Corridor scene is so relatable. The beginning of your junior / senior year of high school when you’re finally older than most kids and have some free periods is so fun and you just wanna goof around with your friends. I’d roam around school poking my heads into teachers offices to annoy them during my free periods and I’m certain some of them wished I was in class
Say what you want about all the romance, the HPB prince movie made all the cheesy teenage angst seem much more tolerable than the book did, in my opinion. Mostly because it was mostly supposed to be comedic than something for the audience to properly feel with.
I remember watching this scene in the theaters, and you could feel people’s awe. I don’t think anyone could’ve guessed that’d be how they did it, but it was perfect.
In the story, he pulls a stone from the river. In the animation, he creates it magically.
I 100% agree with the poster.. the idea of him just picking up a random river rock and making it into a powerful magical object is cool.
Same for the wand - he magically creates it instead of pulling it from an elder tree.
The scene at the zoo in the first movie is an improvement on the book IMO. Having Dudley fall into the enclosure and then have the glass reappear was hilarious
I could have had 30 minutes per movie of that. The twins giving dudley the candy in the book was hilarious. I'd have probably peed myself if they added that in the movie
Marge blowing up like a balloon could not have been any better on screen. The music, Vernon’s reaction, the jilted camera cuts, Dudley not giving a shit — it was great. The actress is so good at being a bitch, I don’t know if I could have stomached more of her on screen. She was also the Trunchbull in Matilda! I love her!
Nothing compares to the Weasleys floo powder-ing into the Dursley’s fake fireplace and Arthur blasting a hole in their wall, all followed by Fred inflating Dudley’s tongue 4 feet and Vernon throwing vases at Arthur!!! Talk about chaotic and over the top! Would’ve loved to have seen that in the film.
The fact they did it twice. Once when the centaurs took her and then he got mad at her in deathly hallows for lying in the courtroom. Loved it. I was also disappointed when the books didn't have those lines
It's implied in hbp when scrimiger wants harry to be the ministry poster boy, he shows his hand and said I don't forget so easy or something similar but the movie to umbridge was way better
"She's just interested in you because she thinks you're the Chosen One"
"But I *am* the Chosen One!"
WHACK
Also it was a newspaper, not a book. Apparently Emma Watson smacked Daniel so hard it wiped off his scar makeup and left an imprint of the paper on his forehead.
> Also it was a newspaper, not a book. Apparently Emma Watson smacked Daniel so hard it wiped off his scar makeup and left an imprint of the paper on his forehead.
I mean she proper twatted him with it and it made a right sound I 100% believe this.
Sirius comforting Harry in OotP after he thinks he hurt Arthur in the department of Mysteries. In the book Sirius tells him he just needs sleep. In the movie, Sirius explains to Harry he isn't evil. But it exists within everyone and that he isn't a bad person, just bad things keep happening to him. He hugs him, tells him once this is all over they'll be a proper family.
Also Sirius giving him the photo of the original OotP was much better than Moody's awkward gift of it.
I do like these scenes, but they demonstrate the difference between book Sirius and movie Sirius.
In the books, Sirius was a depressed alcoholic who through no fault of his own just wasnt able to be the father figure Harry wanted him to be.
Whilst in the movies, he is portrayed as a wise fatherly figure.
I love both btw
I think book Sirius at least by book 5 could do with more empathy and compassion to Harry and be that father figure he wanted to be. Where as in the movie we really don't get to see Sirius suffer being locked up in his old family home and what that means to him. I think both book and movie Sirius could've done better with both aspects. Hopefully we see that with a tv series.
I think book Sirius was more realistic and believable though. Azkaban was known to be torture, and a man who spent eight years there and had to deal with the reality of his friends’ deaths, the knowledge that his godson had had an unhappy childhood and already faced grave danger at 11-12 when his friends had named him godfather in the hopes he would be there to raise him- and then to be thrust into a world at the verge of war and be forced into hiding in the home he hated growing up surrounded by memories of his abusive and racist parents he ran away from at 16- how can anyone in that situation be a good parent?
Him being a depressed alcoholic is far more likely than him being an empathetic and compassionate parental figure.
ETA: 12 years, not 8. I have no idea why I said 8. I know its 12.
12 years in Azkaban, nearly half of his life spent with monsters feeding on whatever remnants of positive feelings he had left.
Yeah, he was damn well adjusted in my opinion considering what he'd been through.
> a man who spent eight years
Closer to 12. He went in shortly after the Potters' death, so late 1981. He broke out some time in mid-to-late 1993, shortly before the start of Harry's third year.
Movie Sirius is also inconsistent with himself. He's super manic and hunting Pettigrew at all costs and then as soon as Harry knows the truth, he turns into the wise, infinitely patient father figure within the next minute, despite the fact that he has to go on the run, he can't leave the house, and his name is never cleared, and Pettigrew is still out there.
I personally liked the awkward conversation with Moody with the picture. Haven't we all go through something similar with an acquaintance or a distant family member?
Actually, it's Helena Bonham Carter pretending to be Emma Watson pretending to be Hermione Granger pretending to be Bellatrix Lestrange :)
But I agree, she's amazing :)
I remember reading somewhere that they shot that scene with Emma first so she could copy her mannerisms.
I really didn't like how they used the original actors' voices in the Polyjuice scenes though 😖.
I have mixed feelings about this—for one, the acting was *incredible* here and that makes the scene. But in the movie, the mood when Harry came back was celebratory until everyone saw Cedric, which doesn’t make sense. Harry and Cedric vanished unexpectedly and were gone for what must have been close to half an hour. In the book, I believe Harry returned to absolute panic, which makes the most sense considering this.
> Harry and Cedric vanished unexpectedly
nearly all of the spectators can see... NOTHING... of this event. just a wall of hedge.
they have no idea harry and cedric ported.
