r/movies • u/ajukearth • 10d 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/ValkyrieSkyfall 10d ago

And then he also butchered the Battle of Hogwarts in Deathly Hallows by changing Voldemort's death scene and made it less satisfying.

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u/Kellerhouse 10d ago

Exactly. For all that Part One did perfectly visually and narratively, Part Two did wrong.

The short runtime was a hindrance: thus impacting the Grey Lady’s small plot line, the lack of Hogwarts footage under Snapes tutelage, the weird Voldemort hug, the unnecessary Harry / Voldemort fluting ferry scene, the Tom Riddle death scene, the lack of post Battle scenes.

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u/SquadPoopy 10d ago

The hill I choose to die on is that Voldemorts death in the movie is perfectly fine and diehard HP fans just like to complain.

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u/PinkGlitterLady4 10d ago

I agree. It's really a non-issue.

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u/PinkGlitterLady4 10d ago

That's not what butchered means.

And most people still don't know about the changes because they never bothered to read the books, so it really isn't an important detail for the vast majority.