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re: Harry Potter's most powerful moments
Posted on 9/3/18 at 9:46 pm to TheCurmudgeon
Posted on 9/3/18 at 9:46 pm to TheCurmudgeon
“Always” for me is the one that hits. Also when they raise their illuminated wands for Dumbledore.
On a lighter note and not mentioned (and was fricking awesome in the book too):
On a lighter note and not mentioned (and was fricking awesome in the book too):
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Posted on 9/3/18 at 10:02 pm to TheCurmudgeon
The final battle with Voldemort and the whole Battle of Hogwarts. Too bad the movies ruined that.
Posted on 9/3/18 at 10:32 pm to Esquire
Death of Hedwig
Posted on 9/3/18 at 11:44 pm to Esquire
I don’t know why you say that when the movies were better than the books
Posted on 9/4/18 at 1:08 am to TheCurmudgeon
Just completed a reread of the series for the first time in several years. The most moving moment to me was, as others have mentioned, the death walk to face Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest, when Harry believes he must sacrifice himself in order to bring about final victory. “I am about to die” and “Does it hurt?” caught me, as they say, right in the feels.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:00 am to biglego
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I don’t know why you say that when the movies were better than the books
Killing everybody off screen and moving the final fight outdoors when it was supposed to be in front of everybody were both stupid decisions.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:42 am to biglego
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I don’t know why you say that when the movies were better than the books
Posted on 9/4/18 at 7:44 am to Esquire
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Killing everybody off screen and moving the final fight outdoors when it was supposed to be in front of everybody were both stupid decisions.
Most unforgivable change from the books. TERRIBLE decision and TERRIBLE execution if you’re going to change that scene.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:47 am to TheTideMustRoll
One thing confused me. Just before the final fight with Voldemort, Harry had the Resurrection Stone. In the movie is a scene where he took it out of his pocket and dropped it onto the ground, and walked away. Did he not need it? If not, why not? Or because his Golden Snitch said it was his, did its power work whether he was actually holding onto the actual stone or not? I didn't find any reference in the book to this scene, or answer for my question. Do you or does anyone have any idea?
Posted on 9/4/18 at 8:54 am to JawjaTigah
I thought the resurrection stone was so he could talk to all of the people that were dead.
He didn't have it so he could be resurrected, and he went to Voldemort with the expectation that he was going to die, for good. I think he assumed the only way to destroy the holcrux within him, was for him to die.
He didn't have it so he could be resurrected, and he went to Voldemort with the expectation that he was going to die, for good. I think he assumed the only way to destroy the holcrux within him, was for him to die.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:00 am to TeddyPadillac
quote:Not saying you are wrong, but it seemed to me that the book (or movie or both) said it was to give its possessor power over life and death. I my mind that translated into you couldn't really die if you had the resurrection stone. I never saw it as being a sort of communication device with the dead. But who knows?
thought the resurrection stone was so he could talk to all of the people that were dead.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 9:44 am to boXerrumble
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Snape death scene when Harry sees everything Snape was really trying to do.
By far in the movies and in the book.
I dk man... I'm a HUGE Harry Potter fan, not ashamed, have read every book at least 5 times.
Snape dying just didn't hit me that hard because
A. He pretty much knew he was on a suicide mission, hell his legacy is probably better preserved since he died
B. He was still a huge dick to Harry his whole school career, "protector" or not he made Harry's life hell for no reason other than spite, so I wasn't really sympathetic to his plight
C. He brought everything that happened to him on himself, I mean HE signed up for the Death Eaters, then betrayed them because they were going to kill a girl that rejected him as a child when he was basically her creepy neighborhood stalker...
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:02 am to Esquire
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Killing everybody off screen and moving the final fight outdoors when it was supposed to be in front of everybody were both stupid decisions.
Yep. The Harry/Voldemort fight in the DH book is incredible. Harry makes it loud and clear to Voldemort and everyone watching that he's about to lay the smack down.
This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 10:03 am
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:23 am to TheCurmudgeon
For me the most powerful moment was one that didn't make it to the screen: Harry and friends stumbling upon Neville Longbottom visiting his parents in the hospital. That was a brutal scene in the books that you wish had made it to the big screen.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:23 am to JawjaTigah
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Not saying you are wrong, but it seemed to me that the book (or movie or both) said it was to give its possessor power over life and death. I my mind that translated into you couldn't really die if you had the resurrection stone. I never saw it as being a sort of communication device with the dead. But who knows?
It seems like you didn't pay very good attention to the Tales of Beedle the Bard in the book or the movie, then.
All three Deathly Hallows (Wand, Stone, Cloak) gave one the power over life and death. The Stone lets one see people they've lost, which was the trick Death played on that brother...he got depressed and killed himself.
Harry resurrected because Voldemort killed the part of his soul that was on/in Harry then Harry made the choice to come back and finish the job (which is why it was important that Voldemort be the one to kill him), not because of the Stone.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:26 am to Sasquatch Smash
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All three Deathly Hallows (Wand, Stone, Cloak) gave one the power over life and death.
Which is why Harry could come back. At that point, he possessed all three.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:34 am to Sasquatch Smash
quote:Lol. That could be a good possibility. I missed connecting the dots, between possessing the three
It seems like you didn't pay very good attention to the Tales of Beedle the Bard in the book or the movie, then.
quote:and having the power over life and death. I thought that came with the stone alone. But you are correct in correcting my misunderstanding. Thanks for that!
Deathly Hallows (Wand, Stone, Cloak)
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:34 am to RedPants
It amazes me how many adults care about Harry Potter. It's a story about a boy fairy that plays with his wand.
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:39 am to RedPants
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Which is why Harry could come back. At that point, he possessed all three.
No, not exactly.
The Elder Wand was used by Voldemort to kill Harry, its allegiance was to Harry, which is likely why it targeted Voldemort's soul attached to Harry rather than kill Harry himself. But this would have been the case with any other wand that Harry had secretly become the master of, if used by Voldie. You could also add in some confusion about Voldemort using Harry's blood for his new body, some sort of magical reverberation or something between the two of them.
The Hallows didn't literally make someone immortal. It was a morality story about how you can't cheat death in the long term, and that you can be prepared to die in the end.
This post was edited on 9/4/18 at 10:41 am
Posted on 9/4/18 at 10:40 am to TheCurmudgeon
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At beginning of DH 2, when Hermione erases her parent's memory of her. Jesus Christ. She's an only child, obviously the apple of their eye, yet she has the strength at 16 or 17 to wipe all that way from them, and become basically an orphan, in order to save the wizarding world. It's all of 20 seconds, but gives me goosebumps every time.
Been years since I watched the movies or read the books. When she did this, was it permanent?
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