Having read all four books in the series a few times each, I am overly familiar with the events in the story. There was so much anticipation leading up to its release, I simply enjoyed the experience of being there. But, like "The Phantom Menace," I've had a very hard time viewing it objectively.
Cracking Eggs: Aunt Petunia opens egg cartons and cracks them, discovering rolled up letters from Hogwarts addressed to Harry.
Dudley's Uniform: Aunt Petunia dyes Dudley's old uniform gray so Harry could use it as his school uniform (before Harry receives the letter from Hogwarts.).
The deleted scenes added back into the movie are: The 2009 Ultimate Edition DVD/Blu-ray release includes this cut as well.
It was first shown on TV networks (ABC in the US, several international broadcasts had the same extended showing) in 2004. Had she simply let McLaggen take the keeper spot, as he was seemingly destined to do without her interference, Hermione would not have set herself up for heartache nor risked damaging the trio's friendship.There is an extended cut of the film running about 159 minutes vs the theatrical version runs 152 minutes. But Ron's newfound stardom led directly to snogging and a relationship with Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave), causing a rift over Hermione's seemingly unrequited romantic feelings. He hadn't, of course, instead only inspiring Ron to believe in himself. Hermione's biggest mistake, however, came in the form of a spell that was seemingly executed perfectly: hexing Cormac McLaggen's (Freddie Stroma) broom with the confundus charm at the Gryffindor quidditch tryouts in "Half-Blood Prince." While she meant well, trying to give her pal Ron the edge in their battle for the keeper position on the house quidditch team, his success had unintended and unforeseen consequences, consequences that manifested right after her moralistic debate with Harry, whom she believed had given Ron Liquid Luck to help win the match. Or even the titular hero himself, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), made the mistake of losing his cool and inflating Marge Dursley (Pam Ferris), thereby risking expulsion from Hogwarts - fortunately they don't send people to Azkaban for blowing up their aunts. Or the time Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) tried to curse Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) with slugs but the spell backfired as a result of his dodgy wand. Just think about how many times we've seen Seamus Finnigan's (Devon Murray) face covered in soot as a result of some kind of explosion gone wrong, given his particular proclivity for pyrotechnics. Yes, even students trained at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - the best wizarding school in the world, according to Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) - make mistakes. Seven years is a long time for a story to last and, despite the fact that we're dealing with a group of highly talented and well-trained witches and wizards, it affords ample opportunity for them to screw up. It may sound like a lot of time on the surface, but when you consider it tells a story that's seven years long, each film becomes more akin to a snapshot. That's nearly an entire day of spells and spirits, magic and muggles, witches, wizards, and wands. Watching the "Harry Potter" film series' eight feature-length movies, accounting for nearly 1,200 minutes of run time, takes almost 20 hours.