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- Harry Potter movies follow a clear chronological order matching the school years at Hogwarts. The franchise started lighthearted but grew darker as the series progressed with different directors. The new reboot TV series of Harry Potter will retell the original books, not continuing the movies' timeline.
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- Overview
- General
- Philosopher's Stone
- Chamber of Secrets
- Prisoner of Azkaban
- Goblet of Fire
- Order of the Phoenix
- Half-Blood Prince
- Deathly Hallows
- Notes and references
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1. House points
•In the films, house points play a major role only in the Philosopher's Stone. In the other films, almost all mention of house points are omitted (except for two instances, one in Chamber of Secrets where Professor Sprout gives 10 points to Gryffindor, and the other in Prisoner of Azkaban, when Snape takes 5 points from Gryffindor. There was a third instance in a scene filmed for Goblet of Fire, when Snape takes 10 points from both Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, however this was cut from the film).
2. Missing characters
•There are many characters that play a secondary or even active role in the books, that are completely omitted or mentioned only. These include: •Charles Weasley •Peeves •Ludo Bagman •Bertha Jorkins •Cuthbert Binns •Andromeda and Ted Tonks •Hestia Jones •Marietta Edgecombe •Winky •Marlene McKinnon •Phineas Nigellus Black
3. Invisibility Cloak
•The Invisibility Cloak is used occasionally in the films, but it sees a lot more usage in the books.
1. The Boy Who Lived
•The film begins with Harry's arrival at Privet Drive. As a result, everything that precedes this point in the book is omitted in the film, which includes: •Vernon Dursley's day at Grunnings and his encounter with the wizards during his lunch break on the day before Harry arrived. •Vernon Dursley noticing Minerva McGonagall in her Animagus form earlier in the day, thinking she was reading a map as well as the Privet Drive sign. •The existence of Ted and Jim McGuffin. •The 'changed sleeping pattern' of the nations owls who have been flying in daytime across Britain. •The peculiar 'shooting stars' that was reported by the weatherman. •At the start of the book, Minerva McGonagall in her Animagus form had been observing Vernon Dursley prior to her meeting with Dumbledore and Hagrid. While this scene was omitted from the film, it was referenced when McGonagall voiced her objections in leaving Harry in the Dursley's care when she said she had 'watched them all day'. •Dumbledore uses his Deluminator 5 times in the film. However, in the book, he clicks it 12 times. Assuming that the number of street lamps is the same this leaves 7 lights still on in the film, thus giving reference to the magical number of Seven. •In the books there is a moment when Dumbledore and McGonagall are discussing about Voldemort's name and McGonagall then builds up the courage to say it instead of 'You-Know-Who'. •Also there is no reference to where Hagrid got the motorbike from in the films. However, in the books, Dumbledore asks Hagrid about this, to which he replies 'young Sirius Black'. •In the film, when Albus Dumbledore leaves Harry Potter on the doorstep of the Dursleys' house, he says, 'Good luck, Harry Potter.' In the book, he just says, 'Good luck, Harry.' This is likely because of the aforementioned omissions.
2. The Vanishing Glass
•When Dudley counts the presents in the book, he says there are 36 and that is two less than last year, although Aunt Petunia then shows him the present he has missed out. In the film, it was Uncle Vernon who counted the presents, and while the count remains at 36, Dudley had 37 presents last year instead of 38. •In the book, the Dursleys and Harry are accompanied to the zoo by Dudley's friend Piers Polkiss. He is omitted in the film. •The Dursleys attempting to have Harry stay with Arabella Figg is omitted, as well as the mention of her having broken her leg and also the possibilities of Harry being watched by Vernon's sister, Marge who hates Harry and Petunia's friend, Yvonne who is on holiday in Majorca. •In the book, before going to the zoo, Vernon tells Harry that if any funny stuff happens he will be in the cupboard from then until Christmas, while in the film, Vernon tells Harry that if any funny business happens, he won't have any meals for a week (although this happens in the book after the zoo incident, when Vernon says to Harry to go to his cupboard and stay there with no meals). •In the film, Vernon pulls Harry by the hair demanding that Harry tell what happened; when Harry explains, he is thrown into and locked in the cupboard by his uncle, who says to him through a small vent: 'There's no such thing as magic!' •In the book, the glass of the snake tank remains vanished. In the film it returns, trapping Dudley in the tank. •The Keeper of the reptile house who asks where the glass went is omitted from the film since the glass came back and trapped Dudley inside the tank. •Harry states in the second film that the snake at the zoo was a python (But there was a sign in the film saying 'Burmese Python'). The snake at the zoo is said to be from Burma. In the book, it is a boa constrictor from Brazil, not a python from Burma. However, both the book and the film reveal the snake was bred in captivity. Curiously, in the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the film, Harry says that the snake comes from Brazil. •In the book, the snake addressed Harry as 'amigo' when thanking him for freeing it - presumably, a nod by J.K. Rowling to its South American ancestry as 'amigo' means friend in Portuguese and Spanish. In the film, the snake simply says 'thanks'. •In the film Harry states that his encounter was like magic, to which Vernon replies 'There's no such thing as magic'. This isn't mentioned in the books as Vernon only manages to say 'Go - cupboard - stay - no meals,'.
