Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 | UNCUT Reaction

Albus Potter does become a Slytherin btw. And he ends up being best friends with Scorpius Malfoy (Dracos kid)

Joanna -_-

I was laughing so much when she said that 😂

Joanna -_-

Be sure to react to the 20th Anniversary film, located on HBO MAX. It's great to see all of the cast reliving the films together.

Christian DH

You will have to read the book to find out Peter's fate. I can tell you here but it will be spoilers (: Or if it wasn't spoiled by the comments up there ^

FatLittleButterfly

It was fun watching your reactions to these. This movie is good not great; I prefer part 1 although I'm probably in the minority there. The movies leave out a lot of context so I think it's confusing without someone to fill in the gaps. One complaint I had with the movies was the character representation. JKR is very good at writing realistic characters -- good and bad sides to all. The movies simplified them into stereotypes and typical character roles. Apart from some of the missing plot details in the movies, the stripped down character development also contributed to an incomplete story. I didn't read all the comments above, but there are even details in Prisoner of Azkaban that answered some of your questions about Harry's parents' deaths. Harry's death sequence is pretty well done, but it's also impossible to separate what I know from the books. The parallel to Lily's death -- Harry's choice to sacrifice himself mirrors his mother's and he dies for everyone giving them the same magical protection that he got from his mother. He makes the hard choice twice -- he chooses to die and then in the "afterlife" he chooses to live, which at that point is the hard choice because it means returning to death and darkness. You lose some of that thematic weight in the movies. Hopefully this can be more explored in the series. I'm looking forward to it. The movies are good, but the books are great and I'd like to see a different interpretation with the flexibility that a series provides.

Trish

I would really suggest reading the books to get a full understanding of some things. For me reading the books before the movie came out made the experience of Snapes death a lot less emotional because the book version of Snape was much crueler and unfair than the movie version. Not only towards Harry, but towards Neville also.

The part of Harry that died in the station was the Horcrux. The last part of his soul is Voldemort. Voldermort's main goal was to gain ultimate power and in his mind that means to live forever. This is why he needed the three Deathly Hallows. He also needed to kill Harry due to the prophesy. The last thing to remember is Voldermort is not a sain person. As for Draco, not everyone can be a hero, he is just a normal person that made some shitty choices. You really have to remember that there is a lot (I mean a lot) of stuff that the movies just can't cover. These are made from really big and detailed books. The first movie tells us that no magic can bring someone back from the dead.

Babs of Death

I hope you guys watch the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter!

Mia Fisher

So much is unanswered because the books are so extensive and if they included it all there would've been 15-20 2-3 hour length movies. AND you'd have to remember some information that when you first encounter it seems somewhat irrelevant or unimportant.

TyphlosionGang

albus doesn’t have a crush in the epilogue - that’s his cousin!

Helen Lohre

Are you guys going to do a Hogwarts house quiz?! 🤗

M. Miel

Loved watching this journey with you two! I think a lot of your unanswered questions and lack of resolve is found in the books, not the movies. There's only so much they can squeeze into 2-3 hours at a time and to cover every nuance found in the books, each movie would need to be 9 hours long. Would highly recommend watching or listening to the books. :)

Max Schmitz

I didn’t mind the change they made where Harry snaps the Elder Wand instead, but you’re absolutely right in that he HAD to repair his holly & phoenix feather wand first. That was honestly the most disappointing part of the film for me. Harry had a real emotional connection with that wand and they just ignored it in the film.

Matthew

HAte that he didn't fix his wand in the movie, which would have taken like 13 seconds to film, maybe 45 to do a zoom in of the wand being fixed (wish I could find a clip online of the replicator system fx from star trek creating an item, but zoomed in from the first season) with like cool ightning fx and stuff an bob's your uncle there you go. Perfect way to tie in the scene. He buries it back with dumbledore in the books cause only he ron and hermione at that point were the only ones who knew the true nature of Albus' wand. SO it would have been ok to just put it back and rebury him.

ReverieRealms22

Love how in the books "they" explain that NOTHING repels the killing curse, and maybe if someone had twin cores with someone else they too might have wand "versus" issues too, so they said "fu*k it no one will notice!", and just had people 'priori incantatem'ing each other in the background.

ReverieRealms22

In the scene where the new visuals for the fight still has voldemort throwing killing curses at Harry didnt happen, BUT the final one does. In that whole time its different, but essentially in the books it means the el der wand wouldn't harm its master so it rebounded, and killed Voldemort now that it was just HIS main soul in HIS body. Harry became the master of the wand cause when Draco disarmed Dumbledore, he technically, by wizarding duel basic law, beat Albus and became the master of the wand. The lore behind the elder wand made Voldemort BELIEVE the wand's current master had to be killed and so on, but Snape killed Albus AFTER Draco beat him, via disarming. The elder wand chose Harry as its new master when Harry physically wrestled Draco's "everyday" wand, out of his hand at Malfoy Manor

ReverieRealms22

if you guys DID decide to watch these, I think it would be awesome if you considered watching them as reactions, maybe for your god tier (have them as options?), would love to see your reactions.

connie

So was there a horcrux inside Voldemort’s physical body or not? There seems to be disagreement on this

Gummybear

correct me if I'm wrong, but at that point Dumbledore assumed Sirius betrayed the Potters so was referring to him

Ammaar Ahmed

Idk if anyone has said this but when Dumbledore said “James and and Lily put their faith in the wrong person” he didn’t mean himself. This wasn’t explained in the film, but James and Lily had protection enchantments around their house so it was a safe house. Nobody knew about it except one chosen person called the “secret keeper”. They originally wanted Sirius but Sirius thought Voldemort was onto him so they chose Pettigrew… and we all know how that went so that what Dumbledore meant

Ry.Blair

Voldemort wasn’t a horcrux. He just had one part of his soul left inside him

Ry.Blair

It hasn’t been cancelled…

Ry.Blair

I will never forgive them for killing Fred off screen. His death is so impactful in the book and just seeing him lying there dead with no explanation - what? How fucking dare they?! Tonks/Remus - despite their relationship being backburnered in the other movies, we don’t find out they have a kid until after they die?! They even have a deleted scene they could have left in where he’s mentioned beforehand and they have an emotional moment before the battle that should have stayed in. How much harder, and sadder and better is it to know that the loss is that much worse because they’re leaving a son behind. Don’t get me started on leaving out the scene from the first half of the book/part 1 between Harry and lupin in regards to tonks and the baby. It’s just a huge injustice to, at the very least lupin, who was so important to Harry. But I guess if you leave out the entire Marauders storyline, who cares, right?! *eyes roll into the back on my head* The centaurs?! Where tf are the centaurs? And the House elves? They had the budget to add in a cracking wand, blowing up a bridge, reusing the water dropping wand effects, and apparition/morphing scene but couldn’t add in the goodness of everyone, even CENTAURS WHO HATE WIZARDS joining in to protect Hogwarts and destroy Voldemort?! Lame af. “You have your mother’s eyes” - bitch, WHERE?! I don’t care that Harry has blue eyes instead of green in the movies, but lily has BROWN eyes. Contacts? CGI? nothing?! How dare they include that bit of info throughout the entire course of the series and then do us like that. A small detail that makes a HUGE difference. “You have your mother’s eyes”, liars. And James? Where’s his black hair?! Where Harry’s physical resemblance to his dad? I already mentioned Snape’s memories in the first comment but I’m gonna add here while I’m on the topic - where’s Lily’s contempt for James? Fine, leave it out of the 5th movie along with a really important other usage of the fireplace that I’ll not get into right now *ahem Kreacher*. But I think her disdain for James and how much that pleases Snape really drives home the point that Snape doesn’t care about Harry, he only ever sees James in him and hates James. He only looks out for Harry because she’s lily’s son and “has her eyes” (what a joke, again). And my favorite part of the memories besides Dumbledore’s disgust - “‘Don’t worry, Dumbledore,’ he said coolly. ‘I have a plan…’ And Snape left the room. Harry rose up out of the Pensieve, and moments later he lay on the carpeted floor in exactly the same room: Snape might just have closed the door.” Dumbledore made a serious point of telling Harry that it’s not how he and Voldemort are a like but how they are different. It’s an integral part of the main themes in this whole series. These movies and this book are called “the deathly hallows”. Harry struggles with being obsessed with Dumbledore’s history (again, I’m laughing because why would you leave out so much Important information) and Hermione struggles with trying to course correct Harry into finding Horcuxes and not the Hallows. He eventually CHOOSES the horcuxes, showing his difference to Voldemort but not before almost going the same path as him, an important distinction. A few lines of dialogue here and there could have helped make this distinction and keep with that integral part of Harry’s journey. I’ll never forgive the complete mangling of HBP (my favorite HP book as an adult). Instead of learning what these horcruxes may be and WHY Tom would have chosen what he chose, such as his connection to Slytherine (which people seem to forget about because they ask why he cares about half-bloods when he’s a half blood, which that could have been solved with a pensive scene in 6 to remind them he’s the fucking heir to slytherin), we have some weird gimmicky “Idk what they are *hehehaha room of requirement* but I can feel them”. And it leads to lots of confusion about what and how many, and furthermore doesn’t let you make other connections as to Tom’s motivations throughout the series, which leads me to the biggest mangling of the story/series of all… the ending Voldemort fears death. He believes there’s nothing worse than it; and in the books we even learn that he thought his mother couldn’t possibly have been a witch, it had to be his father, because what powerful witch would allow herself to succumb to the human weakness death? Being conceived under a love spell, abandoned by his father and in a sense his mother, when she finally had the last of her will taken from her and died, he had no clue what love is and couldn’t possibly ever understand it. The difference between Harry and Voldemort isn’t that Harry is some great, good wizard and Voldemort isn’t - it’s that Harry, despite also being raised in abusive negligent conditions, has known and had love surrounding and protecting him his whole life. He was born of it and with it. So just like Dumbledore, Harry understands that there are way worse things than death; like living without love (Tom’s mother is the PERFECT example and they robbed us of that). How does this factor into the ending? Harry sacrificed himself for everyone at Hogwarts, as lily did for him. In doing so, he passed on the same protection to everyone at the school. Voldemort can’t understand why all of his spells aren’t working or hurting them. Why he SETS THE SORTING HAT ON FIRE ON NEVILLE’S HEAD and it didn’t hurt him. (People who want, darker, more mature where is your outrage?!). Harry pulls on the invisibility cloak in the chaos of the centaurs and house elves attacking the death eaters. We see a glorious battle inside of Hogwarts where Voldemort is increasingly more arrogant and disbelieving about why his death eaters are falling all around him and no one else is hurting or dying. We miss the opportunity to see him dual mcgonogall, slughorn and Kingsley ALL AT THE SAME TIME (hello, epic fight y’all are so hellbent on needing and wanting. Way cooler than a 1v1 with hardly any meaning). And eventually we see Harry reveal himself, and the death eaters abandon Voldemort because JFC why can’t he kill the freaking kid?! Well Harry knows why. And he taunts Tom. Everyone in the hall is watching and listening intently as Harry talks the world’s greatest smack about why Voldemort isn’t as great a wizard as Dumbledore, is woefully ignorant, didn’t realize why Snape would actually never have been his faithful servant again because he doesn’t understand love, and therefore couldn’t understand that Snape loved lily; how that was his downfall, that’s why Dumbledore always had a leg up. And finally, while they’re still just circling each other as everyone waits on baited breath, Harry explains that the wand will always fail him because it belonged to Draco, not Snape and now it belongs to him, not Voldemort. He repeatedly calls Voldemort Tom, to drive home the point that he’s a man, like everyone else. The fact that he’s so blind just further proves that. All the while Voldemort is retorting back trying to explain away why none of it matters. Harry offers Voldemort a chance, in a sense, to admit defeat and that he maybe doesn’t know as much as he thinks. Ever arrogant, believing he’s the most powerful, entirely singular and greater than death he sneers and wands collide. The elder wand belongs to Harry, so once again, the killing curse rebounds and Voldemort falls down dead. He’s not special, he’s not greater than death, he can’t live forever. Everything he’s ever feared. He’s just a man and he’s just dead on the floor in front of everyone. And to add insult to injury, they kinda just toss his body into a random room while they celebrate. And for spartan, that celebration he wanted. The crowd erupts in elation. Harry, Ron and hermione slip away after a while and head to Dumbledore’s office where the portraits of past headmasters are clapping for him and Dumbledore’s portrait is waiting for him, beaming with pride. We get some last info wanted and needed about why he dropped and left the resurrection stone and His plans for the wand. He fixes his phoenix feather wand and we head to the epilogue. Again, I kinda like him destroying the elder wand but what the hell did they discard him fixing his wand. A small action that means a LOT. And that part with Dumbledore’s portrait is so great. We get to hear why Dumbledore knew Harry could do this all along, how he did what Dumbledore couldn’t (reject the temptation of the hallows), etc. So listen, they could have left in so much and it still would have been amazing. The story would be richer, make much more sense, could still be flashy. But most importantly, fans of the books would have been so pleased (which was a huge part of the movie fan base) and non-book readers/casual movie fans would have been none the wiser and still gotten the action and flash from the movie while also being left without all of this confusion we see Spartans and Pudgey having (as I’ve seen with other reactors as well). It’s just such a huge disservice to the story that was so important to literal millions of people who grew up with the comfort of the themes of these stories. And again, I LOVE these movies. They just really pale in comparison to the books. Anyone interested in knowing more about the differences from someone who went to film school and is a die hard HP fan, I suggest this video https://youtu.be/Kx4gxxESzDY?si=zRfQc6hSIVPXpS2N And also this whole playlist for more in depth on the other books vs. movies as well. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6rUz5X7FPs69HnWm9k1RMCyQJN3eohr_&si=BBRcl7q2_LmOojnr He also has videos where he analyzes from a film making perspective first, book lover second, the ways in which the movies could have been better. And to note - he loves these movies. But again, loving something and because it means so much, gives you every right to criticize it. And we should. Anything I didn’t mention were things that I neither loved nor hated. They were just fine for me as they were in the movies. For instance, having the Percy storyline would have been cool, but it’s fine. Didn’t even need to utilize it to show and make Fred’s death impactful or relevant. Or Ginny being in the battle not stuck in the RoR because of her parents for the first half, etc. I really hope HBO does the adaptions justice, as they have all of the source material already and THEN some. Unlike…well we all know what that’s unlike (cries in high Valyrian). I’m always interested to hear everyone’s thoughts! Really!

