Things you didn't spot until the umpteenth time in the HP films v.2

After watching the HP films umpteen times (which I'm sure you have) is there anything that you didn't spot the first few times?


Last few posts of version 1:

My family are big credit-watchers...we stay to the bitter end of every movie. Sometimes there's a little "Easter Egg" at the end, sometimes we just see the credits, but note interesting little things about the titles of songs, apparent relatives of the big star or director who did minor jobs things on the set, that sort of thing.

So yes, when it was first shown in theaters, it was shown after the credits. I've seen it on TV at the end of the movie before the credits, though.

I watched HBP last night and I noticed something I didn't notice last time... In the Three Broomsticks scene, you can see Draco enter another room (the girl's bathroom?).. I'm surprised I only just noticed this!

For some reason, in HBP, it took me several times to catch harry,ron, and hermione going into ollivanders. it might have been obvious, but i never noticed.

I noticed while watching COS yesterday that Borgin steals back a Galleon from the money he gives to Lucius while both of the Malfoys are looking at something else.

I noticed while watching COS yesterday that Borgin steals back a Galleon from the money he gives to Lucius while both of the Malfoys are looking at something else.

i always look for that in my dvd version, because i first saw it on abc, but then its just on abc. sadface.

the song Hagrid played while blowing on the flute seems familiar. I thought Hagrid had given Harry the flute for a Christmas present.

the song Hagrid played while blowing on the flute seems familiar. I thought Hagrid had given Harry the flute for a Christmas present.

They miss that particular Christmas Present out in the film- perhaps to focus more on the Invisibilty Cloak. I can't remember the exact tune that Hagrid plays on the flute, but I think it's the main melody to one of the HP Soundtrack songs. :)

Actually Harry doesn't open any other presents besides the Invisibility Cloak. Which reminds me...do we ever see Harry wear Mrs. Weasley's sweaters? I've been meaning to look out for them but I keep forgetting.

Actually Harry doesn't open any other presents besides the Invisibility Cloak. Which reminds me...do we ever see Harry wear Mrs. Weasley's sweaters? I've been meaning to look out for them but I keep forgetting.

Yes, we do. The most prominent example I can think of is in OOTP, Ron opens the jumper in front of Hermione and she smiles at him. Later on, they also have a jokey conversation about why Ron won't wear the jumper. :)

Sorry - I meant we don't see Harry open any other presents in the Sorcerer's Stone film.

But do we ever see Harry wearing his sweaters? I know Ron wears his. (Am I the only one who liked Ron's OOTP sweater-vest..?)

Sorry - I meant we don't see Harry open any other presents in the Sorcerer's Stone film.

But do we ever see Harry wearing his sweaters? I know Ron wears his. (Am I the only one who liked Ron's OOTP sweater-vest..?)

I don't think so...maybe I need to watch the films again, just to make sure. :lol: I quite liked Ron's jumper, too.

I just noticed in the PoA film, that Lupin has a gramophone. Bit slow on the uptake, aren't I? :lol: Well, it was cool, I love the idea of Remus being a jazz fan and using an upbeat song like that to help the students turn their fears into something funny seems like something he would do. :D

Actually Harry doesn't open any other presents besides the Invisibility Cloak. Which reminds me...do we ever see Harry wear Mrs. Weasley's sweaters? I've been meaning to look out for them but I keep forgetting.

In Sorcerer's Stone he is wearing it right after the Mirror of Erised scene (I think it is a deleted scene, but they play it on ABC Family). They are in the Great Hall and Harry is sitting at the table, and Ron comes and talks to him, saying something like, "I know what you're thinking, but don't."

I don't think so...maybe I need to watch the films again, just to make sure. :lol: I quite liked Ron's jumper, too.

I just noticed in the PoA film, that Lupin has a gramophone. Bit slow on the uptake, aren't I? :lol: Well, it was cool, I love the idea of Remus being a jazz fan and using an upbeat song like that to help the students turn their fears into something funny seems like something he would do. :D

If I'm not mistaken jazz can be heard faintly in the background of his office as he's packing up at the end too.

I don't think I ever fully appreciated the scene in HBP where Harry touches the ring horcrux and does a little Voldy 'channeling'. I never really paid much attention to this scene. Dumbledore seems to be quite aware of it and and at the same time says that he thinks he has discovered the whereabouts of another horcrux. Of course we think of the locket, but I think the line is supposed to also indicate a realization about Harry for the viewer to pick up on.

They miss that particular Christmas Present out in the film- perhaps to focus more on the Invisibilty Cloak. I can't remember the exact tune that Hagrid plays on the flute, but I think it's the main melody to one of the HP Soundtrack songs. :)

Yes! He's playing Hedwig's Theme :)

I don't think I ever fully appreciated the scene in HBP where Harry touches the ring horcrux and does a little Voldy 'channeling'. I never really paid much attention to this scene. Dumbledore seems to be quite aware of it and and at the same time says that he thinks he has discovered the whereabouts of another horcrux. Of course we think of the locket, but I think the line is supposed to also indicate a realization about Harry for the viewer to pick up on.

Yeah, that took me a while to pick up on too. It also took a while for me to realize the little head movement that Harry and Voldemort do in OOTP and HBP.

I watched OotP last night and has anyone else noticed that Luna doesn't have an English accent? I guess I've never noticed before because the airiness of her voice masks it somewhat. Theirs little hints of an accent here and there but she really sounds American once you listen past her voices loftiness.

Evanna Lynch is Irish. I've never noticed her of having anything other than her natural Irish accent.

Evanna Lynch is Irish. I've never noticed her of having anything other than her natural Irish accent.

Is she really? huh, I'll have to listen more carefully next time I watch. He accent sure isn't very strong.

I watched Goblet of fire last night and there are a couple of things i noticed...
1. When Hermione goes to wake ron and harry I saw foliage (trees,bushes?) out the door.

which seem really weird and out of place to me because it made it look like,
A. the bedroom is the first room you walk into the house. which shouldn't be
B. Ron's room is downstairs, when in the book i'm pretty sure it says it's upstairs

2. Hermione cheering very loudly to both irish team and bulgarian team. but more bulgarian

3. When the candy-trolley lady stops infront of the trio's compartment, you can totally see a couple of bottles of pumpkin juice in the trolley.... and they're EXACTLY like the ones in the wizard world theme park. This made me so happy.

4. Rita skeeter saying "well it'll make you feel right at home then" after harry says "it's a broom cupboard"
my first reaction was "oh no she didn't!" but then it got me thinking,
how does Rita skeeter KNOWS about that in the first place? i'm sure no one that knows harry would tell her, and i dont think a lot of people outside of Ron/hermione KNOW about that, as harry never seemed to talk about it with anyone.

so what gives? movie inconsistency?

