Harry Potter (film)/Awesome

"EXPECTO... PATRONUM!"

Sorceror's/Philosopher's Stone

• The chess scene.
• Dust-Voldemort trying to kill Harry. Scary as hell? Yes. Completely awesome? Hell yes!

Chamber of Secrets

• Snape is generally awesome, but this troper found it exceptionally awesome when he sent Lockhart flying across the room in the dueling scene.
  • That was awesome. But Snape topped himself in the "Holy fuck, that's awesome!" department just a few minutes later... just by SMIRKING at Lockhart. (The Smirk of Awesome happens at 3:16).
• 12-year-old boy vs. basilisk. Harry wins.
• Dobby kicking Lucius's ass at the end.
• Near the end of the movie, after Lucius Malfoy's plot was foiled:

Lucius: Well...let us hope that Mr. Potter will always be around to save the day.
Harry: Don't worry. I will be.

Prizoner of Azkaban

• Hermione punching Draco.
• Snape gets one he never got in the books. Runs out of the Whomping Willow, sees a werewolf about to eat them, and his first response is to stand between the kids and the wolf. Not bad, Snape.
  • His getting Remus sacked the next morning doesn't seem that spiteful when you consider this scene: it no doubt reminds him of what happened when he was at Hogwarts, and all he's thinking is "there go the bloody Marauders, putting students in danger again."
• When Buckbeak attacks the werewolf.
• Sirius whooping as he, Harry, and Hermione fly away from his cell on Buckbeak.

Goblet of Fire

• When Harry stepped forward to face Voldemort. He knew that he was about to die. But he would not die crawling and begging for mercy.
  • Daniel Radcliffe's expression for that moment just sold it. Completely.

Order of the Phoenix

• Sirius decking Lucius at the start of the fight in Order of the Phoenix. "Get your filthy hands off my godson. *BAM!*" Malfoys seem to come off on the wrong end of CMoA's.
• "Sorry, Professor. I must not tell lies."
  • The Weasley twins destroying Umbridge's classroom... with fireworks... on brooms... during an exam. Needless to say, this troper cheered and then swooned for some reason.
  • When Dumbledore steps out of one of the fireplaces in the Ministry of Magic to fight Voldemort with one simple line. "You shouldn't have come here tonight, Tom."
  • Voldemort is no slouch during the final battle, producing a huge serpent made of fire and an implosion that shatters everything that's made of glass, then sending every shard of glass Dumbledore's way. For someone who fears Dumbledore, he certainly held his own.
• Dumbledore's escape from an entire room of wizards, including Aurors, while basically taking them all down with one shot? That was when you first saw why Dumbledore had the rep he did.
• Ginny pulling off a Reducto spell at the Department Of Mysteries.
• Snape's responses to Umbridge. All of them, but especially, "...No idea."
  • You can't forget:

Umbridge: You first applied for the Defense Against the Dark Arts post. Is that correct?
Snape: Yes...
Umbridge: But you were... unsuccessful?
Snape: (with unbelievable sarcasm) Obviously.

• I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Luna's CMOA from Order. During the fight in the Department of Mysteries, Luna (already bleeding from her lip) is confronted by a Death Eater flying towards her from a great height. The camera shows her from the Death Eater's POV as she looks up at him placidly, pulls out her wand and (with an expression of mild curiosity on her face) hits him with a Full-Body Bind curse that's so powerful it blasts him backwards into a shelf of prophecies. Now, imagine what she could do if she was angry...
• This exchange:

Bellatrix: Neville Longbottom, is it? How's Mum and Dad?
Neville: Better, now that they're about to be avenged. [pulls out wand]

Half-Blood Prince

• Dumbledore's claim: "Being me has its privileges."
• After being reduced to a near-catatonic wreck in the sixth movie by the Horcrux potion, Dumbledore snaps out of it and wrecks the whole bunch of zombies trying to kill Harry.
  • And the very fact that Dumbledore forced Harry to give him the potion.

Deathly Hallows Part 1

• Unlike in the book, here Hedwiga isn't killed by some stray shot - she comes to her master's aid and rams several Death Eaters before getting killed. Sure, she inadvertently clued them about the genuine Potter, but that doesn't diminish the awesomeness.
• During the trailer for the film, Voldemort asks, "Why do you live?", glaring into Harry's face. The response? "Because I have something to live for."
• Dobby in Malfoy Manor:

Bellatrix: You could have killed me!
Dobby: Dobby did not mean to kill -- just to... maim, or... seriously injure. *shrugs*

• • The above also counts as a Crowning Moment of Funny.
• Dobby telling Bellatrix after he rescues Harry and his friends that he is a "free elf!"