3. The Letters From No One
•Dudley appears to know about Hogwarts, as he stares worriedly at Harry like his parents do. In the books, Dudley does not know about magic when Harry gets his letter. •The scene when Harry gets Dudley's second bedroom is omitted. He does get the room in the second film, with the latter film implying that the Dursleys supplied Harry with the room after the First Year. •The scene where Harry and the Dursleys go to a random hotel to get away from the letters was omitted from the film, so instead they went straight to the hut. •Because of this, Dudley's line of 'Daddy's gone mad, hasn't he?!' was moved to immediately after Uncle Vernon declares that they are going to move far enough away to ensure that the owls can't find them. In the book, Dudley says this line only after Vernon pauses driving long enough to do a glance around to see if any owls are following them on a bridge. •The scene with Harry and the Dursleys using the rowboat of the toothless old man to get to the hut is omitted; Therefore, the old man is also omitted from the film, but he appears in concept artwork only.
1. The Worst Birthday
•The book begins in the morning of Harry's birthday. The film begins in the evening of the day the Masons' visit, omitting Dobby in the hedges and additional quarrels between Harry and the Dursleys. However, Vernon does say that Harry is not thankful; Vernon says they cared for Harry since he was a baby, gave him their good food, and giving him Dudley's extra bedroom because they were so merciful. •On a related note, the film implies that the Dursleys' giving Harry Dudley's old bedroom occurred after his first year of Hogwarts, when he actually was given the bedroom right before Harry's new schoolyear in the previous book, in an attempt to dissuade the acceptance letters to Hogwarts addressed to Harry. •The scene where Harry is banned by the Dursleys from saying the word 'magic' is not in the film.
2. Dobby's Warning
•In the book, when Harry enters his room, Dobby sits on his bed quietly. In the film, Dobby is jumping on his bed and laughing. •Dobby does not mention that Voldemort, or a possible brother could be a suspect, as in the book version. •In the books, whenever Dobby Disapparates, the usual loud crack is heard. But in the films, Dobby appears and disappears quietly. However, it differs from film to film how he does it. In this film he fades, like if the wind took him. •The film shows Dobby levitating the cake into the sitting room and dropping it on top of Mrs Mason. In the book, however, the pudding dropped by Dobby in the kitchen, causing it to explode all over Harry, not Mrs Mason. Also in the film, Mr Mason tastes the cake, using a finger. •While the reason in the film for the Masons' departure was due to the cake dropping on Mrs Mason, in the book it was due to Mrs Mason's fear of birds when an owl sent by the Ministry of Magic arrived at the Dursleys in regards to the illegal use of the Hover Charm that was performed. •A scene is cut where the Ministry sends a letter to reprimand Harry for violating the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, which informed the Dursleys of this rule. This explains in the following film how Vernon Dursley already knew that Harry is not allowed to perform magic outside of school. Since this scene was not included in this film, it caused a continuity error with the future films. •In the book, Uncle Vernon tells a man to fit the bars on Harry's window, but in the film, Uncle Vernon fits the bars on Harry's window himself. •Harry's nightmare of himself being in a zoo cage is omitted.
