We had the attack on the Millenium Bridge which was also a great addition, I liked how the Burrow Attack conveyed the personal war against the Death Eaters
- "There's no Hogwarts without you" in Chamber - The action sequence with the flying Ford Anglia in Chamber - Harry seeing Wormtail on the map in Prisoner - Cho being the snitch in Phoenix - The fish Slughorn gave Lily in Prince - Burrow attack in Prince - Harry and Hermione kissing during the horcrux scene in Hallows Part 1 - Harry and Hermione dancing in Hallows Part 1 - "You have no family" in Hallows Part 1 - Carving "Mudblood" on Hermione's arm in Hallows Part 1 - Harry not being disguised in Godric's Hollow in Hallows Part 1 - Voldemort feeling the destruction of each horcrux in Hallows Part 2 - Voldemort killing a random supporter after a horcrux was destroyed in part 2 - Harry sensing the horcruxes with his connection with Voldemort in Hallows Part 1 and 2 - The duel between Voldemort and Harry in Hallows Part 2 - Snape dying in the boat house in Hallows Part 2
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- "There's no Hogwarts without you" in Chamber - The action sequence with the flying Ford Anglia in Chamber - Harry seeing Wormtail on the map in Prisoner - Cho being the snitch in Phoenix - The fish Slughorn gave Lily in Prince - Burrow attack in Prince - Harry and Hermione kissing during the horcrux scene in Hallows Part 1 - Harry and Hermione dancing in Hallows Part 1 - "You have no family" in Hallows Part 1 - Carving "Mudblood" on Hermione's arm in Hallows Part 1 - Harry not being disguised in Godric's Hollow in Hallows Part 1 - Voldemort feeling the destruction of each horcrux in Hallows Part 2 - Voldemort killing a random supporter after a horcrux was destroyed in part 2 - Harry sensing the horcruxes with his connection with Voldemort in Hallows Part 1 and 2 - The duel between Voldemort and Harry in Hallows Part 2 - Snape dying in the boat house in Hallows Part 2
Guess what Stafford? A LOT goes into getting the pictures. They had to film all that, even if it was just for the background-- which is how it was in the book. They still had to actually film the battles, and you did see a lot of it, it just wasn't very long or was the focus.
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I'll most likely have more when I re-watch the entire series during the holidays.
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Well after read all this things, I have to add some of them to my list.
I loved seeing Hermione's parents Obliviated. Slughorn and the goldfish was FANTASTIC! I loved the Harry/Lupin bridge scene. Luna telling Harry about Thestrals in OotP was great character development. Death Eaters capturing Harry's friends in OotP brought out more of Harry's fear and emotion.
I have always thought that the Harry and Luna meeting about the Thestrals happened in the book because it was original. Can someone confirm me if this happened in the book or in the movie?
Ah but those were the good changes. Some changes were ridiculous and unnecessary. Ones that were obvious or easy were the good ones
No, usually it is only the creative ones that i enjoy. That is why i generally don't like changes, because they are rarely creative and those that aren't are rather pointless.
Well after read all this things, I have to add some of them to my list.
I loved seeing Hermione's parents Obliviated. Slughorn and the goldfish was FANTASTIC! I loved the Harry/Lupin bridge scene. Luna telling Harry about Thestrals in OotP was great character development. Death Eaters capturing Harry's friends in OotP brought out more of Harry's fear and emotion.
I have always thought that the Harry and Luna meeting about the Thestrals happened in the book because it was original. Can someone confirm me if this happened in the book or in the movie?
No, it was Hagrid that explained them in the book.
Well, good for the movie and thanks for the information Jack :-bd
in the last part of PS, Harry says 'i'm not going home, not really' or sth like that (bad memory) I liked this part, and I like it even more now that i know that there was the spell with the Dursleys as long as 4 privet drive was his 'home' it somehow seems to be predicting that there was a spell like that... oh this sounds really complicated but anyways The whole thing with SIrius pointing at Harry's heart in POA and DH2; it just makes me sad, and the story about Francis, the fish was really good. It just seemed... Lily-ish. Also liked Draco crying and the whole Sectumsempra thing, just 'cause I think it showed Draco's real feelings and was kinda thrilling. In DH1, Hermione with her parents in DH1 and leaving was stuck in my head for days after watching the movie. But I JUST CAN'T FORGET Snape crying while hugging Lily in DH2 that was... that was just perfect, and it was so sad
And there's all the little details, I heard Anne Boleyn was in one of the portraits in Hogwarts, and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings was in Dumbledore's office, though I never got around checking it out. Those stuff are cool, and makes me laugh.