DOBBY HAS NO MASTER!'

• This line, just after defeating Wormtal.

Who gets his wand?

• Death Eaters stop the Hogwarts Express to search it. They get to the back, and Neville stands up and says to their faces, "Hey, losers. He isn't here." Death Eaters, meet Neville's balls.
• After Harry (in disguise) witnesses Umbridge falsely accuse a woman on trial of possessing a stolen wand, he subjects her to possibly the most cheer-worthy Oh Crap moment of the series.

"You're lying, Dolores..." *as his disguise begins to fade* "And one mustn't tell lies!""

(he then casts Stupefy, knocking her out)

Deathly Hallows Part 2

• This entire movie was a Crowning Moment of Awesome. The perfect way to end the most celebrated series of all time. And we still have Pottermore.
• Harry's entrance to the castle. "It appears you have a security problem, Professor." Cue a good chunk of the remaining Order of the Phoenix walking in.
  • Also, a bit earlier in that scene, the way Harry reveals himself to Snape and the Carrows, practically hiding in plain sight, and then the way he proceeds to utterly own Snape by calling him out for his actions.

"How dare you stand where he stood?"

• The entire castle preparing for the Battle of Hogwarts. Starting with Professor McGonagall saying Voldemort's name.
• Molly Weasley and her Berserk Button attack on Bellatrix after she nearly kills Ginny. In the book, it's said that she merely kills her with a curse. In the film, however, she obliterates her. Literally.
  • To be a little more specific, Molly gives Bella the Winnie Sanderson treatment: Taken for Granite immediately followed by Made of Explodium.
  • Just to give an example of how incredibly awesome this scene was: this troper's entire showing stood up and cheered wildly. Judging from the sounds through the walls and stories from friends, so did every other showing in the entire theater.
  • This tropers theater also burst into cheering and applause during that scene, with some also whistling and yelling 'Kick her ass, Molly!'. There is just something so damn satisfying about seeing one of the biggest monsters in the entire series being taken down by Mrs. Weasley, probably one of the sweetest, most unassuming characters ever created.
• I'd like to nominate every single scene that McGonagall is in, especially when she defends Harry against Snape.
  • Note that in this scene, Snape cleverly takes out the Carrows, who are flanking him, by redirecting some of McGonagall's attacks at them—thus staying under cover while striking a blow against Voldermort.
  • Snape deserves a lot of cred for that scene, even if McGonagall stole the show. Notice how neither he nor McGonagall had any injuries walking (*cough* flying) out of that duel. Try to guess who was pulling the strings there.
  • When I was at the premiere of this movie in Finland (keep in mind that Finnish people are in general some of the most stoic and reserved people in the world), the whole cinema burst into cheering and applause when that happened. The execution is spectacular: McGonagall blasts Snape with a spell, which he deflects. There's a pause while McGonagall looks slightly worried, and you think that'll be the end of it - but then she hits him with another spell, which he again deflects. Then another pause, then another spell - and then she follows it up immediately with another, and another, and another, speeding up between casts while walking towards him until she's hitting him with a barrage of spells, which he keeps deflecting (though seems to have more and more difficulty doing so), while backing away, until she casts one final spell and smashes him through a wall. Owned.
• The theater this troper went to clapped and whistled at "NOT MY DAUGHTER YOU BITCH!", but the full on cheering was for Neville. With a sword.
  • Neville in this movie is a Badass from beginning to end. Not only did he basically tell an entire battalion of snatchers to suck his nuts, but then he followed it up with collapsing an entire bridge full of them, and living to tell the tale.
  • Neville fully cemented himself in this film as a Supporting Leader and Hero of Another Story.
• Aberforth's incredible Patronus that drives off all the dementors.
• The entire final battle between Harry and Voldemort, which is turned from Voldemort's wand backfiring a spell on him to a couple Beam-O-War matches and some impressive back and forth before Harry defeats the dark lord, takes the wand back, and Voldemort falls to pieces.
  • It gets even better, as this is preceded by Harry grabbing Voldemort and jumping off one of Hogwarts' towers. The two then proceed to teleport all over the castle, and are shown to still be fighting each other in mid-air while doing so.

