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Notes:
(1) In the book, The Room of Requirement is Dobby's idea, in the film it's Neville's. Same with gillyweed in "Goblet of Fire."
- Ergo, film Neville is book Dobby.
(2) Hermione: "I think we ought to elect a leader."
Cho: "Harry’s leader."
Hermione: "Yes, but I think we ought to vote on it properly ... It makes it formal."
- I don't know... the vote seems rigged to me.
— May 29, 2020 12:30AM

Notes:
(1) In the book, The Room of Requirement is Dobby's idea, in the film it's Neville's. Same with gillyweed in "Goblet of Fire."
- Ergo, film Neville is book Dobby.
(2) Hermione: "I think we ought to elect a leader."
Cho: "Harry’s leader."
Hermione: "Yes, but I think we ought to vote on it properly ... It makes it formal."
- I don't know... the vote seems rigged to me.
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Jayson
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Notes:
(1) Well, I'm nearly finished with this. Now I've got to hunker down and write my review. I simultaneously hate writing reviews but love finishing reviews. It's like exercise, and Harry Potter reviews are especially stressful and demanding on account of the extra attention.
(2) Feel free to use my gifs. They're on my Imgur at: .
— Jun 23, 2020 12:10AM

Notes:
(1) Well, I'm nearly finished with this. Now I've got to hunker down and write my review. I simultaneously hate writing reviews but love finishing reviews. It's like exercise, and Harry Potter reviews are especially stressful and demanding on account of the extra attention.
(2) Feel free to use my gifs. They're on my Imgur at: .

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) "Cornelius, I am ready to fight your men � and win again!"
- Dumbledore giving orders to Fudge while still an enemy of the state is one of the series most boss moments.
(2) Phineas Nigellus: "You see, Dumbledore? ... Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood..."
- A bit cynical, but he's not incorrect.
— Jun 22, 2020 01:01AM

Notes:
(1) "Cornelius, I am ready to fight your men � and win again!"
- Dumbledore giving orders to Fudge while still an enemy of the state is one of the series most boss moments.
(2) Phineas Nigellus: "You see, Dumbledore? ... Never try to understand the students. They hate it. They would much rather be tragically misunderstood..."
- A bit cynical, but he's not incorrect.

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Notes:
(1) Neville: "A brain attacked Ron but I think he’s all right � and Hermione’s unconscious, but we could feel a pulse �"
- You'd think all the time fighting with Hermione would have better prepared Ron to fight another brain.
(2) Voldemort calls Bellatrix "Bella"... wonder if he's a "Twilight" fan?
(3) It's easy to forget that people still think Sirius is a murderer.
— Jun 21, 2020 01:00AM

Notes:
(1) Neville: "A brain attacked Ron but I think he’s all right � and Hermione’s unconscious, but we could feel a pulse �"
- You'd think all the time fighting with Hermione would have better prepared Ron to fight another brain.
(2) Voldemort calls Bellatrix "Bella"... wonder if he's a "Twilight" fan?
(3) It's easy to forget that people still think Sirius is a murderer.

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) "[Harry] just wanted to get them all out of this alive, make sure that none of his friends paid a terrible price for his stupidity."
- That's certainly a good reason.
(2) Harry: "How come Voldemort wants it?"
Bellatrix: "You dare speak his name?"
Harry: "Yeah."
- Good answer, Harry. Very forthright.
(3) Ron: "Accio brain!"
- C'mon, Ron, you've already got brains.
— Jun 20, 2020 12:30AM

Notes:
(1) "[Harry] just wanted to get them all out of this alive, make sure that none of his friends paid a terrible price for his stupidity."
- That's certainly a good reason.
(2) Harry: "How come Voldemort wants it?"
Bellatrix: "You dare speak his name?"
Harry: "Yeah."
- Good answer, Harry. Very forthright.
(3) Ron: "Accio brain!"
- C'mon, Ron, you've already got brains.

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) Hermione treats Luna like McGonagall treats Trelawney. With open disdain at the mere mention of absurdities, but with affection and friendship when faced against a common enemy.
(2) Harry, Luna and Neville being the only ones who can hear voices behind the veiled archway should have been a light bulb moment, since they're also the only ones who can see thestrals.
— Jun 19, 2020 12:10AM

Notes:
(1) Hermione treats Luna like McGonagall treats Trelawney. With open disdain at the mere mention of absurdities, but with affection and friendship when faced against a common enemy.
(2) Harry, Luna and Neville being the only ones who can hear voices behind the veiled archway should have been a light bulb moment, since they're also the only ones who can see thestrals.

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) Ron: "What’ve you done with Umbridge?"
Harry: "She got carried away."
- Very James Bond of him.
- Even in life-threatening situations there's always time for jokes.
(2) Harry: "Ron’s the only one with a broomstick that isn’t being guarded by
a security troll, so �"
Ginny: "I’ve got a broom!"
- Ginny being invisible to Harry again. He'll change his tune next book.
— Jun 18, 2020 12:30AM

Notes:
(1) Ron: "What’ve you done with Umbridge?"
Harry: "She got carried away."
- Very James Bond of him.
- Even in life-threatening situations there's always time for jokes.
(2) Harry: "Ron’s the only one with a broomstick that isn’t being guarded by
a security troll, so �"
Ginny: "I’ve got a broom!"
- Ginny being invisible to Harry again. He'll change his tune next book.

