@@John-Doe-Yo only if the commissioner gives them one I think. Elvis contacted them to ask for a small interview if anything which is probably why pretty much all of them canceled. So it’s pretty cool Crabbe came up with something off the cuff.
I love that Voldemorts name is his own name rearranged. Because that absolutely means he sat there coming up with multiple stupid combinations first, and that's hilarious. Immortal Love Rodd. Lord Earldom Vomit. Mild Doormat Lover. Fun fact: to make the anagram work in the french version, his name was changed to Tom Elvis Jedusor
It was "Tom Gus (straight-up made up) Mervolo (not Marvolo) Dolder" in Swedish (bearing in mind the Swedish version kept many translations to a minimal, leaving many original words in, like Hogwarts for example) and "I am Lord Voldemort" was changed to "Ego Sum Lord Voldemort" (I am Lord Voldemort in Latin) to fit with that lol
He was perfect for his role, his little grunts and awkward laughs, the way he holds his hands and uses his wand, these odd little mannerisms other people wouldn't have thought to add to the role made him more interesting.
If we’re also talking about how great the casting is in these movies you cannot overlook Maggie Smith as McGonagall, there is no one and I repeat NO ONE that could’ve played a better McGonagall than Maggie. Her demeanor, the way she curls her lip in disapproval, her small quirks, her love for both magic and the school, her caring for Harry, it’s portrayed absolutely perfectly
This is so true!! And I’m still not over the fact Harry the fan boy didn’t name one of his kids after her. Like she was basically a mother figure to him. She got him his first broom, was always looking out for him, showed genuine care for him. And it really sucks that Harry didn’t acknowledge that.
Chris Columbus was the only director who made the correct calls on casting and even got everyone to look as close as possible as the book descriptions as well. All the other directors screwed up on that account (neither Sirius or Bellatrix look like their book counterparts and don't even look related, never mind Narcissa and her skunk hair and HBC was way too over the top with Bellatrix).
@@kerp0864 Tbh, JK Rowling really flubbed the names of Harry's kids. I really hate that he named his son Albus Severus after "the two bravest men I ever met." two men who basically, by Dumbledore's own admission, raised him to die, rather than, say, Sirius, his godfather who showed him unconditional love and warmth.
tbh I knew I disliked the movie version of Ron but I couldn't explain why, and then I watched Quinn Curio's video on Ron's movie downgrade and it all made sense. They really snatched all his best qualities and gave them to Hermione.
The fact that Seamus was trying to get turnt up by turning his water into hard liquor right in the middle of the great hall during his FIRST year. That was a sign he was going to be an absolute loon from the get go lmao
Voldy didn’t make horcuxes out of rocks or sand because he was a snobby dude who loves history and magic memorabilia. It took him a while to get the crown in order to make it in to a horcrux. In the end it was supposed to be his arrogance and obsession with magic stuff that made him use valuable things for his horcruxes. He wanted his soul to be stored in something of extremely high value.
There's also the theory that you can't just make any little thing a horcrux. It has to be something meaningful and magically powerful (artifact, person closely linked to your life etc).
@@ironwolf56 iirc in hbp harry asked dumbledore why Voldemort didn’t just use a boot as a horcrux and dumbledore explained that Voldemort wanted important things. So I think you can use regular old stuff
@J N maybe read the title?? He's made it clear he's talking about the movies And jk Rowling is not a prisoner being held hostage, she was being referred to for every decision these movies made, these are still a reflection of her for that exact reason, she consulted heavily in the series. And yeah, he's allowed to recommend whatever tf he wants, must he recommend other movies? Is he not allowed to recommend different media from what he's reviewing? What a weird issue to take, honestly.
I think Hogwarts’ double standards about “you can’t walk the halls at night but we’ll send you out into the deadly forest!” fits perfectly with the real life school system..
Exactly Can't miss class to go pee but I'll send you to the office to sit there and do nothing until the principal comes to tell you to go back to class 😂
@@ThwipThwipBoom yeah, ferrets in your balls can really complicate matters, especially when it comes to the feelings between two friends like Crab and Malfoy.
Radcliffe had a major talent glow up but yeah, his child acting years were pretty rough. I remember him only really having one expression and breathing hard when he's angry.
Funny how fred and george didn't find it strange that every single night on the marauder's map they could see their little brother sleeping in bed with a man called peter.
That assumes they even bothered looking at who was sleeping where. It's a map of the entirety of Hogwarts, so not only would they need to look at the Griffyndor dormitories, but specifically Harry & Ron's dorm.
@@AvatarNaty absolutely! It seems wholly out of character for them to stare lovingly at their little brother’s name on the map especially when if they really wanted to see him they could walk a short distance from their own dormitory. And if they were sneaking out at night they’d be focused on who was coming and going in the halls rather than who was out of the way in bed where they should be.
