with your reactions to the first two movies already being 3+ hours i cant imagine how long the later ones will be as they get more mature and dense and awesome lol. Keep up the good work, I love your long post movie discussions
MASSIVE respect for directly facing and addressing the drama and cutting it there. Most internet people would simply have deleted everything and tried to memory hole it. This move alone probably makes you more mature than about 99.9% of youtubers.
Curious fact: Skele-gro, the potion used to regrow Harry's bones, was actually invented by an ancestor of his, the founding patriarch of the Potter family. Not just that, but Harry's paternal grandfather was a celebrated potioneer that made a major fortune (he quadruplicated the family fortune and even got another fortune after selling his company when retiring) with a potion of his own creation for haircare.
Y'all got very confused on this one. Maybe the following blood status info will help with some of it. Pureblood - child born of 2wizard parents "supposedly" with no muggle blood in their family tree. Draco & Ron come from pureblood families. Half-blood - child born of 1 pureblood parent and one parent who was either a muggleborn or a muggle. Harry and Tom Riddle/Voldemort. Muggleborn - child of 2 non-magic parents but has an ancestor who was either a wizard/witch or a squib. Hermione and Lily (Harry's mom) are both muggleborn. Mudblood is an insulting, bigoted name some purebloods call them. Muggle - people with no magic in their family in recent generations. Petunia, Vernon and Dudley. Squib - a non-magic child born to 2 wizard/witch parents. Since they have no magic themselves they often choose to live as muggles. Filch is a squib who chose to stay in the wizarding world. If you notice he never uses any magic.
Just to clear any misconceptions you guys may have had, hermione is a 'mudblood' because neither of her parents were wizards or witches. She somehow had the magical spirit within her soul to be able to conjure majic. Tom riddle is a half blood because he has a muggle father, whos name he gets rid of. His mother on the other hand is a witch. Harrys mum is a mudblood because her parents werent magical. However harry is considered pure i think because both his parents were wizards. The weasleys are a fully pure bloodline of wizards and witches. So ginny is not a mudblood. The only reason shes targeted by tom riddle is because lucious malfoy dumps the diary in her cauldron so that she could open the book to be manipulated.
@@patriciaalvareztostado8170 fair enough. In my head canon tho ill still believe harry to not be a halfblood because it makes sense when both his parents were wizards. But appreciate the correction
@@jxy8938the fact that Harry is a half-blood rather than a pure blood actually becomes relevant to a very important plot line later in the story though.
In the books it explains that someone who comes back as a ghost have "unfinished" business to attend to. Dumbledore said "very few wizards" choose this way of living after death
Was starting to think I was experiencing some kind of jinx. This was the second channel I was getting into that just suddenly closed. Glad you guys are back.
@@MsAppassionata I was going to say this too. I like when the do it earlier because then they get excited when they get info about their house (if they are ravenclaw or hufflepuff)
Unexpected video 🤩. Nice to see you again. It is hard to find someone like you commenting and expressing their thoughts deeply on a movie. I wish you good fortune 😇
Yesss you guys are back!! I love both your insights and I’m happy yall are both back. I can’t wait for yall to watch the next one. Its one of my favorites!
The thing you aren’t getting yet is that In Harry Potter there aren’t two worlds. There’s just one world and the wizards are hiding themselves and the magical creatures.
You mentioned about possibly reading the books prior to the movie, personally I would watch the movies first. Even though they provide great backstory info, it might take away from the awe of the movies. I love both the movies and the books. The discrepancies don't bother me. I love them both on their own merit.
The animal mascots in the house heraldry definitely has characteristics associated to them that reflect the personality of the students within them. Both positive and negative. Griffyndor; Courageous, brave, daring, noble. But also rash and self-righteous. Hufflepuff; Strong, loyal, hard-working and humble. But also stubborn and unimaginative. Ravenclaw; Intelligent, and curious. But also detached, conformist, narrow-minded and pretentious. Slytherin; Ambitious, cunning, adaptable, resourceful, determined and clever. But also arrogant, prideful, apathetic, judgmental, and vindictive. Arguably our trio of heroes embody one of the other three houses as well. Harry has a lot of Slytherin in him, as is already explored (not only what powers were transferred to him). He is resourceful, cunning and determined. Ron is loyal as they come, and while some may say he comes off as cowardly at times, I think that's more to do with his humility, as he still follows through and faces the challenges ahead of him. Hermione is perhaps the clearest example, embodying the characteristics of a Ravenclaw. "The smartest witch of her age", and always the one telling the others about the rules they'd be breaking, she clearly would fit in with the nerds in the tower.
I agree with Harry and Hermione. I think Ron is pure Gryffindor. Even though he is often extremely afraid, he still faces those fears and continues on. Your Hufflepuff is Neville Longbottom. He's very loyal and humble and it just took him a bit to develop his strength.
You seem to have a grudge with Ravenclaws. Coz one of it's very important character is wit.... Besides Ravenclaws arent Narrow Minded, it's the Slytherins... Where did you get the pretentious from? The rest two are true ngl. Also Gryffindors are Air-Headed as well... (Says a Gryffin-claw)
@@vedjoshi260 Yeah, I don't think any Ravenclaws we know well are "narrow-minded". If anything, it's the opposite, with for example Luna being far TOO open-minded to the point where she believes anything. I also really don't see "narrow-minded" applying to people like Ollivander, Flitwick, Trelawney, Xenophilius Lovegood, Lockhart, Quirrell, etc. Nor someone like Sirona Ryan in Hogwarts Legacy. Plus, I wouldn't really agree with "conformist"... they tend to go out of their way to encourage creativity and individuality, and several members explicitly break social norms. If I were to list Ravenclaw faults, I'd rather go with detached, eccentric, certainly more stubborn/headstrong than the Hufflepuffs, and sometimes ambitious in the "wrong" ways.
The wand that Ron has in this movie was actually given to him by his brother Charlie I believe who's one of his 5 older brothers either bill or Charlie it was passed down to him, that's why the one never really fully worked for him because it never chose him
You guys have so much insight and picked up on a lot of themes that will be covered in depth later in the series. Thank you for continuing these reactions, keep them coming. :)
Glad you guys reacted to this movie. Im suprised gabriella caught on the fact that Tom riddle’s wand and harry’s wand are twins. In the books they explain that the phoenix that provided the feather for the two wands is fawks.