I watched Goblet of fire last night and there are a couple of things i noticed...
1. When Hermione goes to wake ron and harry I saw foliage (trees,bushes?) out the door.

which seem really weird and out of place to me because it made it look like,
A. the bedroom is the first room you walk into the house. which shouldn't be
B. Ron's room is downstairs, when in the book i'm pretty sure it says it's upstairs

2. Hermione cheering very loudly to both irish team and bulgarian team. but more bulgarian

3. When the candy-trolley lady stops infront of the trio's compartment, you can totally see a couple of bottles of pumpkin juice in the trolley.... and they're EXACTLY like the ones in the wizard world theme park. This made me so happy.

4. Rita skeeter saying "well it'll make you feel right at home then" after harry says "it's a broom cupboard"
my first reaction was "oh no she didn't!" but then it got me thinking,
how does Rita skeeter KNOWS about that in the first place? i'm sure no one that knows harry would tell her, and i dont think a lot of people outside of Ron/hermione KNOW about that, as harry never seemed to talk about it with anyone.

so what gives? movie inconsistency?

- Ron's room is definitely upstairs. I actually think it's supposed to be the topmost floor of the Burrow. Maybe there's just really tall trees...

- That makes me really happy about the pumpkin juice also! I'm headed there in about...2 weeks and I will definitely be picking up some pumpkin juice.

- I had the same reaction to Rita Skeeter saying that. First I chuckled a bit, but then I was scratching my head trying to figure out how she knew that.

i remember something else, there was a sort of porch outside?
so it did looked like first floor- first room of the house-

bad camera showing "behind the magic"?

oh and also I never really heard clearly what Parvati said in the yule ball to the durstrang guy who asks her to dance, but last night i did,
"Arm, Leg, i'm yours"

i thought it was hilarious

Is she really? huh, I'll have to listen more carefully next time I watch. He accent sure isn't very strong.


Irish. Most Irish accents aren't that strong in my opinion. Especially the further north in Ireland you go, the lighter they seem to be.

Irish. Most Irish accents aren't that strong in my opinion. Especially the further north in Ireland you go, the lighter they seem to be.

Interesting. Seamus's accent is really thick though. I may have just assumed that all Irish people were supposed to have an accent like his. I watched HBP last night though and listened closely to Luna and now I can hear the Irish in her voice.

Irish may have regional dialects like the rest of Britain. (Irish members wanna confirm that?) Notice Cho has an accent similar to that.

Maybe outside Ron's door theres a house plant? *shrug*

the song Hagrid played while blowing on the flute seems familiar. I thought Hagrid had given Harry the flute for a Christmas present.

I'm pretty sure it's Hedwig's theme.

Irish may have regional dialects like the rest of Britain. (Irish members wanna confirm that?) Notice Cho has an accent similar to that.



Katie Leung, who plays Cho is Scotish, not Irish.

Ireland does have a wide variety of accents....speaking as an American who lived there. The Dub accent is very strong, as can be the Northern accent; the west Irish accent is also very distinct. Evanna Lynch's is a fairly mild Irish accent.

Katie Leung, who plays Cho is Scotish, not Irish.
Oh woops.

Perhaps I am slow on the uptake (really slow on the uptake), but I was watching the first film and I noticed for the first time that Filch was rooting for Slytherin during the Quidditch match.

I don't know why I found that interesting, I just did.

From watching DH part 1 on DVD I spotted a few things I hadn't seen in my cinema viewings, firstly George and the toothbrush in his ear finally made sense after I caught him sticking it in there when he's leaning against the counter, I completely missed that the first few viewings and had no idea how it had got there :lol: so it makes sense that he's just using it as a comical place to store it.

Also in Hermione's copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, underneath the title when they're looking at the symbol, it says "For little people" which I found quite cute :D hadn't spotted that before.

I noticed while watching COS yesterday that Borgin steals back a Galleon from the money he gives to Lucius while both of the Malfoys are looking at something else.



Awesome! I want to see that!

Just a warning, MsBinns, the pumpkin juice isnt very good. I was hoping for a more pleasant taste (not to mention, to pay less $ for it), BUT by all means, PLS try it.

I just didnt think it was good.

And BlueBronze, good call on the Harry/Rita scene...How did she know? She may not have known though and it could have just been a smart-@zz comment... and/or a possible coincidential comment, like Draco gave once he became a prefect...how he'd be "dogging" Harry (possibly hinting at seeing Sirius).....I would wager coincidence though....

Just watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 again (first time having DVD) and I noticed a few things.

1. Hermione's parents talking about Australia.
2. Radio mentioning Dean Thomas, Ted Tonks, and Gornuk
3. Twilight reference? Radio mentioned, all in one sequence, three people by the name of Bella, Jake and Charlie. :lol:

Just watched Deathly Hallows Part 1 again (first time having DVD) and I noticed a few things.

1. Hermione's parents talking about Australia.
2. Radio mentioning Dean Thomas, Ted Tonks, and Gornuk
3. Twilight reference? Radio mentioned, all in one sequence, three people by the name of Bella, Jake and Charlie. :lol:

I'll have to look for 1 & 2. I remember #3 being mentioned when it first came out, but since I know nothing about Twilight, I only was aware of it because someone mentioned it.

one thing I noticed is when they are at Lovegood's, when they are all sitting down you can see behind Xeno a bust--I'm assuming of Ravenclaw? It's over his left shoulder.

Having a Potter-athon as I'm writing this. I noticed during the duelling club scene in CoS when Snape uses Expelliarmus [sp?] that it comes out yellow - and kind of looks like lightning. In the books and every other time we see it in the movies it is red. Massive LOL at that one.

where does the radio talk about dean, ted and gornuk?

Having a Potter-athon as I'm writing this. I noticed during the duelling club scene in CoS when Snape uses Expelliarmus [sp?] that it comes out yellow - and kind of looks like lightning. In the books and every other time we see it in the movies it is red. Massive LOL at that one.

Good call, but how about this?

In that same dueling club scene, Snape yells, "Expelliarmus" and then proceeds to "thrust" his wand forward to actually "shoot" the spell out of his wand..This creates a very odd timing issue. Does this mean that a wizard can vocalize the incantation and then "shoot" the spell whenever afterwards? I doubt it, but just watch it, it looks weird.:rockon:

where does the radio talk about dean, ted and gornuk?

I think around the part near where Harry goes "It sets my teeth on edge." When he is sitting near the tent and the radio is going.

I think around the part near where Harry goes "It sets my teeth on edge." When he is sitting near the tent and the radio is going.

I noticed that too when I watched it in theatre since, in my country, every single line in the film is subtitled. :) It's the reason I can watch Harry's vision without getting confused too.

Here's what was said in the movie about Dean Thomas, Ted Tonks and Gornuk.

"A goblin by the name of Gornuk was killed. It is believed that Muggle-born Dean Thomas and a second goblin...both believed to be travelling with Tonks, Cresswell, and Gornuk, may have escaped. If Dean is listening or ayone has any knowledge of his whereabouts....his parents and sisters are desperate for news."

3. Twilight reference? Radio mentioned, all in one sequence, three people by the name of Bella, Jake and Charlie. :lol:

Ha, I noticed that tonight too! I wonder if that was coincidental or done on purpose?