Katie Thomas

Hey Scuba!! For that one weirdo IMDB dude who dickrides for the movies over the books, I’ll start with what I LOVE about this movie: The soundtrack! The soundtrack to this movie is great. Undeniable. It helps set the tone and it helps with the continued darkening in the story. Neville liking Luna and that scene where he asks where she is. A great addition! The acting by the main 3- the actors have all grown into their roles and have learned enough from the best, so they gave great performances. Snape’s death. I actually like the slight change in his death from the book to the movie. I like that Voldemort participated a little more. The added Lucius/voldemort scene where he slaps Lucius and asks how he lives with himself. I believe (correct me if I’m wrong) that that was slightly improvised by Ralph. The unsettling hug Voldemort give Draco. Tom has said that was improvised by Ralph and it made him so uncomfy. It worked for me. The visuals. Despite my absolute hatred of how the “final battle” between Harry and Voldemort went down, the visuals were great and if I’d never read the books that would have been more fun to watch. I still appreciate the vfx that went into it. I more like than love, but I’ll still include it here, that Harry destroyed the wand at the end. I can’t get past him not using the wand to fix his old one though. His phoenix feather wand was so important to him and they missed a 20 second opportunity to help Harry reconnect with himself at the end. Bellatrix’s death. Great job, great adaption. Can’t stand them not including Voldemort’s reaction though. Tom Felton, HBC, Helen McRory and Alan Rickman’s performances in particular. Amazing. They’re all fantastic. Stellar job. Blowing up the bridge. Love the running gag about Seamus and it was a great way to add to the story. McGonagall using piertotum locomotor. That, combined with the music and her cheeky comment afterwards always makes me tear up and chuckle a little. The little moment between Fred and George before the battle begins =‘) This is another love with a caveat - the Snape memories. I think it was beautiful. Well shot, very emotional. Love how they showed Snape crying holding lily, I get chocked up when I watch it every time. HOWEVER. Leaving out dumbledore’s disgust at Snape, the bulk of the relationship between lily and petunia, that Snape is responsible for Voldemort going after Harry in the first place (could have fixed that in the 6th movie even/also), how Snape changes and his relationship with lily degrades, and the small bit of dialogue where Snape says “for him?” Before he casts the patronus all takes away from the gravity of the scene and leaves questions people had unanswered. I know I would have been very confused about certain things and left wanting if I hadn’t read that book (multiple times, let’s be real book fans) before I saw the movie I want to reiterate that I LOVE these movies. They are comfort movies. I remember where I was when I saw each and every one of them. I remember all of the premiers, the hype after reading each book and waiting for the movie to come out. I was 10 when the first movie came out and it was so special as a family. We went to every midnight book release starting with book 3, and everyone movie premiere starting with 2. The beauty of loving something so much is being critical of it and wanting/expecting more. Having said all of this….

Katie Thomas

20th anniversary on HBO!

AWR93

Wait so doesn’t that make snape the ultimate villain of the story- for relaying the prophecy to Voldemort in the first place??? He essentially set off this whole chain of events… and he was okay with a baby being killed but only rebelled when he found out it was Lilly’s son. That information totallly changes his character for me. I’m glad they left that out of the movie

Gummybear

Absolutely Love this series and your reactions..Next react to Fantastic Beasts ..then you will understand more about magical world. ❤️❤️👌🥰😍🤩

Hans

❤️❤️

Hans

When it is revealed earlier in the series that Lily's love is what protected Harry, it led a lot of people to question how Harry was the only one to have a parent sacrifice themselves for their son. What the movie didn't make fully clear was that the prophecy about the Chosen One being born soon was made by Trelawney to Dumbledore, and Snape, just a lowly Death Eater at the time, was spying on Dumbledore for Voldemort. When he reported the prophecy to Voldemort, Voldemort made the assumption that it referred to Lily's son (he hadn't been born yet...other fun fact is that technically the prophecy could have also applied to Neville until Voldemort chose to mark Harry as his equal). Snape begged Voldemort to spare her, and he told Snape he would. Snape then revealed all this to Dumbledore, believing she would not stand by to let Voldemort kill her baby. But Voldemort, true to his word, offered Lily a choice - she alone was offered the chance to live. This is what make's Lily's magic unique. It is the only case where a parent sacrificed themself for their child when they had the choice. Other parents in similar situations were never given that choice.

Josh Lopater

There's alot of passion here about things that was left out but imo THE BIGGEST CRIME was that the book was 50% Horcrux hunting adventure and 50% Dumbledore backstory. And we get like 5% of Dumbledore's backstory in the movie which is super sad. IK Spartan and Pudgey would have loved the lore and learning the truth about power-hungry Dumbledore (wink).

Ammaar Ahmed

I think she was thinking about it in term of creation (harry being the last one created, although book wise i'm not sure that's even correct - i think Nagini is the last one besides Voldermort himself). Anyway, Spartan was thinking about what Hocrux remains which he was right about. Pudgey just didn't properly understand his (SP) point.

Ammaar Ahmed

The books scene is far superior although not as cinematic.

Ammaar Ahmed

on the prophecy - Trelawney is the one who the prophecy comes from - she tells it to Dumbledore. Death Eater Snape hears a part about a boy that will be voldermots equal etc. how he will be born (around same date harry was born) and how his parents will have defied him three times (or something similar). There was two ppl it could be, either Neville or Harry (who both have close birthdays) and whose parents both escaped voldermort or defied him. Voldemort opted that it was probably Harry (primarily bcs Harry was a half-blood like Voldemort therefore he thought his ooponent would need to be like him; neville was pureblood). By doing this he essentialy kinda cements harry as being the chosen one. Now Voldermort didn't know the full prophecy, only the bit Death Eater Snape heard. Snape realising V is going after the potters at that point runs to Dumbledore to warn him and becomes a double agent. Obv the Potters are in hiding, put their faith in pettigrew who betrays them to Voldermort and then frame Sirius. Voldermort knowing the prophecy or the part that was heard from Snape and the location from Peter, goes after the Potters (Snape and Pettigrew is the reason why the Potters are killed). Interestingly, Voldermort promised Snape to let lily live as requested by Snape. He kills James instantly, and tell lily he will let her live, but Lily refuses to let him kill harry. This triggers the old powerful magic that is love which shields harry and in turn doesn't allow Voldermort to kill Harry. The killing curse rebounds, destroys voldermort, and a part of his soul latches onto Harry (aka the third horcrux). Years later, when Voldermort is recovered, he seeks to find the prophecy because Snape only told him a part of it, he didn't know the full of it. Harry then hears it, and it's accidently destroyed in the battle. Obv it was important to V bcs he went after the Potters with half the facts and was defeated. Fun fact - The reason why Trelawney remains at Hogwarts is bcs Dumbledore insists (even when the snake umbridge fires her). Dumbledore knew that if Trelawney was kicked out, it would be hard to protect her as she would be a person of interest to Voldermort given she was the person who conveyed the prophecy. In a similar way Slughorn was a person of interest given he is one who knows about Voldermort's interest in the horcrux.