@@truenotdrew8077 honestly, the only reason why they'd look in the dorms on the map is to see who was porking who, but even then that's only if they're the type to *want* to know who's porking who.
One thing I especially love about this scene at 1:50:39 is that Snape actually purposefully deflects McGonigal's blasts back towards the other death eaters so he has an excuse to run away so that he isn't forced to hurt McGonigal.
Ummmm I guess some changes were made in the 2 months since this comment was made... Because that scene is about Hermione entering gringots. Just wanted to say it.
When you asked how the Death Eaters knew about Hedwig, I for some reason pictured Voldemort in a classroom with a like PowerPoint presentation teaching them on everything about Harry 😂
Fun (?) Fact: The reason that Crabbe is not in the final film and was completely replaced by a different actor and character (Blaise Zabini, another Slytherin), is because the actor that plays Crabbe that did the cameo in this video (Jamie Waylett) was actually fired from the role after being convicted for growing marijuana in his family's house, possession of a knife, and later that same year he was arrested and found guilty of violent disorder during the London Riots. He was pictured "holding a petrol bomb" and "swigging from a stolen bottle of champagne" and ultimately received a two year sentence for violent disorder and 12 months for handling stolen goods. Lmao what an absolute anarchist G.
The thing I love about the Snape vs McGonagall scene in the final movie is that obviously Snape is actually a good guy and so he only defends himself and doesn't go on the offensive. He also deflects the spells into the other Deatheaters, and then takes their wands as he flees. Really nice touch I thought.
I always found it so funny how Ron gets seriously injured from his horse being stabbed like dude…? can u not just get up? I guess he sprained his ankle or something
i mean, the things pretty big, and he fell off it backwards, so imma just assume he either got the wind knocked outta him and had to do the "huuuuuhhhh.... uhhhhh.... oughhhhhh.... huuuuuhhhahhauhh" thing for a couple minutes, or just landed on his head. Plus at the time in lore hes 11, so a kid falling off a horse that size backwards straight on his spine or head would pretty certainly need a couple minutes to collect his bones again.
The reason Voldemort could touch Harry in the goblet of fire and not be hurt by that “love magic” is because he was resurrected with Harry’s blood that Wormtail took with the knife, adding it to that cauldron. #2. The wall to get to platform 9-3/4 doesn’t close up at a certain time, Dobby used his magic to block Harry, and subsequently Ron, out. I know you don’t care but just thought I might clear that up for anybody wondering.
#3.The reason they write their names on a paper is because the paper is a Friggin Faustian contract made by Hermione that Will give you disfiguring boils of you snitch.
#5 Harry had to live with the dursleys till he was 18 because petunia was related to him and Lily by blood, as long as Harry was accepted into their home (which I think he was grudgingly)
"I think it's kinda strange how magic folk are hiding from regular folk, shouldn't they be stronger?" Yep. Definately a Slytherin. The sorting hat fucked up
@@Nepheos I've always wanted to write a "what if" fanfic where Voldemort kills Harry in the haunted forest, wins the 2nd Wizarding War, tries to take the Death Eaters global, and we get a post-apocolypes style story with Voldemort realizing that Protego might not help against bunker busters. Hermione decides to help the various muggle governments to train them against magic users, and helps identify and protect innocents. So we get crack teams of highly trained soldiers who know how to fight magic. We could hear the scream of "Avada Kedevra!" and the scream of gunfire in the same fight.
There’s a explaination as to why Dumbledore dropped Harry off at the dursleys despite them knowing that they”ll probably treat him horribly. In the books it’s explained that Lily’s Protection that managed to save Harry extends to Petuinia due to their blood relation. This is important cause in goblet of fire when Voldemort rebirths using Harry’s blood, The protection Harry has on HIM becomes useless so the house or wherever petunia is, acts like the only other layer of Protection Harry has (until he’s 17 anyways)
Also it'd be much harder for a wizard to find someone in a muggle's world than if he was raised by a wizard world's institution or family. "Give him to Hagrid" because that's not one of the first people Voldemort would send his spies to look for Potter?
I agree with all your points about how dangerous and inconsistent this world is but I think you missed a huge one. Kids can just buy love potions at a store. WTF that raises so many ethical questions it hurts
Ron’s problems in the movies are mostly faults made by the directors. In the books his relationship with Hermoine was a lot better and he was a lot smarter and braver. Some things in the books that he said were given to hermoine as well, like he knew about the Devil’s snare in the first movie, he gave the exposition on what a mudblood is in the book because hermoine was actually confused by it and didn’t know what it meant, and he said “if you want to kill Harry, you’ll have to kill us!” In the prisoner of askaban book.
