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I’ve read the first 3 books recently (currently reading 4th) & that was after I’ve watched all the movies ever since I was a kid. I noticed certain characters’ appearances like Hermione different from what she’s been described like in the books. Also there have been a lot of personality changes in the books, some characters seemed totally different like Ginny & Ron. I’d like to know your thoughts & whether you think certain characters were better (or not) suited in the movies than the books or vise versa. I don’t mind spoilers for the other books.
I have seen a lot of book readers saying Hermione is not at all attractive because she has bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth. Also the narrative/Harry doesn't refer to her as attractive.
But the books are from Harry's point of view. Probably That's why he never noticed how attractive she was. Because he loves her like his sister and doesn't pay enough attention to her that way.
If the books were from Ron's pov I am sure we would have got a different picture of Hermione.
Thoughts on this?
- Hogwarts students wearing lame Muggle clothes
- Voldemort turning into ash instead of dying like the regular dude he is
- The random kid Bem showing up in Harry's year in the third movie, even though he doesn't sleep in the Gryffindor dormitories
- Dumbledore completely overreacting to Harry's name coming out of the Goblet of Fire
- The unforgivable exclusion of Peeves
- Missing out on Harry's goodbye to the Dursleys
- The Burrow being set on fire for no reason
- The random kid Nigel replacing Colin and Dennis Creevey
- Harry snapping the Elder Wand in half without fixing his own damn wand first
- The secondhand embarrassment that is Ginny and Harry's relationship
- Bellatrix exploding into a million little pieces
- Kreacher not getting his full redemption arc
- Aberforth completely glossing over Ariana's story and Dumbledore's past
- Harry's awkward haircut in Order of the Phoenix that defies everything ever written about his unruly hair
- Harry using illegal magic at the Dursleys' in Prisoner of Azkaban without consequence
- Young Lily Potter's big brown eyes when like 99% of the characters mention that Harry has Lily's eyes
- Ron turning into an idiotic sidekick instead of the bright, funny character he is in the books
- Hermione's hair changing from bushy to perfectly styled
- Voldemort and Malfoy's cringeworthy hug that still haunts my dreams
- The epic fail of not explaining the Marauders or their backstory
How many of these moments in the Harry Potter films bother you? These are all from this Buzzfeed article:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/morgansloss1/harry-potter-movie-differences-quiz
They all bother me except for numbers 1 and 6 and sort of 3, 8 and 18.
What about you? Which ones bother you?
Just found this old thing - anyone wants this? And yes, this is Salem from 90's live-action Sabrina :)
"It's not Professor McGonagall," Hermione whispered to Harry as they entered the classroom.
"Sit down kids" the cat spoke startling everyone. "The name's Salem McGonagall. Don't ask, parents were a little bit insane. Anyway, Minnie is sick so I'll be taking over. You, bushy haired girl! What were you working on last time?"
"Transforming porcupines into swords?"
"Bah, useless. Typical Minnie. Okay you lot, lets do something fun. Today you will learn about transforming anything into depleted uranium, selling it on the black market and avoiding Aurors! Wands out!"
[20 minutes later]
"... and remember to always carry your license to pilot Panamax class container ships - because that stuff will bite you in the ass" - the apparently younger brother of Professor McGonagall finished his rant with a feline hiss. Various students looked at each other and finally the class bookworm decided to ask the question on everyone's mind.
"Excuse me sir. But how are you able to speak as a cat?"
"Thank you for asking. Simple. I'm stuck in my animagus transformation and..."
"But how? Animagi can't talk when in their animal form."
"Well, it's a spell. I had a choice. Either be a cat or get thrown into Azkaban for 25 years." The last statement created a ripple of murmurs through the classroom.
"And why did you face Azkaban?" asked Harry.
"Muggle baiting. Or at least this is what Aurors call geminoing Mona Lisa and trying to sell it to muggles on the black market."
"25 years for that?"
"Well... they caught me with them alongside a muggle shipping container containing a small amount of slightly illegal items."
"Such as?"