in the last part of PS, Harry says 'i'm not going home, not really' or sth like that (bad memory) I liked this part, and I like it even more now that i know that there was the spell with the Dursleys as long as 4 privet drive was his 'home' it somehow seems to be predicting that there was a spell like that... oh this sounds really complicated but anyways The whole thing with SIrius pointing at Harry's heart in POA and DH2; it just makes me sad, and the story about Francis, the fish was really good. It just seemed... Lily-ish. Also liked Draco crying and the whole Sectumsempra thing, just 'cause I think it showed Draco's real feelings and was kinda thrilling. In DH1, Hermione with her parents in DH1 and leaving was stuck in my head for days after watching the movie. But I JUST CAN'T FORGET Snape crying while hugging Lily in DH2 that was... that was just perfect, and it was so sad
And there's all the little details, I heard Anne Boleyn was in one of the portraits in Hogwarts, and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings was in Dumbledore's office, though I never got around checking it out. Those stuff are cool, and makes me laugh.
You mentioned all my favorites The Draco thing in HBP was amazing, kudos to Tom Felton's performance and the Obliviate scene from DH1 was brilliant as well, that's the one that also kept lingering on my mind after watching the movie.
Voldemort uses "Sectumsempra" to Snape in DH2 was a nice touch as well. It makes Snape story line more emotional. His death scene in the movie was more touching than the book.
in the last part of PS, Harry says 'i'm not going home, not really' or sth like that (bad memory) I liked this part, and I like it even more now that i know that there was the spell with the Dursleys as long as 4 privet drive was his 'home' it somehow seems to be predicting that there was a spell like that... oh this sounds really complicated but anyways The whole thing with SIrius pointing at Harry's heart in POA and DH2; it just makes me sad, and the story about Francis, the fish was really good. It just seemed... Lily-ish. Also liked Draco crying and the whole Sectumsempra thing, just 'cause I think it showed Draco's real feelings and was kinda thrilling. In DH1, Hermione with her parents in DH1 and leaving was stuck in my head for days after watching the movie. But I JUST CAN'T FORGET Snape crying while hugging Lily in DH2 that was... that was just perfect, and it was so sad
And there's all the little details, I heard Anne Boleyn was in one of the portraits in Hogwarts, and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings was in Dumbledore's office, though I never got around checking it out. Those stuff are cool, and makes me laugh.
You mentioned all my favorites The Draco thing in HBP was amazing, kudos to Tom Felton's performance and the Obliviate scene from DH1 was brilliant as well, that's the one that also kept lingering on my mind after watching the movie.
Voldemort uses "Sectumsempra" to Snape in DH2 was a nice touch as well. It makes Snape story line more emotional. His death scene in the movie was more touching than the book.
Awesome choices! I loved "Obliviate" and seeing Hermione actually wipe herself from her parents' memories, and having Snape show up at the Potters on that fateful night was heart rending!
The Draco thing, wasn't that pretty much from the books? Didn't Harry catch him crying, which made him all the more angry at seeing Harry and want to attack him because he was so embarrassed?
in the last part of PS, Harry says 'i'm not going home, not really' or sth like that (bad memory) I liked this part, and I like it even more now that i know that there was the spell with the Dursleys as long as 4 privet drive was his 'home' it somehow seems to be predicting that there was a spell like that... oh this sounds really complicated but anyways The whole thing with SIrius pointing at Harry's heart in POA and DH2; it just makes me sad, and the story about Francis, the fish was really good. It just seemed... Lily-ish. Also liked Draco crying and the whole Sectumsempra thing, just 'cause I think it showed Draco's real feelings and was kinda thrilling. In DH1, Hermione with her parents in DH1 and leaving was stuck in my head for days after watching the movie. But I JUST CAN'T FORGET Snape crying while hugging Lily in DH2 that was... that was just perfect, and it was so sad
And there's all the little details, I heard Anne Boleyn was in one of the portraits in Hogwarts, and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings was in Dumbledore's office, though I never got around checking it out. Those stuff are cool, and makes me laugh.
