Top 10 Differences Between the HP Books and Movies (What Did the Films Do Wrong?) 

This is a bit more opinion based than most of my other videos. I wanted to change it up a bit and give my thoughts on some things rather than just explaining things. Hope you guys enjoy!

they ruined the part where Dumbledore was *C A L M*

I love how people were so rude about the ravenclaw crest despite that they *haven't read the books* and come to the assumption that they know everything bc they watched the movies.

so weird that they cut dobby from half the films, it made his death less sad. he was calling the golden trio his “best friends” when they hadn’t seen each other in 6 years lol

I think the worst thing they did was hire Steve Kloves. He gave a lot of Ron's best moments to Hermione, and made Ron look like a clueless comedian. I just finished reading the third book, and I was shocked at Ron's heroism, especially when HE was the one who shouted "If you want to kill Harry, you'll have to kill us too!" And, he said that with a broken leg! THAT was real courage!

I would rather watch a 5 hour movie following the books and no cuts

I've always hated how they cut out Dumbledore's funeral

Snape: *hugging lily when he finds her* Harry: Wondering who the hell was that cape man and mr no nose

The dragon was destroying the school and Dumbledore was probably like "Leave it, more work for Filch" lmao

They also cut the part where Kreacher already became fond of Harry. I just love that moment. And the time he faught in the Battle of Hogwarts in the name of his master. Made me cry.

The one scene that was totally necessary to the story was when Dudley said, "I don't think you are a waste of space", that completed the Harry and Dudley story. It humanized Dudley and the movie completely blew it. This snafu was also noted when the part where Harry's aunt said," I lost a sister", was cut from the movie this scene was also necessary to complete the Dursley's part of the story. In both cases the book far out classed the movie.

peeves actually had a kinda big part in the books especially when fred and george tell him to give umbridge hell ☹️💀

They missed out the part were mcgonnagle got injured They also missed out the st mungos scene where we met Neville’s parents

And honestly who can forget what they have done to Harry and Ginny's relationship in movies!!

I really wish they kept Regulus and Kreacher’s backstory 😭

Also one touching scene at the end of Order of Phoenix: when Harry went to Nick the ghost to ask him about dead people and wishing he could see Sirius again even in a ghost form, heartbreaking. Sirius' death was minimize!

I was pretty sad when they didn’t add that kreacher became nice when Harry started being nice to him. I thought that was awesome in the book it was one of my favorite parts and when all the house elf’s came down and helped with the fight I was sad that wasn’t in it.

Ron is already an underrated character, and they ruined his layered charcter in movies and made him just a comic relief. Especially in prisoner of azkaban, all of Ron's brave and good line were given to hermione. And that "page 394" scene specially pisses me off, in the book Ron stand up for hermione against snape which also earned him detention, in the movies however when snape called hermione "an insufferable know it all" , Ron said "he is got point you know", like seriously! And can't even count how many time they have done this!!

Last movie, Lily having brown eyes in the flashback, Harry having his big blue eyes. You have your mother eyes Harry. This bother me more than it should.

Leaving out aunt petunia and Lily's relationship and the fact that petunia wanted to be a witch really got to me.

Never forgive how they didn’t include Wesley is our king. Because he is

My biggest disappointments: -No Peeves -No talk about the Marauders (that was a HUGE part of the 3rd book!) -No final battle in Half Blood Prince -Lots of fighting cut out of Deathly Hallows Part 2 -Many of Voldemort's memories cut in HBP -LOTS of Snape's worst memory cut, and a lot of his memories from the final film cut

Not revealing that Kreacher was forced to go with Regulus Black to fetch the locket in the cave. I wonder why they skipped that fact in the film, i think it was an important part of Kreacher's story Also Jose Synonymous reminded me (i quote his exact words) that Regulus could have saved himself by forcing Kreacher to drink the potion a second time, but instead, chose to do it himself, thereby allowing Kreacher to escape while sacrificing himself. This was completely skipped in the film.

People : RAVENclaw!! It should be a Raven not a eagle!! Me: Griffindor is a lion.

The third movie did no justice to Sirius. The book covered a few chapters just to explain Sirius’ side and on the movie, the scene where harry learned about Sirius’ innocence barely lasted a few minutes🤦🏻‍♀️ like it broke my heart so much😢 Siruis was one of the most important charcater of the 3rd book!

One thing I hated about the movie is Voldemort's death. His death in the novel is a nice piece of symbolism since it gives the big villain and wizard lovechild of Hitler and the Bogeyman the worse death he can ask for: a man's death. He didn't dissapear into the ether, he didn't burn into a blaze of glory; he died surrounded by people who realized that for how much of an inhuman apparance, no matter how dreaded he is, in the end, he is still a sad, pathetic, mortal man. While in the movie, they had him dissapear into ashes, ignoring the symbolism if his death on the novel and ruining one of the themes of the series.