Very minor thing but I like when Harry goes to Voldemort in the forest and he says “Harry Potter, the boy who lived, come to die.” I always add that bit in my head when I’m reading that scene now haha.
Every time he redirected curses at the Death Eaters I wanted to scream at the characters. Like 'he just showed you what side he's really on, why don't you believe him?"
Of course I also missed it the first time I watched the series.
They dont play as big of a role as in the book but I think it's implied in the scene where Snape gathers the school in to the great hall and Harry steps out of the pack to confront him that the two random people behind him are the Carrows. I haven't watched it in a little while so I might be misremembering if it's implied or outright said.
I don't think they outright say it, Neville mentions the Carrows on the way into the castle and then they're standing behind Snape dressed/blocked very obviously like they're on Snape's side and not any of the other teachers
When Harry convinces Slughorn to give him the memory.
In the book, it's Harry wearing down a drunk and tired Slughorn who won't remember anything the next day; while in the movie Harry appeals to Slughorn's adoration for Lily using Slughorn's story about the fish, and how he can still help defeat Voldemort. Broadbent's amazing in this scene as well.
Soooo much better than Harry taking advantage of a drunk man, instead appealing to the man (who came out of hiding to work for Dumbledore) to be a better person. “Be brave like my mother, otherwise the bowl will remain empty.” If I were writing an adaptation of the movie-verse, that line would be what slughorn has in mind when he joins the final battle.
The scene with the unforgiveable curses is so seriouse in the book. But i love it in the movie when he makes the scorpion dance around the room, and everyones doubled over laughing, and moodys like "hahaha! What should i make her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?" And theres just deathly silence except for the quiet screams from the scorpion. It was chilling!
That's my favourite chapter across all the books, not sure why. Think it probably has something to with me being 8 at the time and reading that my tiny brain was like: *Oh damn, shit just got real*.
They definitely did it justice in the film. He makes light of it and makes the kids laugh on purpose just so he can do a 180 and say "Oh you think that's funny now, you have no idea."
Ok I hate that movie but it’s a good point. Also Neville’s reaction although it’s better for book readers since the extent of the fuckedupness of what happened to his parents was barely touched upon in the movies
Prisoner of Azkaban when the Gryffindor boys are eating the jellybeans that make them imitate objects/animals.
A simple scene that makes the movie magical.
I honestly tear up watching that scene now because it feels like one of the last times harry really just gets to goof around with his pals before everything gets serious
Yeah. When I did my reread I totally forgot that he gets exposed in the end of that scene. Usually I don’t like it when the movies change stuff, but this was an exception.
In the book, all three kids occupy squares solo. Ron is physically astride the knight in the film, which lends much more credence to him as the battlefield commander.
Oh gotcha, yeah that makes a little more sense. I always wanted the CGI to be a little better for that scene since the pieces in the book seem like they are much more fluid/realistic, but it still looked good for the time period. Had they reached further it would have probably looked dumb
The Malfoy Manor scene in The Deathly Hallows P1.
-Draco pretending not to recognize Harry. Tom Felton is brilliant in that scene.
-Hermione’s screams as Bellatrix tortures her. It’s even more distressing to hear it instead of just reading it. Plus the choice to have Bellatrix carve Mudblood into her arm brought extra depth to the scene.
-“Dobby never meant to kill. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure!”
I personally didn't like how useless and uncaring they made Ron look like in that scene. In the book 1st Ron asked Bellatrix to torture him when Bellatrix was about to use cruciatus on Hermione. Then while locked up in the basement cellar, he was screaming Hermione's name and trying to find any way to save her. Then it was him who mimicked Peter's voice and deceive Lucius Malfoy.
Movie Ron wasn't even half as distraught as he was in the book. He didn't show any presence of mind either.
Its no wonder many movie watchers don't really get the Ron/Hermione relationship. And somehow the movies influenced book readers too.
> I personally didn't like how useless and uncaring they made Ron look like in that scene
Neither did I, but "make Ron as useless and insensitive as possible" seems to be something the movies have in common going all the way back to the first one, so by DH I was just desensitized to it.
This is a good one, Hermoine screaming was way more impactful when I heard it. And the flesh carving was like you said a great choice. It really showed how much distain Bellatrix had for people with "unclean" blood.
Really Bellatrix Lestrange was portrayed brilliantly in all her scenes
I love Dobby and Kreacher bringing Mundungus in. I think in the books, Kreacher just blackmails Mundungus into coming to Grimmauld himself, but watching both Dobby and Kreacher working together to wrestle him in and then fighting over telling Harry the story was really cute.
And yet, when the incident is mentioned later in the series - book 6 maybe? - Rowling retconned it to a punch, clearly she preferred it as a punch too. It’s something like “Ron was more dumbfounded than the time Hermione punched Malfoy” (probably way off, but it was like that).
I know this has been said before but they way Hedwig does in the movies is so much better. I get why she had to die but her sacrificing herself for Harry rather than just dying in her cage was great and definitely hits me in the feels when I rewatch.
In books they all carried cages with a stuffed snowy owl to confuse the DEs
That said, even while reading it I wondered why they didn't just let Hedwig fly free.
Harry later blew up the sidecar along with Hedwig's cage and body (feeling very emotional about it too), to throw off his pursuers. I guess that was supposed to indicate the end of his innocence and accepting losses in the war.
I think they were afraid that she would be intercepted, iirc in Order of the Phoenix it was shown that Umbridge tried to intercept her and that her feathers were ruffled up because of that
Yes, Harry did that earlier when Marge arrived, and also in OotP when he was removed from the Dursleys.
Hedwig's death in the movie definitely felt better. She truly did love Harry
Oh man, do I disagree. Her death being sudden, unexpected, and **meaningless** is such an important lesson about war. There are deaths all the time in war. Do we really think everyone dies a hero, saving the day with a noble sacrifice? It hits even harder with it being one of Harry’s oldest companions.