Voldemort aka Tom Marvolo Riddle indeed is the Heir of Slytherin. His Mother Merope was a Gaunt (she named him after her father, Marvolo Gaunt) and his father was a muggle named Tom Riddle Junior. The Gaunts were one of the pureblood lines that still tried to stay that way (by marrying their own cousins) and they kept the heirlooms for a thousand years almost: the locket of Slytherin and the Ring of the Peverells. Both were stolen from Tom Riddle Junior Junior around like 1943: He framed his Uncle Morfin when He killed all his muggle relatives and stole the heirlooms from him.
This movie follows Harry's perspective to the whole events according to his age. Each movies you'll realized that everything goes darker because as we grow up, our perspectives changes, we understand more, and we are less happy-go-lucky because we understand more about what matters.. hence, more things are at stakes. Not to mention the coming of age where things becomes more complicated for the teenagers and the people dealing with them.
Richard Harris who played Professor Dumbledore past away very shortly after making this movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The next Dumbledore was Michael Gambon who also passed away only just a few months ago. 💖🧙♂️🕯🧙♂️💖
Oh hey, glad to see you're back. Your vids are a treat, keep doing your analytic route, you're really making one of the most watchable and enjoyable reaction content on YT, at least for me. Hope you do the rest of the LotR and Matrix.
Love watching your reactions to Harry Potter! I love the way you both speak when you analyse the film in your post discussion! I wish all people were as aware and in tune to their emotional intelligence like you guys! People are so complex and being able to understand them is crucial.
I'm not one who's interested in personal drama or gossip so probably not gonna watch the podcast but very glad you worked it all out and are growing and learning, you guys are great to watch and I'm happy the channel will continue as-is! Also SUPER happy you grabbed the books! I'm a total potterhead I've read them all at least 15 times lol. The illustrated books look incredible. I've still got my original first editions, never thought they'd be valuable one day so I treated them like all my softback books so they're dog-eared and water damaged xD
Harry is NOT the heir to Slytherin, Tom Riddle/Voldemort is, I think you guys must've missed it given your comment about him maybe being the heir to both when Dumbledore told Harry about only a true Gryffindor being able to pull the sword out of the sorting hat.
Well well well..... what to say here on Gabby return 🤔 1st of all the set up is class 👏🏽 well done on that, more professional and comfortable for you also. Next, the reaction was good as always, and you both laughed and took all your notes to remember things for future movie, which you will need !! And lastly, Gabbies return, it was nice to see her back, probably a little anxious and subdued due to the circumstances but grew into it. Your both good together and im glad youve worked things out, as long as its put to bed and you can move onwards Caley! All the best going forward team ❤
Only partway through your discussion, but I had to comment because "Neil Diamond's poem, Nevermore" made me laugh! Neil Diamond has a song called Evermore, but the poem is The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. 😅 I had to memorize part of that poem in 7th grade.
i feel like you dont have to share any more on your personal drama if you dont want to. definitely not the reason we follow. if you guys worked out whatever miscommunication or arguments you had, thats good enough for me!
Coffee burps are real! For me it’s part of my everlasting anxiety. Ironically what helps me is taking prilosec once a day. Helps with the heartburn and all the burps for me
Incredible insight & analysis guys! The psyche symbolism & metaphors etc etc love the depth and meanings...enjoy the rest of the series its absolutely epic!
House elves are very powerful. In the books it explains they make all the food in a room below the hall and transport it to the hall above. There are House elves who think Dobby is mentally deranged for wanting his freedom from the Malfoys. Harry and Hermione are more like siblings than any romantic interest, and they are comfortable with each other.
The music was done by John Williams. He also did the music for Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Star Wars, E.T., Superman, and many others.
Hearing you say "interesting creatures"... Immediate flashes of Fantastic Beasts lol... It's so satisfying diving into these worlds especially around the holidays. Really enjoying these, thank you so much.
❤❤❤No explanation necessary, although as a fellow man, I have to say that I truly appreciate your vulnerability even though it’s none of my business. It takes courage to be vulnerable. Ok, no more mushy stuff. Let’s watch Harry Potter!
Wow, this post movie discussion is great. And these are still just the kids movies! :P I can't wait to hear what y'all have to say about some of the next ones.
What's up Caley and Gabriella, I'm so glad I found your channel. I actually found it by searching Harry Potter reactions lol. I quickly subscribed once I got to see how genuine and down to earth you guys are.I love you I love the way you react. I love how you guys go in depth with your thoughts and opinions of your reactions as well. You definitely have a very unique way of reacting and I honestly think it's amazing! It's enjoyable listening to you guys speak even after the reaction is over, and I hope you never change that. It makes it so much more enjoyable just knowing the video is long and full of your own perspectives. Also, you guys being from Jersey makes it even better, since I'm from Jersey as well lol. Stay fighting the good fight guys! I hope you guys are well, and stay blessed my fellow Jerseyans!!
The train and viaduct you see in the movies are actually real. It's in Scotland, the north of the UK. Loads of people visit the viaduct every year and take pictures as the train goes over.
Fun facts: The guy who played Lockhart also directed the first Thor film. Also, Dobby's voice is done by the guy who plays Arnim Zola in the MCU franchise.
Excited to see you guys continue they series it keeps getting better and better and I excited to watch them with you guys and happy holidays to you guys also
I'm not gonna lie....when I first saw the basilisk in this movie, I had the same reaction Ron had with Aragog. (side note: I am NOT fearful of snakes or spiders). Also, every time I hear Hermione say "She's a little sensitive" to describe Moaning Myrtle, I always have the same first thought: A LITTLE sensitive?" Side note: Hedwig is a snowy owl. They have white feathers with black spots that act as camouflage when they're hunting, their wing feathers are ruffled to muffle their wing flaps so prey animals don't hear them coming and they're the only birds in the world whose feet aren't bare, due to their habitat being snowy areas, like the Arctic Tundra.
