Harry Potteris one of the most profitable and recognized film franchises.

There’s no emotional moment of Lupin asking Harry to be Teddy’s godfather after his birth.

Whilesentient shrubbery is more cost-effectivethan what’s present in the book,it’s also a lot more boring.

Lupin and Tonks stand outside the burrow in Harry Potter

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However, Harry chooses to break the Elder Wand rather than use it.

The Boy Who Lived uses the Elder Wand to fix what is broken rather than accumulate more power.

DirectorChristopher Columbuswanted to include PeevesinHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stoneand even castRik Mayallto play the poltergeist.

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For whatever reason,his scenes were cut, and none of the subsequent films included him.

However, you’d be hard-pressed to find the same level of creativity in the movies.

After Harry befriends the youngest son, Ron, he becomes an unofficial member of the family.

The maze in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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Thanks to Voldemort’s killing curse rebounding, the Dark Lord finally dies.

The film version demonstrates his fall by having his body crumble to ash and blow away in the wind.

As the evening comes to a close,the Burrow is attacked by Death Eatersled by Bellatrix Lestrange.

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Nobody dies in the attack, but the house is destroyed.

This scene is one of the most baffling and pointless changesto the story because it makes no sense.

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Harry Potter breaking the Elder Wand in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

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Peeves talking to a student in Hogwarts Legacy

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Dumbledore visiting Tom Riddle as a child in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Dumbledore and Voldemort fighting in the Ministry of Magic in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

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Hermione raising her wand in the woods in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

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A family photo of the Weasleys in Egypt in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort uses a wand to fight and yells in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

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The Weasley home, the Burrow, set on fire in ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’

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