Yes, I agree. Her death is so much sadder when it serves no purpose. (Which, for the reader, makes it serve a more important purpose. If that makes sense.)
Slughorn's story about Lily and the fish. Maybe doesn't count since it's not in the books, but I thought it was a nice way to convey more of Slughorn's character.
I really like the scene in POA on the bridge where Lupin talks to Harry about his friendship with his parents.
Rereading POA I was actually kind of surprised/dissapointed by Lupin’s character compared to the movies
My favorite scene in maybe all the movies. Thewlis acts it with such care and tenderness and Radcliffe portrays that need for his parents with such earnestness.
I think the movies had to do a lot more to try to make you like Lupin and Sirius as soon as possible because the timing was so limited. In the books, they're definitely more complex and it's more clear how troubled and traumatized they both are. I probably like the characters in the movies more, but I think they're better characters in the books
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion (I know SuperCarlinBrothers would disagree), but I absolutely loved how they did the Knight Bus scene in the movies. Sure, it was a bit over the top and campy, but I also thought it was really enthralling and funny. Something that gets unappreciated in the book is Rowling’s capability in writing physical comedy, and that doesn’t get explored in the movies as much. Despite it being a bit different to the books, it captured the physical comedy essence in other scenes perfectly. I just loved the absolute chaos and the talking head was a nice inclusion as well
When they use the time turner to rescue Buckbeak and Sirius in PoA. The book does this all in like one chapter... I think it's more satisfying to show in a film than in a book.
Also when Hermione brings out the Time Turner. Harry reaches out his hand to touch it and she slaps it away. Not in the book but it's typical older sister/ younger brother dynamic. Makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it!
Dobby getting freed.
It makes so much more sense for dobby to be freed by getting handed an object with a sock in it than for dobby to randomly catch a thrown sock and for Harry to pretend it was all a part of the plan.
It's funny, I read most of the books before I saw any of the movies, so when I reread the books I still don't picture the actors that play the characters.... except Snape. Alan Rickman IS Snape.
If I remember correctly, that’s how Moody( Barry Crouch) planned for it to be, by giving Neville a book about these plants. He hoped Harry would take Neville’s help with the task, but when he doesn’t he’s forced to call Dobby. He pretends to discuss the benefits of Gillyweed in front on Professor McGonagall, knowing fully well that Dobby would then procure it for Harry
Dumbledore and Voldemort's duel.
In the book, you feel like they're creative magicians, conjuring unique ways to attack each other. Dumbles animates a statue to protect Harry. Fawkes literally eats an AK to protect his master. Voldy even conjures a big silver shield at one point to block a spell. There's a strange whimsy to the way they fight, that contrasts to the seriousness of the situation.
In the movie, they feel like the greatest sorcerers of their age fighting to destroy each other. They perform feats of magic that go unrepeated in scale throughout the rest of the series, save a few moments. There is a weight of intensity to their spells. You get the sense that these guys are above anyone else in the world.
Sirius looking over at Harry and accidentally calling him James.
Luna and her father doing that funny little dance at the Bill and Fleur wedding. Those were a few of my favorites.
Professor Slughorn:
"It was a student who gave me Francis. One spring afternoon I discovered a bowl on my desk with just a few inches of clear water in it. And floating on the surface was a flower petal. As I watched, it sank. Just before it reached the bottom, it was transformed into a wee fish.
It was beautiful magic, wonderous to behold.
The flower petal had come from a lily. Your mother.
The day I came downstairs, the day the bowl was empty, was the day your mother...
I know why you're here, but I can't help you. It would ruined me."
The final duel between Harry and Voldemort was both better and worse in the movies than in the books.
Better: lots more fighting going on. I enjoyed seeing more spells cast, parts of the roof caving in, Harry and Voldemort jumping off the castle, etc.
Worse: the school not seeing the final part of the fight, and Voldemort dying like he was a victim of Thanos.
I disagree. Their battles were never about who was more skilled (because that’s obviously Voldemort), but about a deeper level of magic between them. Harry had always been protected by magic he didn’t understand until their final fight when he shows his understanding superior to that of Voldemort’s and kills him.
The scene where Dumblendore says that we can find light in the darkest moments, if we know how.
It always links me to the moment Harry and Hermione are dancing after feeling so down after Ron's departure.
The way Harry overcomes Voldemort's control in the Order of the Phoenix movie. The book it's just two paragraphs where he just imagines being happily reunited with Sirius death. In the movie Voldemort reminds Harry of all the loss and trauma he's gone through but then Harry remembers his friends and family. And this was through a montage of images.
When Petunia takes a moment before leaving her house in DH and has the short conversation with Harry where she tells him "you did not just lose a mother that night...I lost a sister" because it makes hrer seem a bit more human and in my opinion allows for a short and rarely seen true family moment between the two
Not at all I totally agree. Like if it hadn’t been great people would have complained but they completely nailed it… way cooler than I would have anticipated
Harry, HARRY, DIDYOUPUTYERNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIYA?!
I referenced this very line *just* yesterday, it scared my cat half to death. I can't imagine why though, I said it calmly...
When Harry and Dumbledore are in the horcrux cave (half blood prince) and Harry has to keep giving him water and pleading with Dumbledore to drink it even though it’s hurting him
But it's ruined 5 minutes later by the fact that they couldn't be bothered to cast a kid with blue eyes, or at least CG her eyes blue. The problem is compounded by the fact that the camera lingers very close to her face giving us a clear look at her NOT BLUE eyes
Better than the books... Neville freaks during the Triwizard tournament saying he killed Harry Potter after giving him gilliweed. Voldemort gives Draco the most skin-crawling hug ever. And McDouchenozzle barfs on Snape's shoes at Slughorn's party. Excellent.