Ammaar Ahmed

i wouldn't watch the fantastic beasts it's unfinished and got cancelled. And the quality was pretty bad

Ammaar Ahmed

\pudgey was so funny being wrong - Harry was the last hocrux made but he wasn't the last hocrux in that scene - voldermort himself was the last horcrux lol

Ammaar Ahmed

I struggle with this one. There’s a whole lot of awful cringe in the second and third movies. And even more in 4-5

Scuba Steve

I still enjoy the fantastic beast movies. Mostly because they begin to address certain ideas and theories left unanswered from the books. But it sucks they won’t finish them. If I’m not mistaken none of them lost money. They just didn’t profit as massively as expected. But to me if they aren’t losing money the studio owes the fans one. Dumbledore v Gindlewald is arguably more exciting than Dumbledore v Voldemort. You can’t drag a fan base along for 11 movies and not finish the story. HBO/warner bros did this shit with Westworld too. I have no faith that the upcoming series they say they are making to be more book accurate ever gets finished. I’ll be damned if I dedicate multiple years investing in the story to have some executive cut it short.

Scuba Steve

pudgey was so wrong in this movie - she had a real off day

Ammaar Ahmed

Spartan and Pudgey please don;t take too much of the criticism to heart - it's not your fault you didn't read the book and only seen these one time. You did great generally

Ammaar Ahmed

in some cases yh like prev he kept saying he wants to know what happened the night voldermort tried to kill harry even though it was explained in movie 1 and again by Harry to Slughorn in Movie 6. But on my rewatch of the series as a book fan, they either leave 50% of things out and leave 40% the stuff in but without an explanation. It's tricky

Ammaar Ahmed

Pudgey is amazing at being ultra confident while being 1000% incorrect.

Charles Hartmann

Absolutely this is great example of changes that added to the story. Probably my 3 favorite quotes from the whole series. “How dare you stand where he stood”, Hermione instantly saying “I’ll go with you…” (also not in the book), and then “…Always”

Scuba Steve

They have not, I believe they plan on reacting to it very very soon

imperial

Same old Pudgey, always talking instead of listening and paying attention. Smh

Raziel

does anybody know if they have seen Star Wars, I would guess so, but worth asking.

ispan

The other bit that adds some redemption for the Malfoy’s is how Narcissa told Voldemort that Harry was actually dead in the Forbidden Forest. Yes, this was primarily because she wanted to reach Draco in the castle before he could be in further harms way. Narcissa is a foil to Lily, with the similar flower name. Both flowers are symbolic of springtime, renewal and resurrection, with Narcissa also being associated with the Greek myth about the vain youth who was turned into a flower. Regardless of her motivations, Narcissa’s actions were of tremendous help to Harry and at great personal risk to herself.

Blackeyedlily

No way!

Minerva Ravenclaw

Ummmm no. In the book duel Dumbledore was clearly the more powerful and better wizard and had the upper hand. Especially considering that Voldemort was repeatedly trying to kill Dumbledore and Dumbledore was absolutely not trying to kill Voldemort to the point Voldemort even acknowledged it. I always viewed that as a part of psychological warfare that always confused Voldemort. Imagine viewing yourself as near equals and you trying to kill and the other refuses almost as if he was still the teacher and Tom riddle the student. That loss Voldemort took in that dual was wayyyyy more psychological and was a determining factor in what led him to pursue the elder wand, and the realization that Dumbledore had it calmed his ego and made him even more arrogant in his “abilities” which then provided Harry indirectly with his challenges/journey to becoming the true master of the Hallows allowing him to finally defeat Voldemort.

Scuba Steve

This is probably the worst HP movie IMO.

Tzeiggi

I would actually really like to have them watch Fantastic Beasts. First movie was fine, second was bad, because it felt like an all over the place book pressed into 1 movie without making neccesary changes for the medium. Third movie was bad as well, but for a different reason: this movie just played it too safe and felt like the most stereotypical urban fantasy story ever, nothing stands out and the title doesnt keep his promise either: there is barely 1 secret in the movie, let alone secrets.

DrückebergerTV

MovieFlame on youtube does such an excellent job at explaining EVERYTHING. Highly recommend checking him out!

Marisa Maloney

You Guys Aren’t Done Yet, One More, You Guys Have To Watch The Reunion Special On HBO Max

Fabian

Correct!

Minna Fridell

The answers Spartan is saying he needed and didn't get is literally just him not understanding. He was given most of the answers he's complaining about it just went over his head.

Valcor

Lillys Patronus is a Doe same as Snapes. That's why Dumbledore said "even now?" When Snape cast the Patronus, because he was showing he still loved Lily and that's why he cared for Harry. You cannot choose your Patronus charm, like they have mentioned before it's just a representation of who you are. So the scene basically can be summed up as Dumbledore asking why Snape has come to care for Harry and Snape showing him that he still loves Lilly which Dumbledore is surprised by.

Valcor

From what I have gathered, the original patronus stag we saw Harry cast himself when he was time travelling in order to save his other self that wasn't time travelling. The other patronus was a doe, and that was Snape that helped guide him to the sword, in order to destroy the necklace horcrux. The snape tears that showed th past of Snape showed that he has been looking out foe Hrry this whole time.

Jamiefishing7

The movie doesn't do the best job of explaining everything that was going on with Snape, the Hallows, the Horcruxes etc. Please read the books if you want to fully understand. They're sooooo good.

The Door

I love the scene where one of the Carrows spat in McGonagall's face and Harry reveals himself in the book in Hogwarts from under the cloak and crucios him to defend McGonagall. So many duels and details missed from the books.

Rainbow

Harry defeating Voldemort on his own without any ghosts, kinda represents his growth into a man on his own. Either way, his memories of them are always with him.

Rainbow

The movies really embellished his story. They omit that Snape was also a bully in school, constantly followed The Marauders, trying to get them caught, hung out with DeathEaters, did dark magic, even called Lily a mudblood. He didn't care for Harry or James when he asked Dumbledore to ''hide them''. Like you said, he asked to ''hide her''. "If she means so much to you," said Dumbledore, "surely Lord Voldemort will spare her? Could you not ask for mercy for the mother, in exchange for the son?" "I have – I have asked him – " "You disgust me," said Dumbledore, and Harry had never heard so much contempt in his voice… Hide them aaallll.... right

Miss_CJ

Is Aberforth Dumbldore played by the Mance Rayder actor??? His voice sounds so familiar. This was such an awesome movie, but I did feel a little disappointed with the ending of Voldemort, I expected a way bigger outing for him.

Amber Mary

I think you're trying to embellish Snape's character a bit too much. But I agree with certain things.

Miss_CJ

So guys just to clarify. Voldemort or Dumbledore? Who is stronger? As far as i remember in books Voldemort had the upper hand during their duel in the Ministry but it doesnt have to mean anything. Can we even judge who is better? They were extraordinary wizards but so diffetent that i dont know if we can say Vol or Dum was stronger. Anywat what do you think?

kolorowo

…also was THE huge determining factor for a large group of people’s dislike among the HP fan base with Fantastic Beasts films, unfortunately.

Scuba Steve

Dumbledore was gay i think that will clear up all the confusion for this movie. Your welcome

Bean

Voldemort’s prophecy with Harry Potter is an Oedipus Rex situation where Voldemort found out about a prophecy that would be his undoing and by chasing it head under led himself down the predestined path by creating the very thing that would destroy him in Harry the Horcrux

Christopher

Voldemorts goal was ultimate power and building a lasting legacy as the greatest wizard to ever live, he wanted to be the man who lives forever

Christopher

spartan was right for the majority of the movie

micah

One of the Carrows is the Greyjoy that stabbed Theon in the back of the leg in season 2 and killed Maester Luwin

Rainbow

Dumbledore's story with Grindelwald is SO interesting. They had 2 movies to touch on it and they barely do, then they had a prequel franchise and they just ruined it XD

Rainbow

Aberforth is Mance Rayder

Rainbow

Two things I haven't seen mentioned about Snape 1) Snape was the one who overhead the prophecy and told it to Voldemort, unknowingly sending Voldemort after Harry, and being a culprit in the death of Lily. 2) When Snape tells Dumbledore about Voldemort hunting Harry, he asks him to '[...] hide her'. Only Lily, not James nor Harry, he didn't care about them. In the movie this was changed to 'hide them all', making him much more sympathetic.

Frederik Tange

So... Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy when? :D

Rainbow

Okay Pudgey your confidence in the end is funny just bc you were wrong. Harry did "die" when Voldemort cast the Avada Kadavra spell and he did that because he was a Horcrux. The dying part of Voldemort we saw in Harry's "afterlife" was from inside Harry that's why he had to "die". So as Spartan said, yes, the last 2 pieces of Voldemort left at the ending fight were just the Snake and Voldemort himself.

RP10

lilys theme 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥i fall asleep to it all the time

micah

You guys should definitely watch some of the lore videos on YouTube, it would answer a lot of your questions that were answered in the books.

Erin

Peter Pettigrew was the Potters "secret keeper" aka kinda like they couldn't get to the potters unless the secret keeper told him, which Peter obvi did. Regarding the prophecy: "neither can live while the other survives". Voldy was obsessed with power and immortality and the prophecy sort of tells him that a boy born on the same day and year as harry was the one (which also could have been Neville). So he wanted to kill harry. But he couldn't even try until Peter Betrayed the potters.

Minna Fridell

I would kill to have a FaceTime Q&A with you and explain yall everything

Sasha

Spartan kills me with the “Pudgey in the morning/Pudgey when she’s hungry” jokes 😂. Also, I think Pudgey forgot we already know who betrayed Lily and James on the night they died, his name wasn’t mentioned again but in the flashbacks from Snape’s memories, when Dumbledore warns Snape about them being in danger, they’re referring to Peter Pettigrew “ratting” out to Voldemort, though at the time everyone might’ve still believed it was Sirius Black.

Jonny Rey

I think you would enjoy movie flames videos on YouTube about for example Voldemort and the mauraders a lot. the videos explains what is said about them in the books and will give you a better understanding.

ispan

Snape didn't actually love Harry. His work to protect Harry was 100% out of love for Lilly, not Harry himself. In Harry, Snape only ever saw James...thats why he was so mean to him. But out of love for Lilly and the knowledge that she would have wanted him protected, he chose to work to protect Harry.

Joel Zaborowski

That’s a bummer I didn’t realize their mods were giving spoiler clues and shit. I was wondering why they were so convinced there was more to Snape even when he was at his apparent worst.

Veilsix

This is interesting, I appreciate the honest reaction and while it's not how I felt after watching the whole series, I grew up reading the books. All the details that aren't provided in the movie were automatically filled in for me by my own brain pulling from knowledge of the books I had already read. Because of that, the entire journey was of raw emotion, to see an amazing story put to screen, there's nothing like it. Without the context of the books, I can definitely see why you'd be confused and left wanting more.

