Harry Potter: 10 Changes From The Books That Ruined The Movies

2. Forgetting Dobby For Four Movies

Splitting The Deathly Hallows, into two films may have allegedly allowed for more story to be told, but it wasn't devoid of issues. Chief among them was: how do you create two stories that adhere to the conventional three-act structure from a single story that has a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end?

The cynical follow on would be to say, "with great difficultly and questionable results", but to be fair to David Yates, he did a serviceable job in creating the illusion these were standalone entries. It's not perfect though, and that's most noticeable at the end of Part 1, which climaxes with the death of Dobby. You know, Dobby, that character who provided comic relief in that film almost a decade ago and hasn't been mentioned since.

It's the equivalent of having the finale of Return Of The Jedi be the sudden return of Jar Jar Binks; why is this the emotional focal point? A quick cameo at the start of the film doesn't really make the death less contrived. If the previous films had been smart, however, we could have spent much more time with Dobby; in the novels, Goblet Of Fire boasted a major subplot about the welfare of elves, while in Order Of The Phoenix it's him who tells Harry about the Room of Requirement.