Harry Potter's TV Remake Can Finally Adapt An Epic Moment Fans Have Waited 24 Years For

Summary HBO's Harry Potter TV show has the opportunity to fix mistakes from the movies, delivering long-awaited epic moments with modern technology.

The Quidditch World Cup in Goblet of Fire was barely shown in the movies, leaving fans disappointed. The TV remake can do it justice.

The TV remake of Harry Potter can properly adapt the Quidditch World Cup, leveraging modern technology and longer runtimes to its advantage.

HBO's Harry Potter TV show has the chance to fix the mistakes of the movies, and this means it can deliver one epic moment fans have waited 24 years to see on-screen. Many book adaptations are getting second chances as TV shows in recent years, and Harry Potter will continue this trend when its HBO series debuts. Although the Harry Potter movies are generally well-liked, there are elements of the original adaptations that could be improved in the upcoming series.

For one, modern technology can improve on the Harry Potter scenes the early 2000s weren't ready for. There are plenty of battle sequences that could look better in a more modern adaptation, and a television runtime allows any big moments to be expanded even further. Likewise, the upcoming Harry Potter remake can cover scenes and storylines that the movies skipped. This includes one epic moment that readers waited 24 years to see but turned out to be underwhelming in the original adaptations.

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The Harry Potter Movies Barely Showed The Quidditch World Cup In The Goblet Of Fire

The Wizarding World Sporting Event Should Have Been So Much Biggeer

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The Quidditch World Cup is a major part of Harry Potter and the Goblet of the Fire, but the movie adaptations simply don't do this event justice. While the films don't skip the Quidditch World Cup completely, they barely show any of the game the characters are there to watch. By contrast, the Goblet of Fire book gives a play-by-play of the match between Ireland and Bulgaria, making it nearly as epic as any real-world sporting event. This gets lost in the movie, which focuses more on the characters' reactions to the game and the aftermath of the Death Eater attack.

With readers looking forward to seeing the Quidditch World Cup on-screen since Goblet of Fire's 2000 release, it's a shame the movies didn't capture the scope and excitement of the event.

With readers looking forward to seeing the Quidditch World Cup on-screen since Goblet of Fire's 2000 release, it's a shame the movies didn't capture the scope and excitement of the event. But it was probably inevitable with a movie's limited runtime, along with budgetary and technological constraints. Fortunately, HBO's Harry Potter TV show has the chance to make up for the movies' underwhelming Quidditch World Cup. Its version of the Wizarding World event will probably be even better than the original adaptations'.

Harry Potter's TV Remake Can Finally Adapt The Quidditch World Cup Properly

Modern Technology & A TV Runtime Will Help Bring It To Life

The Harry Potter reboot can finally adapt the Quidditch World Cup properly, and it has several advantages over the movie in this regard. To start, an HBO budget and more modernized technology will help bring Quidditch to life more impressively across the board. This means a bigger and better Quidditch World Cup, and it also means even better-looking matches while Harry is playing for his Hogwarts team. Although Quidditch doesn't look terrible in the Harry Potter movies, it'll be interesting to see what they can do with the game years later.

The Harry Potter reboot can finally adapt the Quidditch World Cup properly, and it has several advantages over the movie in this regard.

A TV show's runtime will also allow the Harry Potter remake to put a larger focus on the Quidditch World Cup, perhaps even making it its own episode. The event takes up a decent portion of the Goblet of Fire book, but the movie had to balance it with the Triwizard Tournament and other major events. A TV show won't have as much trouble striking this balance, allowing the Quidditch World Cup to be properly adapted. This is exciting news, especially after fans have waited 24 years to see the game in all its glory.

Why Fans Have Been Waiting To See The Quidditch World Cup Adapted

It's An Epic Sequence That Builds On The Importance Of Quidditch In The Books

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It's shocking to think that Harry Potter fans have waited so long to see this book moment adapted, but there's good reason the Quidditch World Cup deserves a proper portrayal. For one, it's probably the longest and largest Quidditch game shown throughout the Harry Potter books. Quidditch plays a much bigger role in the source material than it does in the movies, and it's fascinating to see it explored on a professional level. The characters talk about professional Quidditch teams enough to warrant a match, and the excitement surrounding the World Cup is palpable.

That excitement would carry over to an adaptation, giving viewers as much reason to celebrate this event as a massive action sequence. There's no denying Harry Potter season 4 will be a gripping chapter of the HBO series with the Quidditch World Cup, Triwizard Tournament, and Voldemort's return. And it's the frequent excitement that keeps the later Harry Potter books compelling from start to finish. Adapted correctly, they'll help the TV series keep viewers hooked as well.

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