The Harry Potter Films Didn't Do Justice to the Books’ Strangest Storyline
A storyline from the Harry Potter books involving the importance of Crookshanks was left out of the films to their own detriment.
When it comes to book-to-movie adaptations, the Harry Potter films did an admirable job. Yes, there are plenty of storylines and even entire characters missing from the films. However, the two versions of the story have the same major plot points and themes. Among the missing elements is a particularly strange side story in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe) third year at Hogwarts offers one of the biggest surprise twists when the Boy Who Lived discovers that his godfather, Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), is not responsible for the murders he has been imprisoned for, and instead, the culprit, Peter Pettigrew (Timothy Spall), has been disguised as Ron's (Rupert Grint) pet rat, Scabbers. This storyline explores the concept of animagi in greater depth and reveals more about Harry's parents. Yet the part missing from the movie is Sirius' unexpected ally: Hermione's (Emma Watson) cat, Crookshanks.
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