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Harry Potter movie mistakes 4.

Started by goblet_fulla_fire, December 8, 2005, 06:01:10 AM

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goblet_fulla_fire

The mistakes are back and the magic is fake.


In the cemetery, as Voldemort shouts, "He's mine!" when he faces off with Harry, in this specific overhead wide shot, which is directly over Cedric's body and the Triwizard Cup in the foreground, the Cup is only about a foot away from Cedric's feet; whereas in a previous wide shot both the trophy and Cedric's body are seen at the top of the screen, and the Triwizard Cup is quite a distance away, at least 4-5 feet, from Cedric's body.

On the bridge, when Cedric speaks with Harry about the golden egg, in the shots facing Cedric the wind is blowing Harry's hair back, yet in all the shots facing Harry his hair is still.

When Dumbledore is about to introduce the other schools and Filch comes running through the great hall, he runs past Ron twice on his way up to the podium. The first time Ron is sitting up and his head turns as Filch runs past. As he continues to run, he passes Ron again, who this time has been lying his head on his arms on the table, and sits up as Filch runs past.


After Fred and George drink the aging potion, when the twins jump over Dumbledore's Age Line, in this overhead shot Hermione sits at the edge of the long bench, with the closed book and crossed legs. Yet, in the next shot, as Fred and George begin congratulating each other, Hermione sits a few feet away from the edge, still with the closed book and crossed legs. (This is before she moves her seat and opens her book.)

At the first challenge when it's Harry's turn, there is a shot with a close-up of the egg and Harry in the background. You can see clearly that it is not Daniel Radcliffe.


In the dining hall, when Hermione begins reading Rita Skeeter's article mentioning the Hungarian bon-bon, the newspaper and Hermione's fingers change position between the semi close-up and close-up.


During the film, Rita Skeeter's and Harry's glasses have no lenses in some scenes.


After Wormtail performs the Avada Kedavra curse and then raises the "bone of the father," he places Voldemort's wand inside the left side of his coat, before he slices off his right hand. When Voldemort says, "My wand Wormtail," Wormtail retrieves the wand from the right side of his coat.

When the students from the Durmstrang Institute make their dramatic entrance, one student runs toward the podium, and in the close-up facing him he crouches with his staff stretched out in his right hand, while blowing on the fire emitted from the wand in his left hand. However, in the next shot from behind, note the lack of staff as he holds the wand in his right hand while he blows on the fire.

On the Hogwarts Express, when Harry writes "Sirius Black" on the envelope it is written in thick black ink. However, in the next shot when the envelope is in Hedwig's beak, the name is written in thin ink.

Frank Bryce strikes a match, lights the left corner burner and places the water kettle on the flame, with the kettle spout facing left. Frank sees the light through the window, gets annoyed, then says, "Bloody kids!" quickly walks away to get his keys, and leaves. When the kettle whistles after Frank is killed, it is now on the right corner burner and the spout faces the opposite way.

During the Priori Incantatem, Harry is shown using both hands to hold his wand steady. The very next shot, however, shows him holding with just one hand, then his other hand comes up to grasp the wand as well.


At the end the wound on Harry's left cheek changes from a series of small scratches when he says good-bye to Dumbledore to a deeper more singular wound when he says good-bye to Ron and Hermione.


After Draco is changed back into a boy, Moody sticks his staff into the ground before he chases Draco around the tree. Initially his staff is leaning at a 45 degree angle, but when Draco comes around the tree and leaves the courtyard, the staff is standing perfectly straight.

Seamus is sitting by Ron when Beaxbatons Academy and Durmstang are being introduced in the Great Hall. Then when Mad-Eye Moody comes in and Hermione is telling them who he is, Seamus is suddenly sitting by her, across the table from Ron. Ginny also moves - she's initially by Hermione, then when Seamus suddenly takes her place she's now sitting further down the table.


At the cemetery, when Harry is trapped at the statue, Voldemort raises his right arm and places his finger on Harry's forehead stating, "I can touch you now." While Voldemort's arm remains raised his sleeve slides down towards his shoulder, but is back up at his elbow in the close-up. He seems to have the same problem in other shots during this scene.

While Harry is in the bathtub in the Prefects' bathroom, the foamy bubbles on his face and body noticeably differ between consecutive shots, particularly when Myrtle is being "attentive" to him. This is not due to his moving the bubbles about.

