I love Harry Potter. I’m a Potterhead and to be honest I would go so far as to say that I am a bit of a   fanatic. I’ve read all the books countless times, own merch and could quote you the majority of characters best lines. I do like to sit down and watch ne of the films from the series and It never fails to bug me how many of the plots from the books are missed out in the films. Here are my top 5 in no particular order:

1. The Marauders – This is the most annoying omission for me as I love the marauders storyline in the books and the fact they are basically omitted from the films really makes me sad. Especially as the Marauders storyline is basically the climax of Prisoner of Azkaban yet in the films this is not present. You don’t even find out about how James Potter and his friends became Animagi to look after Remus Lupin as werewolf and that they wrote the Marauders map. In the films the nicknames in the map and the characters of Sirius Black and Remus Lupin not connected at all.
2. Barty Crouch Jr’s plan – Goblet of Fire missed out so many important elements but this one was the most annoying. In the book when it is discovered that Barty Crouch Jr was disguised as Mad-Eye Moody, he explains his plan and why he did it. In the films he is unmasked and then it cuts. No background, no explanation nothing. It leaves the casual viewer in the dark about how the events in the film happened and why.
3. SPEW and Winky the Elf – This was a minor omission, but it gave House Elves more depth and it showed how their use could be perceived as slavery. In addition is showed more of Hermione’s character and her compassion to non-human beings.
4. Ginny Weasley – In the films Ginny was just a love interest in the end. In the books however she was a strong female character with her own backstory and eve her own individual personality. And when she does fall in love with Harry, it actually means something and it feels natural rather than a randomly chucked in romance.
5. The Battle at the End of the Half Blood Prince – In the films the fact that the Death Eaters randomly turned up at Hogwarts had no meaning as they took out the actual battle at the end of the book which foreshadowed the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows. It made Dumbledore’s death more important it gave some great character moments. And can you possibly miss out Tonks confession if her love for Lupin?

I understand why certain things were missed out the films otherwise we would be watching ten hours of Harry Potter films (I wouldn’t complain) but these are important plot points and I believe they should not have been cut.

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