Paul

Well, firstly Spartan was right. Sorry Pudgey ... Near the end, the remaining Horcruxes were only the snake and Voldemort. The Horcruxe inside Harry died when Voldemort cast the Avada Kedavra spell in the forest. Dumbledore said that it was essential that Voldemort did it himself in Snape's memories. And, if you can remember the tale of the Three Brothers in part 1, they said that the Resurrection Stone does not really make people come back from the dead because the second brother kills himself to rejoin his lover. Secondly, the fact that Harry survived is because Voldemort took his blood to regain a body. Therefore, Lily's protection lives on and Harry could come back, but you would have to read the books to understand that. I'don't think you could deduce it only from the movies. At the end, I really liked your first time reaction and I understand the criticisms because movies are incomplete. I don't think it's just fans being annoying to say that you can't understand everything if you haven't read the books, it's mostly true. Love y'all.

Kevin Zermatten

It’s because of people like you is what fuelled their problems, because I’ve seen so many reactions to hp and they never nitpick like they did over such minor problems, I honestly wished that the mods banned any book fan that were trying ruin their reaction from commenting.

JonSnow21

The movies are definitely good, but there is a so much in the books that wasn't included in the movies that add so much character development, character backstory, emotion, etc. A ton of stuff about you learn about Voldemort and Dumbledore were left out of the movies. It's understandable that a lot has to be cut out for the movie adaptations, especially considering how long some of the books are. But man is there some amazing stuff in the books you would enjoy. Also, here's hoping the HBO Harry Potter series is great has the room to add a bunch of extra stuff from the books. Look forward to you watching your reactions whenever it comes out!

Epsilox

Most of it is answered through the films though, obviously not everything

JonSnow21

10/10. Disagree with comments stating its only understandable when reading the books - its not. Movies work perfectly fine on their own. Also, again biggest disgrace was the moderators need to tell them that there is more to snape than meets the eye. Their reaction should have been more like "whats happening now?" Instead off "okay, finally...". Its Harry Potter. There is no need to create more curiousity to make them watch it, those movies had the most votes, they would have watched it anyway, no more additional hype needed. Espacially if it sacrifices the biggest twist in this story. Pudgey solved the puzzle like 3,4 movies ago, because those expectations were set and it destroyed that part of their reaction.

DrückebergerTV

Your first time? Lol. They did the same to them with Game Of Thrones.

DrückebergerTV

The Books, the books, the books - so good and answer pretty much every question you asked Spartan. So much detail

Will Pye

I disagree about the snape scene completely , it’s easily the best scene in the franchise and alot of yall complaints is because is you forgot the past films and was answered had you remembered the details from the films , and im fine with some complaints but all you did in the discussion is nitpick stuff like why did hagrid and harry didn’t embrace more, they hugged like what more can they do , this film and the 3rd are the best in the franchise and holds a 96 percent score on rotten tomatoes . I am disappointed now because it seemed like yall loved the film like literally every reactor who ever watched it but your discussion proved my point of these pathetic book fans trying to ruin your reactions instead of waiting till yall finished the franchise . Soo good job book fans , acting like hp books are some masterpiece when they aren’t even my favourite fantasy book series yet the films are imo the best fantasy films of all time. Not hating obviously but was disappointed knowing that I probably can’t rewatch your reaction knowing u had such minor problems.

JonSnow21

I think the 96 percent on rotten tomatoes this film holds disagrees with you

JonSnow21

I agree with your take on this one. I don't understand why they decided to make this movie only 2 hours long, could've easily added 30 minutes to build up and explain a lot of the stuff to clear up the confusion for those who have not read the books. I think that's my general problem with Harry Potter movies, they streamline the story to a point where some of it no longer really makes sense. Other than that I do like them, but like many have said here, the best experience with the series comes with the books. Hopefully the upcoming Harry Potter TV show will give a more thorough experience to even those who do not enjoy reading books.

TT

Everyone is asking you watch the reunion. I concur, please do! It’ll give you a better understanding in context why Harry Potter is so beloved and special to fans and some cool behind the scenes of making the movies too. And people on YouTube will be asking you to as well.

Ailene Evangelista

also react to 20 years anniversary it's so amazing and emotional

Ebony

spartan tearing up when harry says how dare you stand where he stood is so real literally the best part of the movie for me for heaps of reasons

Ebony

I feel like this series is really for book readers, once you understand the lore behind it all, the movies make more sense. Spartan you should read the books

Ghostcat

I hope you will react to the 20 years Harry potter Anniversary at some point, It's definitely worth it.

King_Panarisi

Mr Flitwick is a prodigious Charms master, not an idiot, Spartan. Screaming

CountFurfur

So glad you've been enjoying the movies! I was waiting to see if you'd notice the actor for Mance Rayder plays Dumbledore's brother and that the actor who plays Otto Hightower plays Luna's dad. They were very sneaky in hiding their apparences haha.

Bailey Steen

Spartan calling Horcruxes "soul pieces" kills me

CountFurfur

the Deathly Hallows are the three items hallowed by Death, not a place- that would be Godric's Hollow (not hallow!)

CountFurfur

It annoyed me when they forgot this 🤣

Nicole Herd

You guys are wrong about a lot of things in your pre and post movie discussion. All the answers and everything you could want to know are in the final book. If you're not readers, you should do a deep dive on YouTube or reddit to find all the explanation, it's a lot of fun!

Emmy

This movie is certainly much more fan service than the previous ones. They will kind of assume you've read the books and know that if you are mourning someone or just really heartbroken over them, your patronous can change to match theirs. But, even though some of this is fan service, this movie veered away from the book more than probably any of them.

RespektedMadman

they shouldn't. Movies are not good and they flopped so its an unfinished series

Ammaar Ahmed

really sad that they deleted the scene where malfoy helps harry fight voldamort.

Marcus Carter

A lot from the books started to get left out once Yates took over the series, and since the books were still being written he didn’t know that some of it would end up being crucially relevant to many of the concluding points. This is why the books are so great because a lot was woven in from the very beginning. As far as the prophecy and the Potters- Professor Trelawney had made one real prophecy in her life and it was regarding the downfall of Voldemort and the one who would do it. When this became known Voldemort was on the lookout for the birth of the one described which could have been one of two babies born that July: Harry and Neville. This is also why Trelawney is under protection at Hogwarts as the divinity teacher even though she normally has no talent for divination… Dumbledore wanted to keep her out of Voldemort’s reach. For reasons relating to his obsession with pure blood bigotry and his own shame at being a half blood Voldemort decided it had to be the Potter child who was his equal rather than the pure blood Longbottom baby. The fact that Voldemort would choose the child that would undo him as his equal was part of the prophecy. Eventually Voldemort caught up to Pettigrew, who the Potters had mistakenly trusted as their secret keeper (the one who knew what location the Potter home was hidden in similar to the Black house serving as the Order HQ). Pettigrew gave them up and Voldemort arrived at their home, killed James downstairs and went up to get Lily and Harry. As he killed Lily he cemented her protection spell over Harry and inadvertently created an 8th Horcrux in Harry. When he tried to kill Harry his curse rebounded on him due to both Lily’s protection spell and his own Horcrux resiliency (remember how Horcruxes strike back at whatever tries to kill them) and the result basically killed him had it not been for his Horcruxes. His essence continued to live much like what you saw in Harry’s King’s Cross scene between life and death. If you recall that’s what Voldemort looked like when Pettigrew was carrying him around. Anyways Harry had to die so that when Nagini the snake Horcrux was killed, then Voldemort would truly die. If Harry had been overlooked then Nagini’s death would not have been enough to defeat Voldemort. And it is no coincidence that the person who scores the final blow to truly defeat Voldemort was Neville. Remember he was the other child born in July that the prophecy could have been about. But yes you are right too much was packed in to explain the final plot threads, this was due to things being omitted from the earlier books/movies. A lot of this such as the ghost of Rowena Ravenclaw and even the location of her tiara, was hinted at or revealed in the earlier books but left out of the movies not realizing it would end up being important. So then they had to cram it in the final movie. Regarding the Patronus shapes, Lily’s Patronus was a doe. Snape adapted the doe as his Patronus because she is his only happy and loving memory. That’s why when Dumbledore saw Snape rocking the doe he immediately knew he still held and loved Lily’s memory, even after all this time.

Veilsix

Spartan was right, the horcrux in harry was destroyed when voldemort "killed" harry in the forest. Then the last two were himself and nagini. Nagini died and immediately after voldemort was left to his own and harry killed him.

Jake

Now that you finished Harry Potter, are you considering watching the fantastic beasts series as sort of a follow up??

