As the Harry Potter novels devoured increasing chunks of woodland in its pursuit of pages, the film series somehow managed to rein itself in despite the books’ increasingly labyrinthine plot arcs. In an attempt to highlight the best scenes lost in translation (that is, not even filmed as DVD extras), here is a (potentially spoilerific) list of moments you might have missed.
It must be a right pain in the proverbial to be one of those directors who is only known for one project. Sure, that project may be the last four films in the Harry Potter franchise and has made him very rich and very famous – but let’s spare a thought for those nineteen years prior to Hogwarts with this week’s David Yates Cheat Sheet shall we?
Blue and black and shadows and decay and ALRIGHT CHRIS, WE GET IT.
Blimey. It’s all over. Fourteen years after the first book came out, ten years on from the first film and eight months since Deathly Hallows Part 1 rather cheekily claimed that ‘It All Ends Here’, the extraordinary cultural juggernaut that is the Harry Potter book series has finally completed its transition onto the screen. A better swansong than this film could scarcely be imagined.
We were going to come up with an invented weather spell, but life’s too short.
Wizard King Daniel Radcliffe tells how the fame of Harry Potter led him down the path of booze
Again. It’s probably time for another film to be the Best of All the Films, isn’t it?
Very rarely does a simple, earth-bound trailer makes us want to weep with joy. This is one of those times.
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