The books are all the longest, so a lot of them is cut out, but the main point is there. Voldemort has returned and it is up to Harry, witht he help of Hermione, Ron and the Order of the Phoenix to stop the killing and the coming to power of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.
Not only are these books the most action filled, they're also the best movies.
The easy differences between the books and the movies:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:
-In the scene where they go to the Quidditch World Cup they don't ever meet Seamus and Dean there, like in the book.
It also didn't include the house elf, Winky, who eventually joins Dobby as free elves, altough she isn't quite as keen on this idea.
They also completely ignore Hermione starting S.P.E.W. (Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare) and leaving mittens, hats, and such for the elves to free them.
Hermione also eventually captures Rita Skeeter's animagus, form a beetle, in a jar to keep her from writing anymore horrible things (although this eventually doesn't work).
Also, I'm going to have to add that I think Robert Pattinson was a much better Cedric Diggory than he is an Edward Cullen.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
-The longest of the books, this one HAD to cut out a lot of things, although I'm going to have to say I would have settled for a longer movie with this one.
First off, when Harry goes to Grimmauld Place, he never has to clean out all of the room to get rid of te dust, doxies, boggart, etc. Eventually when Mrs. Weasley goes to get rid of the boggart, Harry walks in on her crying hysterically as each of her family member flashes by, laying on the ground dead in front of her. Then Harry sees himself dead in front of her. This scene shows how much Harry is a part of the Weasley's family, that he does have a family, just not by blood.
-It also doesn't do the whole scene witht he Marauders, it just flashes through.
-It lacks most of the fight at the Ministry of magic, where Hermione almost dies, Ginny twists her ankle, Neville is incredibly brave and break his nose, and where Ron is attacked by brains.
-They don't do justice to Fred and George when they leave Hogwarts. In the book they turn te entrance into a swamp like place and it's so much better than just fireworks.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
-This book really lacks the development of Harry and Ginny's relationship, the rumor of the hungarian horntail tattoo that I thought was funny.
-The worst part of this movie though is that it completely is missing the whole entire fight scene in the castle, which is just stupid since it makes the movie less interesting.
-They don't have the scene of Dumbledore coming to get Harry from Privet Drive
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows:
This movie was co-produced by J.K. Rowling, and was split into two parts which is probably why it stick so close to the book.
Really nothing in this book can be left out. But they did leave a couple things out in the first part:
-Dean Thomas is left out. Fred and George's radio show is left out. They don't show the ghoul in the attic pretending to be Ron with Spattergroit to keep the ministry from questioning his family of his whereabouts.
-They also leave out Harry's little birthday celebration (very little), they also don't have Lupin come to Grimmald place to ask to join there quest for the horcruxes.
-Kreacher is never given any redemption (like in the book) and he never tells Regulus's tale of turning back from the bad side nor does Harry find the picture of him on the toy broomstick and the letter from his mother to Sirius.
-They don't show Hermione literally trying to punch and beat Ron up after he comes back. Harry eventually has to cast a Shield Charm to keep them apart.
-The greatest thing about this movie though, is the way they represent Dobby. They don't leave out his parts and his death is so sad. SO freaking sad.
None of the books really capture any quidditch, but it's still a good part of the story that makes it seem more like a normal (ish) school where sports are still a big part of the education.
Really though, these were probably unfair comparisons. These books far outdo the movies in many, many aspects so the winner is... the boooks. Although the 7th one is amazing.
Books: 5 Movies: 1
I was most disappointed in the 6th movie. I remember reading the book and then going to watch the movie. I sat there and was like, "This was literally just a run through of some of the events so that they could skip right to the 7th movies." I thought there was a huge castle fight! I couldn't figure out why it didn't last that long in the movie! I never got to read four and five, sadly. I loved Dobby, I didn't expect them to end the first part with his death, but I cried like a baby.
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