In class, when Moody writes his name, unforgivable curses, etc., on the chalkboard, the handwriting distinctly differs in the following shots.

In the dining hall, when Dumbledore speaks to the students about the Triwizard Tournament, Hagrid is prominently seen in the background, but it's clearly not Robbie Coltrane in some of these shots and in other scenes throughout the film.

In the second task, when Krum and Hermione are swimming back to everyone else, Fleur is in the background and her hair is dry. However, when we see a close up on Fleur, her hair is soaked.

After Harry overhears Snape and Karkaroff, when Snape confronts Harry and mentions the Gillyweed, the shelves behind the ladder in the store room are quite visible. Once Snape finds the bottle of Veritaserum things behind the ladder differ.

As the Horntail nears during the challenge, when Harry clings to the window frame, the characteristics of the broken windowsill he stands on changes depending on camera angle.


In the cemetery, when Harry stands trapped at the statue, the ripped sleeve and arm cut are visible as his hands grasp the sickle handle, and they both differ between shots.


Towards the end of the Yule Ball, when Ron and Hermione walk to the stairs, seated on the stairs are two girls who are comforting a third girl in the center. When Hermione shouts, "Ron you spoiled everything," the girls' positions change between shots.

In a number of shots within various scenes, the reflections of the reflector screen and set lights are briefly visible in the lenses of characters' glasses, such as Rita Skeeter's, or in characters' eyes.

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When Barty Crouch Jr. says, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours," Dumbledore grabs Harry's injured arm, and the way he grips it differs between shots.


At the Yule Ball, when Harry, Ron, Padma, Parvati, and eventually Hermione, are sitting at the table, Ron's awful dress robe is lying on the table behind him, and it changes position between shots.


When Dumbledore, Barty Crouch, and the rest are in the Triwizard champions' tent, as Madame Maxime stands behind Fleur with her hands on Fleur's shoulders, in Fleur's close-up it is rather apparent that they are not Frances de la Tour's hands.


In class, when Moody shouts, "And hears across classrooms!" he throws the chalk at Seamus, and the way Seamus ducks over his desk noticeably differs between the two shots; he first leans down on his right arm, then on his left.


When Harry takes a bath in the Prefects' bathroom, the robe behind him repeatedly changes position throughout the scene.


While Sirius speaks with Harry in the common room, the sweater at the corner of the couch changes position during this scene.


Straight after the second task Hermione wraps her own white towel round Harry, but between shots it jumps back to her shoulders, then back to Harry's several times.


When Harry is on the Hogwarts Express it is apparent that his scar is missing or very much out of place. Then during the second task, when Harry is swimming, the same thing happens.


In the common room, when Harry meets with Sirius, there are a stack of logs at the left of the fireplace which differ between shots.


In the Triwizard champions' tent, after Fleur picks her dragon, in the overhead shot Fleur looks up as Madame Maxime stands directly behind her, with her hands on the champion's shoulders. However, in the next shot Madame Maxime leans over as she stands toward Fleur's left, and her hands are off the shoulders.


At the Yule Ball, Hermione's hair is done up with the long curl at the back, and at times that long curl is either in front of her shoulders or at her back depending on camera angle. Additionally, even when her hair is normal, it changes in some consecutive shots throughout the film.

At the Quidditch World Cup, when Cornelius Fudge welcomes everyone, the way he is holding the wand to his throat differs in the two shots facing him and the shot from behind.


When Mr. Weasley, HRH, and the rest reach the boot Portkey, to take them to the Quidditch World Cup, in the first close-up of the boot (with the sky behind it) there are many very tall blades of grass on the mound around it. In the next shot, just as they start to encircle the Portkey there are much less single tall blades - before anyone has had a chance to stomp on them.


In the Prefects' bathroom, when Harry is in the bathtub, just before Harry touches the golden egg and then when he puts his hand on it, both the egg's and his hand's positions differ between shots.

When Dumbledore walks into Harry's dormitory, joking about setting fire to the curtains, the position of the clothing, etc., on Harry's bed differs between shots.

During the Hungarian Horntail challenge, the dirt smudges on Harry's face noticeably change in consecutive shots, within the same time frame.


There is a scene where Harry is holding the letter from Sirius and we can hear Sirius's voice reading the letter. The words on the letter are different from the words we hear Sirius reading. Particularly the end where Sirius says, "P.S. The bird bites" the letter says, "By the way, the bird bites."