Harry: Come on, Tom. Let's finish this the way we started (grabs Voldemort's shoulder) Together! (jumps and drags Voldemort with him)

• YMMV depending on how much you hate them, but the Malfoy family very calmly and indifferently walking away as the war rages behind them was a ballsy move that was strangely hilarious to watch. Bonus points for Draco and Narcissa holding hands and not bothering to look back as they do so.
  • Narcissa fucking Malfoy. Aside from contributing to Harry's victory by falesly saying he's dead, of course, there's the way she just grabs Draco's hand and calmly walks across the Hogwarts battlements, not bothering to look back, even as her own husband flounders uselessly behind them. It was like she was saying, "Sorry buddy, you brought us in too deep and now I'm getting us out of it. You can come if you want but either way, I don't give a damn."
  • It has to be stressed that, at this point, other Death Eaters were also fleeing in terror, but they had the good sense to apparate out. Narcissa just grabs Draco's hand and walks out, in full view of Voldemort. That's practically giving him the finger.
• When Harry "comes back from the dead" and at least half of the Death Eaters flee in fear. Look out, it's a seventeen year old boy!
  • Well, it makes sense, considering you basically are seeing someone get hit with the Avada Kedevra and come back to life, after he had already survived it once before. And add to the fact that the Dark Lord is the one who did it twice and failed, well... I'd be shitting myself also.
• The entire film series accomplishing the seemingly impossible task of adapting the entirety of Harry Potter to film, keeping all the same cast members except for one who died through the whole thing.
  • And Crabbe, whose actor got busted for drugs. But honestly, does anyone really care?
• It was genuinely satisfying to see that Ukrainian Ironbelly claw its way out of Gringotts and sit in the fresh air. When you consider that it had been tortured and its wings had basically atrophied by that point, watching it scramble up the rocks to escape and finally take flight is pretty inspiring.
• Ron asking Harry what he's going to do with the Elder Wand, the most powerful wand in existence, and Harry nonchalantly snaps it in two and throws away the pieces.
• A piece of acting awesome: Helena Bonham Carter as Hermione as Bellatrix. She literally becomes Emma Watson's character, so that at times you actually forget which actress you're seeing.
• The Ron and Hermione movie kiss may not seem awesome until you put it into context. You have a muggleborn and a bloodtraitor... making out in the Chamber of Secrets.
  • It was awesome before that, moreso to the shippers than anyone else. Still, when put into that context, it becomes one the biggest 'Screw you' moments we've ever seen.
• Neville's big speech, where he rallies support from his troops right in front of Voldemort. Capped off with the supremely awesome "Harry didn't die in vain. But you will."
• When Neville regains consciousness after Voldemort blows him back into the Great Hall - look behind him as he sits up, and you'll see a Death Eater, flying through the air, on fire.
• "Lightning has struck! Lightning has struck!"
  • Cue chills of awesome.
• Hermione gives Greyback exactly what he deserves.
  • In the last part of the battle, after Harry's resurrection and Voldemort's gleeful descent into complete batshit insanity, Nagini's on the loose in Hogwarts and something hits her on the head - a rock. She slithers over to the staircase to see a bedraggled, injured Hermione standing below her, ready to chuck another rock at the snake. Hermione smiles...Nagini, meet Hermione's balls.
• The part after Snape leaves the castle. The scene plays one of John Williams 's old themes for the first two films, the torches in the Great Hall light up, and it gives a feel that things are finally going to get under control and something epic is ahead.
• "Man the boundaries! Protect us! Perform your duty to our school!"
  • And then, after giving that order, she turns to Molly Weasley, grins like a giddy first-year, and says "I've always wanted to use that spell!"
• The film took the book's climax and made it more intense so it would be better-suited for the big picture. The result? Nagini chases Hermione and Ron through the castle, destroys their basilisk fangs, and is about to kill them when Neville comes just in time to destroy her. And Harry's and Voldemort's final confrontation gets turned into an epic chase scene through the school rather than a "The Reason You Suck" Speech like in the book. The book version was awesome in its own way, but it wouldn't suit the big screen very well.
• J.K. commented on the McGonagall vs Snape showdown saying she didn't like the "marginalization of women when the fighting breaks out. The only downside to this is that she mentions that, in an earlier draft of the book it was actually Harry that fought Snape.