As I'm sure many people know, centaurs' speech about Mars being bright is very important in context of the whole series. It might imply that they predicted Harry's death in the forest by the hand of Voldemort. Which happened indeed, but six years later.
I love the first 3 HP books. When things were simple and very mysterious. This bit where Voldemort is drinking the unicorn blood is soo creepy in the book. It really sits in your mind after.
Neville really got the short end of the stick so many times in the movies. I think its only after 5th book when readers learnt that Neville could have also been the chosen one and him being part of the group going to Ministery of magic, the movie makers understood his importance and gave him some imp scenes like gillyweed and room of requirements to build his character a little bit.
Marketing wise it'd not been smart, but the movies would have flown a lot better if they allowed the books to finish first. They'd known beforehand Neville would be important and didn't have to shove all Dobby's story to him, only to then realise oh oops Dobby is important too.
I think the book is markedly superior to the movie. It hurts to see all the stuff that has been omitted. Just taking the major plot points and stringing them together while cutting everything else doesn't make a good movie. It's a pity that Neville is degraded to a marginal extra, that Hagrid isn't allowed to put Draco in his place and that the two other centaurs are missing and consequently the complete conflict concerning direct involvement in human affairs.
@selwynevonbeereskow8053 I don’t know if you see it, but I think that some of the casting, like Vernon, Marge, Molly, Flitwick, Flitch, and other things/the cinematography, William’s eerie and mysterious music and sound effects, and the first Voldemort design, are really good! The cgi and sets were very disappointing though. But if the filmmakers could make the cinematography in the Old Forest, for example, look so good, then just imagine what and how it would look like in Puzzle wood Forest, England, which is Rowling’s inspiration for the forest! But, you’re right; they took out, changed, and added so many things, that created plot holes beyond count. None of these things probably wouldn’t have happened if each film would have been 4 1/2 hours long, at the very least. Even Bonnie Wright wanted them to be at least 5 hours!
@@saberhamlinconmaverickknud4821 I love the complete cast without any exception. I love the sets, the cinematography and the music. I just don't like what they did to the story.
The movie never mentioned the tower and that Charlie would take Norbert. Leaving the tower was where they got caught. The centaurs played an important part in the story but the films kept them out all together. Kinda wish it was closer to the source material
The movies, especially the early ones, sadly left out so much of the world building and made a lot of things not really makes sense. Where in the books things make a lot more sense within the world. I excited to see what the TV series can do to bring the full story to the screen. One thing the movies did do incredibly though was the caster so I hope the series lives up to that.
I think Dumbledore tells him at the end when he was in the hospital but it been long time since I read the books so I don't remember very well. But I know for sure Dumbledore tells Harry, when I'm not sure.
I think people tend to like what they see first, so if you read the book first you like the book more but if you saw the movie first you tend to like the movie more...
That's not true. I saw the movies first. And then read the books bcz I knew I would like books more and I was so right. After reading the books, I kinda started hating the movies for murdering Ron and Ginny's character and glorifying Hermoine. It just depends on person to person
I read the books first as an adult, but have seen the films far more often (usually if it's playing on TV I'll sit and watch). I appreciate the detail of the books, but enjoy the visuals of the films. They're both interesting to me.
Sometimes it is hard to find a proper still shot to use. Especially in this scene cause the entire scene is super dark lighting. But even so, I test between real thumbnails and AI. Thanks for your comment as it helps me understand what viewers prefer! :)
Thanks for your reply. I was thinking about why I really dislike the AI images and apart from the moral and ethical reasons behind the image sources, it seems to trigger an “uncanny valley” response in me. But as I said, the videos are great. I’m really enjoying both this and the LotR series. Please keep them coming!