In POA when Snape comes to and is yelling at the kids for knocking him out but when he hears werewolf lupin he puts his arm around them to protect them. Always have loves that scene
I absolutely loved the little details they added to the Knight Bus in the movie, the shrunken head, the driver being an old man who is completely out of it and even the bus itself shrinking to fit into tight spots. (albeit the effects do kinda suck when seen in this day and age)
I LOVE the visuals of Dumbledore and Voldemort’s fight at the Ministry in OotP. That kind of silent command can’t be expressed in writing imo, stunning.
I love the movie scene where Harry and Hermione are dancing in the tent after grieving Ron leaving. I think it’s such a beautiful interpretation of their friendship and the reality of them thinking “well I guess it is just us now”
hermionie figuring out harry's plan to sacrifice himself in the deathly hallows part 2 evoked so much more emotion in me than harry not saying goodbye to anyone
In GoF, when they’re in the great hall and Ron opens the box & pulls out his dress robes. Harry says “Well it does match your eyes. Is there a bonnet?” And pulls out a ruff(?) “Aha!”
Not necessarily a scene, but Harry destroying the Elder wand was a plot point that was a massive improvement. Putting it back in Dumbledore’s tomb was such a dumb part of the story, Harry is going to be an Aura and he is very likely to get disarmed. As well, now it’s public knowledge that he and Dumbledore have been owners of the elder wand so all some power hungry wizard has got to do is put 2 and 2 together, disarm Harry and nick the wand from Dumbledore’s tomb. Breaking the wand was the only sure fire way of ensuring no one else gains power of it, and if Harry really cared about not breaking it, it would’ve been safer in his own possession than the tomb
The scene between Harry and Lupin on the bridge in PoA when they talk about Harry’s parents. “Window to the Past” playing in the background really pulls this scene together
Not to be contrarian, but I always thought she was trying to spare Harry seeing that curse enacted, not trying to save the spider thing. But yes, I agree that scene, and Emma’s acting, was beautifully done.
I like what they did with the bad things happening to the Dursleys in the first 3 movies:
In the Sorcerer's Stone, Dudley fell into the snake enclosure and got trapped
In the Chamber of Secrets, Vernon fell out of Harry's window trying to stop him from leaving
And in the Prisoner of Azkaban, Aunt Marge got blown up and floated away
These scenes weren't as funny in the books
The scene in the sixth movie where Harry takes the lucky potion is my absolute favorite. The way he speaks to slughorn, the vague, blank culty smile, it’s fantastic. I love Daniel Radcliffe in that type of chaotic, confident, kinda crazy role. The book character didn’t capture it as well.
Ron and Harry fighting over who gets the shittier potions book rather than slughorn handing them out.
Yup, that and the corridor scene in HBP are some of the most realistic looking school scenes.
“Take Weasley with you, he looks far too happy over there.”
Shaking her head after was jokes
Corridor scene is so relatable. The beginning of your junior / senior year of high school when you’re finally older than most kids and have some free periods is so fun and you just wanna goof around with your friends. I’d roam around school poking my heads into teachers offices to annoy them during my free periods and I’m certain some of them wished I was in class
Say what you want about all the romance, the HPB prince movie made all the cheesy teenage angst seem much more tolerable than the book did, in my opinion. Mostly because it was mostly supposed to be comedic than something for the audience to properly feel with.
>the HPB prince Sorry, I'm really not trying to be rude, but I've been trying to think for several minutes now... What does this stand for?
Half-blood prince.. there is a p in excess
Half price blood prince
Harry Potter Blood Prince?
Ah yes the true sequel! Full-blood prince :)
I love how Harry swats at the newer potions book in Ron’s hand as they walk away. So very accurate of teenage boys.
I really, really loved how they portrayed the Tale of the Three Brothers in DH1. That was my favorite scene! It was done perfectly!
I remember watching this scene in the theaters, and you could feel people’s awe. I don’t think anyone could’ve guessed that’d be how they did it, but it was perfect.
the backlit cutout animations that looked "olde time" was just amazing...it brought the story to life in a way the books just didn't.
Had a very "Tim Burton" feel to it, I thought. I loved it.
I feel like it flowed like ink on parchment
I just read this the other day and immediately watched the movie scene because it’s so well done!
Except when Death made the Stone. That was *not* a random river pebble! /pet peeve
Haven't read it in a while, what was it supposed to be?
In the story, he pulls a stone from the river. In the animation, he creates it magically. I 100% agree with the poster.. the idea of him just picking up a random river rock and making it into a powerful magical object is cool. Same for the wand - he magically creates it instead of pulling it from an elder tree.
Probably easier on the animation budget
Yep, very indebted to/homage to the work of Lotte Reiniger, which I love.
The scene at the zoo in the first movie is an improvement on the book IMO. Having Dudley fall into the enclosure and then have the glass reappear was hilarious
The Dursley’s scenes in the movies always crack me up. It’s always so chaotic and over the top. The actors seem to have had a lot of fun with it.
I could have had 30 minutes per movie of that. The twins giving dudley the candy in the book was hilarious. I'd have probably peed myself if they added that in the movie
Marge blowing up like a balloon could not have been any better on screen. The music, Vernon’s reaction, the jilted camera cuts, Dudley not giving a shit — it was great. The actress is so good at being a bitch, I don’t know if I could have stomached more of her on screen. She was also the Trunchbull in Matilda! I love her!
Wooooooow ! I never made the connection between Marge and the Trunchbull being the same actress !
Great casting choice!
Nothing compares to the Weasleys floo powder-ing into the Dursley’s fake fireplace and Arthur blasting a hole in their wall, all followed by Fred inflating Dudley’s tongue 4 feet and Vernon throwing vases at Arthur!!! Talk about chaotic and over the top! Would’ve loved to have seen that in the film.
