The Harry Potter films are notorious for cutting things that were explained in the novels…but some of these FEEL like they were included because of common knowledge.
After reading the books, I could not believe that they skipped things like Dumbledore's funeral or the fact that Voldemort is directly related to Salazar Slytherin. And will never forgive them for skipping the World Cup in movie four. The books are definitely worth a read.
The biggest plothole is that in OotP Harry gets a mirror to communicate with Sirius that breaks but he keeps a piece of it and later in Deathly Hallows realizes that he can communicate with Dumbledore's brother with it, leading to Harry and Co going to him for help. In the movies the mirror isn't introduced in OoTP and just inexplicably appears in Deathly Hallows. No explanation for what it is, what it does, where it came from, or how it got broken.
All I know is is Ron is supposed to be such a stronger presence in the books as opposed to the movies and I think they gave a lot of his good moments to Hermione.
They literally don’t explain the Marauders in PoA! Harry’s patronus takes the shape of a deer (this one time ever) and there’s just no explanation for that. Movie watchers don’t know that James was an animagus that could turn into a stag. There’s no explanation for how/why Lupin clearly understood how the map worked.
I would have like to see more about the house elves. How much they actually keep Hogwarts running behind the scenes is completely overlooked in the movies.
Harry's aunt knows about the wizard prison she said she heard that aweful boy telling her about it - to bad she didn't mention the boy's name because it wasn't Harry's father that was talking to her it was Snape
I have a few. The fact that we never find out how Fred and George get their money for a joke shop; the unnecessary burning down of the burrow in half-bloom prince; the cutting out of the dialogue at the end of deathly hollows between Voldermort and Harry that perfectly sums up why Voldermort is about to die; we never find out about Rita skeeter being an animatics or get the interview portion she does with Harry in order of the phoenix; I could go on for a while.
I'm still furious that in the battle of Hogwarts they didn't show that in the second half of the fight after Harry faked his death that all of the house elves, all of the centaurs from the forest, and all of the residents of hogsmeade rushed in because they believed Harry had died. The death eaters were overwhelmed and that's why a lot of them gave up and left. I wish that they also showed that Voldemort's spells didn't cause pain to anyone because Harry cast the same layer of protection over the people there that his mom gave him by sacrificing himself willingly. Also, they should've shown the main characters who died as they died and lost the fight. That would've been more impactful than just seeing their dead bodies. But suuuure let's all add a bridge blowing up that's not in the books. That's a good substitute
I cant believe they left Winky (the other house elf, who was framed for casting a dark mark with her master's wand during a quiddich game) out of the movies too, along with the entire S.P.E.W. sub-plot. It was such a fun part of the books, and she was such a wild little side character.
If only because the movie alluded to it in Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone i would have really liked to see the potion riddle challenge Snape put in to Defend the Stone.
The Dumbledore/Grindelwald relationship is a big one, plus Ariana's death. It's how Albus becomes cursed by the ring, after all, which says so much about him. Even a century later, his grief still overwhelms him into doing something incredibly foolish, but still relatable. I understand why it's not in the films, but hot diggity, those moments where Dumbledore is humanised are rare and precious.
The missing personality of Hedwig. She had such a personality, so when we see her protect Harry in Deathly Hallows Part 1 it makes no sense, but if you read the books you know how much of a relationship she and Harry have. Also, Dobby being a free elf with all of his crazy added on pieces of clothing. Or that they sit in the minister of magics box and NOT the nose bleeds at the quidditch world cup. I could literally go on for DAYS over what's not in the movies but are huge from the books.
In Prisoner of Azkaban, the movie doesnt take 5 seconds to explain that Lupin, Peter, Sirius and James are Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs and that they wrote the map and that 3 of them were illegal animagi, which also explains the significance of Harry's patronus. We are expected to guess all of that from the fact that Lupin knows its a map, Sirius being the Grim and Scabber becoming Peter, when it would have taken 10 seconds to clear all of that up. I loved the Shrieking Shack sequence in the book, loved the chapters and chapters of back story (really fitting for a 3rd installment as they say in Scream 3). But in the movie, it was so rushed and ruined it.
Note: While the House of Gaunt subplot is ENTIRELY left out, Voldemort DOES mention his father is a muggle in the films. My Bad 😅
After reading the books, I could not believe that they skipped things like Dumbledore's funeral or the fact that Voldemort is directly related to Salazar Slytherin. And will never forgive them for skipping the World Cup in movie four. The books are definitely worth a read.