Thank you! I was looking for this comment. I love Rupert Grint as Ron but I do hate what the writers did to him. He was honestly probably my favorite character in the books where as in the movies he's an annoying comic relief sidekick at best. Ugh, weird director, you have a crush on a little girl in a book so you slander their future partner? Weird dude, weird.
@@MajorOctofuss man that was short and sweet as it got and it was a response to Elvis low key hating a character that I loved because I read the books. And I understand the hatred because the directors did him so dirty through the whole series for no reason
Alan Rickman was amazing. There was a kid who came to set during the Prisoner of Azkaban who had cancer. Rickman actually demanded the boy be allowed to be an extra, so he got to be in some of the scenes. I think that's the kind of thing that the world needs more of.
at around 37 minutes there was the mention of the singing girl in the choir going crazy with her facial expressions, which made me sort of think she might have actually been in a real choir at some point. when I was in choir, it was a pretty common thing to be told to over exaggerate your face when you sing because it can help with enunciation.
Casting Director Jane Jenkins is an underappreciated legend of the industry, and the impact of her work on the HP franchise cannot be overstated. The three other casting directors are fantastic as well, but Jenkins has a wealth of experience in finding the perfect actors for their roles, such as Jurassic Park, The Princess Bride, and Home Alone. What an icon.
1:17:00 - The whole "why did they have a members list" segment. I don't remember if they touched on it in the movie, but the reason the list exists is because Hermione cursed the *shit* out of it, so anyone who signs up to be a member of the D.A. can't betray the others without consequence. I can't remember exactly what she did to it, tho- I think it was cursed to make a traitor break out in boils spelling out the word "SNEAK"? It was all very scarlet letter of her. Also- to answer any "Why didn't Voldemort" question or point you bring up- It is 100% canon that Voldemort is dramatic as fuck and doesn't do shit unless it has specific meaning to him. Would it be safer to turn a grain of sand into a horcrux and toss it onto a beach? 100%. But its not *nearly* as angsty, edgy, or cool as sticking it in a cursed locket in a cave from his childhood. This is LITTERALLY the only reason Voldemort can be beaten- he's too fucking dramatic for his own good.
My main question with the marauder's map is: Why did Ron's brothers see that Ron was sleeping with someone called "Peter Pettigrew" and just ignored it entirely?
Maybe they thought it was another kid sleeping in that dorm? 😂 Or maybe they never looked at it that time of night only during the day or when they did they had a goal and focused on that and didn’t happen to look at Ron
It was clearly said she only selectively removed her parents' memories of their own daughter's existence. Which is still pretty horrible. and yeah, doesn't solve the problem of what about all the other Muggles who knew Hermione as she grew up?? Not to mention the government wondering where the daughter mentioned in that birth certificate suddenly disappeared to.
@@bekleedee right I was confused when he said he read Hallows but didn't know Harry and Hermione DID use polyjuice potion when they went to Godric's Hollow. But tbf this video is a great example of the movies not doing the books justice.
@@SheriSubstance I agree. So much in the movies makes zero sense if you haven't read the books as well. The movies are fun on their own but there's a lot of plot holes
@@bekleedee I don't care for the books, and the movies were fun. But I entirely disagree with people who insist movies like these should stand on their own. We're not talking 8 1/2 here. EVERYONE who makes these kinds of movies assume their main audience are people who read and are fans of the books. None of these movies/series were made to stand on their own as if the books didn't exist. This is just a typical internet ignoramus critic nonsense. Someone said that first, others thought it was genius and keep repeating it, without considering how unrealistic it is.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 This is a preposterous take. No movie adaptation should require familiarity with the source material to be understood. To be more appreciated? Sure. But they absolutely should stand on their own. _"EVERYONE who makes these kinds of movies assume their main audience are people who read and are fans of the books."_ Outright wrong. The HP books had a massive fanbase to start with, but other books only get a fanbase _because_ they get adapted to film. It's imperative that adaptations stand on their own in order to attract more fans to the franchise in general.
Honestly, for the "harry not realising he's speaking parseltongue" thing, I can totally get it lmao I am French but am fluent in English, and when I tell you sometimes I cannot recall for the life of me in what language what I just heard was, your brain just gets to a point where it instantly translates everything without you even realising it! And I've definitely had words slip out in the wrong language in the middle of a sentence before and had people look at me in utter confusion and just tell me that one of the words there was not in french lmao So I never really questioned harry not hearing himself
Same. I'm German and I use many English words in my sentences without even noticing. We call it "Denglish", part Deutsch part English. How do you call it in France? Frangcais?