1:51:43 all the way to 1:52:13 is wrong. The house colour nor beast got nothing to do with alignment of good or bad, why would you want to harbouring and nurturing evil students to be future voldemort in the first place? It was said that Merlin is from Slytherin. The house name is based of the 4 founder of the school. The sorting hat sorted the students based on: G: bravery, etc² S: ambition, etc² H: loyalty, etc² R: intellect, etc² Hermione is smart but didn't go to Ravenclaw that's because the sorting hat sense that her Griffindor quality is slightly higher than Ravenclaw quality by a small margin. Harry think "not Slytherin" so the next best thing other that the *ambition to prove himself* is *bravery to stand up for his friends* that's why someone like Nevel Longbottom can get in Griffindor. The code of arms or logo or flags or whatever is because of the 4 friends who founded the school. Salazar Slytherin is not bad he is just doesn't wanna have Muggle-born to integrate into Hogwarts. Probably do to with his timeline. Imagine X-man with Professor X and Magneto. Both live through time of unacceptance, what if Salazar Slytherin see many witch hunt by muggles during his journey? Who knows? Merlin on the other hand is the one stand beside King Arthur and what considered to be one of the greatest wizard in the world and he is from the Slytherin house. That means back in the days before Voldemort's time, the 4 houses is in harmony with cooperation and good rivalry. My opinion btw.
Would love for you to see miyazaki hayao's films - starting with nausicaa of the valley of the wind; then spirited away; then howl's moving castle; then the boy and the heron. This is in increasing difficulty in meaning and symbolism. Would love to hear what you think:)
Thats not right at all. This one especially is really scary. I am not really into scary movies and it still makes me a bit uncomfortable watching it. I am 32 now lol. Also I think they got extremely close to having the last few ones age restricted for under 16. They just avoided that.
Fun fact. For at least the first 2 or 3 movies all that food in the great hall was real. They were strictly told to only eat whats put on the plates in front of them because thats fresh. The rest of the food in the middle of the tables was just left out over days of filming.
The reason why Harry messed up when he was saying Diagon Alley is because in the book you have to throw the powder down into the fireplace before speaking where you want to go. So when he threw it down the ash got into his mouth he choked and that's why. Mr Weasley does not work with Lucius Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy is Rich he does not work for a living. He is however always at the ministry influence in them with his money
For my understanding after reading the books. there is like a magical contract, Dobby was born into slavery and cannot quit, just can be send free but house-elf do not desire freedom because after all who is going to accept them if they ask money for their service? most people are used to have their service for free. In the book is Dumbledore who accepts Dobby to work at the kitchen with pay check! 😊
Things will only get darker from here. “Prisoner of Azkaban” is always everyone’s favorite movie once they’ve gotten to it…until they watch the other movies that follow. … Random, But I just wanted to say that I love the way she looks at you with such admiration during you guys reaction videos. Glad everything worked out. Can’t wait to see the next reaction video and of course you guys finishing up the LOTR
I hardly ever leave comments but I just needed to say I love this style of reaction and review/analysis of media. I can’t wait to see what you review next. If you haven’t yet please review some Mike Flanagan stuff.
Glad to see new videos! ❤ 🙏 Im happy to see reactors with ling format videos and that discuss the movies, but also im always hoping its a fun experience for the creators themselves. The algorithm mill on youtube can be tough. ALSO not a big deal but Im happy you have nice, comfy chairs. Thats essential for movie watching.
I think that, at some point after this series, you should do a review of the film “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It is both visually and intellectually stimulating, and you really would have a field day trying to decipher what that movie is about. It came out in 1968 and served as the blueprint for virtually every film about outer space that followed. I consider it a masterpiece.
Most people do not become ghosts in HP. Only those who are too afraid to make the journey to the afterlife become ghosts. But if they become ghosts, they are stuck that way forever, they can never journey to the afterlife.
It's easy to understand why Harry doesn't trust adults, even Dumbledore, when you think about how and who he was raised by, and what he had to go through. He's never had any adult figure in his life that's been good, supportive, kind, loving, etc. He's freaked out about what's happening, but even then, he hasn't learned he can trust adults yet. Coupled on with Hermione, Ron, and the random painting encouraging him not to tell as well.
It‘s not that he doesn‘t trust Dumbledore at all. He is being accused by everyone (especially all the kids) for pertifying other students. He loves to be at Hogwarts and he doesn‘t want to go home at all. Imagine telling the Headmaster that you‘re hearing voices you shouldn‘t be hearing, while being conveniently at the scene of the crimes. There had to be a fear of being expelled. Bear in mind he‘s still a 12-year old, where emotions control a lot his actions. Combined with his childhood trauma of growing up like he did, I think it is quite understandable that he doesn‘t want to tell anyone about the voices.
@@miller-joelhe didn’t. He didn’t know how Dumbledore would respond to all this weird information. Harry’s decision were driven by fear of being sent back to Dursleys .