I guess this would qualify more as a mistake, but I'll post it here anyway, since I didn't notice it the first time. After the wedding, when the trio Disapparates, etc, none of them say Voldemort's name, which is how I thought the trackers were able to find them!

After the wedding, when the trio Disapparates, etc, none of them say Voldemort's name, which is how I thought the trackers were able to find them!

Hermione says "If Voldemort really has taken over the Ministry, none of the old places are safe" :)

Hermione says "If Voldemort really has taken over the Ministry, none of the old places are safe" :)

Must have missed that! Thanks!

Good call, but how about this?

In that same dueling club scene, Snape yells, "Expelliarmus" and then proceeds to "thrust" his wand forward to actually "shoot" the spell out of his wand..This creates a very odd timing issue. Does this mean that a wizard can vocalize the incantation and then "shoot" the spell whenever afterwards? I doubt it, but just watch it, it looks weird.:rockon:

Spell casting as a whole is very inconsistent in the movies, both in color and timing. As previously mentioned Snapes disarming spell in COS was white and doesnt even fire until a second after he says the incantation. AND its white. Yet every time harry uses it against Voldemort, its red. From the books description, stunning spells are actually red and they are shown that way sometimes, particularly in GoF but they arent in OotP or the HBP.

Spells form at a lot of different points during incantations as well. Most of the time they form right at the end of the incantation but other times they are really delayed such as Snape's in the dueling club scene and Bella's AK in OotP. BUT Voldemorts AK he uses against Prof. Burbage in DH P.1 fires REALLY early, like at the end of evada. I think the inconsistencies in timing are due to the CG guys having to map the spell with the actors performances. The inconsistencies in spells are very noticeable but they don't really bug me.

Not quite the 'umpteenth' time, but I only noticed the very important single curly hair from Bellatrix fall onto Hermione's clothes the second time I watched DH1. I'm looking forward to the part when they break into Gringotts!

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This is from Order of the Phoenix. Look on the bottom right. It's Alex Watson, Emma's brother!

Edit: Not twins, oops!

Cool. I didn't actually know she was a twin.

Okay, now I am getting mixed information. It's not her twin. He's a couple years younger. Thought they were twins.

Thanks for clearing that up.

In DH 1, it took me a few viewings to reailze Ron's line about his jeans is in there. I think he says "By the way, these jeans aren't my favorite." But he says it right before the Snatchers attack.

one thing I noticed is when they are at Lovegood's, when they are all sitting down you can see behind Xeno a bust--I'm assuming of Ravenclaw? It's over his left shoulder.

Also when Xenophilius is drawing the symbol of the Hallows, behind the Trio you can see a swirly horn. Most likely of the Erumpet variety.

I just watched DH1 DVD tonight....noticed that the sounds when we see the Warner Bros. logo near the start of the film, it's the locket horcrux sounds.

Also when Xenophilius is drawing the symbol of the Hallows, behind the Trio you can see a swirly horn. Most likely of the Erumpet variety.

Arr. I saw the same thing actually when Xeno and the trio are sitting awkwardly with their tea.

One thing i just noticed is Ron's wireless going about Snape being headmaster. (You must forgive me, its only my second time seeing DH1)

Also i noticed Draco and Harry having something of a staring match. Rather interesting look in Draco's face.

Is anyone ever surprised by what people haven't noticed? Sometimes I haven't noticed either, but mostly I'm astonished that folks didn't notice. Bellatrix's hair is one. Usually people mention some thing they just noticed and I'm rather shocked that they never did until now. The one poster, who somewhere mentioned an electric sewing machine at the Lovegood's; that was one I haven't noticed. Most of the rest, I just guess I though everyone saw those things.

Is anyone ever surprised by what people haven't noticed? Sometimes I haven't noticed either, but mostly I'm astonished that folks didn't notice. Bellatrix's hair is one. Usually people mention some thing they just noticed and I'm rather shocked that they never did until now. The one poster, who somewhere mentioned an electric sewing machine at the Lovegood's; that was one I haven't noticed. Most of the rest, I just guess I though everyone saw those things.

Yeah I think Bellatrix's hair was pretty hard to miss. I mean, I got that right away in DH 1. I think MuggleCast missed it though, which is weird.

Hmm, I never noticed a sewing machine. Some of these things are really hidden. :hmm:

Yeah I think Bellatrix's hair was pretty hard to miss. I mean, I got that right away in DH 1. I think MuggleCast missed it though, which is weird.

Hmm, I never noticed a sewing machine. Some of these things are really hidden. :hmm:

You're right-I recently listened to that particular Mugglecast and they were like :hmm: about the hair--they didn't know why it was shown. I was like what?! I can understand a person who has never read the books not getting it, but these guys should have known! :lol:

ALso something i noticed when Harry/Runcorn is rummaging through Umbridge's office, he opens a drawer and you can see a book labeled "When Muggles Attack." I lol'd

Initially I wondered about why they were bothering with this close up, slo-mo but when I saw the hair land on Hermione I had an aha! moment. But I did see it and get it the first time around.

ALso something i noticed when Harry/Runcorn is rummaging through Umbridge's office, he opens a drawer and you can see a book labeled "When Muggles Attack." I lol'd


See, I noticed that too. I wanted to see what was written on the individual files but couldn't see them.

I watched OotP again last night and noticed when they go into the Hog's Head to meet with the students there is a goat that runs by. Oh, Aberforth!

I watched OotP again last night and noticed when they go into the Hog's Head to meet with the students there is a goat that runs by. Oh, Aberforth!

:lol: Yeah. It was after reading the entire series did i realize who that was.

In that same dueling club scene, Snape yells, "Expelliarmus" and then proceeds to "thrust" his wand forward to actually "shoot" the spell out of his wand..This creates a very odd timing issue. Does this mean that a wizard can vocalize the incantation and then "shoot" the spell whenever afterwards? I doubt it, but just watch it, it looks weird.:rockon:

Others on this thread have answered this one, but just thought I'd add my two cents: each character in the film seems to hold and use their wand in a distinct way, so maybe that's why it seemed as though he was trying to "shoot" the spell out of his wand? Can't remember if that's how movie!Snape holds and uses his wand in the rest of the film series, though.

Is anyone ever surprised by what people haven't noticed? Sometimes I haven't noticed either, but mostly I'm astonished that folks didn't notice. Bellatrix's hair is one. Usually people mention some thing they just noticed and I'm rather shocked that they never did until now. The one poster, who somewhere mentioned an electric sewing machine at the Lovegood's; that was one I haven't noticed. Most of the rest, I just guess I though everyone saw those things.

I'm a "notice the details, miss the big picture" kind of person, so what happens usually is I notice something like Bellatrix's hair falling, but miss everything else happening in the frame, heh.

As for things I didn't notice the first time, it's usually spoken lines, either because the actor or actress was practically mumbling or said the line too fast or almost under their breath, such as the "By the way, these jeans, not my favourite" line in DH Part 1.