You mentioned all my favorites The Draco thing in HBP was amazing, kudos to Tom Felton's performance and the Obliviate scene from DH1 was brilliant as well, that's the one that also kept lingering on my mind after watching the movie.
Voldemort uses "Sectumsempra" to Snape in DH2 was a nice touch as well. It makes Snape story line more emotional. His death scene in the movie was more touching than the book.
Awesome choices! I loved "Obliviate" and seeing Hermione actually wipe herself from her parents' memories, and having Snape show up at the Potters on that fateful night was heart rending!
The Draco thing, wasn't that pretty much from the books? Didn't Harry catch him crying, which made him all the more angry at seeing Harry and want to attack him because he was so embarrassed?
I think maybe he meant Draco's added scenes with the vanishing cabinet. Something you can't do in the book cuz we only follow Harry's pov. It was a nice touch.
Where can I find HD screenshots of the Harry Potter movies? I want to improve the first post with them.
High quality Blu-ray screenshots from Prince are here.
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Harry speaking to Lupin. The fish scene from Slughorn without the last line. The Harry/Hermione dance scene. The Hermione crying on the stairs scene after Ron kisses Lavender.
Scenes i hate:
The dragon scene. I find it long and borrowing and always fast forward through that part. The burrow attack. Just badly executed. And everything surrounding it. The scene with Harry and Ginny and the pie and Harry and Ginny and the shoe lace.
I dislike the way that Hedwig died in the film, but i wouldn't consider that a scene and in the end it isn't that big of a deal just less of an impact then it was in the book.
I've got to say, using Hedwig as the reason Harry could be identified as the real one was much better than because he used a specific spell. However, I do prefer the way she dies in the book. It better portrays the cruelty and injustice of war.
Hedwig's death was better in the film, in my opinion. It was quite heroic and a better sendoff to her.
I don't like CoS, so any additions-with the exception of the more suspenseful climax in the Chamber-were indifferent, but did they even add anything interesting? What a dull film.
PoA has the bridge discussion, which was beautiful, in my opinion.
GoF had the extended dragon battle, which isn't bad at all. It didn't take place for the sake of mindless action 'yeah another action scene, bring the CGI'. When you claim that, it means that the previous sequences of the film are full of action and this scene could have been avoided. But guess what. The dragon battle takes place after some short action moments in the film's opening 15 minutes and it takes place at 50-55 minutes into the film. It needed that boost. It was far-fetched and over the top, but I understand why they chose to put it there. It shows how dangerous and almost uncontrollable the tasks can be. So, it's not exactly my favorite moment, but it's visually breathtaking and serves some sort of a purpose. The Graveyard sequence was rather choppy, they cut a lot of interesting moments of the book, but it was still chilling and well-shot. The entire cutting of Winky/Barty/Sirius scenes in the aftermath was absolutely ridiculous, as pretty much the majority of the film's narrative was, but that's another subject.
OotP probably had the Azkaban breakout, which was a nice touch, I guess. Oh and Luna talking about the Thestrals. There was character development and it was a much better way than showing Hagrid giving another lesson. The cutting of several action moments in the film's climax was alright, the brain scene, for instance, would have been a bit ridiculous visually. But the lack of a proper explanation of the prophecy and the lack of grief for Sirius (harry smiling when he leaves the castle) was undoubtedly a very bad choice and the film's aftermath is extremely weak.
HBP had a lot of additions. The Bridge destruction was fine and showed that the DEs are indeed wreaking havoc. The Burrow attack had its purpose. It was supposed to be a moment where Bellatrix sort of tried to trap Potter or she, along with Greyback, just wanted to tease the Weasleys and prove that not even their protected house is really safe. The scene doesn't end well, but there was a purpose and it was filmed brilliantly, despite building up to something that never payed off. The lack of the Hogwarts battle was appropriate. What I'd have liked is to see the professors and students witnessing the DEs march through the castle or something to that extent, but we didn't need any fighting. It would have messed up with the narrative. That's why it was only background stuff in the book in less than 2-3 pages. Yeah, it's not even a battle in the book. It's a background skirmish. So get over it. But I agree that the Order and the teachers and D.A. should have sort of witnessed the whole thing somehow. But I also like that it focuses on Harry. And the whole scene connects well with DD's death which is the central moment of the climax anyway. An extended battle-because what you wanted was an extended battle that wasn't even present in the book-would have weakened the narrative. Another flaw was, though, the lack of a better resolution to the Half-Blood Prince subplot but that's not this scene's fault really, but the fact that they underplayed it in the film. Anyway. Dumbledore's funeral was a strange cut, I don't understand why they cut it. It could have been a 1/2-minute scene, just showing people gathering on the island and Dumbledore being buried. Could have been really nice visually. The cutting of some memories is alright as well. As it's been proved, we've seen how manipulative Voldemort was in his young age. We didn't need Smith and the Cup or the Gaunts. It's all just filler story, that is good for the books. Cinematically, they would have been boring.
