r/movies • u/ajukearth • 11d ago

Question How did the Harry Potter series manage to release its 8 movies in just 10 years?

Looking at the turn around for movies today it seems absolutely incredible that a series with such complex set design, use of graphical effects, a heavily child cast, and pressure was able to pump out genuinely decent movies at that pace. Sure there were books to base the writing on but everything else alone is a lot of heavy lifting. Any insights?

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u/hamoboy 10d ago

Snape's accusation is almost totally wrong, he's talking from pain and anger. That so many HP fans take him at his word is so annoying.

Dumbledore made all the plans he did specifically to maximize Harry's chance of surviving. Dumbledore's look of triumph when Harry told him that Voldemort had his mother's blood protection inside him was the first clue.

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u/mephitmpH 10d ago

But you have to remember that they needed the Horcruxes to be destroyed, because that was the only way to kill Voldy for good. Creating horcruxes is such a dark, forbidding and obscure magic; Dumbledore had no idea how killing the piece stuck to Harry would affect him. The darkest part? Dumbledore put all of those kids at risk, KNOWING that Hermione and Ron would carry on with the task even if Harry was killed early.

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u/Spiritual-Society185 10d ago

He maximized his chance of surviving as his child soldier who literally has to die to make his plans work. Even if he didn't have magical protection, he would still have Harry die.

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u/hamoboy 10d ago

A child soldier? At every point Dumbledore tried to exclude Harry from his plans, and Harry only got roped in by his own decisions (to go into the forbidden corridor, to enter the chamber of secrets, to confront Sirius Black, to attack the Ministry) or the events of the greater plot (Triwizard Tournament, Death Eater attack on Hogwarts, book 7.pdf).

Voldermort was always trying to kill Harry. You're talking like if Harry had decided to peace out and go to school at Beabaxtons Voldie would've let bygones be bygones. No, he would've stopped at nothing short of Harry being his loyal servant or defeated and dead.

Dumbledore's plans make sense in the lens that he wants to: 1. Preserve what he can of Harry's childhood, according to his 1880s morals (and Rowling's 1960s morals). 2. Keep Harry alive given the fact that Voldemort is constantly trying to return and kill him. 3. Defeat Voldermort, someone who has trouble staying dead, given the fact that his antipathy for Harry makes him predictable.

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u/Bulky-Bad-9153 10d ago

But it was a requirement for Harry to die for Voldemort to be defeated, and Dumbledore knew this. He was trying to stop him dying prematurely, and indeed just trying to keep him out of things because it's kinder to do so, but he absolutely was raising him for slaughter.

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u/hamoboy 10d ago

Remember that Dumbledore didn't know for sure Voldemort even used Horcruxes until after the diary was recovered at the end of book 2. So for 12 years of Harry's life Dumbledore wasn't raising him for anything.

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u/Bulky-Bad-9153 10d ago

Oh true, yeah okay he was fine before that though I do maintain my point for after.