@Gugfitufi lmao I love that! I have a german friend and we take it even one step further and talk in Denglish + french (and yes it's an absolute mess for anyone around who's not in on it)😂 You got the idea right on the Fench+English mix but we blend the two words together slightly differently: we call it "Franglais" haha
@@thefknguy12766 french, which makes it all the more awkward and obvious when your mind slips cause there really isn't any noticeable overlap between french and English lmao
Honestly, out of all the actors in this series, Helena Bonham Carter was brilliant as Bellatrix. Just rewatching every scene she's in and every line she voiced, it just gives me a sense that she absolutely loved playing her role through and through. And on an unrelated side note, did you know she's actually a direct descendant of H. H. Asquith, the British Prime Minister before and during WW1?
Really?? That's probably the character I like the least in the films. She behaves like an insecure teen trying to be edgy in front of her friends. It's so cringy and annoying. I don't get why people like her so much, it always makes me roll my eyes. It's like she has 0 motivations to be evil other than the fact that she seems to think evil makes her look cool or something. eugh
@@tasfa10 It's been awhile since I read the books, but I really liked Bellatrix in them and I was seriously let down by Helena's portrayal of her. On top of that, they couldn't even bother picking someone who matched her book description and the fact that Bellatrix even touched Hermione in the movie just goes against Bellatrix because she would never touch a mudblood because she viewed them as beneath her.
I don't think she was. David Yates also did not understand Bellatrix's character if he thought she would ever touch a mudblood, because she thought that they were beneath her and absolutely vile.
Yeah I agree I thought her portrayal was good. People saying it's not good enough I'm not sure what you expect. Bellatrix isn't really fleshed out in the books. She does appear to be a two dimensional villain that is just evil for the sake of being evil. Helena Bonham Carter did what she could with what she was given. Her presence alone makes every movie of hers better.
It's explained at the end of the books that his mum sacrificing herself to save him left basically a ward of protection on him, that would remain until 18. Since his aunt was related to his mother, it was strongest when he was with her, that's why dumbledore sends him to live with the Dursleys. To protect him. Voldemort is able to touch harry from the 4th movie onwards because they put Harry's blood into Voldemort himself, so that the barrier no longer protects him from him.
The issue of the film is that it tried to adapt a book 1:1. Because there's no way to add in all this context you are implying without making this movie into a 5 hour bio-pic of a fictional person and world.
@Gary Baldi It's impossible to include everything from the book. They weren't really necessary to tell the story, they rather fill out loop holes of plot, so I understand why they were cut.
Mild correction: the protection only works if Harry calls a place with his mother's blood his home. If Harry were to run away from the dursley's the protection would break.
@Gary Baldi wonder how you feel about the new Dune movie then! 😂😅 watched it and was like okay, I guess I’ll read the book to know what the hell is happening. Well worth the read though, amazing stories!
@@sparco956 No it didn't, David Yates cut things that needed to be in the movies just so he could add extra scenes that never happened in the books. Bellatrix never burned down the Burrow in the books.
harry’s “crucio” didn’t work because he didn’t “strongly wish” to cause bellatrix pain. as much as he hated her in that moment, the spell worked enough to knock her off her feet, but not enough to cause excruciating and torturous pain. it didn’t “fully work” because harry didn’t know what went behind casting an unforgivable curse and is just too good of a person in general for it to have been used with true malicious intent.
@@ariellau9170 Tbf by that point in the series I dont blame him for going that far given all that had happened. I mean at a certain point even the goodest of people are going to lose it a little watching people die and get hurt for him all because hes the chosen one and has to save the day.
@@zaappzdisagree. When I read the books but until the 6th book I would have bet it was Harry and Hermione. They just had a better relationship and chemistry.
@@darth_kal-el I thought Hermione and Ron bickering was hinting at them getting together. I started reading the books before watching the final films. Hermione and Ron reminded me of how others acted around girls they liked when I was a kid.
@@notBrocker I feel like they definitely wouldn't because they don't bounce off of each other that well. Harry is more of a loner, and Ginny became what Harry needed. Hermione and Ron fit because they were way more social than Harry.
@@escalatingbarbarism5096 yes actually I have snarky. She did an interview w Daniel Radcliffe when he was yng for the movie and she seemed pretty stiff and judgy. (It didn't impact my love for the books or fans tho. Also im 35 i was 12 when the first book came out)
I think you're giving Dudley too much credit. He wasn't "stress-eating" Harry's Birthday cake. He isn't sensitive enough to his parents or surroundings to be stressed about anything. He is a simple, self-absorbed little brat that saw something yummy so he put his face in it.
Tbh he was starving for the first time in his life so I don't blame him for eating Harry's cake. I mean he's an 11 year old boy who has never been hungry in his life and now he suddenly hasn't eaten in days.