3. The Burrow
•In the film, Ron wishes Harry a happy birthday when they fly away from 4 Privet Drive. Ron doesn't say this in the book as Harry's birthday was the same day the Masons visited. It should be mentioned that in the film the Weasleys gets Harry out the same evening, while in the book they saved him from the Dursleys early in the morning, next day. •In the book, the Dursleys were woken up by Hedwig's screech. In the film, they're woken up by the noise of the bars falling into the grass. •In the book, Harry's trunk is locked in the cupboard under the stairs and Fred and George sneak in the house and pick the lock of both Harry's room and the cupboard. In the film, Harry's trunk is in his room and Fred and George don't sneak in the house. •In the book, Harry forgets Hedwig, but he gets to her just in time. In the film, Harry doesn't forget anything. •When Harry was escaping from the Dursleys, the book states that all of the Dursleys tried to prevent him from escaping, only to end up hanging from the window. The film depicts only Uncle Vernon trying to prevent him from escaping, which results in him falling out of the window and landing into a bush. The fall of Vernon from the window was a comic effect created to make the scene more comedic. •In the Flying Ford Anglia the Weasley brothers suggest that Dobby could be an untrustworthy servant of the Malfoys. This is omitted from the film. •In the book, when Harry arrives at the Weasleys' home, Mrs Weasley makes her sons 'de-gnome' the garden. This scene is omitted from the film.
1. Owl Post
•The film starts with Harry performing the 'Lumos Maxima' Spell, well aware of the Restrictions of Underage Wizards and did not receive any warnings; every time he does it, Uncle Vernon would come to see what was happening and Harry would hide under the covers. In the book, Harry uses a simple torch. Lumos Maxima is later used in the sixth film. •Harry does not receive birthday presents from his friends and Harry does not find out about the Weasley's visit to Egypt until he gets to the Leaky Cauldron. •The film does not mention about Ron receiving a new wand to replace his old broken one. However, Ron actually has a new wand, since there is no spello-tape on his wand and no malfunctions happen. •The film doesn't prominantly mention (although some of this can be glimpsed by pausing to read the Daily Prophet article which is only on screen for a few seconds), Arthur Weasley winning the Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon draw in the summer of 1993, receiving a prize of seven-hundred Galleons. He and his wife spent most of the gold on a month long summer holiday to Egypt to visit their son Bill, who worked there for Gringotts Wizarding Bank as a Curse-Breaker.
2. Aunt Marge's Big Mistake
•In the book, at the dinner party, Aunt Marge allows Ripper to drink tea off of a saucer. In the film, she allows him a drink of brandy from her glass. •In the book, Aunt Marge stays for a couple of nights before she gets blown up. The film makes it seem she blows up the same day she visits. •In the book, Harry sat at the table with Aunt Marge and the Dursleys, but in the film, he is just busy at the kitchen counter serving the Dursleys and Aunt Marge. •Also in the book, Marge only floats up to the ceiling, while in the film she uncontrollably floats out of the house, later to be found circling a chimney in Sheffield. •After Harry leaves the Dursleys, when he sees Sirius Black as a dog, Sirius growls and barks. In the book, he does no such thing.
3. The Knight Bus
•In the book, Harry pretends to be Neville Longbottom while on the Knight Bus, running from the Ministry of Magic. In the film, Harry doesn't pretend to be Neville; however, his identity is still kept secret. •The film makers added Shrunken heads that have the ability to talk, probably to add humour. So far these creatures have been unique to this film only. In an interview on the DVD release, J.K. Rowling said the addition of the shrunken heads had her full support, and she only wished she'd thought of them herself. •In the book, Harry first sees Sirius Black's mugshot on the muggle news while at the Dursleys. Harry then sees him again on the a Daily Prophet as Stan reads the paper saying he saw him in the muggle news. In film, this scene on the Knight Bus is first time he's heard of or sees Sirius. •In the film, Harry is welcomed by Tom as if he's expecting Harry by climbing into the Bus. While, in the book, Harry gets off the bus and is immediately greeted by Cornelius Fudge, grateful he's there and safe. •Harry asking Cornelius Fudge to sign his Hogsmeade permission slip is taken out. •In the book, Harry still has only two weeks of the holidays remaining left before returning to Hogwarts, following the incident of blowing up Aunt Marge as mentioned by Cornelius Fudge; But in the film, Harry returns to Hogwarts the next day after having arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. •In the book, Harry reunites with Hedwig in his room at the Leaky Cauldron with Tom telling Harry that Hedwig arrived five minutes after he did; But in the film, Harry reunites with Hedwig with Tom telling Harry that Hedwig arrived five minutes before Harry did. •In the film, Harry finds his Care of Magical Creatures book already bound by a belt in his room at the Leaky Cauldron. When he unbinds the book it attacks him. In the book, this happens while he's still at the Dursleys. He unwraps the present and struggles to find the belt to bind the book.
