10 Things Every Harry Potter Fan Wishes Were In The Movies

The Harry Potter films have become one of the most beloved film franchises of all time. They've grossed over $2 Billion at the box office and they've taken the Potter fandom to heights that the books never could have on their own. The films also put faces to names and shown the world what real magic looks like, but they are not without their flaws.

Most Potterheads agree that the films lack many of the details that make the books so entrancing. It's come to the point that the fandom itself has been split in two: those who have read the books and those who have only seen the movies. While a movie fan may know all there is to know about the Harry Potter film cannon, there's just so much that they don't know about what's really been happening at Hogwarts.

For fans who have read the books, the hopes of seeing some of their favorite moments on screen were crushed when the filmmakers left them on the cutting room floor. It's understandably difficult to fit an 800+ page book into a 2 hour slot, but some decisions are undeniably questionable. The fandom has been significantly upset about certain characters they couldn't see on screen, as well as certain plot lines that were deemed unnecessary.

Peeves the Poltergeist is one of the most entertaining characters in the books. A constant annoyance for everyone at Hogwarts, his love of mischief outweighed even that of Fred and George. His tunes were catchy and his pranks were ridiculous, but we never got to see the troublemaker on the big screen.

If nothing else, fans would have loved to see Peeves torture Dolores Umbridge throughout Order of the Phoenix. After Fred and George fled the school, they tasked Peeves with carrying out the duties of mischief at Hogwarts. "Give her hell from us, Peeves" they said to him before they left, which led him to dump tarantulas in the Great Hall, lock up Mrs. Norris, and even develop a friendship with Professor McGonagall, who hated Umbridge just as much as anyone else. And it's fun to imagine his "Voldy's gone moldy" tune at the end of Deathly Hallows Part 2 playing out as a great touch of comedy after the brutal battle.

The character was actually intended to be in the Sorcerer's Stone. He was played by the late comedian Rik Mayall, but was ultimately cut from the film because he was deemed "inconsequential to the plot." Um, what?

In eight movies, there was no room to show this beloved character because they didn't think he drove the plot forward? Mayall apparently didn't mind because he wasn't a fan of the movie anyway. In fact, he said "with respect… no, with no respect at all… the film was s**t".

Seems... petty? But he still got paid for the role, so you could say it all worked out for him in the end. As for the fans, they still want their Poltergeist.