the scene was so cathartic in the books it's a huge closure scene for dumbledore and Harry. I won't care if it made the movie long that is best conversation in the entire series.
Nice cool movie 🍿💤💤💤
i feel like 7 should instead be harry saving draco in the room of requirement because if draco was dead, i highly doubt that narcissa would have lied for harry. so his decision to save draco likely saved his life and is the reason they won the war. also, dumbledore sparing snape and instead letting him be a double agent should definitely have been number one since without snape, dumbledore and the order wouldnt have stood a chance.
Are you sure this list should be called the "smartest decisions" and not "decisions that luckily ended up well even when incredibly stupid"?
DUMBLEDORE'S GOT STYLE!
I love for a Harry Potter TV series
The three actor starring in the movies is the smartest move
The actors that plays Sirius, Bellatrix, Sybill, Lucius, Severus and Minerva were also a pretty smart move
Forgot about giving Harry the invisibility cloak and chasing Delores Umbridge out of Hogwarts with fireworks.
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I'll never get over the irony of Draco's wand being used to take down Voldemort
There was so much Hermione’s actions that you guys left it out!
In the United States the first book and movie is called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Everyone called him a fool when he said his name!
Weren't the marauders animagi in the books as well?
That may be how you saw it WatchMojo but the way I saw it was the malfoys running away with their tail tucked between their legs when things got tough he could have stayed and fought on Harry side but they prefer to run away like cowards so you can look at it as a benevolent thing but a look at it as the way that family always is uncaring towards others and only thinking of themselves