12 Questions About Harry Potter Movies That Keep You Up At Night
5. Why Did All Wand Battles Turn Into Glorified Gun Fights?
There is a lot of evil in the wizarding world, and students at Hogwarts spend a lot of time learning to fight against these dark arts. From the relatively simple Expelliarmus to Snape's own Sectumsempra, there is no shortage of spells that would be of use during a confrontation.
However, the Harry Potter movies developed an incredibly frustrating trope of using these kinds of spells exclusively during battle. So many, including the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Harry, Ron, and Hermione's run in with Dolohov in the muggle cafe, and even the final battle itself were reduced to glorified gun fights.
Wizards would shoot what was essentially a magic bullet from their wands that could easily be avoided, but why bother with this? When an enemy is hiding behind a wall or a table, why stick to firing a spell like that?
Magic is just about limitless, so why didn't anyone get creative and use something other than a physical attack spell? We saw Malfoy get turned into a weasel at one point during the story, surely a spell such as this wouldn't be stopped by the adversary hiding behind a bit of wood? There was so much potential to make these fights epic, magical, and utterly unique, yet every one of them turned into the same old shoot out.