History YMMV / HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows

LesYay: Hermione being tortured by Bellatrix. In the movie, Bellatrix and Hermione are essentially in a missionary position - [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/c/c5/Harry-potter-deathly-hallows1-movie-screencaps.com-14694.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20170717220831 with Hermione pinned on the floor with Bellatrix lying on top of her while screaming at her.]] Given that Bellatrix is an adult and Hermione is a 17-years-old teenager, it definitely counts as a NightmareFuel.

LesYay: Hermione being tortured by Bellatrix. In the movie, Bellatrix and Hermione are essentially in a missionary position - [[.https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/c/c5/Harry-potter-deathly-hallows1-movie-screencaps.com-14694.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20170717220831 with Hermione pinned on the floor with Bellatrix lying on top of her while screaming at her.]] Given that Bellatrix is an adult and Hermione is a 17-years-old teenager, it definitely counts as a NightmareFuel.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: After Creator/AlanRickman passed away in 2016, ''millions'' of fans on social media posted Harry's description of Snape as [[spoiler:"the bravest man I've ever known"]] to honor Rickman's memory.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Now that Creator/AlanRickman has passed away, Harry [[spoiler:half-naming his son after Snape]] takes on a whole new meaning.
* HilariousInHindsight:

* MemeticBadass:
** Neville Longbottom will reject your bribes and kill your pet. Neville Longbottom uses Basilisk venom as soy sauce. Neville Longbottom would have done it in four books. Neville... you get the idea. Creator/ChuckNorris's patronus is Neville Longbottom. Thereby making Neville the Wizarding World equivalent of Chuck Norris.
** Neville killed over a dozen followers of Voldemort, saved his friends from a large snake that had Dark Magic in it, and charged at Voldemort himself with a magic sword that only the truly courageous can wield, ''all in one day.'' Which is all technically true.

* AssPull:
** The Deathly Hallows and the entire new series of mysterious artifacts feels like this to readers who felt that Book 6 had established the Horcruxes as the main MacGuffin to hunt down and were amazed that Rowling introduced a new mystery on top of it. Some felt that if the author had introduced this in Book 6 or at least {{Foreshadowed}} it, it would have worked better. It's true that [[spoiler:Harry's invisibility cloak never tears or falls into disarray was mentioned before, and it does fall into the pattern, much like the rest of the future plot devices in the books. It's also true that Harry is quite reasonable in taking the power of his Cloak for granted, since he has no other frame of reference. But various other characters ''do'' have a frame of reference -- Mad-Eye Moody, who owns ''two'', springs to mind -- and none of them ever comment on its status or unique qualities]].
** The concept of Wand Lore. It's true that in the first book "The Wand Chooses the Wizard" indeed, but the idea of the wand changing allegiances during a wizard duel was never suggested once even if Wizard dueling was mentioned several times and discussed many times in earlier books and it mostly feels like a cheap and obvious way for [[spoiler:Harry to defeat Voldemort without killing him, by using his signature "Expelliarmus."]]
** Although ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire'' had established that [[spoiler:Harry and Voldemort now shared Lily's sacrificial protection due to the Harry's blood having been used for Voldemort's resurrection, this book reveals that the bond had the unexpected side effect of binding their lives in an one-directional way, meaning Voldemort cannot kill Harry as long as he remains alive himself.]] This groundbreaking element, which allowed [[spoiler:Harry survive the Avada Kedavra that destroyed his piece of Voldemort's soul]], was not revealed until the very instant in which it was needed for the plot, and it also changed retroactively the implications of all of their previous encounters from the fourth book onwards. Even when Harry asks [[spoiler:Dumbledore]] how this could be, the only answer given is a HandWave based on the application of some dubious logic to what we knew for sure about their connection, which never included such a possibility.
** The fact that [[spoiler:Fiendfyre could destroy Horcruxes]] was not mentioned until after it burst out and attacked everybody. Hermione handwaves it by saying it was too difficult and dangerous to attempt (and near the beginning of the book she did say that many of the substances that destroy Horcruxes are impractical), since [[spoiler:its flames ''hunt down its victims''. The fact that the object is a Horcrux that is mentioned as being nearly indestructible several times and which Dumbledore got cursed trying to destroy, to quote Ron Weasley, "really gives a feeling for the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn't it?"]] The film seems like it's trying to remedy this by [[spoiler: having Harry stab the diadem with the Basilisk fang before throwing it into the fire.]] Just to be safe.
** Ron [[spoiler:enters the Chamber of Secrets. By learning to speak Parseltongue. Only not really because he was only imitating the sound of it. And it let him in anyway. This isn't mentioned once before in the books and even Dumbledore had difficulty understanding snake speech, but somehow Roonil Wazlib has a facility for language]].
** [[spoiler: The Deluminator]] comes off a bit like this, as its previous appearances gave no indication that it could be used the way it is in this one, but it's less so compared to the other objects in the books.