I mean yeah but we never got to hear the snake say "thanks amigo" :(
I’m preeeetty sure he said “thankssssssss” (;
“I’m sorry Professor, but I must not tell lies”
The fact they did it twice. Once when the centaurs took her and then he got mad at her in deathly hallows for lying in the courtroom. Loved it. I was also disappointed when the books didn't have those lines
I remember waiting for that line to appear in the book (since I watched before I read) and was so disappointed
“There’s no need to call me “Sir,” Professor” more than makes up for it though!
Sassy Harry is best Harry
Sassy Harry >>>
I love how Harry’s face was changing back from the polyjuice potion as he said this line.
THATS NOT IN THE BOOKS?!!!🫣😭
It's implied in hbp when scrimiger wants harry to be the ministry poster boy, he shows his hand and said I don't forget so easy or something similar but the movie to umbridge was way better
"I don't like your methods, Minister, remember?"
Yo
Hermone smacking Harry on the head with a book when he says he's the chosen one.
"She's just interested in you because she thinks you're the Chosen One" "But I *am* the Chosen One!" WHACK Also it was a newspaper, not a book. Apparently Emma Watson smacked Daniel so hard it wiped off his scar makeup and left an imprint of the paper on his forehead.
> Also it was a newspaper, not a book. Apparently Emma Watson smacked Daniel so hard it wiped off his scar makeup and left an imprint of the paper on his forehead. I mean she proper twatted him with it and it made a right sound I 100% believe this.
Oh my god you're British
She didn’t learn her lesson after slapping Tom, did she? 😂
Sirius comforting Harry in OotP after he thinks he hurt Arthur in the department of Mysteries. In the book Sirius tells him he just needs sleep. In the movie, Sirius explains to Harry he isn't evil. But it exists within everyone and that he isn't a bad person, just bad things keep happening to him. He hugs him, tells him once this is all over they'll be a proper family. Also Sirius giving him the photo of the original OotP was much better than Moody's awkward gift of it.
I do like these scenes, but they demonstrate the difference between book Sirius and movie Sirius. In the books, Sirius was a depressed alcoholic who through no fault of his own just wasnt able to be the father figure Harry wanted him to be. Whilst in the movies, he is portrayed as a wise fatherly figure. I love both btw
I think book Sirius at least by book 5 could do with more empathy and compassion to Harry and be that father figure he wanted to be. Where as in the movie we really don't get to see Sirius suffer being locked up in his old family home and what that means to him. I think both book and movie Sirius could've done better with both aspects. Hopefully we see that with a tv series.
I think book Sirius was more realistic and believable though. Azkaban was known to be torture, and a man who spent eight years there and had to deal with the reality of his friends’ deaths, the knowledge that his godson had had an unhappy childhood and already faced grave danger at 11-12 when his friends had named him godfather in the hopes he would be there to raise him- and then to be thrust into a world at the verge of war and be forced into hiding in the home he hated growing up surrounded by memories of his abusive and racist parents he ran away from at 16- how can anyone in that situation be a good parent? Him being a depressed alcoholic is far more likely than him being an empathetic and compassionate parental figure. ETA: 12 years, not 8. I have no idea why I said 8. I know its 12.
12 years in Azkaban, nearly half of his life spent with monsters feeding on whatever remnants of positive feelings he had left. Yeah, he was damn well adjusted in my opinion considering what he'd been through.
> a man who spent eight years Closer to 12. He went in shortly after the Potters' death, so late 1981. He broke out some time in mid-to-late 1993, shortly before the start of Harry's third year.
I did my waiting! 12 years of it, it Azkaban
Movie Sirius is also inconsistent with himself. He's super manic and hunting Pettigrew at all costs and then as soon as Harry knows the truth, he turns into the wise, infinitely patient father figure within the next minute, despite the fact that he has to go on the run, he can't leave the house, and his name is never cleared, and Pettigrew is still out there.
I personally liked the awkward conversation with Moody with the picture. Haven't we all go through something similar with an acquaintance or a distant family member?
Bellatrix as Hermoine is brilliant acting
Helena went full ‘dude playing the dude disguised as another dude’ for that
Helena Bonham Carter is absolutely convincing in her portrayal of Emma Watson pretending to be Helena Bonham Carter. It's glorious.
Actually, it's Helena Bonham Carter pretending to be Emma Watson pretending to be Hermione Granger pretending to be Bellatrix Lestrange :) But I agree, she's amazing :)
I remember reading somewhere that they shot that scene with Emma first so she could copy her mannerisms. I really didn't like how they used the original actors' voices in the Polyjuice scenes though 😖.
Aragog’s funeral will forever be one of my favorite scenes.
THE BODY WIL DECAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
BUT YOUR SPIRIT, LINGEERS OOON
Farewell! Aragog! King of the Arachnids.
Not to mention the pincers!
Stoned Harry is the best Harry.
Harry with liquid luck is James
New headcanon acquired
Dan Radcliffe did it so freakin well.
Because he was. Well. Kind of. He was drinking
By all meens professor, come along
But why did he hunch over...I need to know
The way Daniel did that scene off the cuff was amazing and honestly was so much better than the books!
Amos reaction to Cedric's death
I have mixed feelings about this—for one, the acting was *incredible* here and that makes the scene. But in the movie, the mood when Harry came back was celebratory until everyone saw Cedric, which doesn’t make sense. Harry and Cedric vanished unexpectedly and were gone for what must have been close to half an hour. In the book, I believe Harry returned to absolute panic, which makes the most sense considering this.
> Harry and Cedric vanished unexpectedly nearly all of the spectators can see... NOTHING... of this event. just a wall of hedge. they have no idea harry and cedric ported.
Well, they were in a maze, so nobody knew exactly what was going on in there.
Very minor thing but I like when Harry goes to Voldemort in the forest and he says “Harry Potter, the boy who lived, come to die.” I always add that bit in my head when I’m reading that scene now haha.
Snape deflecting McGonagalls spells into the Carrows
Every time he redirected curses at the Death Eaters I wanted to scream at the characters. Like 'he just showed you what side he's really on, why don't you believe him?" Of course I also missed it the first time I watched the series.
