18 Crazy Facts You Have To Accept To Enjoy The Wizarding World Movies
Enchanting they may be, but these movies certainly aren't perfect.
Even after all these years, the Wizarding World is still a huge and important franchise which continues to delight millions of people the world over. This isn't surprising, for it is a very strong property; the books are brilliant and the films are (mostly) very good as well, even if the books are considerably better.
What's really interesting about these movies is that they shouldn't have worked. The books will have been hard to turn into coherent movies given the size and scope of them, while filming all the movies back to back was a huge gamble.
Therefore, since these movies were already fighting an uphill battle, they are decidedly imperfect despite their strengths and have quite a few issues that will no doubt leap out at you on a re-watch, especially as you grow older. Additionally, the two Fantastic Beasts spin-offs have suffered from some problems as well.
This is still an excellent franchise which you'll probably enjoy revisiting, but there are plenty of issues you'll just have to accept in order to fully enjoy them. If you accept these films are the strong yet flawed beasts that they are, you'll still have an absolute blast with them...
18. Harry Doesn't Have His Mother's Eyes
It is often said to Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) that he looks very much like his father, but that he has his mother's eyes. This is a key part of Snape's (Alan Rickman) final scene, in which his last words are "Look at me. You have your mother's eyes." That line is beautiful, but here's the thing: Harry doesn't have his mother's eyes at all.
When the young Lily Potter (Ellie Darcey-Alden) is seen in Deathly Hallows Part 2, her eyes are a completely different colour from Harry's.
Obviously, this is a fairly minor goof in the grand scheme of things but it is still very distracting given how over-used the line about Harry having his mother's eyes (you can tell Harry gets fed up of hearing it) is throughout the series.