"50 tons of cocaine, crates full of muggle weapons fit to equip an entire division, some depleted uranium, stuff like that. I was in the Persian Gulf, almost entering the port of Basra where I was supposed to sell it to that quaint little muggle by the name... Shaddam the Hutt or something like that. Anyway, Aurors show up and I got slammed with everything from muggle baiting, to illegal possession and transportation of illegal equipment, etc. and etc. and apparently my lack of proper license to pilot Panamax class container ships."
“Mum and dad were proud. Family business. Except Minnie - the black sheep. She went into teaching instead of continuing the family tradition. Such a shame.”
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... keep reading on reddit ➡>Fleur looked a good deal happier than Harry had seen her so far; she kept throwing back her head so that her long silvery hair caught the light.
and Hermione
>It was Hermione.
>But she didn't look like Hermione at all. She had done something with her hair; it was no longer bushy but sleek and shiny, and twisted up into an elegant knot at the back of her head.
Cho
>Harry wiped the lenses of his glasses with his Trevor-free hand. A very pretty girl with long, shiny black hair was standing in the doorway smiling at him: Cho Chang, the Seeker on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
Parvati
>He was sitting right behind Parvati Patil, whose long dark hair fell below the back of her chair. Once or twice he found himself staring at the tiny golden lights that glistened in it when she moved her head very slightly and had to give his own head a little shake to clear it.
More Cho
>“… Bradley… Davies… Chang,” he said, and Harry felt his stomach perform, less of a back flip, more a feeble lurch as Cho walked out on to the pitch, her shiny black hair rippling in the slight breeze.
and now Ginny
>The door opened and a long mane of red hair appeared.
>“Oh, hello, Harry!” said Ron’s younger sister, Ginny, brightly. “I thought I heard your voice.” Turning to Fred and George, she said, “It’s no-go with the Extendable Ears, she’s gone and put an Imperturbable Charm on the kitchen door.”
and
>“There’s the silver lining I’ve been looking for,” she whispered, and then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before, and Harry was kissing her back, and it was blissful oblivion better than firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world, Ginny, the feel of her, one hand at her back and one in her long, sweetsmelling hair—
and
>"I can't, Harry, I said I'd meet Dean," said Ginny brightly. "See you later." "Right," said Harry. He felt a strange twinge of annoyance as she walked away, her long red hair dancing behind her...
and finally back to Hermione
>“Always the tone of surprise,” said Hermione, though she smiled. She was wearing a floaty, lilac-colored dress with matching high heels; her hair was sleek and shiny.
So basically any girl Harry liked she always had "amazing" hair. In fact the only times he noticed Hermione being physically attractive was when she had done something to her hair to make it nice, and he loved Cho's, Fleur's, Parvati's and of course Ginny's hair.
So what do you think, does Harry have a bit of a sh
... keep reading on reddit ➡The first time I read Harry Potter I was 13, and awfully bullied at school. Reading Harry Potter, especially the second chapter in the first book, I knew I can still be kind and myself despite the horrid people around me. I was in awe of Hermione. I had bushy hair, loved reading. I just didn’t do as well as Hermione academically. I just couldn’t concentrate (I have been recently diagnosed with ADHD and it could be why).
And then in Return to Hogwarts Rupert says, ‘I’m glad to play a short part in this incredible journey.’ But excuse me, a SMALL PART? No sir no. Whenever I see Ron in my head it is you. There’s no one else who could have played the role better. All of you in the movie have played a huge HUGE role in our lives that it cannot be forgotten. Emma says, ‘they’ve always looked after me, they’ve always been there for me,’ and that’s how I feel about them. Whenever I’m sad whenever I feel like I’m drowning out come baby Dan, baby Emma and baby Rupert making my life better.
Yes, the books do make me feel better, but the movies (even though some were terrible), they are such a huge part of my life. I remember asking my parents to take me to the movies, and my parents didn’t have enough money to take me. I felt so bad, but I knew Harry wouldn’t be able to go as well, and somehow it comforted me.
However horrible JK Rowling has been, the books she’s created are definitely and certainly magic. They transformed my life along with theirs.
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
They were cooked in Greece.
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