You can't blame the Womping Willow Tree for getting upset and attacking Harry, Ron and the flying car. If a massive football line backer suddenly rammed right into you and refused to get off, you too would be bashing his head and fighting to get his freaking large body off of yours. That poor tree was just minding his own business and wham! Big massive hunk of metal missiled into it's body from nowhere and just stayed there. If someone did that to me I too would wack the living heck out of whatever hit me. LOL! Plus I also don't blame the Cornish pixies. They were captured against their will and then crammed into a small cage. Of course they are getting revenge. It's not that much different from what happened to Harry when the Dursleys caged him up at the beginning of the movie. LOL! It's sort of almost part of the theme of this movie. So many abused things and people and creatures that when set free at long last mayhem happens. Which if you think about it, you can't blame them. A caged Harry, an inslaved Dobby, an abused tree and car and even an imprisoned and inslaved Basalisk snake. And yet one of the most powerful magic of all is freedom. For good or bad, its powerful. 🌳🚙🧚♂️🥊🪄😉😄
I've missed your reactions and analysis. So glad you both are back. 😊 💚 Again, you've both made many on points observations, it's enjoyable to see you watching and thinking about all things that are happening and piecing them. Also, going to just let you guys know that the movies will be getting darker after these two first movies. More mature if you will, but still very much enjoyable and magical and definitely keeps you hooked. 😁 Apologies ahead, I know this comment is going to be loooong. 😂 *DOES NOT HAVE SPOILERS:* 1. I'm going to tell you, if/when you read more of the Harry Potter books, you will learn to love Dobby and understand his situation on whole another level. 2. Mrs. Weasley is gold. 👌🏻 And at the same time I wanted to point out how many kids Weasleys have, when you noticed "other brother more". 19:51 Molly (Mrs) and Arthur (Mr) Weasley have seven children. From the eldest to youngest: Bill, Charlie, Percy, identical twins Fred and George, Ron, and Ginny. (Eldest two are already out of school.) 3. About your question on if people who die in Hogwarts School, if they become ghosts 57:36, well to that you can get the answer from the books, and since you're going to read them, I'm not about to ruin it for you. But I think it was in the book number 5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) where the matter of ghosts is gone through? 🤔 *Just so you both know, in the movie they really don't explain the matter of ghosts.* 4. There was the question how the animals/creatures can carry so much. 1:05:57 Well, as you remembered that Dumbledore told Harry that Phoenix's tears have healing powers, Dumbledore also mentioned that Phoenixs can carry great weight for long distances as well. 5. 1:34:21 About house elves, like Dobby said, house elf is to serve their master for eternity. House elves cannot not to obey their masters and their orders, nor disclaim anything their master has told them not to tell anyone, or even speak ill of their masters either. That's why Dobby had to punish himself when he had almost spoken ill of Malfoys. 6. 1:35:47 Yes, on point. It's pure racism and discrimination. 7. 1:42:26 You were talking about the memory of Voldemort's past, the studen version of him. When you stop to think about it, Voldemort had crossed the line of darkness at that time already. Because he had just murdered a girl who then became the Moaning Myrtle we know. Wanted to add that I really hope you guys are going to watch the next Harry Potter movie soon! 😁 💚
The thing about the Harry Potter books is that the author, JK Rowling originally wrote the series for adults. It was the book publishers that decided to advertise it as children's books. If you read between the lines of the story you will see it is a satire. First, one has to understand that you the reader are looking at the story through Harry Potter's point of view as he grows up throughout the years at Hogwarts. In the first book and movie Harry is 11 years old so you see his world from his 11 year old mindset and maturity. But as he grows up and begins to understand things more and more the story gets darker and less innocent as he matures with age. The reason I call the books a satire is that many of the stories deals with racism of a different kind and political corruption. Dobby might be a house elf but nevertheless he is a slave just the same. There might not be any racism in the wizarding world against people of color but there is racism against wizards who do not come from pure magical families. Harry doesn't see the horrible similarities between the wizarding world and the muggle world at this point because he is only 12 years old during The Chamber of Secrets. To a certain extent he is still an innocent little boy and is not mature enough to comprehend it all to the fullest extent. 🏰🧙♂️🧙🏻♀️🧒🪄⚡️📚📽🎞🖤
I love the detail you gave to the movies, is of my top movies, I love more the books, I was waiting to you to watched the second, this is not my favorite but is important,
Reading the books is such an excellent idea! Your reaction videos are so great! Thank you! I can't wait to hear you react to the movies as they go on--they become so intense, so emotional, and much more "adult."
In the Harry Potter books its almost insinuates that if you put enough magic on something for a long period of time it might become a bit sentient. It might get a mind of it's own. Its never fully explained how it happens but it seems that the items that get spells on them to make them work on their own or do the thinking for you (like some computers do for regular muggles), with time, it sort of makes them more and more self aware as a result of all that magic. Hogwarts is one of those things that are said to be almost sentient if not all sentient because of all the magic done on the property and placed on the buildings themselves over the many centuries. 🪄🏰🚙✨️
When you break your wand you can always buy a new one and there's no way you can repair the broken wand. (actually there is one way but it's so special and so rare I can't tell you about it). But Ron's family was so poor they couldn't afford Ron a new wand. To be honest Ron's wand wasn't actually his wand. He had it from his older brother Charlie. Ron will have his new wand in the next movie
You have to understand the weasleys situation with them having seven kids they very rarely had enough money to purchase new things Ron's wand is a hand-me-down wand he never got to pick one himself! Most of the wands only react to the original owner of the wand that's why he has a lot of problems with it!. Now he gets a chance to get his own wand and the wand that answers only to him. Also as the Witch or Wizard get's more powerful as the wand becomes more powerful!
with your reactions to the first two movies already being 3+ hours i cant imagine how long the later ones will be as they get more mature and dense and awesome lol. Keep up the good work, I love your long post movie discussions
MASSIVE respect for directly facing and addressing the drama and cutting it there. Most internet people would simply have deleted everything and tried to memory hole it. This move alone probably makes you more mature than about 99.9% of youtubers.
@@OphepheVanessa What did thehypnox say to you? There are a lot of deleted comments on this video for some reason
Which podcast episode do they mention it in?
Curious fact: Skele-gro, the potion used to regrow Harry's bones, was actually invented by an ancestor of his, the founding patriarch of the Potter family. Not just that, but Harry's paternal grandfather was a celebrated potioneer that made a major fortune (he quadruplicated the family fortune and even got another fortune after selling his company when retiring) with a potion of his own creation for haircare.
I didn’t know where that was going at the end but I’m happy where it ended up
Y'all got very confused on this one. Maybe the following blood status info will help with some of it.
Pureblood - child born of 2wizard parents "supposedly" with no muggle blood in their family tree. Draco & Ron come from pureblood families.
Half-blood - child born of 1 pureblood parent and one parent who was either a muggleborn or a muggle. Harry and Tom Riddle/Voldemort.
Muggleborn - child of 2 non-magic parents but has an ancestor who was either a wizard/witch or a squib. Hermione and Lily (Harry's mom) are both muggleborn. Mudblood is an insulting, bigoted name some purebloods call them.
Muggle - people with no magic in their family in recent generations. Petunia, Vernon and Dudley.
Squib - a non-magic child born to 2 wizard/witch parents. Since they have no magic themselves they often choose to live as muggles. Filch is a squib who chose to stay in the wizarding world. If you notice he never uses any magic.
in fact, for you to be a pureblood, your lineage cannot be just 2 wizard parents. your grandparents (on both sides) need to be wizards too.
They got confused because the movies aren't as detailed as the books in that regard. Most reactors are as confused as them on the bloodline points.
@@vivianbragam exactly
Ron Draco AND HARRY are related
@@sersastark I know Ron and Draco are distantly related but I don't think Harry is related to either one..at least not for a century or 2.