Katerina Bumbaris

Just wanna say: Pudgey guessed correctly in the HBP that Harry was a horcrux and Spartan guessed that Dumbledore was actually begging Snape to kill him. The reason you feel like there isn't "closure" on everything is because of things in the books that were left out of the films. The last book was cut into two films but there are still a lot of details missing. It's time consuming and some things on page are just really hard to put on screen. To answer some of your questions and further explanations: The reason Voldemort killed Harry's parents was due to the prophecy that predicted that his downfall would be at the hands of a person born at the end of July to parents who had defied him three times and would have powers that he could not understand. Neville was also born at the end of July and his parents had defied Voldemort three times. Harry is "The Chosen One" mainly because Voldemort chose him. He saw Harry as his equal and tried to kill him as a baby because he believed Harry would be his ultimate downfall. In a weird way Voldemort respected Harry's parents' skills and considered their son a more dangerous threat than Neville. James and Lily were betrayed by Peter Pettigrew (who died in the DH book before the final battle). James was killed first, by the killing curse (same as Lily). In the flashback Snape walks past James' dead body on the stairs. Let's not forget his sacrifice either. Yes he was a bully in school but he grew up to be a good man who loved his family more than anything. He died protecting his wife and son. The deeper meaning of Snape's patronus changing into a doe like Lily's is the fact that Lily's Patronus only became a doe after she fell in love with James (to compliment his stag). In The Prisoner of Azkaban when Dumbledore explained to Harry that when he cast his Patronus, it was, in a way, his father appearing to protect him. Snape's Patronus changing into the same form that Lily's used to take was proof that she was still protecting Harry. Snape hated James (for good reason), but if his Patronus changed into the form that Lily's had taken only when she fell in love with James, it would mean that he had come to accept the choices that she had made and was genuinely determined to protect her son. As told in the Deathly Hallows story, the Resurrection Stone doesn't actually bring people back from the dead, it just temporarily calls the soul of the deceased back from the dead to Earth in a form somewhere between living people and ghosts. It's not explained in the film that Harry had stopped on his way to the forest when he remembered the snitch. Seeing his dead loved ones not only gave him the strength and courage to go through with letting Voldemort kill him, their spectral form visible only to him acted as Patronus' to get past the Dementors allied with Voldemort. There are multiple different elements that were keeping Harry alive: Lily's blood/sacrifice, him being the true master of The Elder Wand and therefore the true Master of Death (which doesn't make you immortal but simply means you accept death), but the main reason he didn't die is because, besides the fact that he chose to go back, it only killed the part of Voldemort's soul (the Horcrux) that was in him, and made him mortal. Dumbledore DID care for Harry. He knew that Harry would have to face Voldemort and "die" by his hand in order to trick Voldemort into destroying the horcrux inside Harry. He just couldn't let Snape know that. Voldermort had planned to split his soul in 7 pieces, which means 6 horcruxes AND his physical body. Then he would become mortal and could therefore be killed. But he unintentionally made the 7th horcrux when he turned Harry into one, therefore there were 8 pieces of his soul. While it's clear where Snape's loyalties lied, I keep seeing fans argue whether he was actually good or bad. Snape is a VERY complex character. The way he treated Harry (in public) was arguably despicable. Even if it was because of James it doesn't excuse it, or explain his treatment of Neville and other students. He was a bitter person and a bully. He was a Death Eater at one point. BUT, he had played the double (triple?) agent all this time and he did it all to save Harry, or more specifically, Lily's son. He transformed and risked his life to save the boy for whom Lily had died. Snape, despite all his flaws, could love. His love for Lily and his selfless act towards her son made him good. The fact that he could love without having been loved himself made him good. This next theory further proves Snape was good. Isn't a bit odd he put up no defense at all when Nagini attacked him? In the HBP Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to protect Draco, regardless of the danger to his own life. And when Voldemort tried to ask him who owned the Elder Wand, Snape said that it answered only to him. But Snape knew that the wand answered only to Draco. He had been Dumbledore's right-hand man for years and knew exactly how the wand worked. Snape sacrificed his life because Voldemort thought it belonged to him and killed him, but in the end it lead to his own defeat. If he betrayed Draco he would've broken his Unbreakable Vow. So if it had been anyone other than Draco he could have easily defended himself. But if he had escaped, Voldemort would have discovered the true owner of the Elder Wand sooner or later. So Snape was not only trying to save Harry but Draco as well. The scene where Snape was holding Lily's dead body is not in the book. At the same time, some of Snape's memories included in the book that are not seen in the film, is Snape apologising to Lily for calling her a Mudblood and the revelation that Petunia wrote to Dumbledore in the hopes that she could attend Hogwarts. When she wasn't accepted she felt rejected by the wizarding world and therefore resented it, which only grew worse when Lily was killed. Petunia pretended to hate her sister when she was in fact just jealous and scared. Harry had realised this to an extent back in the 5th book when he told his aunt and uncle that Lord Voldemort was back. Vernon had no idea who he was but Petunia immediately became terrified. At this moment, Harry realised that, to her, the magical world was a place that had taken her sister from her when she was a child, rejected her and later took Lily away again for good. She resented Harry so much because he reminded her of all of that. However, she did appear to care for him on some level. In Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Petunia is mentioned as having died a few years after Harry's second son Albus Severus started studying at Hogwarts. It is revealed she kept the blanket Harry was wrapped in when he first arrived at the Dursley's, and after her death Dudley sent it back to him (Harry and Dudley would stay on "Christmas card" terms for the rest of their lives). Not long after Alan Rickman started to play Severus Snape, J.K. Rowling told him, years ahead of the last book's publication, that Snape had been in love with Lily, and both his protection of, and antagonism toward Harry, came from that. She said she shared that with him because he needed to understand where this bitterness towards this boy, who's living proof of Lily's preference for another man (a man who had tormented him), came from. In the book Harry learns Dumbledore's darkest secret: That he may have killed his sister Ariana, or at least inadvertently caused her death. Ariana had trouble suppressing her magic as she accidentally killed their mother and required constant care and attention. In a duel between Dumbledore, his brother Aberforth, and Dumbledore's friend-turned-enemy Gellert Grindelwald (According to JKR, Dumbledore was gay and in love with Grindelwald), Ariana was killed, and none of them knew who cast the spell that caused her death. Harry and Voldemort's final duel played out very differently in the book. It was a super intense confrontation in the Great Hall with EVERYONE watching. Harry told Voldemort the truth about Snape and the Elder Wand, before using a Disarming Charm to defeat Voldemort once and for all. His death was very human as he dropped to the ground and left a body behind (they filmed that version: https://youtu.be/rFMxRv2Zaj0?si=7pYEUvBtE6wlvAbN). I remember being on the edge of my seat while reading it. While the film version is more visually pleasing it just didn't feel as intense or final. It also went against the original point that without magic Voldemort died just like any other man, and he was never actually as special as he believed. That's probably what I am most mad about regarding the book-to-film adaptations. In the book Harry used the Elder Wand to fix his and then returned it to Dumbledore's grave in hopes of dying of natural causes, which would leave the wand without a master and cause it to lose its power. While breaking it was surely safer, it made no sense why he wouldn't at least fix his wand first, since the Elder Wand was the only wand capable of mending broken wands! JKR says she always knew Hagrid would survive because she had always had an image of a grieving Hagrid carrying Harry's body back to Hogwarts, which was fitting, since it was Hagrid who carried him as a baby and also brought him into the wizarding world. Before the scene was shot where Hermione was pretending to be Bellatrix, Emma Watson acted out the scene for Helena Bonham Carter so she would know how to act as if she were Hermione in this situation. So, essentially, this scene is Helena acting like Emma acting as Hermione acting like Bellatrix. If you watch carefully in the duel between Snape and McGonagall, you can see that Snape deflected a spell cast from McGonagall, purposefully killing the Death Eater twins the Carrows behind him. This foreshadowed which side Snape was truly on. Regarding Draco, Lucius and Narcissa: Yes they were cowards. But they were also risking their lives by abandoning Voldemort. At this point Lucius was terrified of him and Narcissa only cared for Draco's safety. That's why she told Voldemort that Harry was dead (which made that the second time Harry was saved by a mother's love). Also, notice how Draco didn't come when his dad called him but as soon as his mum called him he did? I do wish they had kept one scene in as it would've been a definite statement from Draco. When Harry revealed that he was still alive, Draco was meant to betray the Death Eaters by throwing Harry his wand. The scene was filmed but not included in the final edit: https://youtu.be/V6m4vuT_pME?si=sYwtYueHmVskPSdD. I am still mad they didn't keep it in (or Harry and Dudley's interaction from Part 1). Speaking of: Draco married Astoria Greengrass, the younger sister of a fellow Slytherin. She had gone through a similar (though less violent and frightening) conversion from pure-blood ideals to a more tolerant life view and she refused to raise their son Scorpius in the belief that Muggles were scum. Because of that she was not accepted into the family, even after Draco stood up to his parents. At Hogwarts, Scorpius and Albus Severus, both in Slytherin, became great friends. Voldemort hugging Draco was not scripted but improv by Ralph Fiennes. Tom Felton genuinely didn't know how to react so the look of confusion and discomfort is real. If you really want to cry: When Harry revealed himself to be alive and everyone reacted with joy, if you look closely at George he started saying 'Fred' before remembering that he was dead. Harry lost the ability to speak Parseltongue after Voldemort killed the Horcrux inside him. Harry and Ginny's kids' names are Albus Severus, James Sirius and Lily Luna. Ron and Hermione's kids' names are Rose and Hugo. In the book, Neville and Luna unfortunately both go on to marry other people but in my mind they end up together. I'd love for you to react to the 20th anniversary special and maybe The Fantastic Beasts films as well (at least the first two).

Heida

Other people in your HP Movie comments recommended HPAUDIO.CLUB as a resource for the audio books. Since I saw it referenced in your comments I have checked it out and want to add my agreement that this is a good option for listening to the Audiobooks without having to purchase them. They provide both versions of the audiobooks. Stephen Fry did the version that was released in England. And Jim Dale did the version for the United States. I’m not sure which of those are available in other countries. But I would really like to recommend the Stephen Fry version. He does a fantastic job with the stories. I find Jim Dale‘s voice is to be annoying for several of the characters, including his version of Hermione. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to get Stephen Fry versions if you live in the United States. They are not available for outright purchase here due to copyright issues. And that is a real shame. So I am thrilled to have access to the Stephen Fry versions at HPAUDIO.CLUB. You two could even check out a couple of key chapters to get the additional details that you were curious about. I bet that that you would find that you would want to go ahead and listen to more chapters, or even entire books if you checked it out. And I seriously believe that a number of your Patreon subscribers would enjoy having an opportunity to discuss the books and comparing them with the movies. You could schedule some sort of series of streaming videos for that purpose. I really hope you consider discussing that with your Mods.

Blackeyedlily

I forgot to share something that I totally don’t care about spoiling because the Cursed Child sucks. At some point during all this, Voldemort and Bellatrix apparently procreated together. Have a nice mental image.

K

Snape didn't care about Harry in the books, it was clear. But in the movies it was a bit different in my opinion

Minerva Ravenclaw

Snape has been my favorite character since I read the first Harry Potter book. He is a more controversial character to people who have read the books, especially prior to the movies, as he is much more of a bully to the students in the books. But you would learn a lot more about his backstory by reading the books, as a little bits and pieces are revealed along the way. Snape is a half-blood, thus the Half-Blood Prince title. His mother was a witch and her family name was Prince. It is apparent from the books that his family life was very unhappy and his muggle father was probably abusive. This is likely why he found the Death Eaters attractive when he was a young man and looking for belonging. The fact that he seemed to only renounce the Death Eaters when he learned that Lily was threatened is a major criticism people have about the character. He is not portrayed as a very nice person. But I still think he is an absolutely brilliant character as far as literary characters go. He comes across as someone who was a socially awkward kid, very bookish and a loner. Which certainly fits the mold of a young person who would be susceptible to getting involved with a bad crowd, especially if they found acceptance and praise for his talents from such a group. He also became the youngest professor at Hogwarts when Dumbledore hired him, as he was just a couple of years out of school himself. Since he had been bullied at school, I can see why he then became rather a bully as a teacher. I’m not excusing that behavior, just understanding how he could easily be like that. You learn in the books that things like love can have an impact on the form of your Patronus. Harry’s parents Patronus’ were a stag and doe respectively. Whatever Snape’s Patronus might have been originally, his love of her resulted in Snape’s Patronus having the same form as Lily’s. That is why Dumbledore questioned “after all this time?” to Snape. He appeared surprised that Snape still considered himself in love with Lily. Fans of Snape associate the word ALWAYS with him. I used to have a T-shirts over the outline of a doe and the word Always on the front of it, but I’ve worn it out. I highly recommend reading the chapters that contain Snape’s death, and the chapter with his penseive memories. Both scenes are very sad but also very beautiful with much more details than you get in the movie. The moment of Snape’s death, he tells Harry to “look at me,” which I realize the movie does as well. But when you are reading the book you really get the sense that there is a deeper meaning of Snape wanting Harry to truly see him for who he is in that moment. As the books were being released J.K. Rowling repeatedly said that Harry having his mother’s eyes was important. And there was always a lot of speculation as to the significance of this. Other characters who knew his mother were always telling Harry that he had her eyes. But when you think about how Snape had to always look at Harry and see both the eyes of the woman he loved and the face of the man who was his rival and bully (because the books also emphasis how much Harry looked like James) it makes you realize how significant that would have been to Snape. Especially when you also consider the guilt Snape carried for being the one to tell Voldemort that there was a prophecy, even though he had no idea of what that would mean to the Potters. And Lily’s eyes had to be a constant reminder of his pledge to Dumbledore to protect Harry. So that final moment when he tells Harry that he has his mother’s eyes is very poignant. I really think you would get the answers to some of the questions that you had if you read (or listened to the audio version) the chapter in The Deathly Hallows with Snape’s memories, which is titled The Prince’s Tale.

