History YMMV / HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows

* FollowTheLeader: It's painfully obvious that the developers were trying to cash in on the popularity of cover-based third-person shooters.

** ''Deathly Hallows: Part 2'' was not only the highest grossing movie of the year, but the highest grossing instalment 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 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, 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 amended 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 Creator/WarnerBros submissions to the Academy: Best Picture, Best Director - Creator/DavidYates, Best Adapted Screenplay - Steven Kloves, Best Actor - Creator/DanielRadcliffe and Creator/RupertGrint, Best Actress - Creator/EmmaWatson, Best Supporting Actor - Creator/RalphFiennes and Creator/AlanRickman, Best Supporting Actress - Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter and Creator/MaggieSmith.[[/note]] The most talked about snub would be the always perfect Creator/AlanRickman not getting a supporting actor nominations despite his performance being raved as his greatest turn in the role of Snape.

*** ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' being massively overstepped in wins by ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'' in 2011--particularly Creator/EmmaWatson losing to Creator/KristenStewart who'd now won three times for playing Bella Swan--was met with so much of a visceral, negative response that the rules changed the next year on nominee voting resulting in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1'' only getting nominated for--though still winning--Best Kiss and Best Movie and '' Breaking Part 2'' only being nominated for and winning Best Shirtless Performance in 2013. Also, both of the wins ''Breaking Dawn Part 1'' got in 2012 still meant snubbing ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' in the same categories.

* MemeticMutation:
** [[spoiler:"NOT MY DAUGHTER, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch YOU BITCH]]!!!!"]], which made Molly Weasley ascend to badass status.
** "After all this time?" "Always".
** "_______ + ______ Potter" [[spoiler:People who dislike the name Harry chose for his youngest son fill in the blanks with the names of characters they feel are more deserving of the honor]].
* MoralEventHorizon: Throughout the books, Malfoy's sidekicks Goyle and Crabbe were mostly ineffectual rivals to our trio, but towards the end, [[spoiler:Crabbe actually goes evil and almost kills the three, attempting to hit them with the Killing Curse]], even when Draco is dead set against it. After this, [[spoiler:his self-inflicted death can't be seen as anything other than karma]].

* MemeticMutation:
** "How dare you stand where he stood!?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] Harry confronting Snape after the latter succeeds Dumbledore as Hogwarts' headmaster. The quote has been repurposed by fans to express indignation whenever [[ReplacementScrappy a character is replaced by someone far less liked.]][[/labelnote]]
** On a scale of one to Lord Voldemort, how awkward are your hugs?[[labelnote:Explanation]] The scene where Voldemort hugs Draco has the former acting so OutOfCharacter it made audiences feel uncomfortable, with this mocking question being the result.[[/labelnote]]
** "Voldemort got [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar snapped]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]] In reference to Voldemort's death in the movies, where he disintegrates as he dies, which looks similar to how many of the people snapped by Thanos died in ''Infinity War''.[[/labelnote]]

* DelusionConclusion: Not the entire finale, but just [[spoiler:Harry's meeting with Dumbledore in Limbo.]] Some have speculated [[spoiler:that the series doesn't really show anything of the wizard afterlife and that the whole sequence is just a (temporally) DyingDream coming directly from Harry's subconscious. If one analyses it, it can be observed this Dumbledore never gives out any information that Harry doesn't know already or can't infer from logic, and in turn he acts in a way that seems very close to how Harry would want Dumbledore to at that moment (he congratulates Harry for his decisions, is shown remorseful about his own evil plans with Grindelwald and his misdeeds towards his family, and ultimately reassures Harry that everything is going to be okay in his fateful showdown with Voldemort).]]

** In the book, Gellert Grindelwald refused to tell Voldemort the location of the Elder Wand, but in the film he gives it up, smirking and laughing. Was he laughing at the thought of getting one over Dumbledore for one last time, or did he know that Voldemort would never be able to master the Wand and as far as Grindelwald figured Voldemort had already sealed his fate?