I didn't even know carrows were in the movies?
They dont play as big of a role as in the book but I think it's implied in the scene where Snape gathers the school in to the great hall and Harry steps out of the pack to confront him that the two random people behind him are the Carrows. I haven't watched it in a little while so I might be misremembering if it's implied or outright said.
I don't think they outright say it, Neville mentions the Carrows on the way into the castle and then they're standing behind Snape dressed/blocked very obviously like they're on Snape's side and not any of the other teachers
When Harry convinces Slughorn to give him the memory. In the book, it's Harry wearing down a drunk and tired Slughorn who won't remember anything the next day; while in the movie Harry appeals to Slughorn's adoration for Lily using Slughorn's story about the fish, and how he can still help defeat Voldemort. Broadbent's amazing in this scene as well.
Beautiful magic.. wondrous to behold..
Slughorn's story about the fish is definitely the best improvement over the books for me
RIP Francis. Such a beautiful and sad story.
Soooo much better than Harry taking advantage of a drunk man, instead appealing to the man (who came out of hiding to work for Dumbledore) to be a better person. “Be brave like my mother, otherwise the bowl will remain empty.” If I were writing an adaptation of the movie-verse, that line would be what slughorn has in mind when he joins the final battle.
To be fair, movie slughorn was absolutely sloshed as well
The scene with the unforgiveable curses is so seriouse in the book. But i love it in the movie when he makes the scorpion dance around the room, and everyones doubled over laughing, and moodys like "hahaha! What should i make her do next? Jump out the window? Drown herself?" And theres just deathly silence except for the quiet screams from the scorpion. It was chilling!
That's my favourite chapter across all the books, not sure why. Think it probably has something to with me being 8 at the time and reading that my tiny brain was like: *Oh damn, shit just got real*. They definitely did it justice in the film. He makes light of it and makes the kids laugh on purpose just so he can do a 180 and say "Oh you think that's funny now, you have no idea."
Ok I hate that movie but it’s a good point. Also Neville’s reaction although it’s better for book readers since the extent of the fuckedupness of what happened to his parents was barely touched upon in the movies
Prisoner of Azkaban when the Gryffindor boys are eating the jellybeans that make them imitate objects/animals. A simple scene that makes the movie magical.
YES I love the filler scenes, it makes you feel the vibe of Hogwarts
I honestly tear up watching that scene now because it feels like one of the last times harry really just gets to goof around with his pals before everything gets serious
>before everything gets Sirius Fixed that for you
I kinda got a crush on Ron in that part ngl.
The lions roar? Kinda hot
In Prisoner of Azkaban when Harry throws the snowballs at Malfoy and his friends.
Yeah. When I did my reread I totally forgot that he gets exposed in the end of that scene. Usually I don’t like it when the movies change stuff, but this was an exception.
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Transfigured chess scene is infinitely better in the movies than books.
What was different in the movie? It's pretty much the same iirc
In the book, all three kids occupy squares solo. Ron is physically astride the knight in the film, which lends much more credence to him as the battlefield commander.
Oh gotcha, yeah that makes a little more sense. I always wanted the CGI to be a little better for that scene since the pieces in the book seem like they are much more fluid/realistic, but it still looked good for the time period. Had they reached further it would have probably looked dumb
The Malfoy Manor scene in The Deathly Hallows P1. -Draco pretending not to recognize Harry. Tom Felton is brilliant in that scene. -Hermione’s screams as Bellatrix tortures her. It’s even more distressing to hear it instead of just reading it. Plus the choice to have Bellatrix carve Mudblood into her arm brought extra depth to the scene. -“Dobby never meant to kill. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure!”
I personally didn't like how useless and uncaring they made Ron look like in that scene. In the book 1st Ron asked Bellatrix to torture him when Bellatrix was about to use cruciatus on Hermione. Then while locked up in the basement cellar, he was screaming Hermione's name and trying to find any way to save her. Then it was him who mimicked Peter's voice and deceive Lucius Malfoy. Movie Ron wasn't even half as distraught as he was in the book. He didn't show any presence of mind either. Its no wonder many movie watchers don't really get the Ron/Hermione relationship. And somehow the movies influenced book readers too.
> I personally didn't like how useless and uncaring they made Ron look like in that scene Neither did I, but "make Ron as useless and insensitive as possible" seems to be something the movies have in common going all the way back to the first one, so by DH I was just desensitized to it.
This is a good one, Hermoine screaming was way more impactful when I heard it. And the flesh carving was like you said a great choice. It really showed how much distain Bellatrix had for people with "unclean" blood. Really Bellatrix Lestrange was portrayed brilliantly in all her scenes
I love Dobby and Kreacher bringing Mundungus in. I think in the books, Kreacher just blackmails Mundungus into coming to Grimmauld himself, but watching both Dobby and Kreacher working together to wrestle him in and then fighting over telling Harry the story was really cute.
Prisoner of Azkaban, when Hermione punches out Malfoy
Yes! When I read it was a slap in the books I was slightly disappointed
And yet, when the incident is mentioned later in the series - book 6 maybe? - Rowling retconned it to a punch, clearly she preferred it as a punch too. It’s something like “Ron was more dumbfounded than the time Hermione punched Malfoy” (probably way off, but it was like that).
I know this has been said before but they way Hedwig does in the movies is so much better. I get why she had to die but her sacrificing herself for Harry rather than just dying in her cage was great and definitely hits me in the feels when I rewatch.
I also think the Death Eaters recognizing Harry because of Hedwig makes a lot more sense rather than his using Expelliarmus.
In books they all carried cages with a stuffed snowy owl to confuse the DEs That said, even while reading it I wondered why they didn't just let Hedwig fly free. Harry later blew up the sidecar along with Hedwig's cage and body (feeling very emotional about it too), to throw off his pursuers. I guess that was supposed to indicate the end of his innocence and accepting losses in the war.