When Fred or George passes the note to Ron during the study hall, the style of writing on the note changes between shots. The number of lines it took to write the sentence changes from four to three.


In the dining hall, when Ron unwraps the box with his awful dress robes and "bonnet," the position of the wrapping, box, etc., differs between shots.


After Harry overhears the conversation between Snape and Karkaroff, Snape holds up the small glass bottle of Veritaserum while he accuses Harry of stealing from his store of ingredients. The way Snape holds the bottle repeatedly differs between the close-ups facing Harry and close-ups facing Snape.


In the scene when Dumbledore reveals the three Triwizard Champions, they show Harry sit down on one of the bleachers by the wall, along with Hermione, Ron, and either Fred or George. When we see Dumbledore again, both Fred and George are now sitting down at a table in the background.


When Fred and George pass Ron the note in the Great Hall encouraging him get a date before all the good ones are gone, the writing is on the top of the page. When Ron reads the note, it appears that the writing is a bit lower on the sheet of paper.


Right before the third task, Igor Karkaroff puts his hands on Krum's shoulders. In the next shot, however, his hands are off his shoulders and he is standing a respectable distance away. This change continues throughout the rest of the scene.



After the Dragon Chase, Harry has the use of both arms in the scene where he opens his egg and makes up with Ron, yet his arm is in a sling in the following scenes - where Ron opens the box with his dress robes in, and for the dance lesson.


In the scene right before the champions enter the maze, we see Cedric Diggory hugging his father. When they pull away, Amos says something like "That's my boy", but his lips aren't moving.


After Harry comes out of the pensieve, Dumbledore stares straight ahead while he is talking, as if Harry is clear across the room, rather than looking directly at Harry. In the next shot, however, Dumbledore's body is turned slightly, and he's leaning down, looking directly at Harry, yet no time has passed.


In the scene when Harry is talking to Sirius Black in the fire, Sirius has a large piece of wood below his right nostril in all of the close-up shots. But in the shots that are farther away, there is no large wood piece, and instead there is a smaller one that is on fire.


During the scene where Harry is in the Prefects' bathroom after he has submerged the golden egg in the water, his hair keeps changing positions as he's talking to Moaning Myrtle. Harry's hair changes position in consecutive shots, during other scenes in the film as well.


When Voldemort goes to Cedric's body he says "such a handsome boy" and steps on his face, you can see some flecks of mud on his face. When Harry brings Cedric back the mud has completely disappeared.


When the Goblet of Fire is about to reveal who the three champions are the clock strikes 9. But if you listen carefully while Dumbledore is talking it only rings 8 times.


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0612

Better put in a spoiler alert!

When the VCD comes out... I'll have a look ;D

AnnaBelle

A little hypercritical, don't you think?

Neo

Who actually sits there and looks for these things?? :-\
"Without a common power to keep them in check, there will be no advancement, and the life of man is poor, solitary, nasty, brutish, and short."~Thomas Hobbes

goblet_fulla_fire

I dunno. People who go to this website.

0612

You know, they've got a point. I mean, there are people on this Earth who are so free that they keep going to cinemas to watch HP4 again and again to spot these mistakes!

jon weasley

i dont know if u said this goblet
but there was also the scene in the grave yard  there was only four death eaters when there should have been atleast 30 or soo
but what can we expect from the movies
7  1/2 days till the deathly hallows!!!!!!!!!!!!

jon weasley

(better thats what we want to expect)
7  1/2 days till the deathly hallows!!!!!!!!!!!!

goblet_fulla_fire

It is not a movie mistake if the movie differs from the book.

jon weasley

o are you sure i really dont know the diff so nevermind
7  1/2 days till the deathly hallows!!!!!!!!!!!!

0612

Mistakes are glitches, like the clock strikes 9 times at 8 oclock, or when a wire peels free and dangles in Hermione's face ;D ... that kind of thing.

mamabiscuit

i read an article that there was 66 mistakes which cracked me up and know this has nothing to do with hp but in king kong new one the was approx 131 and one was that anne anf kong are on top of building and one shot she has shoes next she has none. silly really it's a matter of an atress remember was i wearing shoes before? hmmmmmmmmm
J K Rowling IS THE BEST! J K ROWLING IS THE BEST!

cutediva

yep. u r right . the mistakes r so many i was about 2 sleep. how heck did they find all this

0612

On the other hand, I wouldn't expect flawless movies... The shoe scene was prolly taken on different days... (That can happen)