Harry Potter: 5 Fantasy Movies Hufflepuffs Will Love (& 5 They Will Hate)
If any house would know how to throw a movie night it would be Hufflepuff house. Imagine swiping food from the kitchen (right down the hall from the common room) and then hunkering down for a casual party with every hard-working housemate.
While Hufflepuffs would be the most chill, and probably most forgiving of a film they didn't love, there are certain films that would most please the "just and loyal" contingent, especially in the category of fantasy. Here are just a few films that would appeal to Hufflepuffs most and a few it would be best to avoid in general.
10 Love - The Wizard of Oz
If there was a house that would love singalongs odds are that would be Hufflepuff and the 1939 classic technicolor tale The Wizard of Oz would be a perfect Hufflepuff fantasy film to enjoy in a group. The story of Dorothy Gale and her accidentally saving the land of Oz from more than one wicked witch is a winner every time.
Add Glinda the Good Witch (a Hufflepuff if there ever was one) and loveable characters like the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow, and there's nothing not to enjoy in The Wizard of Oz.
9 Hate - Sleepy Hollow
Despite his appearance as Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beast movies, Hufflepuffs wouldn't hold anything against Johnny Depp, but they're not likely to love his film, Sleepy Hollow. The film is a bit dark, a bit too scary, and a bit too based in the muggle world to be completely enjoyable.
Hufflepuffs are likely to lean to something a bit lighter and a bit more magical. Tim Burton is a hit or miss director. It's hard to fall in between his films. It's either love or hate.
8 Love - Edward Scissorhands
To prove that Hufflepuffs hold no hard feelings against Tim Burton, they would certainly enjoy his film Edward Scissorhands more than they'd have appreciated Sleepy Hollow.
But what's not to love about a film focused on a misunderstood outsider who just wants to find love and his place in the candy-colored world around him. If anyone was likely to take in and befriend Edward Scissorhands it certainly would be a Hufflepuff.
7 Hate - The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The 2009 fantasy film follows a theatre troupe who is led by a man who made a bet with the devil. If there's a house not likely to make a bet with the devil its Hufflepuff.
The film is a bit high brow, though it basically takes audiences into a magic mirror to examine their own imaginations, it also raises some philosophical questions about truth and ignorance. It's a bit heavy for a Hufflepuff audience that would likely sit down for a movie wanting a bit of a break.
6 Love - Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Like The Wizard of Oz, the musical stylings of Gene Wilder would be perfect for a Hufflepuff audience. From the Candy Man song to open the film to the triumph of good old Charlie Buckey, this is a perfect Hufflepuff fantasy.
With the common room down the hall from the Hogwarts kitchens the interior of the chocolate factory would also tickle Hufflepuff fancies. Imagine watching the film with a pile from Honedukes and there is the perfect movie viewing experience.
5 Hate - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The 2005 Tim Burton remake of the Willy Wonka story would not be the right version for a Hufflepuff audience. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is more in the spirit of the original novel, but not better for Hufflepuff's sensibilities.
The color is oversaturated, the candy more zany than delicious, and crueler in general than its predecessor. It would be terrible to rent the wong version of the film and try and show the 2005 copy to a Hufflepuff audience.
4 Love - Mary Poppins
There's something about Hufflepuffs and musicals. Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke would certainly please an audience of the just and loyal. What Hufflepuff wouldn't appreciate the tale of how Mary Poppins uses her magic to bring a fractured family back together.
She uses her magic for good and that would be very appreciated. Add to that the music and the fabulous use of cartoon penguins and the humor and the original Academy Award-winning (for Julie Andrews) film would be a certain hit.
3 Hate - Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates is a little bit violent but, more importantly, it honors bad behavior over loyalty, good, and rule-following. The odds of a Hufflepuff becoming a pirate are very slim and, while the first movie, in particular, is a classic, it's not really for a Hufflepuff audience.
Hufflepuffs have nothing against action (just look how many helped take on Voldemort) but in their downtime it's likely they'd go for something a bit lighter.
2 Love - Enchanted
Enchanted is the enchanting tale of a classically animated Disney princess who is cursed and tricked and ends up in the muggle world. Watching someone fumble around in the muggle world would be particularly amusing for a Hufflepuff audience, but they would also appreciate the songs and the humor that Giselle brings to every little problem she faces.
She tries to stay positive as any good Hufflepuff would. The fact that she also gets to take on the dragon and win the heart of her "prince" is the icing on the cake.
1 Hate - The NeverEnding Story
Another classic, but not one best suited for a Hufflepuff audience. The NeverEnding Story follows bookish Bastian as he follows Atreyu's story in the book he steals.
(Stealing a book makes this film much more of a Ravenclaw story than a Hufflepuff one). Bastian may end up being the hero after all, but Atreyu's story is dark for a kids' movie and, while the film is exciting, it can also be unsettling.
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