DH1 had little changes and additions. The Snatcher chase was marvelous, as well as the Three Brothers animation. Dobby's earlier appearance was very fine and served as a good foreshadowing moment for Malfoy Manor, I loved Hermione's scene where she erases her parents' memories and I respected the different approach on Hedwig's death. The cutting of the Taboo and Tonks' pregnancy, the lack of information about the mirror shard and the unnecessary comedy lines of Dobby in Malfoy Manor are the only changes that I really found weird, especially Tonks' pregnancy.
DH2 had Snape vs. Harry which was a fantastic addition, as well as the whole setting up the castle protections sequence. Snape's death was miles better than the book version (the memories through the tear, taking place in the boathouse), as well as Harry vs. Voldemort's battle which was definitely better than the dialogue-driven full of exposition anti-climactic scene of the book. At least, visually, it wouldn't have worked. At all. Only purists believe it would have, but from a filmmaking standpoint it would have been an absolute letdown. Finally, the Battle of Hogwarts. Yes I expected more, because the expectations were rocket high and we wanted more, but guess what. What we saw was more than what we read in the book. Surprises you? It shouldn't. The book has the following scenes: -running in corridors with Hagrid/finding Ron and Hermione -Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement -Fred dies in the explosion of a corridor/spiders appear -Chased by Death Eaters in a couple of corridors/people fighting -Staircases/Trelawney/Greyback gets stunned -Great Hall/Entrance Hall: people fighting, spiders appear, Hagrid is gone -Grounds: Giants and Dementors (...) -Centaurs, thestrals and Buckbeak fight briefly -Chaos in the Great Hall, people fighting, house elves appear -Voldemort vs. McGonagall, Slughorn, Kingsley/ Bellatrix vs. Molly -Harry vs. Voldemort
Now, the film's battle structure was the following:
-DEs attack the protections/Snatchers attack/Quidditch Pitch on fire/background fighting/Order and teachers preparing themselves -Ron and Hermione destroy the cup/Voldemort destroys the protections -Giants and DEs charge/Knights vs. Giants/Courtyard explosions/DEs duel in tower/Snatchers attack-Bridge collapses -Chaos in staircases and corridors/explosions/background fighting -Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement -Courtyard Apocalypse: Staircases fight, Great Hall/Entrance Hall hiding/fighting, DEs vs. students and teachers, Giants fighting, Greyback, Spiders, Giants again, Dementors over the viaduct-Aberforth's spell -People stop fighting/castle in flames and ruins (...) -People charging and DEs fleeing, Kingsley, panic in Great Hall -Nagini vs. Ron and Hermione/ Neville's moment -Molly vs. Bellatrix -Harry vs. Voldemort extended: corridor fight, staircases fight, catwalks fight, flight, final courtyard duel
Um, what I actually see, when I judge the two versions of the battle, is that the battle in the film is, if not as long as the book one, actually longer than the book version. So, yeah, we expected even more, but what we got was as much-if not even more-as what we got when we read the book.
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Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
We had the attack on the Millenium Bridge which was also a great addition, I liked how the Burrow Attack conveyed the personal war against the Death Eaters
Lord Stafford.