** Harry's BrokenPedestal moment when he learns that Dumbledore, someone he used to look up to, had once expressed uncharitable views towards a marginalized group, can come off harsher due to Rowling's controversial views on transgender people.

* FanFicFuel: Thanks to the TrappedByMountainLions nature of the plot, parts of the plot such as the full extent of Voldemort's takeover of the Ministry, the Order of the Phoenix forced to go underground, and Neville reviving Dumbledore's Army to rebel against the Death Eater rule at Hogwarts became this.

** Remember Molly's boggart from ''Order of the Phoenix''? [[spoiler:It comes true with Fred's death at the end of the book.]] Even worse, you might remember that [[spoiler: the boggart took the form of ''both'' Fred and George]]...meaning that [[spoiler: even in her worst nightmares, Molly couldn't picture Fred and George being separated by death]]. Many fans wish J.K. Rowling couldn't have imagined such a scenario either.

* InferredHolocaust: The fate of many Muggle-borns at the hands of the Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic. J.K. Rowling revealed on Pottermore that many of them did in fact die while they were imprisoned, which was why [[spoiler:Umbridge was given a life sentence.]]

* AwardSnub: ''Deathly Hallows: Part 2'' was not only the highest grossing movie of the year, but the highest grossing installment of what was then the highest grossing franchise, and one of the highest grossing films of all time, in addition to being one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year. One would expect it to have at least garnered a few token nominations at the Academy Awards, especially since the Academy had made the decision several years earlier to expand the Best Picture field to ten films. But no, just three nominations in the technical department which it lost in all of them (the worst being losing Best Makeup to ''Film/TheIronLady''!) It is also suspicious that before the nomination process began, the Academy again ammended its rules that ''up to'' 10 films could be nominated for Best Picture, if they gathered a certain percentage of votes. Coincidentally, only nine films were nominated, which prompted much outrage from both fans and film critics.[[note]]If you were wondering, these were Warner Bros. submissions to the Academy: Best Picture, Best Director - David Yates, Best Adapted Screenplay - Steven Kloves, Best Actor - Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, Best Actress - Emma Watson, Best Supporting Actor - Ralph Fiennes and Alan Rickman, Best Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter and Maggie Smith.[[/note]]

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct:
** Emma Watson after several films of being divisive, made viewers' hearts break with four simple words.
--> "I'll go with you!"
** Bonnie Wright too delivers her BigNO [[spoiler: at seeing Harry's body]] in a heart wrenching way.

** Domnhall Gleeson had a couple of supporting roles before appearing as Bill Weasley, but he'd really hit it big in TheNewTens.

** Harry feels betrayed when he learns that Dumbledore, someone he used to look up to, had once expressed uncharitable views towards a marginalized group. This can come off harsher due to Rowling's controversial views on transgender people.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct:
** Emma Watson after several films of being divisive, made viewers' hearts break with four simple words.
--> "I'll go with you!"
** Bonnie Wright too delivers her BigNO [[spoiler: at seeing Harry's body]] in a heart wrenching way.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Considering all the criticism surrounding House Elves and how they're treated as a slave race who are happy in slavery - with Dobby being portrayed as an odd ball - the tragic way Kreacher was abused by Voldemort and Hermione telling Harry "see how awful it is that they've got to obey?" shows how wrong the House Elves are treated in-universe. WordOfGod is that [[spoiler: Hermione uses her position in the Ministry to campaign for better treatment of House Elves]].
** A few fans were annoyed that Harry and Snape never have a direct confrontation until [[spoiler: Snape is already dying from Nagini's attack]]. The film adds a scene where Harry calls Snape out in front of the whole school which, while HarsherInHindsight after TheReveal, is certainly more cathartic.
** The final confrontation between Harry and Voldemort in the book was frequently mocked for being an extended InfoDump and leading to an AntiClimax. The film makes this sequence much more action-packed, having it take place at the same time as [[spoiler: Molly killing Bellatrix and Neville killing Nagini]] - which certainly paces it better.
** Some fans really didn't like that [[spoiler: Harry went to his death in the Forbidden Forest without telling anyone]], finding it unnecessarily cruel and callous towards his friends. The film adds in a scene where he does tell them, and it more than delivers in the TearJerker department.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The film cuts out the extended war of words between Harry and Voldemort right before their final duel. It instead makes the scene more action packed and climactic.