Harry becoming an auror was absolutely the most uncharacteristic job for him to get! I genuinely believe the fanon assumption that he becomes a DADA teacher at hogwarts fits him so much better as thats basically what he was doing in Dumbledores army!! As well as it being a neat closing off for the DADA teacher "curse" too
She made him an Auror because Aurors are basically wizard Jedi and Harry growing up to be a badass wizard Jedi probably just sounded cooler to her at the time than "he settled down and got a practical teaching job in a subject he knew well"
But also I feel like it's like a Batman situation. He wants to prevent any other kids from feeling the pain he felt living with his abusive Aunt and Uncle. The isolation, the neglect, and the longing for a better life.
The one girl who was acting her heart out in the double double toil and trouble part ALWAYS made me laugh so hard. So glad you brought her up. An icon.
The reason Harry was left with the Dursleys was because due to Petunia being a blood relative to Lily, the protection spell that happened when she sacrificed herself for Harry, ended up staying with him if he remained with a relative of her.
It feels like maybe he should have checked in though. That one implied threat from Sirius shut them right up, just drop by once a year to vaugly threaten them come on
Yeah the movies left quite a lot out lol I know they have to but some things are pretty important. If I remember that was explained later so maybe the movie was already made before it was explain. Idk the order of them coming out so yeah lol
@@j.s.2281 I hate that commentators always make this joke and others like it that lack awareness though. I get they are only covering the films but it just seems so lazy. It's like CinemaSins levels of low effort or similar to listening to some kid in school try to explain something without having read the material. I love seeing stuff I enjoy being critiqued and made fun of, but not if it feels low effort.
Wait. The movies don’t explain that? I confuse the books and movies but if it really wasn’t explained in the movies then that actually could be pretty confusing
I found it rather funny to watch this when you're quite familiar with the source material and watching Elvis being confused about things such as Lockharts employment
Funny tyhing about the Umbridge/Trelawney scene is that they're best friends in real life and have been since they were in a comedy troupe they formed together in college (along with Stephen Frye, Hugh Laury (House), and Kenneth Brannaugh, who played Prof. Lockhart) Trelawney was married to Lockhart in real life until he had an affair with Belatrix LeStrange while they were filming Frankenstein together. Apparently Trelwaney and Belatrix refused to be present on-set at the same time while they were filming the last three movies.
@@btmdth8843 How? Many of the biggest problems people have with the movies are explained in the books, due to them being surface level, and not explained at all in the movies, because we don't have enough time or a monolouge. The book plot-holes go deeper, you won't notice them as easily if you just read the books without thinking too hard about it.
@@pako7414 I mainly was talking about your all stories have plot hole points, and in making an adaptation, a movie isn't made better just because the 500 page book has an explanation. Some of the best adaptations either rework, explain, or improve the source since it's a separate medium
I’ve read Umbridge’s origin story, in short, her mom was a muggle, her dad was a wizard and her brother never got any magic. Her parents got divorced and the mother took her non-magical son away; Umbridge has hated both her mom and her brother for the longest time for not possessing magical abilities so when they were gone she was thriving. Her dad on the other hand wasn’t doing so good. In fact after the divorce he was laid off and then became a cleaning man at the ministry. Umbridge was so disgusted with her dad and after she got hired at the ministry and people started making associations she paid her dad to denounce her and she lied that she was a pure blood instead.
Considering there seems to be just one wizarding school in all of England or the UK, the wizard Population cannot be very big, not even close to 100.000. Plus the fact that Wizards seem to be completely unable to understand modern technology, or rather, 80's technology, making them even inferior to muggles in certain areas, I think they have quite the good reason to stay hidden.
I think that someone on the potter wiki calculated the UK wizard population to be 12000-15000 during the books. So roughly 0.026% of people are wizards. So there would be give or take 187000 wizards in europe
They set the portkey as the trophy cause they didn’t want people to know Voldemort was back yet. Harry disappearing at breakfast after touching a cup would raise too much attention. Also had an interesting theory about that Voldemort planned to kill Harry in the graveyard and use polyjuice potion to impersonate him for a bit.
The half blood prince scene in which slugworth recalls Lily’s magic is my favorite in the entire series. It makes me sad that no one ever mentions it. Jim Broadbent’s performance is absolutely astounding
Regulus Black not only didn't do that mission himself, he also did not survive. His house elf Kreacher, whom we met in Order of the Phoenix, was the one who helped him on this mission and then he took the locket when Regulus died in the cave.
actually, harry didn't give fred and george his own money, but it was the prize money that he won after the goblet of fire. harry didn't want it, so he gave it to the twins so they could start up their business. this happened at the end of the fourth book, and the twins had already bought the shop during the events of the fifth one. with ron and hermione ending up together: their relationship is way better in the books. the movies pretty much dumbed down ron's character and most of the smart things he came up with were given to hermione, as to make her seem like the smarter one. they genuinely have a really good relationship, the movies were just awful at depicting it.
