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The Sorting hat sings a song while deciding which House to put each child into. |
The hat simply makes a comment before deciding where they will go. |
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Harry's summer is discussed at length prior to going to Hogwarts. |
This doesn't happen.
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Harry talks to a Boa Constrictor from Brazil in parsel tongue. |
The snake is a Burmese Python. |
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Peeves the Poltergeist is constantly causing trouble. |
The ghost does not appear.
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Hagrid's Dragon, Norbert is taken by Harry and Hermione to a friend of Charlie Weasley for care. |
Dumbledore removes the dragon. |
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Harry and Hermione are given detention in the Forbidden forest because they are caught by Filch after hours. |
They are given detention because they are caught at Hagrid's cabin.
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Harry meets Draco Malfoy while he is getting his robes in Diagon alley. |
He first meets him before the sorting ceremony at Hogwarts. |
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The Dursleys take Harry to an island to flee their house when it is filled with letters telling Harry he is a wizard. |
This doesn't happen.
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At the zoo, Harry is able to talk to the Boa Constrictor. Dudley pushes him out of the way and Harry gets made and inadvertently makes the glass disappear causing Dudley to fall in. |
Dudley is stuck in the cage and can't get out. |
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The students of Hogwarts take many classes including Defense against the Dark Arts, History of Magic and Herbology. |
These classes are not mentioned.
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The forest is called "The Forbidden Forest" |
It is called "The Dark Forest" |
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When Harry looks into the Mirror of Erised he sees many people including his parents and grandparents. |
He only sees his parents.
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There are several Quiddich matches between several houses. |
There is only one quiddich match. |
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The Dursleys take Harry to King's Cross station to put him on the train. |
Hagrid escorts Harry to the station.
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Mrs Figg lives in Little Wingding. |
She is not mentioned. |
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Harry meets Firenze, Ronan and Bane in the Forbidden Forest. |
He only meets Firenze.
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Before reaching the Philosopher's Stone, Harry and Hermione also have too fight a troll (already completed by Professor Quirrel) and solve a potions challenge. |
These challenges were not shown in the movie. |
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In the book Harry is wearing sneakers |
In the movie he wears boots, kinda like timberlands,
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In the book,the students at the school wear their regular clothes under their robes. |
In the movie, they wear uniforms under their robes. |
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Dudley and his mother are blonde heads. |
Dudley and his mother hair is brown.
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Dudley has a friend that go to the zoo with them. Plus uncle vernon buys them choclate candy bars, and buy harry a lemon pop. |
Dudley friend isn't there, it's just harry and dudley. plus the movie don't show vernon buying them any snacks while there. |
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In the book , the Halloween feast is a regular dinner feast, with rolls, potatoes etc. |
The Halloween feast is filled with nothing but cookies, candies, and cakes.
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At Christmas, harry and ron open their presents up in their room. |
In the movie they open their presents downstairs under the xmas tree. |
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Harry was smart enough to turn down draco friendship after he puts down hagrid. |
Harry turn down draco friendship, after he puts down ron.
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On the morning of dudley birthday they have bacon and eggs for breakfast. |
On dudley bithday, they have ham for breakfast. |
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The midnight duel, that happens not long after school starts at hogwarts. |
The midnight duel isn't in the movie.
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Dudley's birthday presents are on the breakfast table, even told was some of them were-computer games, video camera, plus a new bike. |
Dudley birthday presents are in the next room, and we never find out what they are. |
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Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, Neville, Draco and Fang go to the Forbidden forest for punishment. At first they split up into 2 groups and once Neville causes red sparks after Draco scared him, they split up into a second group. |
Neville never comes to the Forbidden forest and they all start off with 1 group and never changed once again.
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All the Weasleys are readheads.
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They have brown hair. |
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Harry has to play a flute to put Fluffy to sleep while he, Ron and Hermione try to get through the trapdoor. They all go through the trapdoor before Fluffy has a chance to attack them. |
The harp that Quirrell had left magically playing by itself already has Fluffy asleep. However, it stops playing and the trio only just get through the trapdoor before they are attacked.
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Harry catches Neville's Remembrall one foot before it hits the ground. |
He catches it high up in the air in front of Professor McGonagall's office. |
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Harry doesn't dare mention Platform 9 and three quarters to the train station guard. |
He does. He asks where it is and ends up looking foolish.
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Hagrid says he bought Fluffy from a ''Greek chapie''. |
He says he bought him from an ''Irish feller''. |
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Ron hints that Harry has an Invisibility Cloak before Harry tries it on. |
He is unaware what type of cloak it is until Harry tries it on.
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Neville forgets the password to the Gryffindor common room and sleeps outside. |
This doesn't happen. |
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Vernon Dursley takes his family to a remote, rundown hotel while fleeing from the letters. |
He brings his family straight to the remote island
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There is a scene where Harry meets a pale boy in the robe shop. |
This scene was never shown. |
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harry gets a sock and a clothes hanger for christmas |
harry doesnt get anything
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