JK Rowling's epic book series is so
magical it'd be impossible to include it
all on screen welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top ten differences between the
Harry Potter novels and movies hmm
difficult very difficult for this list
we're looking at characters stories are
pretty much anything else that was left
out when the Harry Potter books became
movies since we're talking about major
plot points and characters you might
want to put your extendable ears away
and do some light reading and watching
this is liked X boiler Armas and by that
we mean
spoiler alert everything number 10
look there's a Sphinx in the maze movie
no Sphinx the Harry Potter novels offer
some great riddle solving that
unfortunately didn't make the final cut
for example in the Philosopher's Stone
Hermione has to solve a potions riddle
to help Harry confront Professor
Quirrell
tell me
what do you see JK Rowling once again
threw a puzzle at her character's in the
Goblet of Fire but here Harry has no
help trapped alone in a hedge maze
during the Triwizard Tournament while
the movie version only has Harry
escaping from some scary shrubbery the
book's maze houses menacing creatures
one such creature is a sphinx that will
only let Harry pass if he correctly
answers a riddle this character
inclusion reminded readers of Rowling's
background in mythology while also
suggesting that maybe Hermione rubbed
off on Harry me books friendship and
bravery Harry just be careful number 9
book and a mage eye are explained movie
and a mage eye are not really explained
please sir an animagus is a wizard who
elects to turn into an animal a werewolf
has no choice do you know the difference
between a werewolf and an animagus if
you've only seen the third Harry Potter
movie Hermione's explanation is all you
get however the books go into greater
detail about the process of turning into
an animal and the laws surrounding it we
also learned that James Potter Sirius
black and Peter Pettigrew became
unregistered anime jaaye to accompany
Remus Lupin whenever he transformed into
a werewolf and that they created the
marauders map to help sneak out of
Hogwarts messes Moony Wormtail Padfoot
and prongs are proud to present the
Marauders man we hadn't so much so if
you didn't read the books it might have
been confusing when Pettigrew became a
rat serious a dog and even McGonagall a
cat though you know she did it legally
that was bloody brilliant thank you for
that assessment mr. Weasley
understanding what an animagus is even
give significance to the Potter family's
patronesses since James became a stag no
my Patronus is a stag
right yeah endless number eight look
Peter Pettigrew is strangled to death by
his Silver Hand movie Peter Pettigrew
does not die remember when Voldemort
gives Peter Pettigrew a shiny new hand
after he sacrifices his real one to
revive his master the books prove that
this wasn't just a gift as Harry and
company tried to escape from Malfoy
Manor in the deathly hallows Pettigrew
is all that stands in their way he
briefly stops himself from killing the
son of his best friend but this proves
to be his downfall as he's then
strangled to death by his own hand since
he defied his master Voldemort in the
movie Pettigrew is easily put out of
commission by Dobby who only disarms him
but does not kill him guess some things
are too dark for the silver screen huh
who gets his wand number 7 book Harry
replaces the Elder Wand
in Dumbledore's Tomb movie Harry breaks
the Elder Wand and throws it away
he killed a wizard with whom he had once
corals
drunk with the power that the Elder Wand
had given him he bragged of his
invincibility here's a moment that made
all Potter fans gasp in both the book
and the film Harry is revealed as the
elder wands true master after he disarms
its previous master draco malfoy
it's what he does with it in the movie
that expire heads to this day after the
Battle of Hogwarts in the final film
Harry does what probably no one with an
all-powerful wand would do he snaps it
into and throws it off a bridge in the
book however Harry uses it to fix his
own wand which he always preferred then
returns it to Dumbledore's grave so that
when Harry finally dies the wand will
have no allegiance to anyone else well
that makes more sense she thinks she'll
the chosen one
sorry I'm kidding number six book house
elves are mistreated but play vital
roles movie house elves are mostly
unimportant unseen why do you why that
thing Dobby this just a mock of the
house shouts enslavement Harry Potter
deals with many issues but one that's
glossed over in the movies is the
mistreatment of house elves we do see
Dobby as a slave to the Malfoy's I'll
deal with him later
but he has much more purpose than the
movies let on for example he's the one
who gives Harry the gillyweed in the
Goblet of Fire
not Neville you're sure about this never
absolutely for an hour
slightly something else the movies don't
show is that Dobby and other house elves
are given proper employment in the
Hogwarts kitchens plus the film's don't
include the female house elf Winkie who
cares for Barty Crouch jr. gets fired
and is then employed at Hogwarts Mann
house elves deserve more credit
just ask the creator of spew the Society
for the promotion of elfish welfare
Hermione Granger that is the general
idea it's brilliant