Ironically, the Half-Blood Prince is my favorite book in the series and my least favorite movie in the series. But that boy who played teenage Tom Riddle in the memory scenes was hauntingly brilliant and so was Tom Felton!

2 things I wanted to see in the movies : how dumbledore got Gaunt's ring. Also, seeing Harry getting mad at Dumbledore at the end of Order of Phoenix and them having a long conversation, in the book this scene was so intense and important!

Worst thing they ever did was not having Harry fix his wand and putting the elder wand back with Dumbledore. Also how Voldemort dies

What bothers me is the absolute assassination of Ron's character in the films, and the perfection of Hermione's. She's way too perfect in the films and Ron is reduced to an idiot

Another problem with the Burrow scene in HBP: if Bellatrix can get past the Burrow’s defences, why doesn’t Voldemort go there himself to kill Harry?

If they made a show for Harry Potter, with a season for each book, they could fix all the mistakes and tell the story PROPERLY.

"The dragon is literally destroying the school and nobody cares" Hilarious🤣🤣

The thing that bothered me most about the movies was that they changed the Hermione at Malfoy Manor scene! In the books she was really brutally tortured with the Cruciatus for a long time, and the whole time in the cellar Ron was losing his mind, screaming her name and unable to get a grip. It showed their relationship really well and gave evidence to Ron’s loyalty and love that the movies really ignored in favor of seeing him as comic relief. The way they did it (with the Mudblood carving into her arm) was definitely intense and I get that the actors were too uncomfortable to film much more of the scene (as well as the fact that they said it was a little too scary for the PG-13 rating) but I feel like they still could have adjusted it so that it was more accurate. Also with the fight in the 5th book - they don’t talk about how it made Umbridge steal Harry, Fred and George’s brooms and give Harry a “lifetime ban” on Quidditch. It annoyed me that they didn’t put this one in when it made it clear that Umbridge took power over the whole school and every teacher’s wishes, and gave this desperation to Harry that made him not question the false vision of Sirius in the ministry (because it proved he had lost everything and showed how all of the terrible stuff that had happened that year was taking the last bits of hope and happiness from him).

Tonks. Deathly Hallows importance. Rons good qualities (in the films he is kinda just around) Hermiones flaws (characters are better with flaws) Percy Weasleys story (he is a minor character but seeing the weasleys and rons reactions to his decisions, even briefly, would have added some needed dimension to them. they take the time to show him but he never says a word that you'd have to know the books to notice. Family member turned enemy is good drama that would have worked for film drama showing Nevilles Parents. Show don't tell. His parents are really important to him and to knowing how bad Bellatrix is. they set it up in film 4 and then just expositioned it in 5. Show what they became and show Neville with them. That would have been very good.

I wish they included regulus’s story imsteas of harry and hermione dancing

I miss the part in Deathly Hallows book were Harry uses his invisible cloak and dissapeared only for appearing later in front of Voldemort, and the words he said to him before Voldemort died were just amazing. Its sad that they didn't include those scenes...

I can't believe, that Harry Potter community is still very active after 10 years since last movie/book.

Who else thinks that the half blood prince movie is so different to the book ? 🧐

This is why I tell everyone to just read the books. They’re not hard to read at all, and they’re amaIng stories