Blackeyedlily

Comments are above...way above.

Jim Schmitz

Right. Because, as a young Tom Riddle told Professor Slughorn, he thought that seven was the most magical number. So he thought it would be best if he could achieve a seven part soul in his quest for immortality.

Blackeyedlily

The only time that Snape gets foaming at the mouth angry is at the end of Prisoner of Azkaban book. His usual anger is of an icy cold controlled nature. But he becomes totally unhinged when he finds out that Sirius escaped at the end of that book. At that point in the story it appears that he reacts that way because of the school years of rivalry between Snape and primarily James and Sirius. Especially because of the way Sirius put Snape in harms way from Remus in his werewolf form when they were at school together. But after Snape’s backstory is fully revealed you realize that Snape believed that the man who truly betrayed Lily and James had just escaped, which puts the emotions he showed at that time in a different light.

Blackeyedlily

First, so sad the journey is over! Loved your reactions and end discussion! I agree with a lot of your criticism and frustrations, but I guess as a book reader I filled those gaps in mentally so it didn’t bother me as much as it could have. I love the series and I think the movie adaptations are overall, really well done. Considering they made these over ten years, started it when the books weren’t all completed yet and managed to keep on the original trio who started as such young kids, is in of itself such an impressive feat honestly. Truth is, a lot of the details and backstory you want are in the books, not to beat a dead horse lol I do hope you’ll read them, it’s totally worth it if you want more of these characters and amazing world. So many little side stories like Tonks and Lupin’s relationship and them having a son who ends up an orphan just like Harry, man I miss those things and wished it could have been included! I’m nervous but excited to see what HBO is planning to do with a tv adaptation of the books. I hope it works out well because there’s so many things I want to see on screen one day.

Ailene Evangelista

On your point 8. I'm pretty sure it wasn't only because Harry was half-blood like him but because he was born on the 31st which was truly the end of July. While Neville was born on the 30th.

Miss_CJ

I second this.

Miss_CJ

"Lilly and James put their faith in the wrong person" They trusted Peter Pettigrew with their location, and he betrayed them to Voldemort. Then Sirius got blamed for it and sent to prison when Peter was always the one who betrayed them.

Joel Zaborowski

The answers to all your questions are in the books lol. But yes the reason Voldemort went after the potters was the prophecy. Harry fit the description of the prophecy, so Voldemort set out to kill him when he was still a baby.

Joel Zaborowski

If you are interested in learning more about Dumbledore, the Fantastic Beasts trilogy expands his story further. Although Dumbledore is not the principal character, the movies are set when Dumbledore was young.

Ludwvin Martinez

Loved the reaction and I can understand their confusion on certain things but when it comes to Harry Potter and the entire world building done in the books you almost need to do your own due diligence and figure out some things on your own. Impossible to answer everything in the movies imo. I think Spartan was right on when he said he needs to watch all the movies back to back to get alot more out of them.

Demo

He was told before the books even ended and sworn to secrecy, so that he could act accordingly.

K

Dumbledore: “Lily? After all this time?” Snape: “Always.” ❤️😔🪄

imperial

Everyone has explained the horcrux question and the fact that Snape was a creep who didn’t give a fig about Harry himself but only Lily. Seriously, I don’t consider it brave or noble. He’d have happily had Harry and James die if he could have Lily to himself. That’s part of why Lily was able to protect Harry. I doubt she was the only mom who protected her child. However, Voldemort was going to spare her when he went to kill Harry. Lily just wouldn’t let that happen. Snape was a Death Eater by his own free will after he ruined his friendship with Lily by calling her a m*dblood to fit in with his Slytherin friends. He switched sides to protect Lily In the books, Harry is the godfather to Remus’s son Teddy. Teddy has a much better childhood than Harry did. Draco married a neutral Slytherin woman, Astoria Greengrass. She’s the younger sister of one of his yearmates, Daphne. The Malfoys were cowards because Slytherins are more focused on self-preservation. Nevertheless, they raised their son with different beliefs, much to the elder Malfoys’ chagrin. Astoria didn’t buy into blood purity. Speaking of, the hat didn’t just think Harry was good for Slytherin because of the horcrux. Harry was an abused child. Abused children have self preservation and cunning. Harry wanted to prove himself. It was his childhood with the Dursleys that would have made him a good Slytherin, much like Tom’s abuse at the orphanage led to Voldemort.

K

But why should the family appear in the final duel?

Golladan

Time to watch the reunion :)

Hira Memon

Can you please film yourself doing the pottermore quizzes to see your houses, patronus, and wands?

Nikki Jade

Most of your confusion is due to stuff that was left out of the movies, but you guys are also forgetting or overlooking some things. Snape only cared about Harry because of Lily, his Patronus became the same as Lily's because of his love for her. He did not care about Harry personally. This is muddied by the movie and book version of Snape being very different. Voldemort made 6 horcruxes so his soul would have 7 total parts, Harry became an unknown 7th horcrux because Voldemort's soul was so unstable. Nagini was the last horcrux, Harry was not by that point. The resurrection stone had nothing to do with it. Voldemort tried to kill Harry because the prophecy foretold he would be his downfall. Snape asked Voldemort to spare Lily, and Voldemort actually did try, but killed her anyway b/c Lily refused to let him get Harry. The person James and Lily put their faith in that caused their death was Peter Pettigrew.

Munir

Yes, I wish they caught on to this one a bit more but I can't fault them. The love that Snape had for Lily is what kept Harry alive all those years.

Demo

And if you guys are wary about links, you can search "Severus Snape Origins Explained (Childhood to Death)" by MovieFlame on Youtube. Best video I've seen on Snape's background.

Omar Garcia

Spartan has been right about a lot of things. 1. Harry was the 7th horcrux. Voldemort didn’t know about Harry being a horcrux since he never intended to make him one. He made 6 horcruxes and had split his soul into 7 (him being the 7th piece). Harry was 8th part of his soul. 2. The Voldy soul in Harry was killed by Voldemort himself in the forbidden forest. So in the end it was just snake and Voldemort himself. 3. Harry didn’t die and was given a choice because Voldemort killed (or tried to kill) Harry with Elder wand. That wand belonged to Harry which is why it couldn’t kill its master. 4. Snape’s Patronus was a doe, same as Lily’s. If you love someone so much, your horcrux will be the same as the person you love. When Dumbledore asked Snape ‘after all this time?’ after seeing the doe. He was basically asking ‘you love Lily after all this time?’. Snape says ‘Always’. So Snape was still protecting Harry because of his love for Lily. 5. They didn’t celebrate at the end because they had just gone through a battle, they were tired and grieving since they had lost so many. 6. Harry’s sons were named ‘James Sirius Potter’ and ‘Albus Severus Potter’. 7. It wasn’t just Lily that night she died. We see James dead on stairs when Snape was walking up to Harry’s room. James got killed defending Lily and Harry against Voldemort. 8. He went after Lily and James because they were trying to protect Harry. He wanted to kill Harry because of the prophecy which said Voldemort will meet his end at the hands of a boy who will be born at the end of July. There were two boys born at the end of July; Neville and Harry. Voldemort chose Harry because Harry was half blood (his mum being muggle born) like himself. Neville was pure blood. 9. Snape was crying when asking to protect the Potters because Snape loved Lily and realised Voldemort was going to kill them. Dumbledore saying that the Potters trusted the wrong person was him talking about them trusting Peter Pettigrew who betrayed Potters. 10. Voldemort didn’t kill Snape with his wand because he believed Elder wand belonged to Snape so wand wouldn’t be able to kill its master. Obviously, he was wrong and he made that mistake when he killed Harry with Elder wand.

Hira Memon

Snape's story is actually more interesting then what the movies portrayed. In the books they go more into detail. If you are interested in learning more I recommend you watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVN_KJtqPI It will give you a different perspective.

Omar Garcia

I don’t usually complain about changes from the books, but I really hate the way Harry just breaks the elder wand in half and throws it away like nothing. In the books he uses it to repair his own wand. Then he returns the elder wand to Dumbledore’s grave where it belongs. I think that would have been beautiful to see on screen.

imperial

Actually Snape didn't take the wands. If you look closely the wands are still on the ground after Snape escaped. Idk why this theory got popular because you can clearly see them on the ground. It's also not in the books. Why exactly Harry survived is speculative. But it definitely was not due to the stone. This is what Rowling said why Harry survived. It was a combination of factors: 1. Having taken Harry's blood into himself, Voldemort is keeping alive Lily's protective power over Harry — except that the power of Lily's sacrifice is a positive force that not only continues to tether Harry to life, but gives Voldemort himself one last chance ... Voldemort has unwittingly put a few drops of goodness back inside himself; if he had repented, he could have been healed more deeply than anyone would have supposed. But of course, he refused to feel remorse. 2. Elder Wand, which belonged to Harry. It didn't work in full strength, but still sent a curse powerful enough to destroy the part of Voldemort's soul, and almost kill Harry, who chose to come back. Additionally, this is just a theory, I'm not sure if Rowling said anything about it. That Harry was the onwer of all three Deathly Hallows and became the master of Death.

Alex

I’ll come back to this later but, for now, Tom Riddle just falling down to the ground dead is the best part. He’s not special, he can’t escape death, he’s just like everyone else which is the only thing he’s ever feared.

