the most epic moments in harry potter history

These epic moments are from the books only. And they aren't even like the typical epic moments you would expect. They're more like the moments that I don't know I can't even explain them other than they're just EPIC. No particular order.

1. Fred and George Weasley saving Harry from the Dursley's in their father's flying Ford Anglia. I mean, come on! You hate the Dursley's so much and then all of a sudden BOOM there they are, outside Harry's window, ready to save him in the most EPIC way possible.

2. Mrs. Weasley dueling Bellatrix Lestrange in the Battle of Hogwarts. Her famous line will forever stay in my head: "NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU BITCH." Hell YES Mrs. Weasley. I hadn't seen it in you. But I am SO glad you got rid of Bellatrix. And your word choice...spot on. I never thought I could consider Mrs. Weasley to be badass. But well what other word could be used to describe her in this scene?

3. Ron: No, I mean we should tell (the house elves) to get out. We don't want anymore Dobby's, do we? we can't order them to die for us- Hermione: *Throws herself at him* They are just the cutest couple ever omigod don't get me started.

4. Book 1, Hagrid storming in that little house in the middle of the freaking ocean to tell Harry the truth...I just liked how the Dursleys were utterly POWERLESS. They didn't know what to do. Hagrid just CAME ON IN to save Harry and make everything better! And of course even more epic: the whole pig tail on Dudley thing. Good choice Hagrid, good choice.

5. So George loses an ear. And what's he have to say about it? George: Saint like. You see...I'm holy. Holey, Fred, geddit? Fred: Pathetic. Pathetic! With the whole wide world of ear related humor before you, you go for holey? ...How do you NOT love Fred and George? Seriously.

6. Harry was stupid and the Marauder's Map ends up in the hands of SNAPE. Snape taps the map with his wand, demanding for it to "yield the information it conceals" and instead of that, it shows the very interesting opinions Mssrs Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot, and Prongs have about Snape. My favorite is probably Mr. Padfoot's "astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a professor." Priceless.

7. Malfoy the Bouncing Ferret. Need I say more?

8. Harry tricking Lucius Malfoy into freeing Dobby. "Master has given Dobby a sock! Dobby is free!" YES DOBBY YES YOU ARE FREE. And now you can kick your dumb master's butt! Well it doesn't exactly happen that way but HAHA LUCIUS MALFOY YOU STUPID JERK!

9. Fred and George getting back at Umbridge and flying off into the sunset on their brooms. As if I didn't love these two enough...My greatest wish is that I could have been there to see them taking off on their brooms, with their completely EPIC farewell to their school and oh there is just too much about this scene that I love you should just go back and read it and re-live the awesome. If I HAD been ranking these epic moments, this would be number one. For sure.

10. Gryffindor winning the Quidditch House Cup in 6th year...Harry just walking into the celebrations and Ginny just THROWING HERSELF AT HIM LIKE BOY WE JUST WON AND LET'S JUST SNOG ALL NIGHT LONG BECAUSE WE WON THE FREAKING QUIDDITCH CUP. I would've been such a great Hogwarts kid with my school spirit and super love for Quidditch.

Yeah so those are my ten most epic moments. Could you tell that I love Fred and George?

harry potter review continued

This is the continuation of my review of the newest Harry Potter movie. If you haven't already, I suggest reading the first Harry Potter post before this one. As I said before, there are spoilers.

There was one thing I left out in the other post that I didn't like, something that they had left out. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione go to visit Xenophilius Lovegood, he is supposed to mention that Luna is out in the garden. However in the movie, they don't have him do this, and its altogether too suspicious to begin with. In the book its much more dramatic: Luna seems to be taking a very long time in the garden, which strikes both the trio and the reader as odd, and then when they go up to her room, they notice the thick layer of dust and lack of clothing. When they go back downstairs, they find Lovegood's newest Quibbler edition, with "Undesirable Number 1" on its front cover, a completely wtf moment when they realize that he had sent an owl to tell the Death Eaters. I just thought it wasn't a surprise at all in the movie because of the creepiness from the beginning. Also, I had wanted to see Luna's pictures of everyone, because I thought it was very touching.