Hermione and Ron relationship sucks no matter what. I never understood the hype. Hermione ending single would have been better than putting her with a guy that make her cry 24/7 in all the books and Ron deserves a girl that it's on his level of fun. They didn't match. Actually none of the couples of Harry's year make sense maybe Harry and Ginny are kinda cute (It's kinda force because out of nowhere Ginny is like the coolest girl ever) but literally none of them are healthy or compatible. Period.
Cinematically and casting wise, the Harry Potter movies are fantastic. Unfortunately there are too many moments that make no sense if you have not read the books. They cut off a lot of important information, and many characters are not as good as in the books (Ron, Ginny for example).
@@tannerrich2388 Bad take. Both Harry and Ron can act, and they nailed their roles (and of course improved every film since they grew older). 2nd Dumbelodore was bad in Prisoner and Half-Blood, but absolutely nailed it in Order of Phoenix, Half-Blood and Deathly Hallows (even better than the first Dumbledore imo). Luna was also perfectly casted, as were Umbridge, Draco, Lucius, Slughorn, Hagrid, McGonagall, Dursleys, Sirius, Lupin, Weasley brothers, Weasley parents, Bellatrix, Neville....literally everyone. Yet to see someone compain about the casting of Harry Potter, easily the strongest part about the films. You are the first!
@@jbofficial32 lol i didnt know i held such rare opinions! to me at least Harry isnt right. Im not a big fan of live action as it is so i guess im a little biased. The movie harry and ron make me cringe. i do agree that many of the roles you mentioned were well cast. but, i think my argument holds sway (about harry and ron being bad actors) if you look at the projects the two actors have done after the HP franchise.
@@JS-oh2dp i haven't seen any of his stuff after HP but the fact that you describe it as "perfectly fine" kinda supports my argument. Of course this is all subjective and our opinions are different and a stranger on the internet is unlikely to change your opinion. But still, to me, his acting makes me cringe and thats why i dont like the HP movies. Thank you for your time.
I'd argue the films are pretty mixed cinematographically. The first two by Chris Columbus are wholesome and cute. They're not amazing, but they do what they need to do very well. The third one by Alfonso Cuaron is actually really pretty. it's easily the best looking film of the lot. The fourth one by Mike Newell is pretty whatever. It's pretty boring visually, but it isn't plagued by the dark greens of the later movies. The final four by David Yates are really mediocre. I don't like how any of them look or are paced. I think some of the editing choices in these movies are genuinely baffling. Someone needs to hire a new Colorist and teach them that black, dark blue, and dark green aren't the only colours. I do agree with you on casting though. Even when the main three struggle at times, I think most of the actors do a pretty solid job save some side characters.
the voldemort clip of him sticking out his tongue in the order of the phoenix is one of my favorite moments! I'm so glad you mentioned it. I laugh every time, I couldn't imagine filming that.
The parseltongue thing in chamber of secrets is actually explained in the books. Harry doesnt conciously speak parseltongue to the snake, from his pov he just yelled at the snake to leave the kid the snake was about to attack alone, but everyone else heard him talk in parseltongue. Why this is?.... idk magic or somethin
I'm bilingual and sometimes forget certain words in my first language but remember them in my second. When I'm talking with my family, who have no idea of English, I have to be careful and consciously remember, that they wouldn't understand what I say. To my brain it's just another set of words, not another language. Harry probably saw it like that as well, but at least I know it's a different language - he didn't figure that out yet. For him it could have been a dialect of English or whatever, just, a thing he knew how to do since childhood and never really named, so there was no border between English and parseltongue for him.
But the weird thing is that in the books it’s said that you can’t LEARN to speak parseltongue, like it’s something you’re either born with the ability of knowing or you don’t. Harry himself is only able to speak it due to him being a horcrux, he even loses the ability to speak parseltongue once he’s no longer a horcrux. It’s just illogical that Ron would be able to learn just cause Harry speaks it in his sleep
I have a theory that the mysterious liquid in the cave scene is unsweetened grape koolaide which is why Dumbledore just wants to just die rather being forced to finish it.
I think its a thing from the books, in the "Goblet of fire" one, where Barty Crouch was calling Percy wrong names, deliberately, or because he didn't care at all :D
I can definetely see Elvis as a Slytherin now, after hearing his thoughts about his Quidditch-Team and about the Power-Balance between Muggles and Wizards PS: pls make a review on some movies from the "Asylum"-studio, starting with "sex pot" thx
Also FYI: In the Greek myths, The Centaurs are known to kidnap women and raping them. As Rowling probably only heard about them through the classics and surface level mythology, or just from Narnia. Umbridge would have been given the Mr. Hands treatment if this wasn't for kids.
There is no way she didn’t know. If she didn’t, that’s an egregious slip up considering she can’t shut up about white women being victimized by every man and transwoman they meet.