1. The Riddle House
•The book starts with the whole story about the murder of the Riddle family and Frank Bryce the gardener. In the film his name and story are not mentioned. •In the book, Frank Bryce is invited into the room with Voldemort and his servants, and he confronts them shortly before he is killed. In the film, he does not say anything to them and is killed outside of the room. Also, in the book Wormtail was terrified to find someone listening in, not manically gleeful as in the film. •The film shows Barty Crouch Junior in the room along with Voldemort and Wormtail. His presence there is never mentioned in the book. •Bertha Jorkins is frequently mentioned in the book, but never in the film.
2. The Scar
•In the book, Harry sends a letter to Sirius shortly after waking up from his dream to let Sirius know his scar hurt, and his concerns about Voldemort being nearby. In the film, Harry only sends a letter to Sirius when already at Hogwarts and upon advice Hermione gave him aboard the Hogwarts Express, rather than on his own decision.
3. The Invitation
•In the book, Harry wakes up at Privet Drive, two weeks before 1 September. In the film, he wakes up at The Burrow. This means that the scene where the Dursleys and Harry are following a strict diet due to nurses at Dudley's school raising concerns about his weight and prescribing the diet to him, and the scene where the Weasleys enter Privet Drive through the fireplace, and Harry receives an invitation from the Weasleys to the Quidditch World Cup, are all omitted from the film.
1. Dudley Demented
•The film opens up with Harry at the park. The book opens up earlier. Also, Harry and Dudley are with the latter's friends in the film, while in the book, Dudley's friends had already left when Harry arrives at the park. •In the film, the Dementor attack happens at 6:23 p.m. in an underpass, while in the book, the attack takes place at 9:23 p.m. in an alleyway.
2. A Peck of Owls
•In the book, Mrs Figg mentions Mundungus Fletcher was supposed to be watching Harry, but he Apparated away for a criminal deal. In the film, Mrs Figg just simply says that Dumbledore asked her to keep an eye on him. •There is only one howler sent to the Dursleys in the film (the letter informing Harry of his expulsion from Hogwarts). In the book, there are several more. Kingsley Shacklebolt later mentions that Dumbledore persuaded the Minister to suspend Harry's expulsion pending a formal hearing, which is covered by subsequent letters in the book. •In the book, the fourth and final howler was from Dumbledore to Petunia, where it stated 'REMEMBER MY LAST, PETUNIA' which terrifies her, and she convinces her husband not to remove Harry from the house, for his safety. She also shows knowledge of the wizarding world, which she gained from Lily, about Azkaban and the Dementors. This did not happen in the film.
3. The Advance Guard
•In the book, Harry writes letters for Hermione, Ron, and Sirius. He then spends the next three days in his bedroom waiting for a response. It is only then on the third night that the Dursleys leave the house and members of the Order of the Phoenix come to get him. In the film, Harry goes to his room, Hedwig stays in her cage, the Dursleys immediately are shown nervously leaving the house, and the members of the Order arrive that night. •In the book, Harry had learned that he was going to be having a hearing at the Ministry through one of the letters. In the film, it is Kingsley who informs Harry that there will be a hearing. •In the book, Mad-Eye Moody takes issue with Harry addressing him as Professor, being that he'd not actually gotten to do any teaching. In the film, when Harry refers to him as Professor Moody, Moody doesn't make any retort about it. •In the book, Remus Lupin is part of the group who come to collect Harry. In the film, he is not. •In the book, Moody and the group with Harry go to a lot of effort to try to stay out of view of any Muggles and to be on the lookout for attacks while flying. In the film they openly fly low, mere feet above the River Thames in London.
1. The Other Minister
•In the Book, the Diagon Alley attack is merely mentioned, and the Death Eaters were said to have kidnapped both Ollivander and Florean Fortescue. The attack is actually shown in the film, but only Ollivander is seen captured. PotterCast later revealed that Florean was murdered. •In the book, the Brockdale Bridge was said to have been destroyed by the Death Eaters, with around fifty Muggles being killed. In the film, it is the Millennium Bridge that the Death Eaters are shown to have destroyed, though all of the Muggles escape before it collapses. •Much of the first chapter has been omitted. This includes Cornelius Fudge discussing the murders, hurricanes, and bridge collapses that have been going on to the Muggle Prime Minister, as well as the former's resignation as Minister for Magic, and Rufus Scrimgeour introducing himself to the latter. However, there is still a minor reference in the Daily Prophet at the beginning of the film that mentions there is a new Minister for Magic. The film instead begins with Bellatrix's final line ('I killed Sirius Black!') from the previous film echoing as Harry is seen standing in front of a mob of reporters, with their cameras flashing, when Dumbledore begins to lead Harry away. The scene then cuts to the bridge attack. •As the scene with Fudge and the Muggle Prime Minister is not featured in the film, after the kidnapping is shown, the film cuts to Harry reading a copy of the Daily Prophet in a Muggle café located along Surbiton Station, then leaves it on the table when he sees Professor Dumbledore outside. Also, the Muggle waitress at the café flirts with Harry and asks about the newspaper he reads in the film. This scene is entirely unique to the film, and Harry does not appear until later in the book.