Just to clear any misconceptions you guys may have had, hermione is a 'mudblood' because neither of her parents were wizards or witches. She somehow had the magical spirit within her soul to be able to conjure majic. Tom riddle is a half blood because he has a muggle father, whos name he gets rid of. His mother on the other hand is a witch. Harrys mum is a mudblood because her parents werent magical. However harry is considered pure i think because both his parents were wizards. The weasleys are a fully pure bloodline of wizards and witches. So ginny is not a mudblood. The only reason shes targeted by tom riddle is because lucious malfoy dumps the diary in her cauldron so that she could open the book to be manipulated.
No Harry is halfblooded, because his mother wasnt pure, to be pure you have to have both parents' and grandfathers pure
@@patriciaalvareztostado8170 fair enough. In my head canon tho ill still believe harry to not be a halfblood because it makes sense when both his parents were wizards. But appreciate the correction
@@jxy8938the fact that Harry is a half-blood rather than a pure blood actually becomes relevant to a very important plot line later in the story though.
@@ezradanger uhhhhhh can u try gimme a hint (without obvs spoiling it for mentally gone) cuz im jot sure what ur on about
@@jxy8938 there's a teacher who says something very important to Dumbledore in their job interview that could have been referring to Harry or Neville.
In the books it explains that someone who comes back as a ghost have "unfinished" business to attend to. Dumbledore said "very few wizards" choose this way of living after death
I love that you're reading the books as well. It speaks volumes about your commitment to the process, and strength of character. Much respect.
Was starting to think I was experiencing some kind of jinx. This was the second channel I was getting into that just suddenly closed.
Glad you guys are back.
After you guys are finished with this series PLEASE do the pottermore sorting test! A lot of reactors did it too, it’s so fun to watch.
They don’t have to wait until the end of the series to do that.
@@MsAppassionata I was going to say this too. I like when the do it earlier because then they get excited when they get info about their house (if they are ravenclaw or hufflepuff)
Oh you have no idea how dark it's going to get in the Harry Potter series. Buckle your seatbelts and hang on tight.
Unexpected video 🤩. Nice to see you again. It is hard to find someone like you commenting and expressing their thoughts deeply on a movie. I wish you good fortune 😇
Yesss you guys are back!! I love both your insights and I’m happy yall are both back. I can’t wait for yall to watch the next one. Its one of my favorites!
You guys back together.. I thought you would be doing these solo after that emotional heart-to-heart video
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The thing you aren’t getting yet is that In Harry Potter there aren’t two worlds. There’s just one world and the wizards are hiding themselves and the magical creatures.
So glad you're back. By far the most intellectual and in-depth reviews I've come across and I so love it. Thanks!
You mentioned about possibly reading the books prior to the movie, personally I would watch the movies first. Even though they provide great backstory info, it might take away from the awe of the movies. I love both the movies and the books. The discrepancies don't bother me. I love them both on their own merit.
The animal mascots in the house heraldry definitely has characteristics associated to them that reflect the personality of the students within them. Both positive and negative.
Griffyndor; Courageous, brave, daring, noble. But also rash and self-righteous.
Hufflepuff; Strong, loyal, hard-working and humble. But also stubborn and unimaginative.
Ravenclaw; Intelligent, and curious. But also detached, conformist, narrow-minded and pretentious.
Slytherin; Ambitious, cunning, adaptable, resourceful, determined and clever. But also arrogant, prideful, apathetic, judgmental, and vindictive.
Arguably our trio of heroes embody one of the other three houses as well.
Harry has a lot of Slytherin in him, as is already explored (not only what powers were transferred to him). He is resourceful, cunning and determined.
Ron is loyal as they come, and while some may say he comes off as cowardly at times, I think that's more to do with his humility, as he still follows through and faces the challenges ahead of him.
Hermione is perhaps the clearest example, embodying the characteristics of a Ravenclaw. "The smartest witch of her age", and always the one telling the others about the rules they'd be breaking, she clearly would fit in with the nerds in the tower.
That’s why I think Hermione was sorted into the wrong house. She really is more Ravenclaw than anything else.
I agree with Harry and Hermione. I think Ron is pure Gryffindor. Even though he is often extremely afraid, he still faces those fears and continues on.
Your Hufflepuff is Neville Longbottom. He's very loyal and humble and it just took him a bit to develop his strength.
You seem to have a grudge with Ravenclaws. Coz one of it's very important character is wit.... Besides Ravenclaws arent Narrow Minded, it's the Slytherins... Where did you get the pretentious from? The rest two are true ngl.
Also Gryffindors are Air-Headed as well... (Says a Gryffin-claw)
@@vedjoshi260 Yeah, I don't think any Ravenclaws we know well are "narrow-minded". If anything, it's the opposite, with for example Luna being far TOO open-minded to the point where she believes anything. I also really don't see "narrow-minded" applying to people like Ollivander, Flitwick, Trelawney, Xenophilius Lovegood, Lockhart, Quirrell, etc. Nor someone like Sirona Ryan in Hogwarts Legacy.
Plus, I wouldn't really agree with "conformist"... they tend to go out of their way to encourage creativity and individuality, and several members explicitly break social norms.
If I were to list Ravenclaw faults, I'd rather go with detached, eccentric, certainly more stubborn/headstrong than the Hufflepuffs, and sometimes ambitious in the "wrong" ways.
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Yay!! Excited For This! Happy To See You Guys Back! Much Love To Both Of You.
There are echoes of St. George and the Dragon as Harry saves Ginny from the basilisk.
The wand that Ron has in this movie was actually given to him by his brother Charlie I believe who's one of his 5 older brothers either bill or Charlie it was passed down to him, that's why the one never really fully worked for him because it never chose him
I really love your reactions and reviews. I am glad you are back to reacting together.
You guys have so much insight and picked up on a lot of themes that will be covered in depth later in the series. Thank you for continuing these reactions, keep them coming. :)
can’t wait to see your reaction especially as the series evolves and the tone changes🔥
Glad you guys reacted to this movie. Im suprised gabriella caught on the fact that Tom riddle’s wand and harry’s wand are twins. In the books they explain that the phoenix that provided the feather for the two wands is fawks.
The way they immediately called out Dobby for closing the entrance to the train was impressive af. Not gonna lie xD
Very poetic how Harry was saved by the, "old hat" 🙂
Voldemort aka Tom Marvolo Riddle indeed is the Heir of Slytherin. His Mother Merope was a Gaunt (she named him after her father, Marvolo Gaunt) and his father was a muggle named Tom Riddle Junior. The Gaunts were one of the pureblood lines that still tried to stay that way (by marrying their own cousins) and they kept the heirlooms for a thousand years almost: the locket of Slytherin and the Ring of the Peverells. Both were stolen from Tom Riddle Junior Junior around like 1943: He framed his Uncle Morfin when He killed all his muggle relatives and stole the heirlooms from him.