This is cool--we're watching DH today, and my son noticed when the trio arrive at Yaxley's floor, you can hear the rain from his office. It's really faint and I had to go back twice to hear it. Nice touch!

I also noticed something silly: the clothes that the trio are wearing in the cafe scene: they are all wearing three layers. Ron and Harry are wearing a shirt, sweater (both v-neck!) and a top layer (jacket/sweater). Hermione is wearing a shirt, a light sweater over that and then her sweater. Don't know why I picked up on that, but there you go! :rotfl:

This is cool--we're watching DH today, and my son noticed when the trio arrive at Yaxley's floor, you can hear the rain from his office. It's really faint and I had to go back twice to hear it. Nice touch!

Very cool!

I'm watching DH1 tomorrow on my friend's Blu-Ray in Maximum Movie Mode so of course I'm chilling out tonight and rewatching HBP. I noticed Nigel cheering in the background at the Gryffindor celebration for the first time and picked up on Ginny's reaction to Ron and Lavender. She watches it all happen and looks at Hermione as she leaves the room with a very sad/flat expression, almost hinting at what has long been surmised about by the fandom, that Ginny is very much aware of Hermione's feelings for Ron.

I also noticed Pigwidgeon and Crookshanks in the background in the scene of the trio up in Ron's room at the beginning.

I didn't really notice the hair when I saw it in the theater. I guess I just was really focused on Hermione herself at that point. I'd reread the book fairly recently before seeing the movie, though, so I picked up on the jeans line right away and thought it was great they had it in there.

I'd seen DH Part 1 twice before I noticed, in a screencap, that Hagrid was using his pink umbrella to help put up the wedding tent with the Weasleys:

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I'd seen the film twice before I noticed, in a screencap, that Hagrid was using his pink umbrella to help put up the wedding tent with the Weasleys:

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Oh that's funny!

You are right. I didn't notice that!

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I am watching all the films again....getting ready for the last one. :upset: And I am very surprised on stuff that I have missed that you guys all spotted.

I am ashamed to say that it took two views of DH1 to notice the names of the people in the files in Umbridge's draw. But I always miss stuff the first few times in any film

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I am watching all the films again....getting ready for the last one. :upset: And I am very surprised on stuff that I have missed that you guys all spotted.

I am ashamed to say that it took two views of DH1 to notice the names of the people in the files in Umbridge's draw. But I always miss stuff the first few times in any film

I would love a close up screen shot of those files so I could read them.

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I would love a close up screen shot of those files so I could read them.

Yes that would be good, they did something like that in a episode of Doctor who I sat there for hours reading the news paper in the episode.

But yes since I discovered who they were on, I wanted to read them to see what they say.

Something I noticed the last time I watch HBP, is that when the DE kidnap Ollivander from his shop, they also take a bunch of wands in boxes too. Pretty smart thinking, considering how many people we know end up losing their wands later on.

Ha, I noticed that tonight too! I wonder if that was coincidental or done on purpose?

I guess this would qualify more as a mistake, but I'll post it here anyway, since I didn't notice it the first time. After the wedding, when the trio Disapparates, etc, none of them say Voldemort's name, which is how I thought the trackers were able to find them!


They do, though.

:gryff:

They do, though.

I agree with you and here is the quote to support you here:

Hermione Granger: If Voldemort's really taken over the Ministry, none of the old places are safe.

That was said in the cafe just before the trackers turned up. I believe

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I agree with you and here is the quote to support you here:

Hermione Granger: If Voldemort's really taken over the Ministry, none of the old places are safe.

That was said in the cafe just before the trackers turned up. I believe

Yes, you & Ajna are correct!

Also right after Xenophilus says it at the Lovegoods.

When Voldemort speaks to Pius Thickness after Snape arrives, I've only just noticed Nagini moving round the floor near his feet (Pius), no wonder he looked nervous and twitchy.

In DH 1 I noticed that Moody's eye is still on the door after Harry/Runcorn leaves Umbridge's room. That makes me sad, because the film makers could have easily taken it down. It would have been a simple move to make the movie a bit more canon. Every time I watch it I notice that (and half expect it to be missing haha)

I hadn't noticed any of the things in the first few posts on this page... I'm definitely going to have to watch the films again!

In DH 1 I noticed that Moody's eye is still on the door after Harry/Runcorn leaves Umbridge's room. That makes me sad, because the film makers could have easily taken it down. It would have been a simple move to make the movie a bit more canon. Every time I watch it I notice that (and half expect it to be missing haha)

I always wonder though, if to a non reader, movie only viewer, if they make the actual connection. Does a non book reader know that that is Moody's eye? Or do they just think it's another odd magicality of the Wizarding universe. There's nothing to indicate it belongs to Moody, or the cruel implications that it carried in the books. I think it goes along the same lines as the debate about the final duel with Harry and Voldemort....can you make it have the same impact for the non reader? That seems to be a common thread. What does it mean for someone who's never seen or read it before?

I noticed a correlation between films:

In GOF, Voldemort tells Harry, "Dumbledore wouldn't want you to forget your manners; I said, bow!" ...

And in OOTP, right before Dumbledore and Voldemort duel, Tom bows to Album. It happens in the line, "By which time I shall be gone (BOW), and you shall be dead."

Anyway, a neat observationl

I only noticed this week when watching OotP for the umpteenth time that in the DA lessons Harry is teaching them Levicorpus. Neat, since he doesn't learn it until HBP!

Country music star Julianne Hough has a cameo in SS/PS!!

She is the blonde in the front row here...

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I only noticed this week when watching OotP for the umpteenth time that in the DA lessons Harry is teaching them Levicorpus. Neat, since he doesn't learn it until HBP!

I was listening to the audiobook of HBP not long ago and remembered that they used levicorpus in the OoTP. Those sneaky movie producers!

I noticed last night the gesture Daniel/Harry makes after Hermione agrees to go to Godric's Hollow with him in Deathly Hallow Part 1.
It was hilarious and I NEVER notice it before. Wish I had the time to look for a cap right now.

I noticed last night the gesture Daniel/Harry makes after Hermione agrees to go to Godric's Hollow with him in Deathly Hallow Part 1.
It was hilarious and I NEVER notice it before. Wish I had the time to look for a cap right now.


I did notice it when I saw it. It was cute. Kind of interesting, as if he needed Hermione's approval to go. But even if he didn't have her approval, I wonder what would have pushed him to have to go on his own?

I did notice it when I saw it. It was cute. Kind of interesting, as if he needed Hermione's approval to go. But even if he didn't have her approval, I wonder what would have pushed him to have to go on his own?

I agree it was really cute. hahaha I didn't notice. I was sitting there and rewinding it for like 5 times to make sure Harry really did that.
No he didn't need her approval but it was really important to him imo. Hermione is the rational one. She doesn't do stuff just because she has a feeling there might be something there to look for. So having her approval that going to GH is a good idea was probably a relieve for him. Because being seperated especially after Ron had already left was probably not an option for both of them. I really do wonder though if he was really that determined that he would have gone to Godric's Hollow on his own if Hermione had denied.

