Rallis he had a lot more in the books, he showed in Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Half Blood Prince, he was nowhere to be found in those films.
The only ones who cried over Dobby just told me "noooo Dobby is cute" no sympathy over the character and it's downfall, if Dobby didn't appear in the 7th movie thst would've been it for him. Alternatively, his death serves so much stronger in the book series
What? are you literally a sociopath? Dobby is a beloved character. His death regardless of screentime was a tragedy felt by nearly all-- except you of course.
Was I the only one who thought that the films took too many chances at making Ron dumber and sillier than his book counterpart, as well as boosting up Hermione's stance yet again, which is kind of a thing the films do a lot of as well. On a side note, I am dreadfully curious as to what Voldemort's kissing curse would be like......
sonic8005 no, this is a common complaint. Rons character was the sacrificial lamb in the borderline feminist overpowering of Hermione in the films. In the books, their contributions to Harry is about 50/50. In the movies, Hermione does everything and Ron is reduced to exposition for wizard world customs.
Bit late but there’s a great video essay by (I think) Emily sowers on RU-vid called something like “Harry Potter and the reconstruction of character” about this topic, she makes some great points about how hermione was ruined
No, ron still does a decnt amount in the movie, but like with lord of the rings, the filmakers proabbly felt that their accomplishments in the books should cut down due to a disinterest im the chracter or actor.
Nitpicking can be good. However it’s when the review isn’t about the film what so ever. It’s just a constant comparison on the books. The reasons why people who read the books don’t enjoy this series is because all they do is just compare to the books and get annoyed when things in the books aren’t included. Like they’re expecting a 1:1 comparison of the books and films when the books take days to read. And films need to be clearly condensed. For the material given: I feel as if they did well with the time given because of the need for more films from the public
If we're talking about the films instead of the books, Ron and Hermoine were like bickering siblings all the time, and Harry and Ginny together was just awful. Hermoine and Harry always seemed to have the stronger connection and chemistry on screen. And I don't really understand the argument about it being some kind of original formula. All kind of romances have been done before, from incest, to insane age gaps. Characters are more important than not trying to copy what's also been done before.
It's very disappointing because Harry and Ginny were a beautiful fit in the books, and their relationship was built up really well over time. Same with Ron and Hermione. I completely blame the directors for ruining those couples. I feel like if someone is going to direct a film that is an adaptation of a book series, they have to ship the canon couples, because the movies are going to have to end the same way as the books so why push for something that can't happen? There were so many random added scenes that were pushing Harry and Hermione in the movies that are not in the books. They also destroyed both Ginny and Ron's characters in the movies, making them both seem useless and dull, (which is an outrage to me because Ginny is my favorite character in the books) so it makes sense that people who have only seen the films would ship the two main characters that are hyped up the most by the directors: Harry and Hermione. It's annoying because Harry is clear in the books that he loves her like a sister.
Some comments: -The Durselys' deleted scenes are some of my favorite. I think the film could have opened with the dialogue with Petunia in silence, and then slowly cue into the "opening scene"... It would have introduced the tone and then the montage would have been the "Umph," the climax of the opening, finally driving the point home. -THE FACT THAT THEY DIDN'T INTRODUCE THAT TONKS IS PREGNANT. FUCK. THIS WOULD GIVE LUPIN'S CHARACTER SO MANY MORE LAYERS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE ACTUALLY GIVEN A SHIT WHEN HE DIES. Also a huge missed opportunity to have that argument between Harry and Lupin, which would have been a fantastic character moment for both of them. -The worst part of this film imo is the fact that they don't go into Dumbledore's backstory. Truly one of the most heartbreaking parts of the entire story, cementing Harry's loss of innocence when his mentor falls from grace. It's also the element of the story that ultimately makes Harry stand out as the braver and the better of the two men, rising above the teacher to become the master, and being truly virtuous in the face of moral ambiguity. -Don't you talk shit about my man Dobby. -I honestly love the forest scenes. The trio has been thrown out into the real world, and are, like the poet Dante and quite literally as well, lost in the woods. The forest represents their struggle, their confusion, and their despondency. -The dancing scene is one of my favorites. Turned me into a Nick Cave fan, and O Children is one of my favorite songs of all time. Makes me wax nostalgic about the time in my life when I first heard it. -FUUUUUUCK HERE COMES MY MAN BRIAAAAAN -The foot chase would have been made ten times more intense with the original score included: thundering taiko drums galore. -Wormtail's death from the book would have been so fucking heavy. Seriously disappointed in the way they handled it. -That ending though. Fucking incredible. Just another reason why this film is the best of the franchise.