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) '"What did you call us?" shouted a wild-looking black centaur, whom Harry recognized as Bane.'
- Bane? I bet he was born in the darkness.
- In my head he's voiced by Tom Hardy.
(2) "Real tears [slid] down [Hermione's] face now. “We haven’t done anything to hurt you ... we just want to go back to school.�
- Of course she wants to go back to school, she's Hermione.
— Jun 17, 2020 12:20AM

Notes:
(1) '"What did you call us?" shouted a wild-looking black centaur, whom Harry recognized as Bane.'
- Bane? I bet he was born in the darkness.
- In my head he's voiced by Tom Hardy.
(2) "Real tears [slid] down [Hermione's] face now. “We haven’t done anything to hurt you ... we just want to go back to school.�
- Of course she wants to go back to school, she's Hermione.

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) Umbridge: "They were all bleating about silencing you ... but I was the one who actually did something about it ... Only you wriggled out of that one, didn’t you, Potter?"
- How very "If it wasn't for you meddling kids..."
(2) "Though Hermione was sobbing desperately into her hands, there was no trace of a tear."
- Great! Cries all the time, but now she's unable!
— Jun 16, 2020 12:15AM

Notes:
(1) Umbridge: "They were all bleating about silencing you ... but I was the one who actually did something about it ... Only you wriggled out of that one, didn’t you, Potter?"
- How very "If it wasn't for you meddling kids..."
(2) "Though Hermione was sobbing desperately into her hands, there was no trace of a tear."
- Great! Cries all the time, but now she's unable!

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) "The confederation had met for the first time in France ... Goblins had tried to attend and been ousted ... And nobody from Liechtenstein had wanted to come."
- Typical Liechtenstein, always going their own way.
(2) Hermione: "This isn’t a criticism, Harry! But ... don’t you think you’ve got a bit of a—a—saving-people-thing?"
- Well, not the worst complex to have.
— Jun 15, 2020 12:30AM

Notes:
(1) "The confederation had met for the first time in France ... Goblins had tried to attend and been ousted ... And nobody from Liechtenstein had wanted to come."
- Typical Liechtenstein, always going their own way.
(2) Hermione: "This isn’t a criticism, Harry! But ... don’t you think you’ve got a bit of a—a—saving-people-thing?"
- Well, not the worst complex to have.

Jayson
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Notes:
(1) Hermione loves elves but hates giants... a bit hypocritical if you ask me. Also ironic since nearly every elf hates her, but Grawp adores her.
(2) 'Harry raised his wand, looked directly at Umbridge, and imagined her being sacked.
"Expecto Patronum!"'
- Sure, that's a happy thought... though, if it were me, I'd add some sort of humiliation to make it extra happy.
— Jun 14, 2020 12:20AM

Notes:
(1) Hermione loves elves but hates giants... a bit hypocritical if you ask me. Also ironic since nearly every elf hates her, but Grawp adores her.
(2) 'Harry raised his wand, looked directly at Umbridge, and imagined her being sacked.
"Expecto Patronum!"'
- Sure, that's a happy thought... though, if it were me, I'd add some sort of humiliation to make it extra happy.
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Wizards are more like muggles than they think :)


The story I always heard was that CGI creatures are terribly expensive, and they try to cut them whenever they can. They wanted to cut out Kreacher entirely until JK Rowling stepped in to say he was critical in the last book. It's the same reason they cut out direwolves from Game of Thrones in the last few seasons, because they were spending the money on dragons.
But, yes, with a lot of the subplots cut out of the films, Neville needed some more screen time, especially to justify his role in the last film. It kills two birds with one stone.

Yeah, especial effects are pretty awesome but also expensive. It's innevitable and understandable but still pretty sad.
Book Hermione is so much better than movie Hermione.

It's why I always say Harry Potter would work much better as an animated series. It's just a better fit for both the content and format than feature films.

Book Hermione grows as a character. Film Hermione's overpowered from the start.

It's why I always say Harry Potter would work ..."
True... but it does kind of take some of the magic away, doesn't it? It would look better butsince its animated I'll be lowkey expecting something like that and not be so in awe of things like the moving pictures and all that.

I see what you're saying. I think eventually they'll do a remake of the series in live action. But that's probably a decade away at least. Personally, I'm all for different iterations of the same story. It's why I enjoy cover songs. I figure we already have a really good live-action treatment of it, might as well try something different. It might even be better despite being less realistic visually.
I'll always point to the Michael Keaton Batman movies. Those were financial blockbusters, and people enjoyed them a lot, but then they followed up with Batman: The Animated Series based on it, and nearly everyone prefers the animated series. It's considered one of the greatest cartoons of all time. An animated Harry Potter might even be terrible, but you'll never know until you try :)


And you know, because it's Harry Potter, it'd be the best animation money could buy, which would still loads cheaper than a film. You could explore all the subplots and see characters that were cut from the films. Personally, I really want to see book-accurate wizard outfits and a Hermione with poofy hair :)

Nothing to worry about. I do it all the time. I just click the edit comment link next to "reply" and hope no one noticed :)

I see what you are saying. And, I mean, more Harry Potter wouldn't hurt... maybe the will get to it someday and maybe it will look great. I guess we'll only know with time.