Hogwarts.


Seriously, in Half-Blood Prince. I recently bought a new HDTV (Panasonic Plasma!) to replace my rubbish LCD TV and the picture is astonishing. Anyway, on the LCD TV, films (especially HBP) looked way too dark and there is this one particular shot in the film that shows Harry and Luna walking up the path towards Hogwarts. In that shot, Hogwarts is in the background surrounded by trees and due to the fact that my LCD TV produced such a dark image, I could not see the castle. The spot where the castle should have been was just dark. But now I can see the castle in all its glorious detail in that particular shot because of the wonders of my new Panasonic plasma! :D

BTW, this is the shot I'm talking about:

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/3958/vlcsnap2010101514h47m14.png

The DVD quality does not do that shot justice. And here's the shot with the brightness turned right up:

http://i1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc475/XDInconcessusXD/vlcsnap2010101514h47m14-1-1.png

I did notice it when I saw it. It was cute. Kind of interesting, as if he needed Hermione's approval to go. But even if he didn't have her approval, I wonder what would have pushed him to have to go on his own?

Well, he sort of did! :lol: In the book he was very concerned about getting Hermione in the right mood before he asked her. We know he's scared of conflict with Hermione - there are a couple times where he wants to argue with her but just gives up. I thought it was a hilarious gesture and a creative way to portray that element of their friendship.

The DVD quality does not do that shot justice. And here's the shot with the brightness turned right up:

That shot is beautiful! Thanks for noticing :)

thePuff: wow that shot. I don't get why it was so dark before though...

Well, he sort of did! :lol: In the book he was very concerned about getting Hermione in the right mood before he asked her. We know he's scared of conflict with Hermione - there are a couple times where he wants to argue with her but just gives up. I thought it was a hilarious gesture and a creative way to portray that element of their friendship.


I agree. Overall they portrayed their friendship REALLY well in DH part 1. They had so many cute little scenes and it really became obvious how much both of them have grown and how amazing their friendship is.
And yeah he was def scared of conflict with Hermione. I mean afterall that has been happening he didnt want her to explode. hahaha

Ha, I noticed that tonight too! I wonder if that was coincidental or done on purpose?

I guess this would qualify more as a mistake, but I'll post it here anyway, since I didn't notice it the first time. After the wedding, when the trio Disapparates, etc, none of them say Voldemort's name, which is how I thought the trackers were able to find them!

It says Gabriella, Jake and Charlene. :-)

Someone said this on IMDB DH2 Board, and I thought it was interesting....

In the Harry + Ginny's kissing scene in DH, in the background, instead of filming newly recorded dialogue, old dialogue was recycled from the other films.

"Ready when you are!" at the start of the scene - Fred/George in OOTP
"Well, there's something you don't see everyday!" when George is winking at H/G. - Fred/George in GOF
"Come on! Keep up!" at the end of the scene - Arthur in GOF

I just noticed today that Draco is in the three broomsticks in HBP before Katie is cursed by the necklace. He must be away to give it to her!

In Half-Blood Prince, the eyebrows on Luna's lion hat raise and lower!

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfc6h5avJq1qf7306o1_500.gif

In Half-Blood Prince, the eyebrows on Luna's lion hat raise and lower!

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfc6h5avJq1qf7306o1_500.gif

oh my god, LOL. that's genious actually. I would have NEVER paid attention to that.

Anyone ever notice that the last 3 Harry Potter movies from Order of the Pheonix to Deathly Hallows, its all dark like a Tim Burton movie?

when I watched Order of the Phoenix last night, I noticed for the first time that Umbridge spooned pink sugar into her tea.

Yes, I noticed how the movies seemed darker.

Yes. They are darker....I think intentionally so.

when I watched Order of the Phoenix last night, I noticed for the first time that Umbridge spooned pink sugar into her tea.

Yes, I noticed how the movies seemed darker.Some sign of apocalypse approaching, most definitely. :lol:

(The pink sugar is a neat film idea actually, never recognized that one!)

In Sorcerer's Stone, I noticed two things.

1. When Harry is running toward the wall, Hedwig is a stuffed animal there. :))
2. When Harry first arrives onto the platform, and sees the train, look in the distance. I believe Neville is walking toward the train.

I've just heard that there is an Equus poster inside the cafe in Deathly Hallows Part 1...can anyone verify this? I can't find it. :)

I've just heard that there is an Equus poster inside the cafe in Deathly Hallows Part 1...can anyone verify this? I can't find it. :)

It is here:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/camknows/equusposterinharrypotterandthedeathlyhallowspart1. jpg

You can sorta see Dan in the poster.

I just noticed in COS when Harry and the Weasleys are leaving the burrow for Kings Cross and Molly gets into the car she is impressed that muggles make cars with loads of room inside because Percy, Ron, Harry, Hermionie, Fred and George are all sitting comfortably in the back seat. She doesn't realise that Arthur had bewitched the car to make in larger inside.

I just noticed in COS when Harry and the Weasleys are leaving the burrow for Kings Cross and Molly gets into the car she is impressed that muggles make cars with loads of room inside because Percy, Ron, Harry, Hermionie, Fred and George are all sitting comfortably in the back seat. She doesn't realise that Arthur had bewitched the car to make in larger inside.

I think that would be the book, not the movie...

I think that would be the book, not the movie...

Yes it was the book!...sorry i thought this was the book forum didn't realise it was the movie forum...:hmm:

And it was Ginny, not Hermione, in the car with her family and Harry.

I just noticed yesterday while watching the GoF film for the tenth time probably...when Moody is discovered to be Crouch Jr.,Dumbledore says something to the effect of Crouch stealing boomslang skin etc. from Snape's private stores..after he says this,Harry and Snape glare at each other behind Dumbledore's back( Snape had earlier accused Harry of doing that).

And in another scene from GoF,where Ron asks Hermione if she can come to the ball with him, and then Snape hits Ron and Harry on the back of their heads...you can see Malfoy laughing down the table :D

I just noticed in COS when Harry and the Weasleys are leaving the burrow for Kings Cross and Molly gets into the car she is impressed that muggles make cars with loads of room inside because Percy, Ron, Harry, Hermionie, Fred and George are all sitting comfortably in the back seat. She doesn't realise that Arthur had bewitched the car to make in larger inside.

Was this a deleted scene, I don't remember this in the films.

i think he's talking about the book

Watching DH1 last night, I noticed that when Moody flies past Harry and Hagrid in the 7 Harrys, I couldn't see Mundungus on that brilliantly modified broomstick.

This is so random, but I was on YouTube trying to see if there is any footage of Daniel's scream in OotP that was cut because it was "too agonizing". I haven't found it (yet!) but I was able to hear either Moody or the Death Eater he blasts away say, "Go to hell!" It made me chuckle.

Watching DH1 last night, I noticed that when Moody flies past Harry and Hagrid in the 7 Harrys, I couldn't see Mundungus on that brilliantly modified broomstick.