Now for the things I liked/loved about the movie. There were two specific changes that they made that I actually really liked. The first was Hedwig. Hedwig's death was just so heartbreaking, and I think it made it so much better how in the movie she wasn't helpless in her cage, she had been flying out of it, alongside Harry, and had tried to help him by attacking one of the Death Eaters. Of course the Death Eater just sent a quick spell her way and she was gone, but I actually really loved how they had made her help Harry in her final hour. Funny how Hedwig's death drove me to tears just as easily as Dobby's. The second change they made that I liked was in the very beginning of the movie, where they actually showed Hermione putting the memory charm on her parents. It was definitely a tear-jerker, especially when Hermione disappeared from all of the pictures in the house.

Other things I liked about the movie were mostly the things that they kept the same. All of the moving around was pretty realistic, especially how they showed the passage of time, which reinforces the fact that Ron and Hermione were just waiting for something to happen, and how none of them really knew what to do. The scene where Harry dove into the lake to retrieve Gryffindor's sword was almost exactly how I pictured it, although the Horcrux "fighting back" was a whole lot more dramatic than I personally had pictured. Even the scene when Ron got splinched was somewhat how I had pictured it, and speaking of Ron, the sexual tension between Ron and Hermione was ridiculous (in a very good way). Through the whole movie I was just waiting for them to stop everything and start making out, though I had to remind myself that that particular scene will happen towards the end of the next movie. I also loved how they showed a bit of what would be happening at Hogwarts when the Death Eaters stopped the train, especially when Neville mouthed off to them, and I wish that I could remember the line or find it on youtube, but I can't. Either way, it was awesome.

Basically it was a really good movie. Of course they had to take out some scenes and change some things, but for once the scenes they took out weren't THAT overwhelmingly important, and the things they changed actually made the movie better. It could not have been exactly like the book, but for the things they kept the same, I think they did an extremely good job. I think I might actually want it on DVD now haha. So go see it cuz its awesome!!!!!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1!!!!

So yesterday, after a very long time of waiting, I finally got around to seeing the newest Harry Potter movie, and with great joy I tell you all that it was great! Honestly, it was probably one of the best since the first two. Prior to this movie, I always had the basic belief that after the second movie, the movies got progressively worse, and I am very glad to say, that the seventh movie broke this trend. It definitely wasn't exactly how I had imagined it, and they did alter a few things, but other than that, it stuck to the book better than any of the others, except maybe the first or the second.

Right now I'm going to go over a few things that I liked/did not like about the movie, specifically the scenes I wish they hadn't taken out, the changes that I actually did like, and just other random things I may have liked and disliked. Therefore, there are likely to be spoilers for people who either read the books but haven't seen the movie, and don't want to know what changes have been made, or those who have not read the books and have not seen the movie, so this stuff would REALLY spoil everything. If you are either of these people, I would suggest not reading any further, at least until you've seen the movie.

Okay so first off is things that I did not like, which basically is scenes they took out. I noticed that they took out three scenes that kind of bothered me. The first was in the beginning of the book, when the Durselys are leaving, and Harry and Dudley share a sort of moment. I had totally loved this scene in the book just because it made Dudley seem like not such a jerk after all! The whole thing was kind of touching, actually, and they took it out! :( The second scene that they took out was when they were in the dungeon or whatever at Malfoy Manor. Dobby had just appeared in the dungeon, so Peter Pettigrew was sent to investigate, since Dobby's apparating had made a loud crack. Harry and Ron immediately jump on Pettigrew, but Pettigrew is able to grab Harry's throat and begins to choke him. Harry reminds Pettrigrew that he once saved his life, causing Pettigrew to hesitate. This hesitation is seen as mercy by the silvery hand Pettigrew was granted by his master, Voldemort, so the hand strangles Pettigrew and kills him. In the movie none of this even happened, so those who haven't read the books don't know that Pettigrew is supposed to be dead. The final scene that I was upset that they left out was also in Malfoy Manor. When Bellatrix and etc. call up Griphook to deem if the sword is fake, in the book, Harry begs Griphook to tell them that the sword is a fake, even though they know it is not. This sets up what will happen later on in the book, and would have set up what will happen in the next movie, when Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Griphook rob a Gringotts vault.

This review seems to be taking much longer than I thought it would so I've decided I'll include the rest, which is mostly the good stuff, in another post, so goodbye for now. :)