Katie Thomas

For me in its simplest form HP and the Dealthy Hallows is a Holy Grail Quest. To be the true master and owner/possessor of the grail it requires more than just possession of the item. It’s a test of character and moral fiber (cough Harry in the Tri wizard cup cough). And while there’s tons to discuss I want to mainly focus on the grail quest and the 3 year main characters. Harry, Dumbledore, and Voldemort. Voldemort is obviously very powerful and has a vast knowledge base in Magic, but it’s been repeatedly shown to us that he misses the magic he doesn’t understand or feel is important. It’s why Lilys Love protected Harry and defeated Voldemort. It’s why Harry was able fight him off in order of the Phoenix. It’s why he doesn’t understand the connection between Harry and his wand, and why he didn’t understand why the Elderwand didn’t produce exceptional magic for him. so it was completely logical that he only understood of the elder wands existence and not the other 2. Dumbledore is obviously very powerful and has a HUGE knowledge of magic. And his youth showed that he had some very very questionable beliefs and friendships that would have led him down a path of not good choices. He’s almost the half step between Voldemort and Harry. Dumbledore actually possessed all 3 Hallows but he was not worthy of them. He gave Harry back the cloak (which was admirable) but he also could produce a disillusionment charm to render himself as invisible as the cloak practically. He always possessed the elder wand, but was again tempted by Gaunts ring when he realized what it was. His want for redemption with his sister clouded his judgment and it was that that killed him. Snape was able to contain the curse in his hand for a short while, but his death was inevitable which is why he made snape make the pact to kill him. Dumbledore in the end knew that even as the greatest and most powerful wizard in the world he was not worthy of the Hallows. Then you have Harry. Harry spends a lot of time with Dumbledore in the pensive tracking down information in regard to horcruxes and Voldemort. Harry after discovering the tale of the hallows is repeatedly pressured and faced with decisions on whether to chase horcruxes or hallows. Harry CHOOSES horcruxes everytime and that is IMPORTANT. He choose to allow Voldemort to get the wand, it was not a “oh he’s there and gonna get it”. He made the choice not to pursue it. He repeatedly chooses the more difficult road and path. Harry isnt as “powerful”, and his knowledge of spells isn’t as vast but he’s grounded in a way Voldemort could never be. His desire to not posses the hallows is exactly what made him worthy of possessing them. So were repeatedly shown that Voldemort misses the simplest forms of magic, and that Harry’s moral fiber supersedes his personal selfish objectives. We’re repeatedly shown that fear of a name is bad. It’s why Harry and Dumbledore call Voldemort Tom Riddle. That’s again important. So fast forward to the finale and end battle. It was important when Harry goes to sacrifice himself that he doesn’t fight back. That his intention was to DIE to save his friends. He did for them what his mother did for him. After Voldemort hit him with the killing curse in the woods Harry assured that Voldemort COULD NEVER hurt them again. They were protected by the same magic that protected him. Other than the flying around with Voldemort being awful, the final duel in the movie is also SHIT. consider what happened. Harry defeats Voldemort and not a single cheer erupts, not a single person outside of Harry even witnesses it. It just happens and then when they ask him how he quickly tells them of the wand and disarming Draco as an afterthought. Contrast that with the book. EVERYONE IS WATCHING. Harry and Voldemort are circling each other, and HARRY IS TALKING THE MOST MASSIVE SHIT OF ALL TIME. The audience is captivated as he repeatedly calls him Tom, and explains how snape was always Dumbledores to the end, and how Harry is better than him and going to beat him. Harry is talking down to him with pity and Voldemort is fuming and doesn’t know what to do because he’s now killed Harry twice and he’s survived. And Harry tells him about the wand and that he is its true master. Everyone sees Harry defeat Voldemort exactly how he said he would and they rejoice as the darkest wizard arguably of all time is vanquished. The themes of love and friendship repeatedly are shown as the most powerful bonds and magic in the world across the entire series. And Harry’s selflessness and his desire to NOT obtain power was what made him worthy. He gave up the elder wand, he gave up the resurrection stone. In a way the 3 characters parallel the story of the 3 brothers. Voldemort, driven by power, represented the elder wand brother. Dumbledore, driven by his desire to bring back and make right his sister’s life, was the resurrection stone brother. Harry, driven by his desire to just live, was the invisibility cloak brother. And the story implies that brother was the smartest and wisest of the 3. Which again parallels the entire story. Sooo much amazing in the movie. In particularly with the Snape portion of the story. But I’ll be damned if the “I can hear and feel horcruxes” isn’t shit too. I literally spend 100’s of hours contemplating the final horcrux. And if you read the books you will remember the scene in HBP where the book is hidden in the room of requirement and it mentions a tarnished tiara on a warlock bust. I had become soooo convinced that was the final horcrux and was sooo overjoyed when I reached that part of the book. And the movie just has him go in the room and he can sense it smh. And smh at no body of Voldemort laying there. That was a huge thing in the book to see him lifeless and dead. Confirming for all he was defeated.

Scuba Steve

The Snape twist was much less obvious in the books. I remember being completely blown away when I first read it. It was one of the most shocking twists I had ever read in a story before. The late Alan Rickman did a phenomenal job playing one of the most fascinating characters of all time. Rest in peace to Severus Snape and the brilliant actor who played him.

imperial

Snape was keeping the wand's loyalty secret from Voldey in the boathouse...when he realized Voldey thought he owned the elder wand, he kept that to himself knowing Voldey would kill him which would make Voldey arrogant once the horcruxes were destroyed.

Nate Terry

1st of all remember this movie is an adaptation. In most cases the story and details should stick to the source material (yeah The Witcher fans know somthing about it). So most of your complaints (like the family should appear at the final duel) should go straight to JK Rowling not the movie (and im aware they probably did but i just wanted to clarify that). 2nd of all Draco's family. I actually am a big fan of the ending of their story. Them leaving just when they are reunited again not willing to fight shows that what they really want is to be together. Furthermore if you think about it in that way the thinks may lead you to conclusion that their story is also really tragic. 3rd of all sometimes the story is... weird and streched. Simple example: the fact that Harry sacrificed himself made everyone from ,,the good side'' unkillable for the Voldemort. Becouse of the sacrifice. I mean... thats... weird. And btw this is how Harry survived when he was a baby. Her mother sacrificed herself for him so he couldnt die. But why? No one knows. Thats it from me right now. Maybe ill add something later.

kolorowo

Dumbledore said in "Goblet of Fire," "I trust you realize, no spell can re-awaken the dead." The resurrection stone did NOT revive Harry Potter after Voldey killed him. Remember, when Hermione read the "tale of the 3 brothers," The stone makes dead ppl appear but in an un-natural state. The stone doesn't completely revive dead ppl which is why Harry only saw his parents and Sirius/Remus as "Ghosts" after he held the stone. The reason Harry survived the killing curse in this last movie, is because the Horcrux inside him gave him an "extra" life. The "Aveda Kadavra" Voldey gave killed the horcrux, not harry. When Harry popped up outta Hagrid's arms from the dead! many Death Eaters fled because it kinda meant Voldey isn't all powerful that he can't kill this boy. WATCH THE REUNION show as a treat!

Nate Terry

The resurrection stone doesn't bring back from the dead. It cannot revive someone, only show their ghost. Therefore, Harry didn't comeback because of the stone. He came back because Voldemort killed the Horcruxe inside of Harry. Not Harry himself. And when Harry met Dumbledore, it all happened inside his brain. It was like a dream where two minds connected mutually. Harry didn't technically 'die'. Also, Voldemort didn't know Harry was a Horcruxe. Which means his soul was split into 8 pieces rather than 7 like he wanted. (1. Voldemort, 2. Tom's Diary, 3. Gaunt's Ring, 4. The Locket, 5. Hufflepuff's Goblet, 6. Ravenclaw's Diadem, 7. Nagini...and 8. Harry, which he never knew)

Miss_CJ

The Master of Death thing was most likely an in-universe myth. The reason Harry was able to return in the forest was because by taking Harry's blood when being resurrected, Voldemort kept Lily's enchantment alive, essentially becoming a horcrux of sorts for Harry.

Golladan

Yes reunion is a must!

Ghostcat

I really enjoyed this reaction and I agree with Spartan i also feel like the memories of snape should have been longer and had more information in it and there is a deleted scene where as Draco walks towards Voldermort he throws harry his wand and then harry attacks the snake before running off I wish they left that in I really enjoyed watching this collection with you guys I hope that Star Wars is next I cant wait for you guys to react to that <3

John Smith

Please watch the deleted scenes! It'll make you appreciate dudley and Draco!

Daniel Fowler

a witch or wizards patronus can change if they have deep feeling for another which is why snapes patronus is a doe same as lily draco throws harry the wand which is why the malfoys leave

Damien Frost

Spartan was absolutely right! Horocraxes are parts of the soul. They destroyed all the Horcruxes and Voldemort is no longer immortal. The last part of his soul is in his body. And in the final duel, the Elder Wand did not help him, because its owner was actually Harry. In addition, there in the forest, it had a choice: kill its owner or kill the part of Voldemort's soul that lives in him. The wand chose Horcrux. And there in the woods, when the snitch opened, Harry received the Resurrection Stone and thus became the owner of all the Deathly Hallows. He became a Master of Death. I felt bad for Spartan when Pudgey said that he hadn't learned anything, even though he was right! You should be ashamed of yourself, Pudgey.

Jackhammer

Movies really don't do justice to the books, especially the last ones. I would even say a pretty bad justice. As good as they are. I'm sure all your questions will be answered here, but if you liked the story you should read the books. It's so much richer. And they are super easy to read. And about Snape. He chose to be a death eater, so I think he deserved the consequences, even though he changed sides later. He was much much worse in the books, they really made him look better in the movies.

Alex

Always. Best and favorite character in HP hands down

Cjay_92

I love the franchise, but I definitely think Deathly Hallows part 2 is the weakest of the grittier and darker movies.

Kwuagga

Small clarification on Harry's death. Harry did die from the Avada Kedavra in the forest (his soul was separated from his body, as was the portion of Voldemort's soul). However when Voldemort took Harry's blood in his resurrection in Goblet of Fire, he also took Lily's sacrificial enchantment into himself, essentially keeping that enchantment alive for as long as Voldemort was still alive. Basically Voldemort himself became a sort of Horcrux for Harry, but only if it was Voldemort the one that were to kill Harry. Which is why Harry had the choice to return to his body, or move on.

Golladan

The horcrux inside Harry was destroyed when Voldemort "killed him" in the forest

A.B

In the book the Order of the Phoenix, after Sirius’s death Harry thinks that Sirius might return as a ghost, since Hogwarts School has shown him the proof of ghosts. So he goes to talk to the Gryffindor house ghost, who explains that the ghosts exist because they were witches or wizards who were too fearful of death to cross over. And so they are left in this ghostly state, neither living nor truly dead. Sirius would not have made that choice. The archway that Sirius went through is a physical representation of the veil between life and death. It is in the Department of Mysteries because death is one of the mysteries they are investigating. Notice how Harry and Luna are the only ones who can hear voices on the other side of the veil. It is similar to how they can see the Thestrals because they can see death. One of the major themes of this series is the acceptance of death. With an emphasis on things like those who we love never truly leave us. The author of the series has been very open about that. Her mother’s death impacted her very deeply and it happened very early in her creation of the Harry Potter series.