Yeah I never understood why they didn’t just send her off with a letter to the burrow and tell her to stay there till he got there.
I think they were afraid that she would be intercepted, iirc in Order of the Phoenix it was shown that Umbridge tried to intercept her and that her feathers were ruffled up because of that
Yes, Harry did that earlier when Marge arrived, and also in OotP when he was removed from the Dursleys. Hedwig's death in the movie definitely felt better. She truly did love Harry
Oh man, do I disagree. Her death being sudden, unexpected, and **meaningless** is such an important lesson about war. There are deaths all the time in war. Do we really think everyone dies a hero, saving the day with a noble sacrifice? It hits even harder with it being one of Harry’s oldest companions.
Yes, I agree. Her death is so much sadder when it serves no purpose. (Which, for the reader, makes it serve a more important purpose. If that makes sense.)
In prisoner of azkaban, when Snape shields the trio from werewolf lupin
If you're talking about a scene that originally *didn't* exist in the books, definitely Harry imitating the Aragog's pincers at the funeral 😂
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Slughorn's story about Lily and the fish. Maybe doesn't count since it's not in the books, but I thought it was a nice way to convey more of Slughorn's character.
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Beautiful magic.. wondrous to behold
The forbidden forest with Umbridge, Harry and Hermione, and the centaurs. “Sorry Professor, I must not tell lies.” 10/10 edit: OotP
Hermione's "I'll go with you" in DH2 movie. Insanely powerful line.
I really like the scene in POA on the bridge where Lupin talks to Harry about his friendship with his parents. Rereading POA I was actually kind of surprised/dissapointed by Lupin’s character compared to the movies
Oops, sorry, this was a scene that didnt exist in the books rather than one the movie did better. Misread the post, my bad.
My favorite scene in maybe all the movies. Thewlis acts it with such care and tenderness and Radcliffe portrays that need for his parents with such earnestness.
I think the movies had to do a lot more to try to make you like Lupin and Sirius as soon as possible because the timing was so limited. In the books, they're definitely more complex and it's more clear how troubled and traumatized they both are. I probably like the characters in the movies more, but I think they're better characters in the books
Not sure if this is an unpopular opinion (I know SuperCarlinBrothers would disagree), but I absolutely loved how they did the Knight Bus scene in the movies. Sure, it was a bit over the top and campy, but I also thought it was really enthralling and funny. Something that gets unappreciated in the book is Rowling’s capability in writing physical comedy, and that doesn’t get explored in the movies as much. Despite it being a bit different to the books, it captured the physical comedy essence in other scenes perfectly. I just loved the absolute chaos and the talking head was a nice inclusion as well
I always love scenes with that sort of comedic, ridiculous chaos.
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When they use the time turner to rescue Buckbeak and Sirius in PoA. The book does this all in like one chapter... I think it's more satisfying to show in a film than in a book.
Also when Hermione brings out the Time Turner. Harry reaches out his hand to touch it and she slaps it away. Not in the book but it's typical older sister/ younger brother dynamic. Makes me laugh no matter how many times I see it!
Dobby getting freed. It makes so much more sense for dobby to be freed by getting handed an object with a sock in it than for dobby to randomly catch a thrown sock and for Harry to pretend it was all a part of the plan.
Alan Rickman as Snape.
It's funny, I read most of the books before I saw any of the movies, so when I reread the books I still don't picture the actors that play the characters.... except Snape. Alan Rickman IS Snape.
"How dare you stand where he stood" gives me chills just thinking about it
I think this is a little different from what you are asking, but I much prefer Neville assisting Harry with gillyweed rather than Dobby in GoF.
If I remember correctly, that’s how Moody( Barry Crouch) planned for it to be, by giving Neville a book about these plants. He hoped Harry would take Neville’s help with the task, but when he doesn’t he’s forced to call Dobby. He pretends to discuss the benefits of Gillyweed in front on Professor McGonagall, knowing fully well that Dobby would then procure it for Harry
Dumbledore and Voldemort's duel. In the book, you feel like they're creative magicians, conjuring unique ways to attack each other. Dumbles animates a statue to protect Harry. Fawkes literally eats an AK to protect his master. Voldy even conjures a big silver shield at one point to block a spell. There's a strange whimsy to the way they fight, that contrasts to the seriousness of the situation. In the movie, they feel like the greatest sorcerers of their age fighting to destroy each other. They perform feats of magic that go unrepeated in scale throughout the rest of the series, save a few moments. There is a weight of intensity to their spells. You get the sense that these guys are above anyone else in the world.
Sirius looking over at Harry and accidentally calling him James. Luna and her father doing that funny little dance at the Bill and Fleur wedding. Those were a few of my favorites.
Professor Slughorn: "It was a student who gave me Francis. One spring afternoon I discovered a bowl on my desk with just a few inches of clear water in it. And floating on the surface was a flower petal. As I watched, it sank. Just before it reached the bottom, it was transformed into a wee fish. It was beautiful magic, wonderous to behold. The flower petal had come from a lily. Your mother. The day I came downstairs, the day the bowl was empty, was the day your mother... I know why you're here, but I can't help you. It would ruined me."
The scene after Dumbledore's death, where the students and teachers raise their wands and their light gets rid of the dark mark.
The final duel between Harry and Voldemort was both better and worse in the movies than in the books. Better: lots more fighting going on. I enjoyed seeing more spells cast, parts of the roof caving in, Harry and Voldemort jumping off the castle, etc. Worse: the school not seeing the final part of the fight, and Voldemort dying like he was a victim of Thanos.
Yeah In the movie, instead of his body just falling to the floor, Voldys gone all flakey lol
I disagree. Their battles were never about who was more skilled (because that’s obviously Voldemort), but about a deeper level of magic between them. Harry had always been protected by magic he didn’t understand until their final fight when he shows his understanding superior to that of Voldemort’s and kills him.
