5 Things We Need to Happen in the Harry Potter Reboot, Ranked
The Harry Potter movies are close to perfection for one simple reason – we love them despite all their flaws. The new reboot will have to do something outstanding to outshine the original films.
Here are five things that would give the Harry Potter reboot a shot at outdoing the movies.
5. Age-Appropriate Casting
Repeat it after us: Lily and James Potter weren’t in their 30s when Voldemort killed them. Their deaths were so tragic in part because they died so young. They were barely of legal drinking age in the US, to put it in perspective. We have to see the young Potters in the flashbacks to have our hearts broken. The same goes for Snape. We love Alan Rickman, but Snape is supposed to be 31 in the first movie (Alan was 55 at the time).
4. Harry’s Resemblance to James
Harry is said to be indistinguishable from his dad, except for his mom’s eyes. Many people have actually confused them because of such similarities. The reboot must have Harry who is essentially a copy of James, but with Lily’s striking emerald eyes. Anything less is unacceptable.
3. Charlie Weasley
The original movies robbed us of dragon-loving Charlie Weasley, and he is a big part of the story in the first book. We would love us some Romania-based hunk any day! Plus, Bill needs to be more present in the reboot as well. We wouldn’t say no to a few Weasley-bonding scenes!
2. Peeves the Poltergeist
Peeves is an obnoxious nuisance in the books, but he is in some of the most hilarious scenes. Remember when Peeves and McGonagall were working together to take down Umbridge? Priceless and must be in the reboot. Also, we would finally have a canonical idea of what he looks like!
1. Winky the House-Elf
Winky is such an important character in several storylines. She is the reason Barty Crouch Junior was at the Quidditch World Cup in the first place, and the way she was treated by her wizarding family led to Hermione’s maniacal idea to found the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (S.P.E.W.). This is all too good not to be included in the upcoming show!
Don’t even get us started on Ginny and the disaster of a character she is in the movies (which needs to be rectified)...