- The action sequence with the flying Ford Anglia in Chamber
- Harry seeing Wormtail on the map in Prisoner
- Cho being the snitch in Phoenix
- The fish Slughorn gave Lily in Prince
- Burrow attack in Prince
- Harry and Hermione kissing during the horcrux scene in Hallows Part 1
- Harry and Hermione dancing in Hallows Part 1
- "You have no family" in Hallows Part 1
- Carving "Mudblood" on Hermione's arm in Hallows Part 1
- Harry not being disguised in Godric's Hollow in Hallows Part 1
- Voldemort feeling the destruction of each horcrux in Hallows Part 2
- Voldemort killing a random supporter after a horcrux was destroyed in part 2
- Harry sensing the horcruxes with his connection with Voldemort in Hallows Part 1 and 2
- The duel between Voldemort and Harry in Hallows Part 2
- Snape dying in the boat house in Hallows Part 2
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
So Crucify the ego, before it's far too late, to leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical. And you will come to find that we are all one mind, capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Most of them just ended up getting on my nerves lol
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Lily saying 'Always' to Harry.
That didn't happen in the book, right? That was PERFECT script re-writing.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
it somehow seems to be predicting that there was a spell like that... oh this sounds really complicated but anyways
The whole thing with SIrius pointing at Harry's heart in POA and DH2; it just makes me sad,
and the story about Francis, the fish was really good. It just seemed... Lily-ish.
Also liked Draco crying and the whole Sectumsempra thing, just 'cause I think it showed Draco's real feelings and was kinda thrilling.
In DH1, Hermione with her parents in DH1 and leaving was stuck in my head for days after watching the movie.
But I JUST CAN'T FORGET Snape crying while hugging Lily in DH2 that was... that was just perfect, and it was so sad
And there's all the little details, I heard Anne Boleyn was in one of the portraits in Hogwarts, and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings was in Dumbledore's office, though I never got around checking it out. Those stuff are cool, and makes me laugh.
Voldemort uses "Sectumsempra" to Snape in DH2 was a nice touch as well. It makes Snape story line more emotional. His death scene in the movie was more touching than the book.
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Lord Stafford.
Lord Stafford.
Do you have any favorite change?
Maybe Pottermore will tell.
Lord Stafford.
The Draco thing, wasn't that pretty much from the books? Didn't Harry catch him crying, which made him all the more angry at seeing Harry and want to attack him because he was so embarrassed?
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Harry speaking to Lupin.
The fish scene from Slughorn without the last line.
The Harry/Hermione dance scene.
The Hermione crying on the stairs scene after Ron kisses Lavender.
Scenes i hate:
The dragon scene. I find it long and borrowing and always fast forward through that part.
The burrow attack. Just badly executed. And everything surrounding it. The scene with Harry and Ginny and the pie and Harry and Ginny and the shoe lace.
G.G.
Lord Stafford.
I don't like CoS, so any additions-with the exception of the more suspenseful climax in the Chamber-were indifferent, but did they even add anything interesting? What a dull film.
PoA has the bridge discussion, which was beautiful, in my opinion.
GoF had the extended dragon battle, which isn't bad at all. It didn't take place for the sake of mindless action 'yeah another action scene, bring the CGI'. When you claim that, it means that the previous sequences of the film are full of action and this scene could have been avoided. But guess what. The dragon battle takes place after some short action moments in the film's opening 15 minutes and it takes place at 50-55 minutes into the film. It needed that boost. It was far-fetched and over the top, but I understand why they chose to put it there. It shows how dangerous and almost uncontrollable the tasks can be. So, it's not exactly my favorite moment, but it's visually breathtaking and serves some sort of a purpose.
The Graveyard sequence was rather choppy, they cut a lot of interesting moments of the book, but it was still chilling and well-shot. The entire cutting of Winky/Barty/Sirius scenes in the aftermath was absolutely ridiculous, as pretty much the majority of the film's narrative was, but that's another subject.
OotP probably had the Azkaban breakout, which was a nice touch, I guess. Oh and Luna talking about the Thestrals. There was character development and it was a much better way than showing Hagrid giving another lesson. The cutting of several action moments in the film's climax was alright, the brain scene, for instance, would have been a bit ridiculous visually. But the lack of a proper explanation of the prophecy and the lack of grief for Sirius (harry smiling when he leaves the castle) was undoubtedly a very bad choice and the film's aftermath is extremely weak.
HBP had a lot of additions. The Bridge destruction was fine and showed that the DEs are indeed wreaking havoc. The Burrow attack had its purpose. It was supposed to be a moment where Bellatrix sort of tried to trap Potter or she, along with Greyback, just wanted to tease the Weasleys and prove that not even their protected house is really safe. The scene doesn't end well, but there was a purpose and it was filmed brilliantly, despite building up to something that never payed off.