2. Spinner's End
•The Spinner's End film location is inconsistent with the book. The mill referred to in the text is not a watermill or windmill, but a nineteenth-century textiles factory in a northern industrial town in the UK, most likely in Lancashire or West Yorkshire. The text references the mill chimneys (now disused) and rows of nearby houses. Terraced houses as shown in the film are typical of late nineteenth century mill-workers houses in industrial Britain. •When Narcissa and Bellatrix go to meet Snape, Bellatrix does not show the intense loathing for Snape that she does in the book and does not press him to answer questions about his allegiances. Narcissa does not seem as grief stricken as one might expect. She does, however, have tears in her eyes, and is not the one who suggests the Unbreakable Vow. Her hair is a mix of blonde and dark brunette stripes, rather than being completely flaxen blonde. Snape immediately agrees to the vow in the book, while in the film, he seems rather hesitant to do so, suggesting that he was merely acting on orders, as would be revealed in the final book and film. •In the book, Bellatrix and Narcissa are met at the door by Snape, who then brings them to the parlour. Peter Pettigrew is then called in to bring them drinks. He does so, and then hurries upstairs to listen by a door, which Snape says is a new habit he has taken up. In the film, it is Peter who greets Narcissa and Bellatrix, and shows them to the parlour, where Snape is waiting. Snape then uses his wand to slam the door shut, barring Pettigrew from the room. Snape already has drinks out in the film. •The scene where Bellatrix kills a fox is omitted from the film. •The scene is also in a different place from the book. In the book, this scene takes place directly after Fudge talks with the Prime Minister. Whereas in the film, the scene takes places after Harry has met Horace Slughorn and has travelled back to The Burrow and has reunited with Ron, Hermione, and the other Weasleys.
3. Will and Won't
•The way Harry meets up with Dumbledore is changed. In the book, Dumbledore comes for Harry at Privet Drive as he had pre-arranged in a letter, having a cup of tea and conversing with the Dursleys (who are absent from the film) before heading off with Harry. In the film, Harry is in a station café when he spots a flickering light in a distant part of the station. As a train whizzes past, Dumbledore appears on the platform across the tracks. Harry then heads over to the other platform to meet him. •In the book, Dumbledore takes the time to sit with Harry and the Dursley's in their living room at 4 Privet Drive. Dumbledore takes the chance to show in person in front of them and Harry, that he definitely doesn't think super highly of the Dursley's treatment of Harry or even how they have raised Dudley. This is all omitted in the film. •In the film, Harry is never mentioned to have inherited Grimmauld Place or Kreacher after Sirius Black's death, as he did in the book. •House-elf Kreacher and the Hippogriff Buckbeak are omitted from the film, and there is no mention of Hagrid getting Buckbeak back. •There is no sign of any pamphlet showing the Safety measures issued by the Ministry.
1. The Dark Lord Ascending
•In the film, Severus Snape arrived at Malfoy Manor alone. In the book, he arrives with Corban Yaxley.
2. In Memoriam
•Following the Malfoy Manor scene in the film, Hermione Granger is seen with her parents and Ron Weasley at The Burrow. In the book, there is no scene and Hermione only tells her friends where she sent her parents. •Though the newspaper article in the film is seen mentioning the book The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, the film never really explores it in the same way the book had. Harry would only learn of Gellert Grindelwald later in the film, Ariana Dumbledore in part two of the film, and while Elphias Doge and Muriel would later briefly talk about a couple of events, the article never really upsets Harry in the same way.
3. The Dursleys Departing
•In the book, Dedalus Diggle and Hestia Jones, members of the Order of the Phoenix, took the Dursley's away to safety, as they would have been unable to hide from Voldemort themselves. In the film, they appear to leave of their own accord. •It's not explained in the film how Harry obtained the fragment of mirror he often peeks at throughout the film.
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5."Moaning Myrtle is cut" (2008-12-18).
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