26:00 JK never originally intended to get Harry and Hermione together though. She just said Harry and Hermione are a better match in SOME ways (can not stress how important the some is in that sentence). Solid video otherwise, this misconception just bothers me
I freaking love part 2. Part 1 fails to stand on its own, but I think that's a necessary compromise to make. The before the storm tension and oppression can be felt in every frame.
Good video, but I disagree about the Lupin/ministry of magic take over comparison. The Lupin sub-plot never really goes anywhere, and thus is something that makes to sense to be cut out of a film adaptation. It is a nice detail, but not essential. For films, however, it is important to be able to show the big picture, which the ministry takeover does succeeds at.
William Wehrs Fair comment, perhaps it was a subplot Rowling thought hard on initially, then realised she had too many loose ends to tie up with everything else that she just kills them off. I think Lupins appearance just exposes a darker nature to him that we never saw in his human form.
There's a spell (*Scourgify*) which cleans up mess such as owl droppings and mucus. I don't think it would be out of the question for it to clean dirt and grease.
I think a lot of stuff that gets cut from the books to the film adaptations is usually fine. There’s certainly some ones that do make a toll on the plot (Peeves, Percy as a character, lot of Dumbledore/Voldemort backstory stuff etc), but a lot of things the Potterheads wanted was really pointless, padded, meaningless stuff for the sake of world building.
I have a theory on why the Petunia scene was deleted. Now, it's a good scene, but it comes over like Petunia is revealing to Harry that Lily is her sister. BUT HARRY, AND THE VIEWER, ALREADY KNOW THIS! I could be wrong, after all, it's just a theory. 7:46 - Also, fans at the time were petitioning to have Helena Bonham Carter play Andromeda in the movie due to her being described as looking like Bellatrix. And I have to say, I would've loved to see how that would've played out in the movie. Shame the scene wasn't shot.
Solid video pal, definitely your best Harry Potter one. That extra really cracks me up. The Deathly Hallows is a garbage overrated book, the movie improved on a few things but this is for sure my least favourite potter film. The opening is pretty solid but the trio's writing and performances aren't good enough to really sustain engagement.
I agree, I've read the book twice and the only reason I did was because I totally forgot that I read it already. And read it the second time I knew that I unconsciously decided to forget since it was so bad (well if it was worth than that I would have I remember to actually not read it).
So late to the party, but I have a question. During the dogfight, isn't Harry unconscious when his wand, of its own accord, blasts Voldemort? He looks completely out knocked out. My take away here was about the intelligence and power of the wands and the relationship that Harry's wand has with Voldemort's wand.
How did they manage to build the Weasley house? Dude, they’ve showcased spells that can rebuild objects back to their original state in the last movie, this would be more of a nuisance if anything, probably wouldn’t take over an hour or so to rebuild everything.
Alice Pope-Terry Imagine that a Mars bar is your favourite chocolate bar. You love it. It's the one you'd usually eat. But you like a Milky Way every once in a while. Then someone comes up to you and says "No" and slaps the Milky Way out of your hand. "You must only ever eat Mars bars." You'd get pretty sick of Mars bars after a while wouldn't you?
I can see why they hardly use Polyjuice potion in this movie, if they stuck to the book, Radcliffe would've hardly been in it. Also I thought that potion to months to make, they just seem to magic it out of thin air.
The jump scare was a tad unnecessary and the voice you use for the critic is so grating that I end up skipping those sections. Other than that I love these videos
Maybe the kids room is to represent the 2 horcruxes there because harry became a horcrux in his room as a child and nagini is also a horcrux just an idea
You just realised this?!... I'm not saying I'm some brilliant person who instantly picks up on every similarity between plot devices in movies or books, but.... Damn. It's pretty obvious! Good on you for saying this, I'm sure there are people who wouldn't mention that they just realised it, probably for fear of some arsehole like me writing a reply like this.
In Malfoy manor, wouldn't you think Bellatrix would have tortured Hermione to figure out if it was actually Harry she was traveling with? wouldn't that be more of a concern than the sword?
Voldemort getting the elderwand scene could of been a post credits scene it felt like one plus I can’t believe they show it again after in deathly hallows part 2
DH part 1 is just a drama movie, making situations worse. That movie was like those Bangladesh/Indian shows where all actors get into an argument, crying and dramatic music always occur in the background
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