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the lines like blur inside of my mind to the point where I'll be reading a passage in the book and I will be so convinced that it was actually a
scene from the movie. But then as I think harder and try to really visualize that scene, I'm like, is it in the movie? Does that ever happen to you? I'm like seriously asking, because when we're creating these videos a lot of times we'll be like writing along and then we'll say like,
oh, include the clip of Harry saying, "you don't
need to call me sir, professor." But then it's not in the movie. But no, that glorious line, for
whatever unexplained reason, is left out of the movie. Next, you're going to tell me that my favorite line from
the entire Harry Potter series also isn't in the movies. "I know what a nickname is, Potter." Not in the movie. Also, technically, not
really even in the books. The book says that it says, "I understand what a nickname is." I hate it when the book gets it wrong. Although, fun fact, literally, just now, as of recording this, I only just realized that that was like an itty bitty nod to literally the title of the book that that line is in,
because half-blood prince is quite literally Snape's nickname. Although, to be clear, it's
not what his friends call him, just what he calls him,
which is a little sad. Anyway, today we thought it
would be fun to count down the top 10 moments that
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you go to ridge.com/SCB. Link is in the description down below. Real quick before we dive in, I fully understand and appreciate the fact that making movies with this massive world to try to pack in there is
going to be very difficult, and not everything's going to make it. So I get that, this is me just complaining for the sake of, I think it's fun. Today's list was actually
very difficult to narrow in on because there are quite a few things that were ultimately
left out of the movies, but we turned it to our
discord server and man, oh man, did they deliver with some good ones. But don't you worry, we did
group a few things together so we can include more things in the list. So without any further ado, number one. I mean, number 10, one with a zero, 'cause we're counting down. Peeves. This one was so heavily requested and may have actually been
much higher on the list, except I actually kind of
understand his absence. He often causes plenty of trouble and can serve as a comic relief,
but it's also pretty rare for Peeves to actually
be directly involved with like the overarching plots. Although, fun fact, he was actually planned to be in the first movie, and there are reportedly
scenes that were shot including Peeves being
portrayed by Rick Mayall. But those scenes seem to be
left on the edit room floor and have never been
released in any medium. Most of his antics are
just replaced with Filch, and it works for the most part, but it would have been really nice to have seen him introduce and
break the vanishing cabinet, introduce Moaning
Myrtle, torment Umbridge, which mostly I really just want in there because there's that moment
when McGonagall tells him to like turn the screw the other way to get the chandelier to fall, and I thought that was awesome. But worst of all, we never
got to see Peeves suffer at the hands of Waddiwasi. If you know, you know, and you know that I'm also a little bit
frustrated about that one. Number nine, the Goblet of Fire. And I know what you're thinking, Ben, the Goblet of Fire was in the movie. We saw it, remember? And I agree we did, that's
the only thing we saw. To be honest with you this video literally could have almost been
called the top 10 things they left out of the Goblet of Fire. But instead we decided to just group all of those things together. The Goblet of Fire,
here's what they left out. The Quidditch World Cup. Like what? You almost could have titled it the 10 things they left out
of the Quidditch World Cup! The game, Ludo Bagman, Winky,
did I mention the game? By the way, Winky! Like she's so important to the story, she gives us so much critical backstory to the Crouch family. She makes Barney Crouch
Senior seem way more sus. Am I using that correctly? For clarity, in case I
wasn't using it correctly, suspicious that he may
have put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire. Winky is also the reason we get to visit the Hogwarts kitchen,
which we don't do at all, which also means the Dobby's not there! Everyone wants more Dobby! Also then, SPEW! - [J] S-P-E-W. - It's SPEW. But going back to the Cup,
there was no Ludo Bagman, which meant there was no betting, which means that Fred and
George didn't lose their money to him unfairly, which means that when Harry ultimately wins
the Tri Wizard Tournament and gets a thousand galleons
and he gives it to them to start the joke shop,
none of that matters! Ludo Bagman, by the way, also sus. I think getting it. They included the leprechauns for Ireland, but not the veelas for Bulgaria, which means that Fleur was
no longer a part veela. To be fair, Clemence Poesy does not need magic assistance to
make her more beautiful, but it sure does make Ron look a lot worse when he fails to ask her out. In the books he's like under
the spell of her veela-ness, but in the movies, he's just shallow, which he is, but still. Also no Rita Skeeter as an animagus, and no harassing Hagrid, and no Hagrid raising blast ended skrewts, which I was disappointed about because it was an animal that
I could never really picture and I wanted to see what it looked like. It was like the how to
pronounce Hermione's name of magical creatures. We called her Her-moine growing up. But on the note of skrewts,
