7) Gnomes - During his first trip to the Burrow in "Chamber of Secrets," Harry and Ron are assigned to the lovely chore of removing gnomes from the Weasley's garden. The process requires wizards to pick up the gnomes, spin them until they're dizzy and throw them over the garden wall. Perhaps it's the fact that wizards can often take shortcuts, or the fact that we wanted to see mythical creatures flying through the air, but it's disappointing we didn't get to see the boys do yard work.
6) Dobby's socks - Anyone who has seen the film version of "Chamber of Secrets" knows that house-elves are free after their masters give them an item of clothing. In Dobby's case, Lucius Malfoy inadvertently freed his servant after Harry slipped a sock in Tom Riddle's diary and suggested Lucius give Dobby the book. People who didn't read the book wouldn't know that after that fateful day, Dobby became obsessed with socks. You wouldn't have known because in the film "Deathly Hallows: Part 1," Dobby died wearing rags.
5) S.P.E.W. - Speaking of house-elves, they have a weird sense of pride and desire to serve their masters. In "Goblet of Fire," Hermione establishes the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare to give the creatures more rights. She fails to gain very many supporters, and the house-elves who work at Hogwarts are so insulted, they refuse to clean in Gryffindor Tower.
4) Cho Chang - Yes, Cho Chang appeared in the film versions of "Goblet of Fire" and "Order of the Phoenix," but to say her role in the films were downplayed would be an understatement. The films are successful in hinting Harry would eventually date Ginny Weasley, but fail to show how big of a crush he had on Cho. Even though they share a kiss in "Order of the Phoenix," we never get to see Harry and Cho's date in Hogsmeade.
3) Peeves - Throughout the book series, fans get to read about the mischief and chaos created by the Hogwarts poltergeist. He constantly annoys and pulls pranks on people at the school of witchcraft and wizardry, but his favorite victim is Argus Filch, the caretaker. In "Order of the Phoenix," he continually pranked Dolores Umbridge, the High Inquisitor, until she was forced out of the school at the end of the year. He fights the Death Eaters in "Deathly Hallows," but since he didn't appear in any of the films, he likely won't be seen in tonight's premiere.
2) Voldemort's backstory - In the film adaptation of "Half-Blood Prince," viewers see Dumbledore's first meeting with a young Voldemort — then named Tom Riddle. What they don't see is the rest of Voldemort's history. Born to a witch, Voldemort ends up in an orphanage when his mother dies after giving childbirth and his muggle father abandons him. At Hogwarts, he appears to be the perfect student, although he really loves using his power. He later kills his father and grandparents as revenge.
1) "Half-Blood Prince" climax - Viewers who didn't read the books may have been so taken aback by Dumbledore's death in "Half-Blood Prince" that they didn't need much else. Fans of the book, though, were probably left craving more. The film skipped over a huge climax that included Inferi — corpses controlled by a dark wizard's spells — as well as a battle of Death Eaters versus Hogwarts students, and a scene where Bill Weasley is wounded by a werewolf — therefore becoming partially contaminated with the werewolf curse.
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