1. Dobby put a spell on the wall to stop harry getting to school 2. Dumbledore knew that Lockheart was bad at magic and was trying to out him 3. Harry does just think that he's speaking english 4. The last kid saw it through the ghost and Filch's cat saw the Basilisk in the water 5. Lupin only found the bogart in a closet 6. The time turners are broken in the 5th movie
I thought Lockhart was the teacher because Dumbledore literally couldn't find anyone else for the job. It isn't really gone into in the books, but I could totally see Lockhart basically volunteering for the job because he's boasting about how great he is. He habitually gets himself in over his head because of his boasting. And Dumbledore isn't an all-knowing character. He has flaws too. This could've just been an oversight on his part. I don't see him purposefully putting a bad teacher into place. He might only have known about Lockhart by reputation.
Still going through this and it and about Dobby loving Harry so much, it is implied that Draco talks a LOT about Harry to Dobby, but also kinda accidentally confides his insecurites to the elf knowing that he can't be betrayed. I am pretty sure Draco cares a lot about Harry and kinda considers him someone he wanna be friends with but he feels pressured by his peers and family to act like he hates Harry, which is kinda sad Edit: Also more about Dobby but I am pretty sure that as an elf for the Malfoy family the only way he can help Harry is by doing things that would be bad to Harry, since the Malfoys would definitely not let him do anything explicitly positive
In book one, Draco tried to befriend Harry, but Harry disliked his smugness and attitude. Draco was so deeply offended, he treated him as an enemy from that moment on.
The one thing I hated about these movies was when I was little and watched them I got so pissed that Peter pettigrew wasn’t violently murdered and assumed for years until I read the books he just got off scot free. That guy is on dumbridge levels of hateable so reading as he is strangled to death was so satisfying
Thank you! At 1:07:23 I've been waiting so long for someone to mention this. They could have taken less than a minute of screen time to explain this "rule" the way they did in the books. I believe it's in Book 5 one of the professors tells the students that up until this year they've been taught to say the spell out loud to get the desired result from their wand. But once the connection between wand and wizard/witch becomes more or less fixed, you only have to "think" the spell and your wand will perform the rest. This is why none of the adult characters need to speak their spells. The only reason a spell is spoken out loud in the films is so the audience can understand what is supposed to happen. But it makes sense for more experienced wizards/witches to simply do the spell without the fanfare.
This is just wrong. The "wand connection" has nothing to do with it. it is just a different form of magic, but they could do it with a wand that was bought yesterday. The only trick (as with literally every form of magic in JK's world) is to focus.
Ah! Now I know what I did wrong; I got the books mixed up! It’s in number 6 (Half-Blood Prince) Where Snape explains “You are, I believe, complete novices in the use of nonverbal spells….those who progress to using magic without shouting incantations gain an element of surprise in their spell-casting.” See? I knew I remembered it, even if I remembered it somewhat incorrectly. 🧙♂️👍
My favorite are the bloopers like the part where the students were supposed to be asleep as Dumbledoor and Snape are talking to each other and even though it’s supposed to be serious someone put a fart machine inside the actor for Harry’s sleeping bag and played the fart noises as the actors for Dumbledoor and Snape are trying their best to not smile or laugh but you can tell it’s very hard for them
I swear I wake up in a cold sweat once a year imagining what the fuck the audience was looking at during the tournament. It's even WORSE in the movies because Harry and the dragon just leave in the ONE event they would have been able to see.
For anyone wondering, Viktor Krum didn’t have his mind warped by the maze, it’s poorly communicated in the film but in the book we learn that Barty Crouch Jr, disguised as Mad-Eye Moody, used the Imperius curse on Krum. He did this in order to eliminate the other contestants, to ensure Harry would be the one to reach the cup.
Just about to comment. But I will not say it is badly communicated. It is well hinted to in his introductions of the curses, without saying it out loud. Love this, makes the viewer feel «smart» for connecting it!
@@jekkordie In the clip played in this video not long after this scene was shown it also replays Harry realizing that Mad Eye/Barty Jr had bewitched Krum. It's not super obvious that it's the Imperius curse but it is directly said that Mad Eye/Barty Jr was the one behind it. I didn't get this when I was younger because I hadn't read the book by the time I watched that movie so I was like oh he must just be blind or something and that's why he didn't see Harry literally right in front of him? But I rewatched the forth movie literally the other day and I was like "ah".
its bad for mcgonnagal to give hermione the time turner for that. she should be like "woman chill prioritize what you have to do; no one needs to attend these many classes"
Or going along unknowingly with Dumbledore to train HP as a Voldie killing machine. She wasn't the most responsible teacher. But she did comfort Harry with shoulder touches and biscuits alot. Mama McGonnagal
1:03:50 it was actually Moody who cursed Krumm. It was foreshadowed earlier in the movie when Moody gave his lesson about the three unforgivable curses. He did it to ensure Krumm would knock out everyone besides Harry, so Harry would be the first to touch the trophy
Fun fact: when rewatching Deathly Hallows part 1 a few years ago, at the same time Dobby drops the chandelier my cat knocked over a glass bowl in the kitchen perfectly timed to the movie.