No indeed. That seems like a continuity error. I love these thread where learn all this stuff. I tried to post a thread on things we learned, like "Continuity" and "Chekov's Law" and such, but the Mod's buried it in some place where it doesn't get read. I'd love to discuss little film things like that.

We were watching HBP in Latin Class the other day. We were at the scene where Ginny and Harry were hiding the Potions book and there was a harp magically playing there. I don't why but I just noticed that. :)

We were watching HBP in Latin Class the other day. We were at the scene where Ginny and Harry were hiding the Potions book and there was a harp magically playing there. I don't why but I just noticed that. :)

It is probably the harp from the first film.

I just noticed in OoTP,during the fight at the Ministry towards the end, when Harry and Sirius are fighting Lucius Malfoy together, Harry disarms him using 'Expelliarmus' and Sirius says " Nice one,James" !!! :err: Mrs Weasley is vindicated :lol:

Just noticed that Filch is cheering with the Slytherins during the first quidditch match in Sorcerer's Stone

^Was he cheering?He just seems to be standing among them...

I think he was cheering

the face Moody gives McGonagall behind her back after she's just told him off for turning Malfoy into a ferret......

:)

So I just finished watching Prisoner of Azkaban and at the end when Harry is about to take off on his Firebolt, I never realized that Draco, Crabbe and Goyle are in the background. I have no idea how it took me that long to figure that out. Small detail, but I just noticed it. :lol:

I just realised that Harry and Sirius(and even Hermione) are screaming when they are riding Buckbeak before and after rescuing Sirius. Shouldn't they be a little quieter considering they are rescuing an accused man?! :lol:

Clapping Death Eater! **** :) xx
And also, this isn't something I missed, I just Loled at the part where they are trying to get through the portrait and the Fat Lady is like "no, wait" *sings into glass* "Fortuna Major!" "WAIT!" *FORTUNA MAJOR" "no no no, wait! *breaks glass on wall* Wow, just with my voice! *lets them through" ****

Watching the wedding in the DH movie and never seeing any indication of who it is that's getting married, until I finally spotted the Bill/Fleur banner.

In PoA, when Sirius puts his left hand on Harry's chest (in the 'those we love never leave us' bit), is he wearing a wedding ring?

In PoA, when Sirius puts his left hand on Harry's chest (in the 'those we love never leave us' bit), is he wearing a wedding ring?

No, I think they're tattoos on his fingers and hands from Azkaban. Here's a screencap for reference. I never realised he had them on his fingers, in a circle, like rings. :)

http://www.mugglenet.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1245&pos=346

(Just click on the link and then the screencaps of Sirius's hand on Harry's chest to see a close-up. :))

When watching Order of the Phoenix, during every Harry/Cho moment, watch the background and you will most likely spot an unhappy Ginny.

When watching Order of the Phoenix, during every Harry/Cho moment, watch the background and you will most likely spot an unhappy Ginny.
She gives a nasty look on the bridge after the Hogsemede scene, too.

At the end of OOTP, when everyone has just got off the coaches and are walking to the station, behind HRH you see one of the Patil twins bump into an invisible thestral.

I didn't notice that in OOTP, when Trelawney was being sacked, you can see the Patil twins crying in the background. Also, George brushing his teeth in the Harry/Ginny kiss scene in DH1.

She gives a nasty look on the bridge after the Hogsemede scene, too.

I wouldn't say nasty...she does look concerned, though.

Originally Posted by Black_XY390
When watching Order of the Phoenix, during every Harry/Cho moment, watch the background and you will most likely spot an unhappy Ginny.

Whoa! i completely missed that! thanks :)

Yeah. Ginny's reaction to Harry/Cho is awesome in OotP. One of many things i like about that film.

I'm compiling a list of observations of the HP films and starting with OOTP. Here's what I have so far. If you have any to add, feel free to. Let's see how long we can get this list! Focus on OOTP for now, if you don't mind.

MoD's Geeky observation List OOTP:

1. As we fade into the WB logo, we can hear Nagini's parceltongue dialog lifted directly from the opening of GOF when she's telling her master, Voldemort, that someone (the old muggle caretaker) is at the door.

2. Continuity from COS: The wide shot of Little Whinging is nearly identical to the wide shot of LIttle Whining in COS except for the addition of the large field on the outskirts which could have simply been out of focus in the COS shot.

3. We have our first instance of Film-Harry wandering off quite far from home. In the book, he only walked within a few blocks of Privet Drive. In the HBP film, he will wander off even further, during his summer break, to the tube station.

4. Harry walks past a group of kids on bicycles. This could be a reference to the book where Dudley and his gang had bikes.

5. Harry is reading a newspaper while sitting on the swing. It's hard to notice but as he jumps up to threaten Dudley, you can see it blowing away.

6. Dudley and his gang are decked out in hip-hop garb. Dudley has a G-unit patch on his pants. The film version depicts Dudley as a wigger. Something not in the book.

7. Notice how the Dementers zero in on Harry after Dudley has taunted him making him obviously feel depressed. Dementers feed off of depression and despair.

8. Dudley is talking about how this particular ten-year he beat up deserved it. This rationalization of harsh measures is something that will be echoed by Umbridge many times later in the film and also something Harry will grapple with himself as he casts Crucio on Bellatrix..

9. Harry has a negative relationship with his cousion just like Sirius has a bad relationship with his cousion, Bellatrix. Another form of bond and connection between the two.

10. The underpass Harry and Dudley take shelter in is heavily graffitied lending a gritty sense of realism and urbanism. It was very likely Dudley and his gang were the artists.

11. Apparently Dementers can either make themselves insivible, move through walls and solid objects or apparate since we do not see the Dementer creep up on Harry, he simply appears suddenly behind him.

12. Continuity with POA: The lights flicker and the air becomes much colder when dementers appear. Dementers can also touch and manipulate the physcial world as was seen in POA and is mantained here when the Dementer picks Harry up and strangles him. They look slightly different than in POA but this can simplely be because they aren't wearing cloaks. Their mouths are pretty much the same.

13. Harry uses his wand like a knife as he slashes the Dementer who is holding him up against the wall. This is a bit of a reference to the book where Uncle Vernon has his hand around Harry's neck and Harry's body enamates a magical shock that causes Vernon to release him. Similar to what Harry does here, except he uses his wand. Neither hex required the use of a incantation.

14. Harry hesistates a fraction of a second before saving Dudley.

15. Continuity with POA: This is the second time we see Harry's fully formed patronus: the stag. The first time was at the end of POA when he saves himself and Sirius across the lake.

16. Mrs. Figg is cleverly wearing a raincoat. She had to have carried it on her just in case, in the small trunk/case she is wheeling around since the storm came so suddenly and she would not have had time to race back home to get a rain coat if she were tailing Harry.

17. Every single lawn on Privet Drive has their sprinklers on. This is perhaps a jokey reference to the book where sprinkler use was banned because of the drought but everyone on Privet drive put them on anyway, at night-time.