Blackeyedlily

Also the music in the beginning of the movie is called Lily's Theme 🤍

Minerva Ravenclaw

Some clarification of the prophecy: Early on, Voldemort didn't know the entire prophecy (that's why he tried to steal it again in Order of the Phoenix)...only the part where a child with power to vanquish him was coming. He believed that child to be Harry. When Voldemort chose to go after Harry and kill his parents, he created an unintentional horcrux in Harry, which linked them together and essentially sealed Harry's fate as being 'the chosen one' where neither can live while the other survives. Snape asks Dumbledore to protect the Potters. Dumbledore tells Snape that Lily and James put their faith in the wrong person...that person was Wormtail/Peter Pettigrew. In Prisoner of Azkaban it's revealed that he was the one who betrayed the Potters and told Voldemort their location. Dumbledore couldn't predict that one of their closest friends would betray them.

Lexy Winchell

There were 7 Horcruxes; he split himself into 8 pieces, with himself being 1 of those pieces. He wanted to split his soul into 7 pieces (6 Horcruxes). He accidently made Harry into a Horcrux, unknowingly. Which meant they had one more Horcrux they had to destroy which they were not originally aware of, until the Snape flashback - which is why their count seemed off.

Blake Richey

You guys should watch the deleted scene with Malfoy! He actually throws Harry his wand when he throws himself out of Hagrids arms. I wish they would’ve kept it in the movie. Such a short clip but it was a redemption for Malfoy.

Alex Ocean

I still get chills the way Harry says “How dare you stand where he stood.” It’s such a great line, not even in the books.

imperial

Hoping you watch the reunion special on Max!!!!

Alex Ocean

Loved this! They couldn't use Bellatrix's wand at Gringotts because the goblins knew the wand was stolen. Handing it over would be an admission of guilt. Olivander also warned them to treat the wand carefully. The Slytherin Common room is in the dungeons, so it's not that surprising that McGonagall sent them there. Snape indeed did not fight back. He also deflects the curses onto the death eaters and stole their wands before fleeing. Snape is so tragic because he only receives redemption after he's dead. The Resurrection Stone did not bring Harry back to life. The stone does not truly bring people back--it summons a brief ghost of them that cannot live in the mortal world. Dumbledore sealed it in the snitch for Harry to open before dying--'the close' aka death--solely so that he could see his family one more time, so that he'd have the strength to go on. He dropped it because he accepted that his family was always with him, so he did not need the stone. He survived because the protection that his mother summoned when she sacrificed herself for him--it lived on in his blood. When Voldemort returned in Goblet of Fire, he used Harry's blood to create his new body. So as long as Voldemort was alive, Harry was tethered to life. Harry's own sacrifice then did the same for all of his friends at Hogwarts--they were protected from then on because he 'died' for them. Lupin and Tonks die 'off screen' in the book as well. This highlights the brutality of war--also, their death re-establishes the orphans of war trope, which was first established in the original wizarding war via the Potters. Fred dies 'on screen' in the book; Harry, Ron, and Hermione all witness it. There's no celebration because before they can celebrate, they need to grieve. 50-60 people died in this battle. Don't worry, Harry gets his recognition haha. He, Ron, and Hermione all get their own famous witch/wizard chocolate frog cards! Snape also gets his redemption, as Harry reveals the truth to everyone. Voldemort's motivation was for wizards to come out of hiding and enslave the entire world, as Muggles would never stand a chance against even a single wizard. The good guys wanted to keep the wizarding world in hiding--its simply the safest solution given their power. This is the central difference of ideology between the good and bad guys. The Potter's had a secret keeper--one person who knew of their location. This person gave away their location. This is what Snape is referring to when he says 'you said you would keep them safe' and Dumbledore says "Lily and James put their faith in the wrong person...rather like you." Dumbledore loved Harry. He just also knew what needed to be done. I Highly recommend the Harry Potter 20th anniversary on HBO. It's an incredible documentary that serves as an amazing cap to the series!

Neville L

Yeah, pretty much have to read the books, or at least find someone that can explain what they are confused about. As someone that had read the books beforehand, watching their reaction makes me appreciate how much the books are needed to fill in the gaps.

Golladan

Regarding why they didn't celebrate I think cz they also lost many people during the battle, so celebrating a win while losing many people wasn't appropriate I guess. Plus they were exhausted after the battle. I don't know it's just how I see it

Minerva Ravenclaw

He doesn't destroy it in the book. He just repairs his own wand and places the Elder Wand back with Dumbledore. I honestly like the movie version better.

Neville L

Some of the things i think need clearing up. Harry was not the last horcrux it was the snake nagini. After Voldemort killed harry in the woods he destroyed the part of himself that lived within harry therefore destroying that horcrux. Snape was childhood friends with lily and loved her that is why their patronus were both a doe. Snape was watching out for harry all along, and was working behind the scenes to help harry with obtaining the sword of gryffindor. Voldemort himself was never a horcrux, a horcrux is a part of your soul that is split into an object but Voldemort’s body is just his physical form, it isn’t a horcrux because he never goes through the process of making himself one.

calum1

Awesome reaction! Loved rewatching all the movies with you guys, planning on watching them again around Christmas time lol. I see and appreciate your thirst for lore and knowledge that the movies don't really touch upon, so you might be interested in the videos of MovieFlame who explains some of these things that the movies leave unanswered. A couple of them that would be cool for you to react to (or maybe just watch it on your own time, whatever works best with you guys) are these ones. Of course, if you're planning on reading the books, then best not to watch them. :D The Marauders Origins Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KeW4Zy4Vdw&list=PL6rUz5X7FPs7fEcJ6HFXnP59-B-n0yqqz&index=3 The Story of Lord Voldemort - Tom Riddle Origins Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FXD6rl7Tic&list=PL6rUz5X7FPs7fEcJ6HFXnP59-B-n0yqqz&index=48 The Harry Potter Prophecy Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8lB4IXqcEw&list=PL6rUz5X7FPs7fEcJ6HFXnP59-B-n0yqqz&index=4 The Deathly Hallows and why Harry didn't die in the forest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S0DJF78-z0 The First Wizarding War (Not as crucial to understand but still a good watch/listen): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3qqXAwE9UM&list=PL6rUz5X7FPs7fEcJ6HFXnP59-B-n0yqqz&index=80

Poison Ivy

In the book they explain that a patronus can change to match another’s, specifically the one we love. Lily Potter’s patronus was a doe. So when Dumbledore asks: “Lily… After all this time?” He is really asking: “You still love her… after all this time?”. Harry survived from Voldemord's Avada Kedavra because it only killed the part of Voldemord's soul inside Harry, which is that bloody infant resembles Voldemord under the bench in the limbo (the heaven-alike King's Cross Station). The Resurrection Stone was used to see the dead ones you loved, not actually bringing someone back to live. Harry dropped it after using it to see his parents, Sirius, and Remus, because he didn't want to be too attached to the stone and thus moved on. All he needed to know is those loved one who passed away have been always with him in his heart.

Loren

Regarding the number seven, Voldemort wanted to split his soul into seven. Believing it to be the most magical number. That would be six Horcruxes, plus the 7th piece inhabiting his body. He simply unwittingly split his soul into eight instead when he tried to kill Harry... or... technically he unknowingly created his 6th Horcrux when he tried to kill Harry. He created his 7th Horcrux, Nagini, well after he had lost his body and was in hiding. He still ended up splitting his soul into eight pieces rather than the seven he wanted.

Golladan

Part of Voldemort no longer lives inside of Harry, Voldemort killed it

Minerva Ravenclaw

Regarding the doe patronus, as Dumbledore said it's not curious at all, Snape's patronus is the same one as Lily's because he simply loves her. That's why when Snape casted his patronus, Dumbledore saw the Doe said Lily! He then asked Snape: After all this time? (Meaning you still love her?) Snape answered: Always.

Minerva Ravenclaw

Also pleeeeeease watch the reunion its so emotional 😭

Super Novice

Whilst the films are amazing. They definitely suffer from over editing and removing context from the books. To answer some questions -the doe patronus- snapes was a doe same as lilys because he loved her. And he sent the patronus to help harry find the sword. - the horcrux confusion. Once the snake (nagini) and the part of Voldemort in Harry were destroyed with the other artefacts it left Voldemort as a mortal man. So he just had to be killed normally. They fudged it in the film by making him disintegrate like some ghoul in the book he just gets killed and his body is there, mortal after all. - book spoiler- Harry uses the elder wand to fix his original phoenix wand before destroying the elder wand in the book.

Super Novice

1000%

calum1

Reserved for future comment... "The books, the books, the books" OK, three hours later, after the movie and almost 90 comments. What's left to say? I think this film especially would have benefitted from a LOTR-like extended version. Granted, there are ext'd versions of some films, they just didn't expand enough for me. In case you missed it, I'll reiterate that Rowling explained to Alan Rickman where his character was headed even before the final book came out, so he could inform his performance accordingly. I really do 🤍 Spardgey!

Jim Schmitz

Well, all your questions are answered in the books and much more. It's very difficult to put all those details and a complex story in to a two hour movie. If you really want to get all those questions answered, read the books. It's much better than reading comments & picking things up here and there. You will be able to see the full picture yourself. I read the books after I finished the film series. One of the best readings I have ever had. Loved all the details, characters, character arcs, relationships & back stories that these movies totally skipped. If you can make time, read the books. It will be well worth it.

Dinuka Herath

It’s such a good day to be a demi-god ❤️❤️❤️

Jenna

Oh man Pudgey owes Spartan 1 million Australian dollars now. He was right, the final battle does indeed take place at Hogwarts. Nice bet! 😅

imperial

I really hope you guys watch the reunion special as well

Iman Khan

Why would anyone expect them to recognize that though? They didn't remember Cho Chang's name but people expect them to remember who Lavender, who has less prominence, is? The movies only barely give her screentime.

SuddenImpulse

:( They didn't recognize that the student the werewolf had killed was Lavender, Ron's ex from Half-blood Prince.

Golladan

Dumbledores brother, Aberforth, is portrayed by the same actor who played mance rayder in game of thrones

Kelschman

would love to see a reaction to the reunion. So emotional but such a good thing to watch.

Owen Hargrave

They couldn't show Bellatrix's wand, because they took it from her. The bank would have been informed that Bellatrix no longer has her wand.

Golladan

Ahhhhh it’s finally here 😭 I know y’all are gonna watch the reunion and you’re gonna LOVE it

Kodi

hope you get to react to the HBO potter special "return to Hogwarts" feels like such a staple to watch after the movies these days. Even if you weren't really part of it while they were released, the emotions still hit all the same :') a great watch!

A.D

You guys should watch the reunion special on HBO its amazing

Kiran Mykoo

Yesss

Hira Memon

WOOHOO

Madison

YESSSSSS🙏🏾😤

girl gal

Let's go!

AverageUsername

We are here! We are here!

Bean

Yaayyy!!!!

rachel pelfrey

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

calum1

finally!!! :9

Fran Navarro