I think Voldemort's father is Tom Riddle Sr., son of Thomas Riddle if I'm not mistaken. Tom Riddle Jr. being Voldemort himself.
@@graypurple28 I don't know If Voldemort granpa's name is mentioned in the father's side
This movie follows Harry's perspective to the whole events according to his age.
Each movies you'll realized that everything goes darker because as we grow up, our perspectives changes, we understand more, and we are less happy-go-lucky because we understand more about what matters.. hence, more things are at stakes. Not to mention the coming of age where things becomes more complicated for the teenagers and the people dealing with them.
Yay you're back! Wishing you both a happy Christmas and New Year. 😊
So nice to see you two back, one of the best reaction channel on yt
Glad to see you back again , love the reaction i hope you will continue the journey to the end , keep it up ❤
Richard Harris who played Professor Dumbledore past away very shortly after making this movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The next Dumbledore was Michael Gambon who also passed away only just a few months ago.
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Oh hey, glad to see you're back. Your vids are a treat, keep doing your analytic route, you're really making one of the most watchable and enjoyable reaction content on YT, at least for me. Hope you do the rest of the LotR and Matrix.
I'm glad to see you both doing well and am excited to sit down and watch this movie with you guys.
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Excited to watch this one with you guys! The next movie is my favourite ☝️
Glad yall back!
Nice to see u back again. Im diggin the new arrangement in the room and new seats. A fresh start to a new year! Happy Holidays!
I know they're just kids/teen books but you guys are quite perceptive haha Love your reactions and happy to see you're working on your relationship!
Love watching your reactions to Harry Potter! I love the way you both speak when you analyse the film in your post discussion! I wish all people were as aware and in tune to their emotional intelligence like you guys! People are so complex and being able to understand them is crucial.
I'm not one who's interested in personal drama or gossip so probably not gonna watch the podcast but very glad you worked it all out and are growing and learning, you guys are great to watch and I'm happy the channel will continue as-is! Also SUPER happy you grabbed the books! I'm a total potterhead I've read them all at least 15 times lol. The illustrated books look incredible. I've still got my original first editions, never thought they'd be valuable one day so I treated them like all my softback books so they're dog-eared and water damaged xD
Just happy to see both of u back reacting to movies again. 👏🏼
Harry is NOT the heir to Slytherin, Tom Riddle/Voldemort is, I think you guys must've missed it given your comment about him maybe being the heir to both when Dumbledore told Harry about only a true Gryffindor being able to pull the sword out of the sorting hat.
Well well well..... what to say here on Gabby return 🤔 1st of all the set up is class 👏🏽 well done on that, more professional and comfortable for you also. Next, the reaction was good as always, and you both laughed and took all your notes to remember things for future movie, which you will need !! And lastly, Gabbies return, it was nice to see her back, probably a little anxious and subdued due to the circumstances but grew into it. Your both good together and im glad youve worked things out, as long as its put to bed and you can move onwards Caley! All the best going forward team ❤
Only partway through your discussion, but I had to comment because "Neil Diamond's poem, Nevermore" made me laugh! Neil Diamond has a song called Evermore, but the poem is The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe. 😅 I had to memorize part of that poem in 7th grade.
Finally!! Can't wait to see you two react to more HP, another great reactions 👍
i feel like you dont have to share any more on your personal drama if you dont want to. definitely not the reason we follow. if you guys worked out whatever miscommunication or arguments you had, thats good enough for me!
guyssss I'm so happy you're back. and super psyched for TLOTR reaction ngl :D
Coffee burps are real! For me it’s part of my everlasting anxiety. Ironically what helps me is taking prilosec once a day. Helps with the heartburn and all the burps for me
Or just quit coffee. Best thing I ever did
@@livb6945 nah can’t do it, I need my coffee drug (scratches arm like a crackhead)
Gonna look forward to the review part your two views always compliment each other perfectly
Incredible insight & analysis guys! The psyche symbolism & metaphors etc etc love the depth and meanings...enjoy the rest of the series its absolutely epic!
House elves are very powerful. In the books it explains they make all the food in a room below the hall and transport it to the hall above. There are House elves who think Dobby is mentally deranged for wanting his freedom from the Malfoys.
Harry and Hermione are more like siblings than any romantic interest, and they are comfortable with each other.
The music was done by John Williams. He also did the music for Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Home Alone, Star Wars, E.T., Superman, and many others.
Hearing you say "interesting creatures"... Immediate flashes of Fantastic Beasts lol... It's so satisfying diving into these worlds especially around the holidays. Really enjoying these, thank you so much.
Happy holidays to you too. @@Jongen.
So glad to see you, Caley!
It's a Christmas Miracle! So happy you guys are back! Let's goooo, I'll comment and clarify some stuff as they come up. ❤
❤❤❤No explanation necessary, although as a fellow man, I have to say that I truly appreciate your vulnerability even though it’s none of my business. It takes courage to be vulnerable. Ok, no more mushy stuff. Let’s watch Harry Potter!
Your videos are the most entertaining! Please keep uploading reaction videos to the Harry Potter series
Wow, this post movie discussion is great. And these are still just the kids movies! :P I can't wait to hear what y'all have to say about some of the next ones.
What's up Caley and Gabriella, I'm so glad I found your channel. I actually found it by searching Harry Potter reactions lol. I quickly subscribed once I got to see how genuine and down to earth you guys are.I love you I love the way you react. I love how you guys go in depth with your thoughts and opinions of your reactions as well. You definitely have a very unique way of reacting and I honestly think it's amazing! It's enjoyable listening to you guys speak even after the reaction is over, and I hope you never change that. It makes it so much more enjoyable just knowing the video is long and full of your own perspectives. Also, you guys being from Jersey makes it even better, since I'm from Jersey as well lol. Stay fighting the good fight guys! I hope you guys are well, and stay blessed my fellow Jerseyans!!
The train and viaduct you see in the movies are actually real. It's in Scotland, the north of the UK. Loads of people visit the viaduct every year and take pictures as the train goes over.