** "_______" + " ______" Potter [[explanation]]When Harry reveals his name middle son's name is Albus Severus Potter. Those who hate he chose those names or characters to be named after fill in the blank with characters they find deserved it more]].

* UnfortunateImplications: Arguably, [[spoiler: Lavender Brown being killed off in the film, which Rowling then made canon]] makes it seem a bit like she was being "punished" by the story for being a girly girl and less intellectual than Hermione, plus being a RomanticFalseLead for Ron.

** The same goes for Peter Pettigrew; one would think that the man responsible for ''selling out Harry's parents and reviving Voldemort'' would be treated to the '''much''' more brutal death he was dealt in the books. Instead he is apparently fatally struck down by one of those in Harry's group, goes out with an inappropriately comedic "[[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Ow]]" and is not mentioned again from that point onward.

** "How dare you stand where he stood!?" from Part 2 of the films, for when [[ReplacementScrappy a character is replaced by someone far less liked.]]

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that none of the good wizards bother to break TheMasquerade to help the Muggles protect themselves from the Death Eaters makes it look like they value their isolationism over the fate of the world ''even when a world-ending threat will destroy both societies''. It also further establishes the belief most wizards hold that Muggles aren't remotely intelligent enough to even defend themselves from anything even though the wizards refuse to let them know magic exists. There is a line from Remus when the trio listen to a radio broadcast - where he reminds listeners to cast protective charms on the homes of Muggles they know, suggesting there was some protection being done in secret, but there are no active examples of this.

** The "NYEAH!!" scream of Voldemort that became famous thanks to the ''Part II'' trailer was actually heard once in ''Part 1'', right after Harry's wand overpowers him in the aerial battle.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: The fact that none of the good wizards bother to break TheMasquerade to help the Muggles protect themselves from the Death Eaters makes it look like they value their isolationism over the fate of the world ''even when a world-ending threat will destroy both societies''. It also further establishes the belief most wizards hold that Muggles aren't remotely intelligent enough to even defend themselves from anything even though the wizards refuse to let them know magic exists.

** More than a few fans also explicitly reject the idea of Harry [[spoiler: naming his youngest son "Albus Severus Potter" after Dumbledore and Snape]], considering the sheer amount of emotional anguish that both characters put him through. Most of them prefer to believe that [[spoiler: he would have given that honor to people that actually comforted through his turbulent teenage years]]. It's not uncommon to see fans suggesting [[spoiler: "Rubeus Remus Potter" as an alternate name]].

** Remember Neville [[spoiler: pulling out Gryffindor's sword and beheading Nagini]]? Yeah, a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome, right? Well, the trailer for ''Film/FantasticBeastsTheCrimesOfGrindelwald'' reveals that [[spoiler: Nagini [[UsedToBeAMan used to be a woman]]. Either Neville was committing what could be considered murder, or he was giving her a MercyKill]]. Granted, he didn't actually ''know'' that he was doing that, as no one knew that fact except for Voldemort, even the audience before that film came out almost a decade later, so he's innocent either way.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Averted with Voldemort, whose climactic showdown with Harry takes the two on an epic battle all across the castle; this is a notable contrast to the book, in which Voldemort is defeated with much less fanfare. Played straight with Bellatrix, though, who is taken out rather easily for a dreaded HeroKiller.

* {{Padding}}: This criticism was placed against the first part of the film. While it keeps pace with the book, the first half of the book could have been compressed easily, resulting in what many find a tedious movie, sometimes mocked as ''Harry Potter Goes Camping''.

* AwardSnub: Considering that ''Deathly Hallows: Part 2'' was not only the highest grossing movie of the year, but the highest grossing installment of what was then the highest grossing franchise, and one of the highest grossing films of all time, in addition to being one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, would have at least garnered a few token nominations at the Academy Awards, especially since the Academy had made the decision several years earlier to expand the Best Picture field to ten films. But no, just three nominations in the technical department which it lost in all of them (the worst being losing Best Makeup to ''Film/TheIronLady''!) It is also suspicious that before the nomination process began, the Academy again ammended its rules that ''up to'' 10 films could be nominated for Best Picture, if they gathered a certain percentage of votes. Coincidentally, only nine films were nominated, which prompted much outrage from both fans and film critics.[[note]]If you were wondering, these were Warner Bros. submissions to the Academy: Best Picture, Best Director - David Yates, Best Adapted Screenplay - Steven Kloves, Best Actor - Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, Best Actress - Emma Watson, Best Supporting Actor - Ralph Fiennes and Alan Rickman, Best Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter and Maggie Smith.[[/note]]