re: Harry Potter's most powerful moments

So many powerful moments have already been mentioned, but I’ll add a few of my own.

I think all of the Pensieve sequences were very well done in the films. The Igor Karkaroff trial in Goblet of Fire, Tom Riddle flashback in Half-Blood Prince, and the Snape flashback in Deathly Hallows were all chilling and powerful in their own ways.

The scene in Goblet of Fire where the Death Eaters first appear and ransack the Quidditch World Cup grounds was terrifying to me as a kid. It’s the first time we see Voldemort’s followers come out of hiding and do anything significant, and it sets the intense, sinister tone of the rest of the film after a happy first few scenes.

The scene at the start of Deathly Hallows in Malfoy Manor where we see Lucius Malfoy almost reduced to tears when Voldemort takes his wand was very well done. Jason Isaacs did a great job conveying the fear and regret Lucius was experiencing without saying much. The whole transition of the Malfoy family was depicted well in Deathly Hallows. When Narcissa saves Harry’s life and pretends he is dead was a great moment.

Lupin’s relationship with Harry in Prisoner of Azkaban was wonderful. I loved the scene with the bogart where all the students have to face their fears. Too bad they killed him offscreen in Deathly Hallows after building his character up for five films.

The epic battle in the Ministry of Magic at the end of Order of the Phoenix was awesome. Especially Dumbledore vs. Voldemort.

I choke up at the end of the first movie when Harry says, "Im not going home, not really."

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The one question I had was when Barty Crouch Jr was drinking poly juice potion to be Moody. Why did he sound like Moody. Every other time in the books, they always sounded like themselves when on polyjuice.

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I just always figured it was a more advanced version of the potion. May just be a bullshite excuse, but I'm sure there are plenty of spells and stuff he could have also used in conjunction with the polyjuice.

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The one question I had was when Barty Crouch Jr was drinking poly juice potion to be Moody. Why did he sound like Moody. Every other time in the books, they always sounded like themselves when on polyjuice.

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at least in the movies, I think this is covered when he reveals himself to Harry. when he does that, he bangs out a spot on Hagrid impression, so either he can mimic voices incredibly well, or uses some spell to do so.

eta: as the father of two boys

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Cedric's father weeping over his body and screaming out "My boy!" in anguish

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just crushes me every time

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The one question I had was when Barty Crouch Jr was drinking poly juice potion to be Moody. Why did he sound like Moody. Every other time in the books, they always sounded like themselves when on polyjuice.

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I don't think that's true. I believe they let everyone keep their voices in the movies because the audience is probably viewed as being too stupid to realize it's the main characters in disguise.

Pretty sure in the books they speak with the voices of the person they are doubling. I mean, the potion corrects Harry's vision, rendering his glasses useless for a time, when he plays Goyle in the second book. Would be a shitty potion if it doesn't also change vocal chords.

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Yep. Also, I just love all the little moments when it becomes abundantly clear why Dumbledore has certain teachers at the school. Just shows how much he is actually in control of things. More than just the revolving dark arts teacher and stuff, it seems each part of the staff was hand selected by Dumbledore for very specific reasons to basically aid in DH and the eventual fight he knows is coming.

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Honestly hadn’t thought about this outside his bringing back Slughorn. Now I feel like I need to reread the serious with this thought in mind.

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I don't think that's true. I believe they let everyone keep their voices in the movies because the audience is probably viewed as being too stupid to realize it's the main characters in disguise. Pretty sure in the books they speak with the voices of the person they are doubling. I mean, the potion corrects Harry's vision, rendering his glasses useless for a time, when he plays Goyle in the second book. Would be a shitty potion if it doesn't also change vocal chords.

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Correct, the speak like the person they are in the books.

I think you are right, movie just did it that way for the audience's benefit.

Well Sirius has escaped that summer. I may be wrong but I vaguely remember Lupin saying something about getting an owl from Dumbledore that summer or something as a last minute type of request that Lupin couldn’t refuse. May be a bit of a stretch, but with how much Dumbledore let slide that year with Lupin and Sirius, I think it was his plan once he knew Sirius had escaped.