** Creator/DomhnallGleeson had a couple of supporting roles before appearing as Bill Weasley, but he'd really hit it big in TheNewTens.
** Creator/JamieCampbellBower makes a split second appearance as a teenage Grindelwald. Doubles as HilariousInHindsight given the unintentional similarities his ''Series/StrangerThings'' character has to Voldemort.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Voldemort hugging Draco]]. The scene comes out of nowhere, is bizarre in that Voldemort randomly displays affection despite [[OutOfCharacterMoment being supposedly unable to care about others]], and is immediately forgotten once he lets the boy go.

** The resolution of Wormtail's plot smacks of this. Dumbledore was very on-the-nose about life debts at the end of ''Prisoner of Azkaban'', but instead [[spoiler:there's a brief moment where Wormtail shows up unexpectedly, hesitates in killing the heroes, and then dies as a result, barely warranting a mention after this. Any expectations of a redeeming himself or revealing some hidden depths, (or even, as some speculated, him telling Harry '''how''' to destroy the horcrux in him without killing himself) evaporate in half a page.]] Made even worse considering previous books. ''Goblet of Fire'' showed him trying to convince Voldemort to use someone other than Harry for his resurrection, insisting it's out of pragmatism rather than concern for Harry, and ''Half-Blood Prince'' showed him hanging out at Snape's, who explicitly mentions being mystified by Wormtail's new habit of listening at keyholes. While that could have set up another direction entirely for Wormtail, depending on what you read into it, it went nowhere.

** In the book, Gellert Grindelwald refused to tell Voldemort the location of the Elder Wand, but in the film he gives it up, smirking and laughing. Was he laughing at the thought of getting one over Dumbledore for one last time, or did he know that Voldemort would never be able to master the Wand?

** Creator/JamieCampbellBower makes a split second appearance as a teenage Grindelwald. Doubles as HilariousInHindsight given the unintentional similarities his [[Series/StrangerThings Stranger Things]] character has to Voldemort.

** 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. Especially since Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung publicly disagreed with her views.

* OneSideOfTheStory: The popular perception that [[spoiler:Severus Snape was willing to trade James' and Harry's lives for Lily's]] is actually based on Dumbledore doing this; he was struggling to form complete sentences, and Dumbledore drew his own conclusions based on the fragments.

*** Creator/RalphFiennes being overlooked for Best Villain wins/nominations in both 2011 and 2012 given not only that 2011 was when Creator/TomFelton not only was nominated over him when they both were on the shortlist--and Tom Felton infamously won as well too--but 2012 also saw the creation of the replacement category of Best Onscreen Dirtbag--which was so poorly received that it was scrapped the next year. Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter was also overlooked in the category for both films, particular ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' as she wasn't even on the shortlist that year.

*** Creator/RalphFiennes being overlooked for Best Villain in both 2011 and 2012 given not only that 2011 was when Creator/TomFelton not only was nominated over him when they both were on the shortlist--and Tom Felton infamously won as well too--but 2012 also saw the creation of the replacement category of Best Onscreen Dirtbag--which was so poorly received that it was scrapped the next year. Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter was also overlooked in the category for both films, particular ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' as she wasn't even on the shortlist that year.

*** ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' being massively overstepped in wins by ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'' in 2011--particularly Creator/EmmaWatson losing to Creator/KristenStewart who'd now won three times for playing Bella Swan--was met with so much of a visceral, negative response that the rules changed the next year on nominee voting resulting in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1'' only getting nominated for--though still winning--Best Kiss and Best Movie and '' Breaking Part 2'' only being nominated for and winning Best Shirtless Performance in 2013. Also, both of the wins ''Breaking Dawn Part 1'' got still meant snubbing ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' in the same categories.

*** ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' being massively overstepped in wins by ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'' in 2011--particularly Creator/EmmaWatson losing to Creator/KristenStewart who'd now won three times for playing Bella Swan--was met with so much of a visceral, negative response that the rules changed the next year on nominee voting resulting in ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1'' only getting nominated for--and winning--Best Kiss and Best Movie and '' Breaking Part 2'' only being nominated for a winning Best Shirtless Performance in 2013. Also, both of the wins ''Breaking Dawn Part 1'' got still meant snubbing ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' in the same categories.

*** ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' being massively overstepped in wins by ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'' in 2011--particularly Creator/EmmaWatson losing to Creator/KristenStewart who'd now won three times for playing Bella Swan--was met with so much of a visceral, negative response that the rules changed the next year on nominee voting resulting in ''The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1'' only getting nominated for--and winning--Best Kiss and Best Movie and '' Breaking Part 2'' only being nominated for a winning Best Shirtless Performance in 2013. Also, both of the wins ''Breaking Dawn Part 1'' got still meant snubbing ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' in the same categories.

*** ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' being massively overstepped in wins by ''Film/TheTwilightSagaEclipse'' in 2011--particularly Creator/EmmaWatson losing to Creator/KristenStewart who'd now won three times for playing Bella Swan--was met with so much of a visceral, negative response that the rules changed the next year on nominee voting resulting in ''TheTwilightSagaBreakingDawnPart1'' only getting nominated for--and winning--Best Kiss and Best Movie and '' Breaking Part 2'' only being nominated for a winning Best Shirtless Performance in 2013. Also, both of the wins ''Breaking Dawn Part 1'' got still meant snubbing ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' in the same categories.

** 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 struck down by Dobby, goes out with an inappropriately comedic "[[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Ow]]" and is not mentioned again from that point onward.
* AwardSnub: ''Deathly Hallows: Part 2'' was not only the highest grossing movie of the year, but the highest grossing instalment 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 UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s, 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 amended 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 Creator/WarnerBros submissions to the Academy: Best Picture, Best Director - Creator/DavidYates, Best Adapted Screenplay - Steven Kloves, Best Actor - Creator/DanielRadcliffe and Creator/RupertGrint, Best Actress - Creator/EmmaWatson, Best Supporting Actor - Creator/RalphFiennes and Creator/AlanRickman, Best Supporting Actress - Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter and Creator/MaggieSmith.[[/note]] The most talked about snub would be the always perfect Creator/AlanRickman not getting a supporting actor nominations despite his performance being raved as his greatest turn in the role of Snape.

** Mad-Eye mentions his house, but we never get to visit it (in part because he is killed so early in the book).

** [[spoiler:"NOT MY DAUGHTER, [[THISisforEMPHASISBITCH YOU BITCH]]!!!!"]], which made Molly Weasley ascend to badass status.

* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: Both games have mediocre graphics, uninspired gameplay that is basically ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'' [[RecycledInSpace but with magic spells]], and boring level design.

* 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]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** 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 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.
** Harry's plan in the book to deal with the Elder Wand--to die a natural death after never losing, therefore cutting off its power--got some criticism. After all, that's what Dumbledore tried, and it failed. In the film, Harry snaps the Elder Wand and tosses the pieces away once he's done with it.
** In the book, Hermione beats up Ron after he returns. Many felt it was a huge case of DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale and that Ron wasn't entirely at fault for the situation that led to him leaving, and it wasn't helped that Ron felt he deserved to get beat up too. In the movie, the beating was toned down to a few not-so-painful hits, and Ron has a DudeWheresMyRespect response.

* CatharsisFactor: Given that she killed Sirius Black, tortured Mr. and Mrs. Longbottom into insanity, and nearly killed Ginny (amongst countless other atrocities throughout the series), [[spoiler:watching Molly Weasley completely [[MadeOfExplodium obliterate]] Bellatrix Lestrange, is a very satisfying comeuppance to one of the series' most [[CompleteMonster vile]] characters.]]

** Creator/JamieCampbellBower makes a split second appearance as a teenage Grindelwald. Doubles as HilariousInHindsight given the unintentional similarities his [[Series/Stranger things]] character has to Voldemort.

** [[Series/StrangerThings Jamie Campbell Bower]] makes a split second appearance as a teenage Grindelwald. Doubles as HilariousInHindsight given the unintentional similarities his Stranger Things character has to Voldemort.

** [[Series/StrangerThings Jamie Campbell Bower]] makes a split second appearance as a teenage Grindelwald.