The lack of the Hogwarts battle was appropriate. What I'd have liked is to see the professors and students witnessing the DEs march through the castle or something to that extent, but we didn't need any fighting. It would have messed up with the narrative. That's why it was only background stuff in the book in less than 2-3 pages. Yeah, it's not even a battle in the book. It's a background skirmish. So get over it. But I agree that the Order and the teachers and D.A. should have sort of witnessed the whole thing somehow. But I also like that it focuses on Harry. And the whole scene connects well with DD's death which is the central moment of the climax anyway. An extended battle-because what you wanted was an extended battle that wasn't even present in the book-would have weakened the narrative. Another flaw was, though, the lack of a better resolution to the Half-Blood Prince subplot but that's not this scene's fault really, but the fact that they underplayed it in the film. Anyway.
Dumbledore's funeral was a strange cut, I don't understand why they cut it. It could have been a 1/2-minute scene, just showing people gathering on the island and Dumbledore being buried. Could have been really nice visually.
The cutting of some memories is alright as well. As it's been proved, we've seen how manipulative Voldemort was in his young age. We didn't need Smith and the Cup or the Gaunts. It's all just filler story, that is good for the books. Cinematically, they would have been boring.
DH1 had little changes and additions. The Snatcher chase was marvelous, as well as the Three Brothers animation. Dobby's earlier appearance was very fine and served as a good foreshadowing moment for Malfoy Manor, I loved Hermione's scene where she erases her parents' memories and I respected the different approach on Hedwig's death. The cutting of the Taboo and Tonks' pregnancy, the lack of information about the mirror shard and the unnecessary comedy lines of Dobby in Malfoy Manor are the only changes that I really found weird, especially Tonks' pregnancy.
DH2 had Snape vs. Harry which was a fantastic addition, as well as the whole setting up the castle protections sequence. Snape's death was miles better than the book version (the memories through the tear, taking place in the boathouse), as well as Harry vs. Voldemort's battle which was definitely better than the dialogue-driven full of exposition anti-climactic scene of the book. At least, visually, it wouldn't have worked. At all. Only purists believe it would have, but from a filmmaking standpoint it would have been an absolute letdown.
Finally, the Battle of Hogwarts. Yes I expected more, because the expectations were rocket high and we wanted more, but guess what. What we saw was more than what we read in the book. Surprises you? It shouldn't.
The book has the following scenes:
-running in corridors with Hagrid/finding Ron and Hermione
-Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement
-Fred dies in the explosion of a corridor/spiders appear
-Chased by Death Eaters in a couple of corridors/people fighting
-Staircases/Trelawney/Greyback gets stunned
-Great Hall/Entrance Hall: people fighting, spiders appear, Hagrid is gone
-Grounds: Giants and Dementors
(...)
-Centaurs, thestrals and Buckbeak fight briefly
-Chaos in the Great Hall, people fighting, house elves appear
-Voldemort vs. McGonagall, Slughorn, Kingsley/ Bellatrix vs. Molly
-Harry vs. Voldemort
Now, the film's battle structure was the following:
-DEs attack the protections/Snatchers attack/Quidditch Pitch on fire/background fighting/Order and teachers preparing themselves
-Ron and Hermione destroy the cup/Voldemort destroys the protections
-Giants and DEs charge/Knights vs. Giants/Courtyard explosions/DEs duel in tower/Snatchers attack-Bridge collapses
-Chaos in staircases and corridors/explosions/background fighting
-Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement
-Courtyard Apocalypse: Staircases fight, Great Hall/Entrance Hall hiding/fighting, DEs vs. students and teachers, Giants fighting, Greyback, Spiders, Giants again, Dementors over the viaduct-Aberforth's spell
-People stop fighting/castle in flames and ruins
(...)
-People charging and DEs fleeing, Kingsley, panic in Great Hall
-Nagini vs. Ron and Hermione/ Neville's moment
-Molly vs. Bellatrix
-Harry vs. Voldemort extended: corridor fight, staircases fight, catwalks fight, flight, final courtyard duel
Um, what I actually see, when I judge the two versions of the battle, is that the battle in the film is, if not as long as the book one, actually longer than the book version. So, yeah, we expected even more, but what we got was as much-if not even more-as what we got when we read the book.
Mysterious thing time.
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