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Differences Between Harry Potter Book And Movie

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Many people have watched the magical movies of Harry Potter, but, with the books being longer than the movies, how much magic was lost in translation? To answer this question, I want to go over what the bigger differences are between the films and movies. While the overall plot stayed the same, there were plenty of changes made for the movie adaptation which I believe made the books much better by comparison. One big change that is noticed instantly when watching the movies is the removal of Peeves. In the books, Peeves the poltergeist is a mischievous spirit in that roams the school and torments students and staff. Despite this, he is beloved by readers as he appears in pretty much every book, seeing as he is connected to the wizarding …show more content…

This resulted in a lot of movie watchers feeling as though they forgot to watch a prequel. Granted, although they may not have much of a backstory in the movies, and what backstory they do have is more implied than actually stated, all members do appear in the movies and maintain the same personalities that were shown in the book. In the movies they also hinted at how mischievous they all were, by introducing the watchers to the Marauders map. So when watching the movies, you may not know much about the Marauders and how they were and you may not hold the same fondness for them, making many scenes slightly less emotional, but you know of them and you get to understand their personality a bit despite the missing context. Everyone who both read the books and saw the movies received the same impression of the character Hermione Granger, she was very clever and made a great role model for the female fans, but unfortunately not everyone got to see just how much of a righteous activist she really was. In the books, Hermione started a group named S.P.E.W. which stood for, “Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare”. This started when Hermione witnessed the horrible way house elves were treated, specifically one house elf, who unfortunately wasn’t even introduced in the movies, named Winky. SPEW made an excellent side story of sorts, but because it was more of a side story than part of the actual plot, there’s no surprise it was left out of the movies completely.

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