it meant that Harry doesn't get to fight one in the maze, and while we're talking about the maze, oh my gosh the maze! No golden mist, no
bogart, no acromantulas? No Sphinx? The middle of middle
is the, it's a spider! I wanted to see Harry be smart. No, but seriously, like last
time we got to see Harry go through an obstacle course like this he had Ron and Hermione with him kind of backing him up, and this time it was going to be really fun to see Harry sort of like thrive with his own prowess, but instead we get like
kind of spooky hedges. And if I'm being real with you, I didn't think they were even that spooky. Okay, I'm lying, they were terrifying. And somehow we're only at number eight, the potions riddle in Philosopher's Stone. In the books, the potions riddle is the final obstacle before
Harry is able to make it to the mirror and the philosopher stone. And it's the challenge that Hermione gets to be the champion of. The movie cuts the scene altogether, and Hermione gets to be the champion of the devil's snare chamber, which I guess is ultimately fine. Harry does the keys, and Ron
of course does the chess set. But giving the devil's snare to Hermione causes just one small problem, and that's Harry remains calm in the books during that moment which I think is kind of a key characteristic
of how he is under pressure. It's demonstrating his early
ability to be a leader. The problem is here when
Hermione tells Harry that he's all brave and stuff, and that he should be the one to go on. In the book, Harry is the one
that lulled Fluffy to sleep, and he was the first one
through the trap door, and he remained calm
with the devil's stare, and he caught the key. Him going ahead first make sense. In the movie, we haven't
even seen him cast a spell. Hermione, however, cast
wingardium leviosa, she's the one that sets
Snape's cloak on fire, she unlocks a door, incapacitates Neville, and defeats the devil's snare. So it really kind of feels like she should be the one going
through the door, not Harry. Although to be fair, I think Hermione is the hero of the books. So. Number seven, the Dursleys. Now this one actually possibly
could have been included back with number nine, the Goblet of Fire, because they weren't in it at all. And you might be thinking well,
Ben, it kind of makes sense, I mean, they really blew
up the Dursleys budget back in POA, to which
I say, wow, I get it. Clever pun, blew up,
because of aunt Marge. Oh you. But does that explain Half-Blood Prince, where instead of getting
to watch Dumbledore, be like aggressively
polite to the Dursleys and having goblets like
gently prodding their heads, we get a scene of Harry at a
cafe, like checking his breath? Oh, and don't forget when he observes this way less clever pun about magic. You have to look very
carefully right here. You get it, it says magic,
and they can do magic. I'm not even actually sure
that qualifies as a pun. But the Dursleys not
being in Goblet of Fire means that we don't get
to see the Weasley twins give Dudley the Ton-Tongue Toffee. Another scene of just pure
joy that we don't get to see, and it also kind of introduces
this actual ambition of the Weasley twins to start a joke shop, which again Harry later
funds, which again, later we don't see. Because no Ludo Bagman! Who is sus! I think. But that's okay because in the movies, the Weasley twins, despite
being very, very poor, are able to fund it on their own anyway. In a prime location in Diagon alley. So it all works out. Also Dursley moment that is kind of maybe an honorable mention, because they actually did shoot it, they just didn't include it, is the moment where
Dudley, oh so lovingly, tells Harry that he doesn't
think he's a waste of space. But it's okay, it's okay. Because you know how much
Dudley actually loves Harry, because he later moved to Kentucky, changes his name to Harry, and becomes a state chess champion. I mean, how good was the Queen's Gambit? Number six, Snape calls Lily a mud-blood. This is kind of a smaller one, but I still feel like it's vital to this list because it
represents the moment that Snape basically loses
the friendship of Lily. Without this moment, the
viewer doesn't really have any actual explanation
as to why these two stopped being friends other than she ultimately ended up marrying James, who was only ever portrayed as a brat. Although to be fair, I'm
pretty sure in the books, James is pretty much exclusively
only also ever a brat, something that is later
clarified with a conversation between Harry, Lupin, and Sirius
when he's in the fireplace, which is a scene they also
didn't include in the movies. The point is, in the
movies it really makes Snape's like lost love
seem that much more tragic, when in actuality Snape is pretty much at the root of the problem. But it's okay because
instead we got a bunch of really odd scenes of
Snape hugging her dead body which definitely doesn't
happen in the books. And I wished didn't happen in the movies. Number five, Lupin offering
to help the golden trio. In the books this happens
in Deathly Hallows, when the trio is hiding
out at Grimmauld Place, and the Lupin shows up
trying to join the cause and help them out. Basically saying, I was your defense against
the dark arts teacher, I am in the Order of the Phoenix, you don't even have to
tell me what you're doing, but I might be of assistance. It is a tempting offer,
but Harry says no way, man. Actually it's way more intense than that. He yells at him for the very notion of him even considering leaving his pregnant wife to come and join them on this escapade. The point is, it is a very