Once Lupin transforms into a werewolf he forgets himself after the first howl. At least thats what I interpreted. Thats why hermione was asking if he was still in there. Also she probably knows Lupin has been taking a potion given by snape for him to be able to transform and not forget who he is so he doesnt go on a rampage. Edit: You can even hear Serious ask him have you taken your potion tonight? As he was transforming
1:10:30 Actually I remember this from the books. The more skilled you are at spellcasting, the less you have to do. One of the challenges in the later books for the kids to really exemplify themselves was being able to cast magic without saying the name, because it would make it way harder for an opponent to know what you're doing.
If you're ever in the UK I'd highly recommend the Harry Potter Studio Tour, It's kinda expensive but if you're interested in the behind the scenes, it has almost all the sets and props, including the mechanical props that you showed at the start
I fk hate the Harry potter Movies and Books. It’s like twighlight. She is a very Talented writer for Crime Stuff but oh my god Every EVERY Fantasy Part in this is just soooo fk dumb. Why the „Werwolf“ Looks like a Troll Half naked? Why is there a shapeshifter but Everytime he goes into a Animal he loses his cloth on the ground, and when we get back into human Form he has his cloth back on, so when you Go somewhere and See cloth on the Ground you Go „ahhh there he is“ 🤣 like WTF And then there is a FK Timemashine!!! And what they do with it?? Make the homework…. TF is this 🤣 if you bring a Time Mashine into your Univers it’s Bad but then don’t even do anything With it WHY is it there?? Why they don’t use it for other Stuff when they know there is a FK Time mashine?? Holy F there is so much More but god Damn this bs Movie Makes me so mad
1:18:11 in the book, Harry uses the killing curse on Belatrix, but she isn’t harmed at all, it’s explained that he “isn’t hateful enough for it to kill anyone”, which is a whole new can of worms.
1:13:50 funnily enough, in the *books* the list serves as an enchantment that ensures secrecy. Whoever signed their name on the list and spoke about the DA to someone that isn‘t a member would break out in hives that spelled out… I think snitch or traitor. Cho changs friend, the one that spilled the beans in the books actually was left with scars from that outbreak.
Can we talk about how boring it must’ve been for people wanting to watch the triwizard tournament? The first take, fine. Awesome. But the second and third task they just sit in the crowd and see… nothing LOL.
@@KaNgUrUhBR yes that’s what I’m saying!! The first task with the dragon must have been amazing to see. Everyone was probably HYPED for what came next. And then they got stuck staring at a lake and a corn maze 😂
13:05 so what about nevile loosing his parents through torture? them ending up as mindless husks that gift their child candy wraps because they are broken? i think its the saddest. the one scene where harry and i think hermione or luna or something are in the asylim for magical crazy ppl was the saddest part
They visit Mr. Weasley in St. Mungo's hospital after he is attacked by Nagini in the Order of the Phoenix, and they run into Neville and his grandma while they're there. It's a very sad scene, but it's also sweet how Neville cares for his parents. He's not embarrassed by them, but he doesn't want other people to laugh at them or anything. He's being protective.
When you use the unforgivable spells you have to "Mean it." Harry is a paragon and he doesn't have it in him to torture anyone. I guess you could argue that you need to be absolutely morally corrupt to use them and enjoy the killing and torturing, for the spells to take effect. Can't remember if they used the killing curse on any of the death eaters in the final showdown but this series is a mess continuity- wise, anyways. PS. It's pretty awesome that the only one from the cast who had a cameo is the one who was sacked from the last movie entirely. And he even seems like the most down to earth dude from all the "child actors" even though he messed up in his personal life. Mad kudos to Waylett. Hopefully he's doing good.
The final couple thing actually makes sense in the books. Book Ron isn't academically gifted either, but he's way more knowledgeable about wizard world and has the best street smarts of the group. Him and book Hermione have more chemistry than her and the blank page that is book Harry. The movies are pretty good as their own thing, but the further you go the less the character resemble their source and their relationships do not take that into consideration.
hands down, the third one is the best. it has so many moments that i think back on artistically that stand out, and we're even started in that movie because of the director
honestly! i cant even tell you how many times ive watched it. its got such a cozy vibe to it aswell like the music and aesthetic of it are just so well done.
Personally I think the fight between Harry and Tom was better in the books. I understand it wasn't as much of a spectacle but Harry schooling and humiliating Tom in front of everyone then finishing it in a single spell just feels so much more badass.