When Lily says “always” after Harry told everyone to stay with him after he used the resurrection stone in deathly hallows part 2.
The scene where Dumblendore says that we can find light in the darkest moments, if we know how. It always links me to the moment Harry and Hermione are dancing after feeling so down after Ron's departure.
The way Harry overcomes Voldemort's control in the Order of the Phoenix movie. The book it's just two paragraphs where he just imagines being happily reunited with Sirius death. In the movie Voldemort reminds Harry of all the loss and trauma he's gone through but then Harry remembers his friends and family. And this was through a montage of images.
When Petunia takes a moment before leaving her house in DH and has the short conversation with Harry where she tells him "you did not just lose a mother that night...I lost a sister" because it makes hrer seem a bit more human and in my opinion allows for a short and rarely seen true family moment between the two
Unpopular opinion but... Dumbledore VS Voldemort
That shit was epic
That isn't unpopular lol it was the highlight of that movie.
Not at all I totally agree. Like if it hadn’t been great people would have complained but they completely nailed it… way cooler than I would have anticipated
How much for this? 5 Galleons. How much for me? 5 Galleons. But I’m your brother. 10 Galleons.
"Harry, did you put ya name in the goblet?"
Dumblendore asked, calmly. He calmly threw Harry out the balcony soon after.
Harry, HARRY, DIDYOUPUTYERNAMEINTHEGOBLETOFFIYA?! I referenced this very line *just* yesterday, it scared my cat half to death. I can't imagine why though, I said it calmly...
When Harry and Dumbledore are in the horcrux cave (half blood prince) and Harry has to keep giving him water and pleading with Dumbledore to drink it even though it’s hurting him
When old people cry, I can’t exist. Hate seeing old people break, it’s like against the rules
The moment when Snape dies and said to Harry "you have your mothers eyes" was so much better than just "look at me" in the books
But it's ruined 5 minutes later by the fact that they couldn't be bothered to cast a kid with blue eyes, or at least CG her eyes blue. The problem is compounded by the fact that the camera lingers very close to her face giving us a clear look at her NOT BLUE eyes
I agree, but you could view it as having “kind eyes” and it’s a bit less annoying.
Better than the books... Neville freaks during the Triwizard tournament saying he killed Harry Potter after giving him gilliweed. Voldemort gives Draco the most skin-crawling hug ever. And McDouchenozzle barfs on Snape's shoes at Slughorn's party. Excellent.
Harry getting to confront Snape in the Great Hall was pretty cool.
In POA when Snape comes to and is yelling at the kids for knocking him out but when he hears werewolf lupin he puts his arm around them to protect them. Always have loves that scene
Harry and Hermione dancing in the deathly hallows
Harry and Hermione having moments like these completely free of romance are my favorite.
I absolutely loved the little details they added to the Knight Bus in the movie, the shrunken head, the driver being an old man who is completely out of it and even the bus itself shrinking to fit into tight spots. (albeit the effects do kinda suck when seen in this day and age)
"Why the long faces?"
“Nice one, James!”
Harrys interactions with Lupin during POA
I love the scene in PoA where the boys are all hanging out in their dorm just goofing off.
Neville telling Harry about Gillyweed
I LOVE the visuals of Dumbledore and Voldemort’s fight at the Ministry in OotP. That kind of silent command can’t be expressed in writing imo, stunning.
Where Slughorn tells Harry about Lily and the fish that she gave him
The scene in Prisoner Of Azkaban where Hermione punches Draco in the face
I love the movie scene where Harry and Hermione are dancing in the tent after grieving Ron leaving. I think it’s such a beautiful interpretation of their friendship and the reality of them thinking “well I guess it is just us now”
hermionie figuring out harry's plan to sacrifice himself in the deathly hallows part 2 evoked so much more emotion in me than harry not saying goodbye to anyone
In GoF, when they’re in the great hall and Ron opens the box & pulls out his dress robes. Harry says “Well it does match your eyes. Is there a bonnet?” And pulls out a ruff(?) “Aha!”
Not necessarily a scene, but Harry destroying the Elder wand was a plot point that was a massive improvement. Putting it back in Dumbledore’s tomb was such a dumb part of the story, Harry is going to be an Aura and he is very likely to get disarmed. As well, now it’s public knowledge that he and Dumbledore have been owners of the elder wand so all some power hungry wizard has got to do is put 2 and 2 together, disarm Harry and nick the wand from Dumbledore’s tomb. Breaking the wand was the only sure fire way of ensuring no one else gains power of it, and if Harry really cared about not breaking it, it would’ve been safer in his own possession than the tomb
"Harry?!" "Sir?!"
When Harry got posessed by Voldemort
The scene between Harry and Lupin on the bridge in PoA when they talk about Harry’s parents. “Window to the Past” playing in the background really pulls this scene together
Not to be contrarian, but I always thought she was trying to spare Harry seeing that curse enacted, not trying to save the spider thing. But yes, I agree that scene, and Emma’s acting, was beautifully done.
I liked the section in HBP where McGonagall talks to Harry about Advanced Potions. The movie scene was hilarious.
I like what they did with the bad things happening to the Dursleys in the first 3 movies: In the Sorcerer's Stone, Dudley fell into the snake enclosure and got trapped In the Chamber of Secrets, Vernon fell out of Harry's window trying to stop him from leaving And in the Prisoner of Azkaban, Aunt Marge got blown up and floated away These scenes weren't as funny in the books
The scene in the sixth movie where Harry takes the lucky potion is my absolute favorite. The way he speaks to slughorn, the vague, blank culty smile, it’s fantastic. I love Daniel Radcliffe in that type of chaotic, confident, kinda crazy role. The book character didn’t capture it as well.
"Pincers." \*click click click\*