emotionally charged scene and it beautifully
accomplishes two things. First is that Harry has
to be an adult to an adult and dish out some really hard truths, which demonstrates just
how much Harry understands about the power of both family and love. And second, I think it really drives home how alone the trio are in this endeavor. They cannot rely on anyone else's help. No one is coming, no one to call. Succeed or die. I mean, to be fair in the end plenty of people do end up helping, but it's the feeling of this
loneliness that matters. Number four, Kreacher's tale. While we're at Grimmauld Place, let's go ahead and talk
about the other resident of Grimmauld Place, Kreacher! Because man if anyone has a
great redemption arc, it's him. Not only does he provide
valuable information about the backstory of the locket, but he also redeems Regulus Black, and is the clear example of the transformative powers of kindness. He starts off by betraying
Sirius and getting him killed, and ends with literally
leading an army of house elves against the death eaters. Which by the way, that
scene also left out. Number three, the Janus Thickey ward. Specifically, St. Mungo's. O-M goodness movies, why
would you leave this out when it is pretty obvious that there was some additional
character development that we needed and wanted to see! I, of course, speak of the one,
the only, Neville's parents. This has got to be one of
the most emotional moments from the entire book series. It's the backstory for
Neville's shy, bumbling-ness, his core motivations. This, I can't even believe
I'm going to say this, is one of the few things
the Goblet of Fire actually did a good
job of setting up well! Neville's like visceral reaction
to the cruciatius curse. It shows you rather than telling you the real damage that
Bellatrix Lestrange can cause. It gives you true reason to fear her later on in the Department of Mysteries. And it makes you feel the real
power of Neville's motivation to get better at magic in
all of the DA meetings. Don't tell me you didn't tear up when he puts the bubble
gum wrapper in his pocket. Plus, plus, plus we could
have seen Mr. Weasley try and explain getting stitches which would have been hilarious, and also Lockhart, anyone, please, more, a little bit, right? What do you mean, that's the general idea? Number two, the rest of
Dumbledore's lessons to Harry in Half-Blood Prince. Pop quiz, do you know which character gets the most amount of
screen time in Infinity War? It's Thanos. Yeah, the villain, because
when you're about to end a 22 movie saga, you
really want the audience to understand where they're coming from. Evil because evil, is boring. Half-Blood Prince, the
book, does a fantastic job of accomplishing this task as it pertains to Voldemort. Showing you several key
moments in not only his past, but also his family's past. You get to see you all of the moments that led to his creation and
why he is the way that he is. And now I'm not saying that Tom Riddle deserved the most amount
of screen time or anything, but all we really get is
that he was kind of mean as an orphan and that he asked
Slughorn about horcruxes. Considering this is the first time we ever hear what horcruxes are, that is not enough development! Where are the pure-blood
manic Gaunt family? The Gaunts are pretty important here. They explain just about everything, including why the ring is important, why the locket is important,
his connection to Slytherin, what happened to his mom and dad, why he was at an orphanage. Also the visit with Hepzibah Smith shows Harry the locket and the cup, and just shows how compelling and charming Tom Riddle could actually be. In the books, the meeting between Dumbledore and Tom Riddle explains the curse of the defense
against the dark arts position and ultimately points Harry
in the right direction on how to find the diadem. These are all such crucial moments. I literally think that 25% of this movie could have just been memories and nobody would have bat an eye. Instead, Voldemort, you
know, the main villain, got four minutes and 15
seconds of screen time, just the mere 45 seconds
more than Lavender Brown. You see this moment here, where she's drawing a heart
with her breath in the window? Could have been anything else! That brings us to number one, Harry repairing his holly
wand with the elder wand. Guys, I simply lost track
at this point in time just how many videos we have actually made about the true path of the elder wand, or who was actually the
master of it, when, if ever. But the one constant
thing that no matter what has always been true, is
that we know that Harry is the true master of the elder wand when he uses that wand
to repair his holly wand. Which is simultaneously also proof that the elder wand is
in fact more powerful than other wands. Olivander explains to Harry
that it is an impossible task, he tries it with other wands and it fails. It's the proof we needed
that Harry is, in fact, the master of death, the
master of the elder wand. To be fair, he also
comes back from the dead, so that's pretty solid,
I'll give him that. The one thing that they do that I'm actually completely fine with is the breaking of the elder wand. Like I'm not concerned
with that decision at all, except for the fact that Harry
didn't repair his wand first, so now he doesn't have a wand! And guys, there you go, the top 10, basically 30 moments that we felt like were left out of the movies
that should have been in there. For my question of the
day, what did we miss? What were your moments
that you wanted to see that didn't make it in there? Let us know in the towel
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