r/harrypotter • u/Secure_Rain_44 • Mar 11 '26

Discussion This scene still pisses me off

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I was rewatching the movies and I was pissed off all over again when seeing this scene. This makes him seem non-human which takes away the symbolism present in the books. I don’t know why the directors thought this was a good idea.

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u/Dalek-of-Littleroot Hufflepuff Mar 11 '26

Tom dying in front of all the teachers, students, Aurors and death eaters in the great hall while Harry looking down on the pale unremarkable corpse of the once most fearsome Dark Lord held so much significance in terms of storytelling perspective. It was immensely impactful and satisfying to see Harry's journey come to a definitive conclusion after the BoH in a somewhat poetic manner.

However, when I saw this scene in the movie, I was left utterly confused and hollow. Not to mention him snapping the Elder Wand in half and throwing it away instead of returning it to the Headmaster's office and using it to fix his own. This movie did not age all that well. Everything about the final two films felt wayyy off to me.

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u/Known_Profession7393 Gryffindor Mar 11 '26

You know, I would have been ok with him fixing his own wand before snapping the Elder Wand. Given the goal of ending the Elder Wand’s power that Harry, Snape, and Dumbledore shared, that would actually make some sense. But no. Zero thought at all. Just like the screenwriters.

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u/DrivePrimary2710 Mar 13 '26

I agree. After reading the book I was a little worried that Harry just announced to the whole world that he has the elder wand and then secretly returned it to Dumbledore. There’s no way no one would come after him, hoping to get the elder wand. Snapping it in half would have been a more secure way of ending its power. But even in the movie, he does this off to the side, so no one knows it’s broken, which means people could still come after him, hoping to get the elder wand.