Why THIS Is The Worst Harry Potter Movie

The Harry Potter franchise will forever be loved by generations of fans. Every Harry Potter fan has their favorite book, or movie, but generally a love for the entire series has grown the franchise into a world wide juggernaut.
Though towards the end of the movie franchise, one movie specifically stands out as the absolute worst Harry Potter movie.

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[nolsee]

My biggest gripe was the attack on the Weasley house by Bellatrix and Greyback. There is just no way in hell Voldemort wouldn’t go there himself to kill Harry if the defences were weak enough for his minions to get through. One of the main points in the series was the importance of Harry staying with his Aunt so there would be protection strong enough to keep him safe. But it was thrown away for “an action scene.”

[lexdgordon]

This book is my favorite. This movie is the worst, not because of not being exactly like the book, but because it fundamentally CHANGES the story in multiple instances, changes the motivations of characters, and the emphasis of key moments is all out of whack. The Ron/lavender situation is not that important…(compared to other things you wanna see in a film adaptation)

[tavellclinton]

I see David Yates and I yell "AVADA KEDAVRA".

[RunningwithLB]

The Ron And Hermione romance DID NOT come out of nowhere. It pretty obvious from the first book forward. Even the Harry and Ginny thing wasn't out of nowhere. Ginny had a big crush on Harry in The Chamber of Secrets.

[LennartWaldemar]

One of the things that really annoy me is that the death eaters fly around. In Deathly Hallows, Voldemort has mastered the art of flying. Making the Death Eaters able to do it ruins the power of Voldemort and how strong he is.

It's also annoying that when they kill Dumblebore, there was supposed to be a huge fight in Hogwarts, we never got to see that and that was a huge let down after reading the book.

I also hate the color "filter" in this movie.

[jameltaylor]

Just saying, the relationship between Ron and Hermione was telegraphed as early as the 3rd book with big strides made in the 4th. Also, Ginny has been sweet on Harry since her first appearance, it just took Harry's relationship with Cho Chang falling apart and Ginny exploring relationships with other students for him to notice her.

[valerien]

The worst thing in this movie is color! It's too dark and very unpleasant.

[PinkyJapan]

Hermione and Ron definitely didn’t come out of nowhere. What about their huge fight in GoF over Victor Krum?!

[susanmorris]

When reading the first book, I KNEW Ron and Hermione would be together. After the second book, I KNEW Harry and Genny would be together...I just felt it...

[eduardoabreu]

You made me remember something I couldn't really recall anymore. I got out of the movie theater with my friends complaining about how the movie didn't serve any of the book's explanation on why Snape was the Half-Blood prince.

[thezcamaroman]

0:15 I would argue the Goblet of Fire did that. The Triwizard Tournament, Cedric's death and an almost fatal duel with Voldemort raised the stakes to life or death levels.

[RJProductions-nq]

To me, the main problem with this film is that it chooses to overshadow the seriousness and importance of the book with the comedy and teen drama that feels like a forced Netflix show, it has a similar problem as the MCU where it seems to focus mainly on the teen drama and comedy

[JimmyDThing]

In what world did the OBVIOUS romantic interest between Hermione and Ron surprise anyone? lol. I read the books as they came out, it was extremely obvious the whole way along. Harry and Ginny, yeah that one wasn't as built up, but Ron and Hermione were obvious from basically the beginning. Rowling even said that if you didn't catch her "hints" by then she didn't know how to help you. The issue isn't the source material. The movies made Ron a buffoon and made Hermione a super hero. THAT is why it they had written themselves into a box.

[ADAPIVE]

I felt the same way about details cut from Azkaban, even though it's still my favorite of the films. The movie leaves out almost all of the backstory of James and friends, becoming animagi, and the Marauder's Map, which (I think) robs it of some of the emotional core of that book. Knowing that the Marauders are James, Sirius, Peter, and Lupin helps Harry build his relationship to Lupin and Sirius, and gives him some sense of connection to family he was missing. The movie cuts all of that down to an efficient big reveal at the end, and a few lines between Sirius and Harry about Harry coming to live with him. In a minor detail, we also learn in the book why Harry's Patronus is a stag.

[sophieamandaleitontoomey]

I just think it’s hilarious they ignored Bonnie Wright and Ginny for three movies and then had the audacity to act like Harry and Ginny coming together in this movie was earned.

Like no you didn’t. You made Ginny a glorified extra and then made her romance with Harry not hit AT ALL.

[Larucos]

ok, but i have to disagree with Ron and Hermione coming out of nowhere in the sixth book, their feelings for each other being a point of stress was a huge deal during the yule ball and everyone was already kinda expecting them to become endgame from that point forward

[izzynobre]

Goblet of Fire is the absolute worst for me. The entire conceit of the story is that the bad guys only need Harry to touch an object. That’s it. That’s the entire thrust of the film. So in order to achieve that goal they rig a magical tournament (by bypassing Dumbledore’s own spell), feed Harry clues in order to help him win, hope he doesn’t get killed by a dragon or drown… oh, and they also assume the Triwizard Tournament won’t be canceled and that the tampering with the Goblet won’t be investigate by Dumbledore or the Ministry.

All to get Harry to touch an object. That’s ALL THEY NEED. They just need Harry to touch an object. They chose the most convoluted way possible to achieve the simplest goal imaginable: get some dumb kid to touch an object.

I just can’t.

[sreenivaskamath]

It's ironic that the movie that Steve Kloves didn't write, the Order of the Phoenix, is imo the best movie in terms of adaptation. OoTP is the longest book in the series, and the adaptation was actually better than the source material.

[KrivitskyM]

Honestly, some of these problems inherently stem from the books, and I'm telling this as a die-hard Potterhead. The sixth book does delve into teenage romances a lot more than the others, and the seventh does contain the "questing" element. It is what it is, you can't really hide it. My main problems with the Half-Blood Prince are the watered down color scheme and just how slow it moves. It also somehow feels like the script always focuses on the wrong elements of the story...

[CelticHighlandr]

They never should left out the wizard fight at the end. Yates stated it would’ve been overkill and ruin the last two movies.

What?!

That’d be like George Lucas saying take out the lightsaber battle in Clones as it’d be repetitive. Stupid!