18. The only reference to the blood-bind love charm Dumbledore put on 4 Privet Drive in the films is when Mrs. Figgs puts such emphasis on her line, "Whatever happens: DON'T LEAVE THE HOUSE."

19. Along with all the pictures of young Dudley and his family from PS/SS, there is a new picture of Dudley posing with his boxing gloves and helment on. It's right in focus in the first shot inside the house. This is a reference to the book where Dudley has become a champion boxer at his school.

20. Petunia is watching the weather. Perhaps this is Ted or Jimmy Macguffin, the news reporters on TV in the begining of the PS book. We can hear Petunia click off the TV as Dudley walks in.

21. There is a small practice punching bag in the living area. We can see it next to Harry as he's sitting on the stool at the island in the kitchen.

22. The owl who delivers Harry's letter from the Ministry is probably so harrased and exzausted from delivering letters all day or collapses because the letter is an howler and was causing the owl a great deal of pain.

23. When we see the letter on the couch, we can see Petunia's electric fan next to it and the TV remote control.

24. If you notice Petunia's face, she seems sad and dissapointed when the letter announces Harry has been expelled from Hogwarts. Perhaps she is rembering her own rejection letter? The witch who sent the letter is Mafalda Hopkirk, the Ministry employee Hermione will impersonate in DH1.

25. Vernon blurts out, "Justice!" If Vernon were a wizard, he would support the Fudge Administration and the Ministry of Magic at this time. This connects the ignorance and arrogance of the Dursleys with the Ministry of Magic's own brand of ignorance and arrogance.

26. When he is alone in his room and smashes his fists against the wall, Harry knocks over a picture of his parents. When we see the picture again later when Harry puts it back, we can see the frame has been cracked. Harry cannot use repairo to fix it since he'd be in danger of using more magic outside school.

37. On Harry's bedside desk, we can see an empty food dish with a few crumbs in it and a drink container. Harry eats his meals in his room.

38. On Harry's wall are selections from the wizarding comic, "Martin Miggs, the Mad Muggle" as well as drawings of owls and Quidditch plans and other Quidditch stuff. On his wardobe are programmes from the 422nd Quidditch World Cup Final he attended the year before with the Weasleys.

39. If we listen in the background, we can hear Tonks drop a cup and crack it downstairs as Harry wakes up from his dream.

40. As Harry's door magically shoots open we can hear Tonks saying, "Very clean these muggles."

41. Connection to COS: Harry asks Moody what he is doing there and Moody replies "Rescuing YOU of-course." This is exactly what Harry and Ron say in COS when they rescue him in the flying car.

42. Memebers of the Advance guard present in the film: Alastor Moody, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Emeline Vance and Elphias Dodge.

43. As the Advance guard and Harry line up on the lawn, we can see Elphias Dodge take off his hat. He is wearing the same clothes or similar clothes his character is wearing in DH1, even though it's a different actor.

44. Moody's broomstick is like an Easy Rider motorcycle. We can even hear it has an engine.

45. Mad Eye's line, "Don't break rank if one of us is killed!" is foreshadowing his death in DH1 during a similar escort of Harry. If you notice, Tonks is rolling her eyes as Moody says this.

I had DH1 playing on my iphone recently, and there are a few scenes where I picked up on background dialogue that I hadn't noticed when I saw it in the theater or on DVD. In particular, when they show Harry inside the burrow--I'm not sure if it's right before he picks up the newspaper before Ginny comes in or if it is after the MoM arrives...but you can hear some yelling outside, I think it's Fred, George and Arthur. I tried to pick up what the conversation actually was but all I could make out was something like "Ready when you are!" it sounded kind of amusing.

I had DH1 playing on my iphone recently, and there are a few scenes where I picked up on background dialogue that I hadn't noticed when I saw it in the theater or on DVD. In particular, when they show Harry inside the burrow--I'm not sure if it's right before he picks up the newspaper before Ginny comes in or if it is after the MoM arrives...but you can hear some yelling outside, I think it's Fred, George and Arthur. I tried to pick up what the conversation actually was but all I could make out was something like "Ready when you are!" it sounded kind of amusing.

Most of those lines in the background are sound recordings lifted from the earlier films. :lol: "Ready when you are!" is from OOTP when the twins are leaving Hogwarts. There's also a ton of lines from GOF, Quiddtch World Cup.

In SS, when Harry and Hagrid are approaching to the leaky cauldron, there is a sign that is black but as they approach, a cauldron appears :)

In POA,

when Snape is giving DADA lecture, Snape emphasize how to notice someone is a werewolf lol

at the beginning you can hear a dog barking... Which is Sirius...

You can also hear a wolf howl's during many parts of the movie... One time is when you see the dementors then when they are closing the hogwarts door, you can also see the full moon... Lupin

Most of those lines in the background are sound recordings lifted from the earlier films. :lol: "Ready when you are!" is from OOTP when the twins are leaving Hogwarts. There's also a ton of lines from GOF, Quiddtch World Cup.

Oh get out! That's funny--I never would have realized that. :rotfl:

Most of those lines in the background are sound recordings lifted from the earlier films. :lol: "Ready when you are!" is from OOTP when the twins are leaving Hogwarts. There's also a ton of lines from GOF, Quiddtch World Cup.

Oh wow.. Ill check that out... Not all of them though, I also heard Arthur saying "It's your brother's wedding!"

Not all of them, I also heard Arthur saying "It's your brother's wedding!"

Yeah but MOST of them are from the other films. :lol:

I believe the only new line is that one. "It's your brother's wedding! Buck up!"

The others are: "Ready when you are!" from OOTP, "Keep up!" from GOF, "Now there's something you don't see everyday!" from GOF. There might be more but I don't remember.

Last night when I watched DH1, I noticed that when Harry (Disguised as Runcorn) is looking at the reports of various people in Umbridge's office (Moody, Sirius, etc), well if you look at Dumbledore's, instead of saying 'Son of Percivel and Kendra', it says 'Son of Percivel and Dumbledore'? I'm not sure if this is a mistake or what, just noticed it. Odd.

Originally Posted by Black_XY390
When watching Order of the Phoenix, during every Harry/Cho moment, watch the background and you will most likely spot an unhappy Ginny.

Whoa! i completely missed that! thanks :)

Yeah. Ginny's reaction to Harry/Cho is awesome in OotP. One of many things i like about that film.

My and my friend made a game out of it when we were marathoning before the HBP midnight premiere.


MasterofDeath:
12-I think the dementors looked different because they had gotten wet in the rain so their cloaks were sticking to them
22-I believe the owl collapses cause he crashed into the ceiling.

Other then that great list.

3. We have our first instance of Film-Harry wandering off quite far from home. In the book, he only walked within a few blocks of Privet Drive. In the HBP film, he will wander off even further, during his summer break, to the tube station.



Technically the station we see in HBP is a train station, not a tube station. Surbiton is a stop on the Waterloo line. Don't feel bad for mistaking it as a Tube Station....I thought it was one too in the movie until I saw the Surbiton sign and then recognized it as my home station from when I spent a summer studying at Kingston.