number 5 look Harry and Hermione miss
Ron movie Harry and Hermione slow dance
to cheer up
[Applause]
[Music]
when Harry Ron and Hermione search for
the Deathly Hallows their relationship
slowly becomes strained Ron in
particular is affected as he has to wear
the Horcrux locket which forces his most
negative feelings to surface you think I
don't know how it feels your parents are
dead you have no family
Ron soon can't deal with it and leaves
his two friends alone in the Deathly
Hallows Part 1 Harry and Hermione are
wallowing in despair while listening to
the radio when a soothing song pops on
the two then begin to dance with each
other sharing a brief moment of
cheerfulness they hadn't felt for quite
some time but as the song finishes it's
back to reality this scene doesn't
appear at all in the books but is a nice
moment between friends
[Music]
number four book Voldemort dies like a
human movie Voldemort dies like a
supernatural creature in both the books
and the movies Harry and Voldemort are
having their final duel and their wands
connect as they'd done in the Goblet of
Fire
Voldemort uses the Elder Wand even
though it doesn't have allegiance to him
but doesn't realize that he's actually
fighting its real master the Elder Wand
refuses to harm Harry and rebounds
Voldemort's killing curse back towards
him the book does not afford Voldemort
the grandiose death he wanted instead he
dies like a human in a purposefully
anticlimactic way in the movie however
Voldemort just sort of breaks apart and
fades away which is visually stunning
but doesn't have that same finality and
affords him more power than he deserves
number three book peeves Ludo bagman
Charlie Weasley and Teddy Lupin all
exist movie peeves Ludo bagman
Charlie Weasley and Teddy Lupin don't
appear when any book series is given the
film treatment some characters don't
make the cut because they interfere with
the pace but we missed a few peeves the
poltergeist a pesky ghoul who pulls
pranks on staff and students at Hogwarts
is a fan favorite the Ministry of Magic
said of the division for magical games
Ludo bagman appears in the Goblet of
Fire book but not the film on-screen the
Weasley family's second eldest Charlie
is only mentioned and shown in pictures
my parents decided to go to Romania to
visit my brother Charlie he's studying
dragons there but an especially
upsetting omission is Teddy Lupin son of
Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks by the
way wait till you hear the news cosy
contact later this book character
represents the tragic cyclical nature of
the series as he's orphaned in the
Battle of Hogwarts and essentially
becomes his generations Harry and Remus
hey you some others will tell him what
his mother and father died for one day
he'll understand
they even cast the character and have
this new life
doing your own thing in your suddenly
independent number to look various
characters visit st. Mungo's Hospital
for magical maladies movie st. Mungo's
never appears yep even the Wizarding
World needs a hospital in the books
several Wizards are injured enough to be
sent to st. Mungo's including Arthur
Weasley after he's attacked by Nagini
some patients are there permanently like
Gilderoy Lockhart who suffers from a
backfired memory charm bet you forgot
about him who you weasely really and Who
am I
other long-term residents are Neville's
parents who were tortured into insanity
with the Cruciatus curse by Voldemort's
minions NEFAs parents they suffered a
fate worse than death you asked me this
scene not only shows the terrible
effects of the first Wizarding war it
also flushes out Neville's tragic
backstory highlighting the fact that the
Longbottom's history of defying the Dark
Lord may have made Neville the chosen
one instead of Harry but it may have
just been too hard to watch when the
Longbottom's don't recognize their own
son I'm quite proud with Essen before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions oh there you are
Kimani and Ron are already at my death
day party
it's a Firebolts fastest breathe in the
world but who sent rose this came with
it number one book half-blood Tom Riddle
was conceived thanks to a love potion
movie Voldemort's parentage is largely
glossed over when Dumbledore takes Harry
through Voldemort's past in the movies
we learn a little about how he went from
orphan boy to the Dark Lord I can make
things move without touching me I can
make animals do not want without
training them I can make bad things
happen to be a clue mean to me the books
however tell the full story Voldemort is
the son of the witch Myrtle P gaunt and
the muggle Tom Riddle Moreau P fell in
love with Tom Riddle and with the help
of a love potion she married him and
became pregnant Rowling has said it's
important that Voldemort was conceived
as a result of force rather than real
love as it explains why he cannot feel
love Moreau P eventually stopped using
the potion hoping riddle actually loved
her
unfortunately he abandoned both Moreau P
and their unborn son this explains
Voldemort hatred of muggles as well as
half-bloods as he himself is one
surely you didn't think I was going to
keep my filthy muggle father's name do
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under a confundus charm when we made
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