I can't believe how many people completely gloss over the fact that Harry Potter, the titular magical wizard boy doesn't cast
The biggest plothole is that in OotP Harry gets a mirror to communicate with Sirius that breaks but he keeps a piece of it and later in Deathly Hallows realizes that he can communicate with Dumbledore's brother with it, leading to Harry and Co going to him for help. In the movies the mirror isn't introduced in OoTP and just inexplicably appears in Deathly Hallows. No explanation for what it is, what it does, where it came from, or how it got broken.
Neville's ENTIRE story
All I know is is Ron is supposed to be such a stronger presence in the books as opposed to the movies and I think they gave a lot of his good moments to Hermione.
They literally don’t explain the Marauders in PoA! Harry’s patronus takes the shape of a deer (this one time ever) and there’s just no explanation for that. Movie watchers don’t know that James was an animagus that could turn into a stag. There’s no explanation for how/why Lupin clearly understood how the map worked.
I would have like to see more about the house elves. How much they actually keep Hogwarts running behind the scenes is completely overlooked in the movies.
Harry's aunt knows about the wizard prison she said she heard that aweful boy telling her about it - to bad she didn't mention the boy's name because it wasn't Harry's father that was talking to her it was Snape
I have a few. The fact that we never find out how Fred and George get their money for a joke shop; the unnecessary burning down of the burrow in half-bloom prince; the cutting out of the dialogue at the end of deathly hollows between Voldermort and Harry that perfectly sums up why Voldermort is about to die; we never find out about Rita skeeter being an animatics or get the interview portion she does with Harry in order of the phoenix; I could go on for a while.
I’d like to add that we DO know Voldemort’s father is a muggle. He tells you in the second movie I think. “My filthy muggle father’s name”
I'm still furious that in the battle of Hogwarts they didn't show that in the second half of the fight after Harry faked his death that all of the house elves, all of the centaurs from the forest, and all of the residents of hogsmeade rushed in because they believed Harry had died. The death eaters were overwhelmed and that's why a lot of them gave up and left. I wish that they also showed that Voldemort's spells didn't cause pain to anyone because Harry cast the same layer of protection over the people there that his mom gave him by sacrificing himself willingly. Also, they should've shown the main characters who died as they died and lost the fight. That would've been more impactful than just seeing their dead bodies. But suuuure let's all add a bridge blowing up that's not in the books. That's a good substitute
Huge visual plothole: Harry’s wand completely changes appearance after the second movie
I cant believe they left Winky (the other house elf, who was framed for casting a dark mark with her master's wand during a quiddich game) out of the movies too, along with the entire S.P.E.W. sub-plot. It was such a fun part of the books, and she was such a wild little side character.
If only because the movie alluded to it in Sorcerer's/Philosopher's Stone i would have really liked to see the potion riddle challenge Snape put in to Defend the Stone.
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In the second film he said something like "you didn't think I would keep my filthy muggle father's name forever? No, I fashioned myself a new name..."
The Dumbledore/Grindelwald relationship is a big one, plus Ariana's death. It's how Albus becomes cursed by the ring, after all, which says so much about him. Even a century later, his grief still overwhelms him into doing something incredibly foolish, but still relatable. I understand why it's not in the films, but hot diggity, those moments where Dumbledore is humanised are rare and precious.
The missing personality of Hedwig. She had such a personality, so when we see her protect Harry in Deathly Hallows Part 1 it makes no sense, but if you read the books you know how much of a relationship she and Harry have. Also, Dobby being a free elf with all of his crazy added on pieces of clothing. Or that they sit in the minister of magics box and NOT the nose bleeds at the quidditch world cup. I could literally go on for DAYS over what's not in the movies but are huge from the books.
In Prisoner of Azkaban, the movie doesnt take 5 seconds to explain that Lupin, Peter, Sirius and James are Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs and that they wrote the map and that 3 of them were illegal animagi, which also explains the significance of Harry's patronus. We are expected to guess all of that from the fact that Lupin knows its a map, Sirius being the Grim and Scabber becoming Peter, when it would have taken 10 seconds to clear all of that up. I loved the Shrieking Shack sequence in the book, loved the chapters and chapters of back story (really fitting for a 3rd installment as they say in Scream 3). But in the movie, it was so rushed and ruined it.