3 things (that aren’t that big but I am just a *little* nit picky about) that the movies changed. #1 Tonks and Lupins’s love story. In the book when Harry arrives at the burrow Tonks is there and that’s when he first sees her depressed. Her hair is brown and she seems really sad. Later in the day Harry asks Ginny, Hermione, and Ron why. The say that ever sense The Battle of the Department of Mysteries she’s been like that, and has even had trouble with her ability (to change her appearance at will). Then when Harry gets to Hogwarts his nose is broken by Malfoy. Then in the books Tonks comes in the train and finds him. She fixes his nose and then casts her patronus in the sky. (Which at this time is a Wolf). After Harry gets to the Hogwarts grounds Snape tells Tonks “I am quite interested to see your new patronus. I like the old one better, this one looks weak.” This is where you learn her patronus changed. Fast forward to Christmas. Harry is at the burrow and talks to Lupin about morphing patronuses. He says that a patronus shape can change due to shock and/or strong emotion. This leads Harry to think that Tonks had been in love with Sirius and was devastated by his death. He tells Ron and Hermione when they get back to school and they tell him that that is absurd. After The Battle of the Astronomy Tower everyone is in the hospital wing. It is here you learn that Bill has been attacked by Greyback. Fleur still says that she wants to marry Bill even though he has been bitten. Tonks then says this to Lupin, “You see! She still wants to marry him, even though he has been bitten! She doesn’t care!” Lupin replies by telling her that he is too old for her, too poor, and too dangerous. Everyone then starts arguing with Remus about how he is being ridiculous. But in Deathly Hallows we learn that someone (whom I believe to be Mrs. Weasley) has convinced him and we learned that they are married. #2 Agragog’s burial Harry and Slughorn go to Hagrid’s hut to attend his giant spider’s burial. There, Slughorn is sympathetic. He acts like he is mourning Aragog’s death, when really he is collecting venom. After that he pretends to still mourn. Then they go inside and drink. Harry eventually gets the memories buy telling him about Lily Which then gets him to cry and (reluctantly) give Harry the memories. #3 How to get passed the Womping Willow Harry, Ron, and Hermione are coming back after visiting Hagrid before Buckbeak’s execution. They are all under the invisibility cloak and are heading back when Scabbers bits Ron’s finger and tries to escape. He runs by the Womping Willow and Ron, Harry, and Hermione run after him. There they see Sirius in his Animangus form and he drags Ron into the tree. Harry and Hermione are so panicked and confused that they forget the Are by the Womping Willow. They get hit multiple times until Crookshanks presses a knot on the tree, which then freezes it. I am so crazy.

“hARRYDIDYAPUTYANAMEINTHEGOBLETOF F I Y A H H!1!1!” -Dumbledore said calmly

The movie did no justice to Ginny Weasley’s character. She was an awesome strong character in the books but a bore in the movies.

I loved the part in the films where Dumbledore calmly asks Harry if he put his name in the goblet of fire. It was true to the books

I like Ginny: In the books: 💯 In the movies:20% (Bonnie Wright is pretty)

“Did you put your name in the goblet of fire HARRY!!!” Dumbledore said calmly, sorry it’s just what I thought first, it’s just right there😂😂

Don't forget about Ketcher becoming kind. That was such a huge moment in the books. Seeing him change sides. By the way I personally like the way the movies portrayed snapes grief at the end better. It is way more heartbreaking seeing snape holding lily's dead body and crying, than him just crying over half a note.

Just like the scene with Dudley saying Harry wasn't a waste of space, Petunia (in Order of the Phoenix just after Harry and Dudley are attacked by dementors) telling Vernon that dementors are the guards of Azkaban and her shock at hearing Voldemort was back was also a vital scene as "for the very first time in his life, Harry fully appreciated that Aunt Petunia was his mother’s sister".

Harry Potter Fans: Omg..our movies got so many things wrong!!!! Percy Jackson Fans: *quietly sobs*

Personally the films made Ginny Weasley look so cringe, and begging for Harry’s attention. Whereas in the books she was totally opposite. She was fierce and confident. Also the films missed out so many things, soooo many. There was such a deep story to be told in the books and the film is just BLAH.

Maybe Barty Crouch Jr. was just really good at voice impressions

One change I love is Snape and his actor. In the books he's much more angry and loud but in the movies he's more subtle about it.

The scene in Order of the Phoenix when they try to arrest Hagrid and then McGonagal (sry might have spelled that wrong) comes to defend him is so powerful and gives me chills whenever I read it. All gone in the movies.

The 41 dislikes are people who thought that a raven was on ravenclaw’s crest

Well, yes, I was waiting for this... after reading the books(that were perfect)the movies realy made me sad, most of all, because of PEEVES😔😔😔

I will never forgive them for not having Harry fix his wand with the elder wand. Harry's wand is SO special. I'm livid until this day.

I agree with you that the movie ruined Gindawad 's redemption. He never betrayed the secret of the location of the elder wand. This was a great video, and I really enjoyed it.

God I wish we could have seen George beat the shit out of Malfoy. Satisfying as heck.

The third book is my favorite, so I'm most upset that the movie left out the fact that James and his friends wrote the Marauders Map. The movie had several opportunities to offer that key piece of info, especially when Lupin toward the end says the map never lies. The movie gives no explanation for why he would know the map never lies. And then because that movie leaves out details, the fifth movie has to compensate by having Harry call Sirius Padfoot to set up a line later when Harry gives Snape a clue about Sirius being in trouble without letting Umbridge know what he's talking about. It's just a big mess and all could have been avoided by a simple explanation. But no, they had to take up 20 seconds of screen time with a bird flying over the grounds before getting killed by the Whomping Willow.