No way! We had no idea you could actually visit it and see the train go over it, definitely have to see it someday!
Fun facts: The guy who played Lockhart also directed the first Thor film. Also, Dobby's voice is done by the guy who plays Arnim Zola in the MCU franchise.
Excited to see you guys continue they series it keeps getting better and better and I excited to watch them with you guys and happy holidays to you guys also
The Weasley family is pure blood .They just don't have .money
I'm not gonna lie....when I first saw the basilisk in this movie, I had the same reaction Ron had with Aragog. (side note: I am NOT fearful of snakes or spiders). Also, every time I hear Hermione say "She's a little sensitive" to describe Moaning Myrtle, I always have the same first thought: A LITTLE sensitive?"
Side note: Hedwig is a snowy owl. They have white feathers with black spots that act as camouflage when they're hunting, their wing feathers are ruffled to muffle their wing flaps so prey animals don't hear them coming and they're the only birds in the world whose feet aren't bare, due to their habitat being snowy areas, like the Arctic Tundra.
39:40, remember that Harry grew up with an awful muggle family, so it's hard for him to trust adults.
the chair change is crazy
man she is so Charming ♥
1:51:43 all the way to 1:52:13 is wrong. The house colour nor beast got nothing to do with alignment of good or bad, why would you want to harbouring and nurturing evil students to be future voldemort in the first place? It was said that Merlin is from Slytherin.
The house name is based of the 4 founder of the school. The sorting hat sorted the students based on:
G: bravery, etc²
S: ambition, etc²
H: loyalty, etc²
R: intellect, etc²
Hermione is smart but didn't go to Ravenclaw that's because the sorting hat sense that her Griffindor quality is slightly higher than Ravenclaw quality by a small margin.
Harry think "not Slytherin" so the next best thing other that the *ambition to prove himself* is *bravery to stand up for his friends* that's why someone like Nevel Longbottom can get in Griffindor.
The code of arms or logo or flags or whatever is because of the 4 friends who founded the school. Salazar Slytherin is not bad he is just doesn't wanna have Muggle-born to integrate into Hogwarts. Probably do to with his timeline. Imagine X-man with Professor X and Magneto. Both live through time of unacceptance, what if Salazar Slytherin see many witch hunt by muggles during his journey? Who knows? Merlin on the other hand is the one stand beside King Arthur and what considered to be one of the greatest wizard in the world and he is from the Slytherin house. That means back in the days before Voldemort's time, the 4 houses is in harmony with cooperation and good rivalry. My opinion btw.
Would love for you to see miyazaki hayao's films - starting with nausicaa of the valley of the wind; then spirited away; then howl's moving castle; then the boy and the heron. This is in increasing difficulty in meaning and symbolism. Would love to hear what you think:)
Books are way darker and more violent than all the movies, that's all I'm gonna say for now, I hope you enjoy the ride.
Thats not right at all. This one especially is really scary. I am not really into scary movies and it still makes me a bit uncomfortable watching it. I am 32 now lol. Also I think they got extremely close to having the last few ones age restricted for under 16. They just avoided that.
Fun fact. For at least the first 2 or 3 movies all that food in the great hall was real. They were strictly told to only eat whats put on the plates in front of them because thats fresh. The rest of the food in the middle of the tables was just left out over days of filming.
The reason why Harry messed up when he was saying Diagon Alley is because in the book you have to throw the powder down into the fireplace before speaking where you want to go. So when he threw it down the ash got into his mouth he choked and that's why. Mr Weasley does not work with Lucius Malfoy, Lucius Malfoy is Rich he does not work for a living. He is however always at the ministry influence in them with his money
For my understanding after reading the books. there is like a magical contract, Dobby was born into slavery and cannot quit, just can be send free but house-elf do not desire freedom because after all who is going to accept them if they ask money for their service? most people are used to have their service for free.
In the book is Dumbledore who accepts Dobby to work at the kitchen with pay check! 😊
hey bro im just saying as someone whos been successful reconnecting with previous loves i wish you the best!
The band is back together and we're back on track.
54:04 unfortunately you’re wrong, it’s Ron and hermione that have chemistry
fun fact i cant watch the spooder scene without looking away
loved the reaction
If you already caught the themes of lost innocence her, you're in for a ride!
Things will only get darker from here. “Prisoner of Azkaban” is always everyone’s favorite movie once they’ve gotten to it…until they watch the other movies that follow. …
Random, But I just wanted to say that I love the way she looks at you with such admiration during you guys reaction videos. Glad everything worked out. Can’t wait to see the next reaction video and of course you guys finishing up the LOTR
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Remember to mention that chair's carrying capacity when you review it! Wow!
I was just watching the forest Gump reaction and then this new video came out so excited to watch it!
I'm happy you guys have reached a place of happiness, and I hope you guys have a great holiday. Excited for this reaction!
I hardly ever leave comments but I just needed to say I love this style of reaction and review/analysis of media. I can’t wait to see what you review next. If you haven’t yet please review some Mike Flanagan stuff.
Glad to see new videos! ❤ 🙏 Im happy to see reactors with ling format videos and that discuss the movies, but also im always hoping its a fun experience for the creators themselves. The algorithm mill on youtube can be tough.
ALSO not a big deal but Im happy you have nice, comfy chairs. Thats essential for movie watching.
I think that, at some point after this series, you should do a review of the film “2001: A Space Odyssey”. It is both visually and intellectually stimulating, and you really would have a field day trying to decipher what that movie is about. It came out in 1968 and served as the blueprint for virtually every film about outer space that followed. I consider it a masterpiece.
Most people do not become ghosts in HP. Only those who are too afraid to make the journey to the afterlife become ghosts. But if they become ghosts, they are stuck that way forever, they can never journey to the afterlife.
It's easy to understand why Harry doesn't trust adults, even Dumbledore, when you think about how and who he was raised by, and what he had to go through. He's never had any adult figure in his life that's been good, supportive, kind, loving, etc. He's freaked out about what's happening, but even then, he hasn't learned he can trust adults yet. Coupled on with Hermione, Ron, and the random painting encouraging him not to tell as well.
Who says he doesn't trust Dumbledore?
