8 major mistakes in the 'Harry Potter' movies
"Harry Potter and the Continuity Errors"
"Harry Potter and the Continuity Errors"
"Harry Potter and the Continuity Errors"
The "" film franchise gave us eight movies brimming with magic. But there are some goings-on in the movies that go beyond the explanation of mere magic.
Here are the weirdest mistakes and continuity errors to grace the Wizarding World.
1. "Sorcerer's Stone" – Now you see him, now someone else does …
Harry has only just got to Hogwarts and already he's apparating. In one scene in the Great Hall, he's sitting on the right side of the table opposite Percy and Hermione. In the next, he somehow jumped across the table pushing Hermione aside to take her place next to Percy. Impressive magic, Harry, but not very polite of you!
2. "Chamber of Secrets" – Why, hello there, cameraman!
During the scene in which Professors Snape and Lockhart start a dueling club, Draco Malfoy was beaten by Potter. It's so marvelous, that apparently Hogwarts wants to record it for posterity (probably Professor Lockhart's idea). In the background of the scene, who can you see but a cameraman?
3. "Prisoner of Azkaban" – Wizards or robots?
No, Harry and Hermione aren't androids with battery packs to keep them running. The odd lumps that can be seen when they're hiding in Hagrid's garden are actually their "hidden" microphones. Not-so-hidden, if you ask us.
4. "Goblet of Fire" – Whose Towel is it Anyway?
Harry, bless his stubborn little heart, has just rescued all the hostages from the bottom of the Great Lake in the second task. Hermione is kind enough to give him a towel to keep him warm. Um, and then take it back. And then give it to him again. And then take it away again.
Watch the scene. The towel jumps between the two of them continually.
5. "Order of the Phoenix" – Where are Her(mione's) feet?
Grawp, Hagrid's "little" brother, goes to pick up Hermione. Terrifying enough for the poor girl, it might be even scarier that her feet are suddenly gone. Her legs are cut off at the shins, and if you look carefully, you can even see the digital lines on the screen where the digitizers were (not wildly successfully, it seems) at work.
6. "Half-Blood Prince" – Magical moving blankets, Batman!
When Harry is staying at the Weasley's home, The Burrow, there is an orange blanket on the arm of the sofa by him as he chats with Ginny. Like Harry himself, it seems to want to get closer to her, as it sneaks round from the sofa arm to being behind him in the next shot.
7. "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" – Even the books are haunted now
When Harry and Hermione are sitting outside looking for information on Horcruxes in a book there is another book behind them. Between one shot and the next, it mysteriously opens of its own accord, even though there's no wind.
8. "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" – When hugs go wrong
It's the end of the movie, the epilogue, and we're "19 years later" crying over the end of an era. However, when Hermione hugs her daughter, Rose, Rose's hand jumps position from her mother's back to her arm.