I cannot express how much i love this channel. As much as the books themselves. This channel is my absolute favourite. I have so much love and respect for the creator ♥️ may you grow and keep showering us with many more absolutely awesome videos

I loved Ron and Hermione in the books so much more. The dynamic between themselves and also with Harry was literally one of my favorite parts of reading the series. In the movies, Hermione is a little more annoying and Ron is... just there.

Voldemorts death: Book: "Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality, his body feeble and shrunken, the white hands empty, the snake-like face vacant and unknowing." Look what they did in the films. There are so many important things that are wrong in the films...

I don’t know why but whenever a movie added a scene that wasn’t in the books I would get pretty annoyed

Honestly, i am a great fan of the first two movies. The remaining make me so mad with all the alterations and omissions. And I won't tolerate the excuse of time shortage because THEY HAD TIME TO ADD NONSENSICAL SCENES like voldy hugging draco, Ginny tying Harry's shoelaces, the burrow burning down and others. It makes me so mad

My friend told me about ravenclaw’s crest the same way you defined it. It helped me realize how much sense as well as the qualities the eagle embodies: wisdom and independence, etc. Thank you for mentioning the best fight in the series. I wish they included it because it was freaking hysterical in the books.

"Dumbledore brought the love of his life to his knees" *cough*

Difference 1: Ron and Hermione's relationship in the book is healthy and loving progressing from admiration and friendship to love organically, with growth for both Characters. In the film Ron is demoted to dumb and comic relief and Hermione's flaws are not shown as something Ron finds charming outside of film 1 totally unbalancing the relationship.

I've always missed the part when Harry repairs his broken wand with the Elder Wand, and then leaving it in Dumbledore's grave.

My only issue with “The Prince’s Tale” in the final movie is that it implies that Snape was in Godric’s Hollow first on that faithful Halloween night when we know it’s Hagrid who rescued Harry from there... just made things super confusing.

The thing I missed the most in the movies was Percy's story and his reaction to Fred dying. Fred accepting him back and dying afterwards is such a powerful moment and I hated how it was reduced to just him taking avada kadavra to the chest. I understand why it's not there but it would've been amazing to see the entire story in the movies.

Book: "Harry did you put your name in the goblet?" Dumbledore said calmly. MOVIE: "hArRy pOtTeR! hArRy dId yOu pUt yOuR nAmE iN tHe gObLeT!? DID YOU ?!!!!!!" Sorry i will never be able to get over that aha

3:45 What you are saying here, that it was genious to give Neville the role of providing Harry the Gillyweed, is indeed true. However, this wasn't all made up by the people who wrote the movie-scripts. Moody told Harry in the book he had given that book about waterplants to Neville so that he could inform Harry about the Gillyweed. But Harry wanted to do it alone so bad that he didn't even ask Neville. It was a great way to cut Dobby out of the film, but it still followed the book to a certain point.

I think the worst thing the films did different from the books was the way they handled Ginny's character and her relationship with Harry. The films didn't do her justice or capture the true image of her. There are quite a few people who only saw the films that couldn't get on board with Harry and Ginny's relationship, but almost everyone who read the books say that the two of them are perfect for each other. Rowling even said she wrote Ginny to be Harry's ideal girl, and it shows in the books.

The one that makes me so mad and i don't even know why is that the kitchen house elves and non existent in the movies and S.P.E.W. also doesn't exist. The other one is ron and hermione's kiss lol i just loved it

MORGAN- "DO I LOSE SLEEP OVER IT.. HELL NO" SAVAGE!!

I hated how in "Deathly Hollows 2- the movie" - Neville never got credit for finding out that Nagini was a horcrux, in the movies basically everyone knows after Harry told them ???? and its just messed up, cause Neville could have been the chosen one as well and it was a very important piece of information, that he found out Nagini was a horcrux and that he killed her. And not in the batttle but around Voldemort´s neck.

you really are so dedicated to your content! im not even the type to comment but just want to let you know you have admirable work ethic as well as have fed my love for the series even when there were no films or video games in the works!

Ok I’ve read the books and watched the movies multiple times. Every time I watch the scene in hbp of the burrow being destroyed I wonder how on earth I could forget an entire scene. And then I wonder why I don’t remember them fixing a burned down home entirely in about 7 ish months for bill and fleur’s wedding. It did not occur to me that it was just an added scene. For years. I think I’m an idiot.

When I read the books, I was soooo excited to see certain parts in the movie, especially meeting Winky and the house-elves in the kitchen, and seeing the part where the Dursleys' fireplace blows up. But they took out ALL OF THE BEST PARTS!!