It‘s not that he doesn‘t trust Dumbledore at all. He is being accused by everyone (especially all the kids) for pertifying other students. He loves to be at Hogwarts and he doesn‘t want to go home at all. Imagine telling the Headmaster that you‘re hearing voices you shouldn‘t be hearing, while being conveniently at the scene of the crimes. There had to be a fear of being expelled. Bear in mind he‘s still a 12-year old, where emotions control a lot his actions. Combined with his childhood trauma of growing up like he did, I think it is quite understandable that he doesn‘t want to tell anyone about the voices.
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@@miller-joelhe didn’t. He didn’t know how Dumbledore would respond to all this weird information. Harry’s decision were driven by fear of being sent back to Dursleys .
You can't blame the Womping Willow Tree for getting upset and attacking Harry, Ron and the flying car. If a massive football line backer suddenly rammed right into you and refused to get off, you too would be bashing his head and fighting to get his freaking large body off of yours. That poor tree was just minding his own business and wham! Big massive hunk of metal missiled into it's body from nowhere and just stayed there. If someone did that to me I too would wack the living heck out of whatever hit me. LOL!
Plus I also don't blame the Cornish pixies. They were captured against their will and then crammed into a small cage. Of course they are getting revenge. It's not that much different from what happened to Harry when the Dursleys caged him up at the beginning of the movie. LOL!
It's sort of almost part of the theme of this movie. So many abused things and people and creatures that when set free at long last mayhem happens. Which if you think about it, you can't blame them. A caged Harry, an inslaved Dobby, an abused tree and car and even an imprisoned and inslaved Basalisk snake. And yet one of the most powerful magic of all is freedom. For good or bad, its powerful.
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I've missed your reactions and analysis. So glad you both are back. 😊 💚
Again, you've both made many on points observations, it's enjoyable to see you watching and thinking about all things that are happening and piecing them.
Also, going to just let you guys know that the movies will be getting darker after these two first movies. More mature if you will, but still very much enjoyable and magical and definitely keeps you hooked. 😁
Apologies ahead, I know this comment is going to be loooong. 😂
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1. I'm going to tell you, if/when you read more of the Harry Potter books, you will learn to love Dobby and understand his situation on whole another level.
2. Mrs. Weasley is gold. 👌🏻 And at the same time I wanted to point out how many kids Weasleys have, when you noticed "other brother more". 19:51
Molly (Mrs) and Arthur (Mr) Weasley have seven children.
From the eldest to youngest:
Bill, Charlie, Percy, identical twins Fred and George, Ron, and Ginny.
(Eldest two are already out of school.)
3. About your question on if people who die in Hogwarts School, if they become ghosts 57:36, well to that you can get the answer from the books, and since you're going to read them, I'm not about to ruin it for you. But I think it was in the book number 5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) where the matter of ghosts is gone through? 🤔
*Just so you both know, in the movie they really don't explain the matter of ghosts.*
4. There was the question how the animals/creatures can carry so much. 1:05:57 Well, as you remembered that Dumbledore told Harry that Phoenix's tears have healing powers, Dumbledore also mentioned that Phoenixs can carry great weight for long distances as well.
5. 1:34:21 About house elves, like Dobby said, house elf is to serve their master for eternity. House elves cannot not to obey their masters and their orders, nor disclaim anything their master has told them not to tell anyone, or even speak ill of their masters either. That's why Dobby had to punish himself when he had almost spoken ill of Malfoys.
6. 1:35:47 Yes, on point. It's pure racism and discrimination.
7. 1:42:26 You were talking about the memory of Voldemort's past, the studen version of him. When you stop to think about it, Voldemort had crossed the line of darkness at that time already. Because he had just murdered a girl who then became the Moaning Myrtle we know.
Wanted to add that I really hope you guys are going to watch the next Harry Potter movie soon! 😁 💚
fantastic reaction guys keep the amazing work love ya
The thing about the Harry Potter books is that the author, JK Rowling originally wrote the series for adults. It was the book publishers that decided to advertise it as children's books. If you read between the lines of the story you will see it is a satire. First, one has to understand that you the reader are looking at the story through Harry Potter's point of view as he grows up throughout the years at Hogwarts. In the first book and movie Harry is 11 years old so you see his world from his 11 year old mindset and maturity. But as he grows up and begins to understand things more and more the story gets darker and less innocent as he matures with age.
The reason I call the books a satire is that many of the stories deals with racism of a different kind and political corruption. Dobby might be a house elf but nevertheless he is a slave just the same. There might not be any racism in the wizarding world against people of color but there is racism against wizards who do not come from pure magical families.
Harry doesn't see the horrible similarities between the wizarding world and the muggle world at this point because he is only 12 years old during The Chamber of Secrets. To a certain extent he is still an innocent little boy and is not mature enough to comprehend it all to the fullest extent.
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I love the detail you gave to the movies, is of my top movies, I love more the books, I was waiting to you to watched the second, this is not my favorite but is important,
Reading the books is such an excellent idea! Your reaction videos are so great! Thank you! I can't wait to hear you react to the movies as they go on--they become so intense, so emotional, and much more "adult."
In the Harry Potter books its almost insinuates that if you put enough magic on something for a long period of time it might become a bit sentient. It might get a mind of it's own. Its never fully explained how it happens but it seems that the items that get spells on them to make them work on their own or do the thinking for you (like some computers do for regular muggles), with time, it sort of makes them more and more self aware as a result of all that magic.
Hogwarts is one of those things that are said to be almost sentient if not all sentient because of all the magic done on the property and placed on the buildings themselves over the many centuries.
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Harry due to his childhood experience with the Dudley's has a distinct lack of trust for adults. This is why he doesn't confide in Dumbledore, Snape.
Harry is in Gryffindor just because he asked for it, the hat was putting him on Slytherin.
When you break your wand you can always buy a new one and there's no way you can repair the broken wand. (actually there is one way but it's so special and so rare I can't tell you about it). But Ron's family was so poor they couldn't afford Ron a new wand. To be honest Ron's wand wasn't actually his wand. He had it from his older brother Charlie. Ron will have his new wand in the next movie
You have to understand the weasleys situation with them having seven kids they very rarely had enough money to purchase new things Ron's wand is a hand-me-down wand he never got to pick one himself! Most of the wands only react to the original owner of the wand that's why he has a lot of problems with it!. Now he gets a chance to get his own wand and the wand that answers only to him. Also as the Witch or Wizard get's more powerful as the wand becomes more powerful!