A frustrating mistake occurred in the film “The Chamber of Secrets” that haunted the Harry Potter series for 8 years

The Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets The film made a mistake that stuck with the series until the end. deathly Hallows. Of course, Warner Bros. films are loved by millions of people around the world, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. The Wizarding World has been changed in various ways throughout the films, and there have been times when that has proved disastrous for Warner Bros. In some cases it meant some frustrating inconsistencies throughout Harry Potterbut HBO's upcoming TV remake offers a chance to set everything right.

Small mistakes that later Harry Potter Movies in a bind were much easier to make in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone And Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as Rowling's books were not even close to being finished when the films came out. This is where HBO's TV remake has a significant advantage. Harry's story has been complete for almost two decades, and the overall picture will allow the Harry Potter TV show to avoid continuity issues. In the case of Polyjuice Potions, this will be a relief.

The film “Chamber of Secrets” ensured that users of the Polyjuice Potion retained their own voice

Harry and Ron became Crabbe and Goyle, but kept their own bodies in the film

In the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets In the film, Harry, Ron, and Hermione use the Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Draco Malfoy's friends and discover the identity of the Heir of Slytherin. Harry and Ron used the hair of Vincent Crabb and Gregory Goyle (while Hermione accidentally used a cat) and successfully took on their appearance after drinking the potion. In the 2002 film, the two Gryffindors still had their own voiceswhich Harry pointed out when he said: “We still sound like ourselves!”

So the Polyjuice Potion did not work in the Harry Potter Books. When Ron and Harry pretended to be Crabb and Goyle, It is explicitly stated that they had adopted the brutal voices of the Slytherin hooligansIt is unclear why this change is important for the Chamber of Secrets film. Perhaps director Christopher Columbus didn't want audiences to be confused as to who was who, or perhaps he just seemed to have more fun dubbing the voices of Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe. Regardless, the decision certainly became an issue years later when the Polyjuice Potion resurfaced.

Goblet of Fire retroactively changed the Polyjuice Potion change (but Deathly Hallows changed it back)

The Harry Potter films couldn't decide whether a Polyjuice Potion user would keep his voice

Harry Potter remained Polyjuice Potion-free until Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when the potion resurfaced as a major plot element. Barty Crouch Jr. used it throughout the school year to impersonate Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody, and did his impersonation of the Auror so well that even Albus Dumbledore was fooled. Of course, this hoax would not have been possible if the Polyjuice Potion had not altered Crouch Jr.'s voice, so the Goblet of Fire has retroactively changed the previously established rule that a person's vote remains the same.

Since Chamber of Secrets was so early in the Harry Potter Franchise, this retcon would have been forgivable. Everyone could have continued if they had known that the first part made a simple mistake and that Goblet of Fire but eight years later Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 repeated the error. When Harry, Ron and Hermione use the Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Ministry of Magic employees, they retain their own voices– and this is repeated when Hermione becomes Bellatrix Lestrange.

It makes no sense that the Polyjuice Potion would NOT change the drinker's voice

Polyjuice Potion changes a person’s entire body – including their vocal cords

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows retrospectively a retcon only made the situation worse and more confusing. The Polyjuice Potion is meant to be a nearly undetectable way to take over a person's identity, which is why it's so difficult to brew. If a drinker's voice doesn't change, people realize he's a cheat.which renders the Polyjuice Potion completely useless. Instead, it is supposed to alter the body of the drinker in every way, meaning that the vocal cords of Harry, Ron and Hermione would have been altered into deathly Hallows as well as.

For an explanation of why this change was made, see the Harry Potter Movies never appeared. Since all cases where the Polyjuice Potion did not change the voices of the drinkers involved more than one person using it, the original voices were probably used so that the audience would not forget who was whoSince Barty Crouch Jr. played Mad-Eye Moody almost the entire time Goblet of Fire film, dubbing David Tennant's voice with Brendan Gleeson would have been a nightmare. Yet HBO's remake manages to avoid this whole mess from the start.

HBO's Harry Potter remake has to fix the Polyjuice Potion bug from the films

Even the smallest details will be important in the Harry Potter remake

HBO has teased a “Book-true“Adaptation of the Harry Potter TV remake, and if it wants to keep that promise, it is important that even the small details are handled correctly. Since each book is dedicated to a season, Chamber of Secrets should be adapted in Season 2, and it is important that the Polyjuice Potion is handled correctly from the start. Although dubbing with the voices of the original actors might help the audience know who is who, it is not worth creating a continuity problem if Goblet of FireThe adaptation of comes to the market and has to change the rules again.

Naturally, This is not the only mistake HBO needs to fixAlmost every significant change that the Harry Potter Movies that were made have come back to bite them in the butt in later episodes. For example, Dobby was cut out of every movie after Chamber of Secrets until shortly before his death in deathly Hallows. This meant that the character's tragic end wasn't nearly as impactful, as movie audiences hadn't seen him (unlike in the films) in years. Of course, when the directors decided to cut costs and leave Dobby on the cutting room floor, they didn't know that he would be so important later on.

Overall, the Harry Potter A TV remake will be hard-pressed to correct the mistakes of the films, but it has the advantage of adapting a completed story. HBO's showrunners will be clear about what needs to be included, and they can learn from some of the trouble Warner Bros. films have gotten themselves into. Things like Polyjuice Potion voices and the small appearances of a house elf may not seem like much, but These are the details that make the audience feel like they are immersed in the magical world. Without them, HBO's Harry Potter Remake will face the same criticism as films like Chamber of Secrets.

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a multimedia franchise about an orphan boy who attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family, and the terrible evil that plagues the magical world. Harry Potter is an eight-episode film saga based on the novels that follows the journey of Harry Potter and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley as they navigate the difficult world of growing up, school life, and magic. Beginning with first year and continuing through seventh year, the films chronicle the students' time at Hogwarts, unfolding a sinister conspiracy revolving around the unsuspecting Harry. With the return of the dark wizard Voldemort, the students and professors at Hogwarts will struggle to keep going while the world around them may change forever. Harry Potter has expanded the world of its films and novels with several video games, a spin-off film series titled Fantastic Beasts, and even attractions at Universal Studios.

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