8:14 “snape was one of the teachers protecting the stone” This is actually true in the movie, this is because Snape went after Quirrell and the 3rd floor to ensure that the stone wasn’t taken when he burst into the great hall saying that the troll left the dungeon, he may have not protected the stone like the other professors (mcgonangol, flitwick, sprout and dumbledore) but he still did.

A major thing Just one Word Ron

Molly: if i get one more owl telling me you've blown up a toilet or- Fred: Blown up a toilet? We've never blown up a toilet - Great Idea thx mum! *ginny cries* Fred: Don't worry ginny, we'll send you loads of owls! George: We'll send you a Hogwarts toilet seat! Molly: George!

Did even realize until now that 7 does appear too much. I know it's magical and all, but still. 7 Horcruxes, 7 Traps in Philosopher's Stone, Hell, there's even 7 books in the series.

15:38 I just can’t even with that line lmfao.

THANK YOU! As a Ravenclaw, it’s always bothered me that they use a raven instead of an eagle when the books say it so many times. I do buy the merchandise, but only out of house pride!

Nearly every scene with Ginny.

I'm telling it from the perspective of someone who watched the movies first and read the books afterwards. Things I was sad about: Prisoner of Azkaban: They kept out the reason why the Shrieking Shack was built, as well as why all of the marauders are animagi. Goblet of Fire: The story of Barty Crouch Jr. and Winky, the relationship to his father, the way he got out of azkaban and to the worldcup is missing and only after hearing it I really understood it. Also I would have loved to see the ending scene in the hospital wing and little details such as that harry gives the twins the prize money Halfblood prince: Here began the root of my confusion. Why erase the most important denkarium scenes of harry and dumbledore? While watching the movie I was so confused that harry knew what the horkruxes were. Also why did they erase the battle scene in the tower and add a lot of new ones? (Also Fleur and Bill) And they should have add dumbledores funeral. deathly hallows: I really would have loved to keep dumbledores whole backstory in it. It really made him more approachable, he made mistakes and it was one of my favourite story. Why did harry have to break the elderwand? Still makes me furious that he didnt fix his own wand in the movie. Also I was sad that they didnt show Kreacher getting along with them after his tale.

1 thing I always hated was like in books 5 and 6 the Dursley Family finally gets a real taste of the dangers Harry has been facing and has to go through on his own. The family has a drastic character arc change that they come to realize what and who he is and respects and loves him before they go. Dudley is like give them hell, his Aunt is actually crying for him, and suddenly has a change of her love for her sister, and his Uncle is kind to him before they go. That always made me mad in the movie, because it just shows them rushing away. There's a deleted scene in that movie where it's like that in the book, but even then it's not fully fleshed out. It would have been a cool moment to show that change. I also didn't appreciate the new actor they got for Dumbledore. I never thought he brought the dynamic the original actor RIP, brought to the first 2 movies. The dynamic between Dumbledore and Harry is a father-son/mentor role. It's often described in the books that Dumbledore is kind, patient, understanding, and wise towards his interactions with Harry. In the movies, Dumbledore shows almost nothing of that dynamic towards Harry. There are other things, but those are just me nitpicking, but those two are the ones I didn't like the most.

"Pardon my language, but that is complete and utter _bullshit."_ *insert shocked Alan Rickman gif*

I wish the movies had Charlie

The physical fight between Ron Neville and Malfoy and his cronies in the quidditch stand from the first book was one of my most favourite 😂❤️❤️❤️

The Duel between Dumbledore and Voldemort made Dumbledore seem like Tom was a match for him, when he clearly wasn’t.

Leaving Peaves out gets to me too, and I wanted to see more of the Tom Riddle memories in half blood prince.

oh you're angry about the Harry Potter film adaptations? How do you think I feel? I'm a Percy Jackson fan...

I loved it when I read Harry and George beat the crap out of Malfoy

0:49 10 Ravenclaw's Crest 2:30 9 Dobby 3:54 8 Physical fights 5:32 7 Bellatrix in the Half Blood Prince 7:07 6 Obstacles guarding the Philosopher's Stone 8:24 5 Polyjuice Potion 9:57 4 The First Task 11:57 3 R.A.B. 13:05 2 Lily's Letter 14:35 1 Grindelwand's exchange with Voldemort

"Ravenclaw means bird with black claws. Eagles have raven claws." Me: :O :O

I went to wizarding world and my favorite house is Ravenclaw. I left with a wand.

This is perfect. I just started the audiobooks and have been wondering about the changes.

I love seeing your RU-vid videos because even tho I can't buy all the books I get a insight into it through ur videos thx 🤗🙏