Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 does a brilliant job of bringing the enthralling franchise to a satisfying end, with the movie scoring highly among both critics and audience members upon releasing back in 2011. It’s the movie where Hogwarts comes under siege, with the battle at the castle seeing people on both sides fall victim to each other in the fight for control of the wizarding world.
However, Warner Bros. couldn’t include every little detail from JK Rowling’s masterpiece. We now take a look at the things that were left out of the fight itself.
Kreacher’s Involvement
For the most part, Kreacher is a loathsome house elf who does nothing but fire harsh and insulting remarks in the direction of anybody unfortunate enough to be in his close proximity. However, he changes in the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 when he backs down and ends up assisting Harry in his quest to get Regulus Black’s old locket.
In the book, Kreacher leads House Elves at the Battle of Hogwarts, proudly wearing Regulus’ prized possession (or the fake version of it at least) around his neck. Unfortunately, we never got to see him and Winky, Barty Crouch’s old elf, taking down Lord Voldemort’s followers by throwing cutlery at them.
Trelawney Serving Crystal Balls
Sybil Trelawney is eccentric, to put it mildly. When it comes to the movies, she appears prominently in just the Prisoner of Azkaban and Order of the Phoenix, with most of her intended scenes throughout the series being allocated to other characters instead.
And Trelawney isn’t involved in the Battle of Hogwarts when it comes to the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 movie. This means we don’t get to see her serving crystal balls towards Death Eaters like John McEnroe in his prime - which would have been amusing to witness.
Augusta Longbottom’s Pride
Augusta Longbottom is Neville Longbottom’s grandmother and, throughout the movies, we learn that she’s not a woman to mess with. From his descriptions of her, she sounds fierce and difficult to please - which doesn’t really make her ideal grandmother material.
However, there’s a touching moment in the book that involves her. When she gets ready to join the fray, she asks where Neville is and, upon being told he’s fighting, she says “naturally” with a smile on her face. This shows that Neville wins her round and proves her wrong - just like he does everybody else as well.
Charlie Weasley Arrives With The Cavalry
We meet every single member of the Weasley family throughout the course of the movies (including Bill Weasley, who only makes his debut in Deathly Hallows: Part 1). However, the one exception is Charlie Weasley.
Charlie is mentioned but not seen during the movies, with most of his scenes ending up being altered for other characters instead. And, unfortunately, this means fans were deprived of the moment he turns up for the battle of Hogwarts, riding a dragon and with reinforcements on his side. These same reinforcements help turn the tide of the battle the Order of the Phoenix’s way.
Harry Using Crucio
In JK Rowling’s novel, before most of the fighting takes place, Harry finds a way into Ravenclaw tower with some help from Luna Lovegood. They end up taking down Death Eater Alecto Carrow but her brother, Amycus, then turns up.
Amycus, naturally, turns on the students in close proximity to him. Professor McGonagall tries to restore some calm but fails and the Death Eater spits in her face. This then causes Harry to become enraged, using Unforgiveable Curse Crucio in order to inflict revenge on his enemy. Perhaps this was considered too dark a scene to include in a movie made predominantly for young audiences…
The Death of Colin Creevey
While we don’t exactly see it happening, we do learn that Fred Weasley, Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks are among the members of the Order of the Phoenix killed before the halfway point in the battle. Audiences know this because their bodies are seen lying on the floor.
One death that isn’t shown or mentioned, though, is that of Colin Creevey. Colin pops up in the second book and movie, entitled the Chamber of Secrets, but doesn’t appear in any going forward. In the book, it’s established that he snuck into the fight - despite being ordered to leave - and ultimately ended up paying the ultimate price.
Neville’s Torture
If you wondered why Voldemort just didn’t kill Neville when he hexes him in the movie, then here’s your answer: because, in the book, he actually tortures the Hogwarts rebel instead.
The Dark Lord does this by immobilizing Neville, setting the sorting hat on fire and placing it on the youngster’s head. Fortunately, Neville survives to fight another day and ends up getting his revenge by beheading Nagini, Voldemort’s snake, destroying another Horcrux in the process.
Luna, Ginny, Molly vs Bellatrix
While we were happy to see Molly Weasley kill off Bellatrix Lestrange in the movie, it would have been even better had Warner Bros. had it play out exactly as it does in the source material.
Luna, Ginny, and Hermione are all battling against the Death Eater before Molly, horrified at the sight of this and scared by the idea of losing yet another child, intervenes. In the blockbuster, it comes across that Molly killed her in cold blood when, in truth, it was more out of protection for those she cares about.
Slughorn, McGonagall, Kingsley vs Voldemort
The fight between Hermione, Luna and Ginny isn’t the only 3-on-1 situation that takes place in the Deathly Hallows book. There’s also a rather epic showdown between Professors Slughorn and McGonagall, as well as badass Ministry of Magic member Kingsley Shacklebolt.
Now that WOULD have been cool to see. Imagine Voldemort fighting three people at once? The fight only ends when Harry whips off his invisibility cloak, revealing himself to be alive and stunning the Dark Lord in the process.
Harry Being Mobbed
While we love how touching the ending of Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is, it’s also bittersweet. There’s certainly still an aura of sadness and tragedy as Harry liaises with both Ron and Hermione about his decision to discard of the Elder Wand.
In the book, though, he’s mobbed by everybody in the Great Hall after defeating Voldemort. There’s a body for the Dark Lord, which is nearly trampled on as everybody races to celebrate with him. This, certainly, would have been a moment of triumph and we wish this had made it into the blockbuster - despite the movie’s dark tone.