16. Mrs. Figg is cleverly wearing a raincoat. She had to have carried it on her just in case, in the small trunk/case she is wheeling around since the storm came so suddenly and she would not have had time to race back home to get a rain coat if she were tailing Harry.



Carrying an umbrella or small raincoat with you is pretty normal in Britain so it wouldn't surprise me that she had it with her.

This might have been mentioned before but yesterday I was watching Goblet of Fire and during the Voldemort vs. Harry battle, I noticed that one of the Death Eaters started randomly clapping like a small excited child.

Just noticed on my recent rewatch, that the Leaky Cauldron sign in SS is opaque, and only shows when Harry and Hagrid approach it. Nice touch!

In POA,

when Snape is giving DADA lecture, Snape emphasize how to notice someone is a werewolf lol

at the beginning you can hear a dog barking... Which is Sirius...

I thought the dog at the beginning was Ripper, Aunt Marge's dog, if it's the part that I'm thinking of! (Haven't seen POA in a long time, might dig it out though!)

In GoF when the DA is practicing in the RoR, we see that Harry goes to help Cho on a levitation spell. and Ron is by his side kind of smirking at him like thinking "Yeah sure mate, you just want to hold her hand".

Edit: OotP movie

I just noticed in OoTP,during the fight at the Ministry towards the end, when Harry and Sirius are fighting Lucius Malfoy together, Harry disarms him using 'Expelliarmus' and Sirius says " Nice one,James" !!! :err: Mrs Weasley is vindicated :lol:

Aha! I knew that's what I heard!

This could be just my own impression. In GOF after mad-eye has freaked poor Neville out showing the torture curse, Neville stands on the stairs staring out the window. The stainglass woman actually looks a bit like Neville (teethwise) and i feel every time i watch it that it's like it's his mother. Quite haunting especially when the rain makes it look like she's crying.

This could be just my own impression. In GOF after mad-eye has freaked poor Neville out showing the torture curse, Neville stands on the stairs staring out the window. The stainglass woman actually looks a bit like Neville (teethwise) and i feel every time i watch it that it's like it's his mother. Quite haunting especially when the rain makes it look like she's crying.

I, actually, noticed that scene the first time I saw the movie and loved how the imagery of the crying woman reflected how Neville was feeling.
I think it's the best scene in that whole movie!

At the end of GOF when Dumbledore says that Barty Crouch stole all the polyjuice potion stuff, Harry glares at Snape cause Snape thought harry stole it.

I remember years ago watching SS during the scene when the trio go to Hagrid when he is playing the flute he's playing Hedwig's theme.

We were watching DH1 today and I'm pretty sure that on the Hogwart's Express (the scene where the DE's stop the train and board it, looking for Harry), you can see Nigel sitting on the train. I think he's next to a window. It's a quick glimpse, but after seeing him in Part 2, I'm pretty sure that's him on the train.

For some reason, in HBP, it took me several times to catch harry,ron, and hermione going into ollivanders. it might have been obvious, but i never noticed.

I never noticed this before i will hav to watch again and see it

I don't think I ever fully appreciated the scene in HBP where Harry touches the ring horcrux and does a little Voldy 'channeling'. I never really paid much attention to this scene. Dumbledore seems to be quite aware of it and and at the same time says that he thinks he has discovered the whereabouts of another horcrux. Of course we think of the locket, but I think the line is supposed to also indicate a realization about Harry for the viewer to pick up on.


I never noticed this one before :rolleyes:

Watched OOTP the other night for the umpteenth time and it just realized that Umbridge straightens pencils on her desk before Harry comes in to do detention..um, what is she doing with muggle pencils?? they use quills..

Watched OOTP the other night for the umpteenth time and it just realized that Umbridge straightens pencils on her desk before Harry comes in to do detention..um, what is she doing with muggle pencils?? they use quills..


Yeah i noticed that too, and found it odd. They also use a pencil when signing the DA sheet.

In Half-Blood Prince, the eyebrows on Luna's lion hat raise and lower!

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfc6h5avJq1qf7306o1_500.gif

Isn't that two guys linking hands walking past her? :)

I saw DH2 for the second time today, and what I thought were random weapons that the giants were carrying and attacking things with the first time I saw it, are actually goal posts from the Quidditch Pitch.

In DH2, after Harry reveals himself to be alive in front of the crowd, and everybody celebrates, George turns to his side and says "Fred-" excitedly.

When Harry, Hermione and Ron walk into the Great Hall, Sprout is treating Nigel in the background.

I noticed last night the gesture Daniel/Harry makes after Hermione agrees to go to Godric's Hollow with him in Deathly Hallow Part 1.
It was hilarious and I NEVER notice it before. Wish I had the time to look for a cap right now.

Ahh yes, I know this is late, but I do so enjoy it when someone notices the Double Triumphant Fist Pump.

At the end of PoA, there is some mischief being managed at the end credits, on the marauder's map... http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/aa6f714f-9f46-4ba8-83b0-9bb12f60220c.gif

At the end of PoA, there is some mischief being managed at the end credits, on the marauder's map...

ROTFL!!!! How close were you watching?!?! Hehehee

At the end of PoA, there is some mischief being managed at the end credits, on the marauder's map... http://tdwgeeks.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/aa6f714f-9f46-4ba8-83b0-9bb12f60220c.gif

Oh, that's hilarious! It took me a few tries to figure it out, but that is indeed funny!

I know! :D I seen it online though I thought it could be fake, but then I watched it again to check and it was there!

Seems like someone in the art department had some fun :P

After seeing DH 2 for the 2nd time and thinking about it, there's a problem with Snape's memory sequence. When Lily is sorted and sits at the table, James is already there. If they were sorted in alphabetical order, which we would assume, she would have been seated first. I understand why it's that way in the film, but it did stick out eventually.

After watching the DH2 movie for a 3rd time, i realised when Snape was dueling with Magonagal that he made one of her attacks hit the carrows. and when snape fled she called him a coward :P

After seeing DH 2 for the 2nd time and thinking about it, there's a problem with Snape's memory sequence. When Lily is sorted and sits at the table, James is already there. If they were sorted in alphabetical order, which we would assume, she would have been seated first. I understand why it's that way in the film, but it did stick out eventually.

They don't sort alphabetically in the movies; at least, they didn't in the first movie. The Big Three are sorted in the order Granger, Weasley, Potter. And I think Malfoy was between Hermione and Ron, but I wouldn't swear to that.

Yeah, the order in the first film was: Granger, Malfoy, Bones, Weasley, Potter :lol: No order to it at all!

Yeah, the order in the first film was: Granger, Malfoy, Bones, Weasley, Potter :lol: No order to it at all!

They made Harry last, for dramatic reasons. They made Hermione come before Ron, so he could make his comment about her being a little mental about the sorting (well, she was). The rest of it was, I think, just an off-hand decision.

After seeing DH 2 for the 2nd time and thinking about it, there's a problem with Snape's memory sequence. When Lily is sorted and sits at the table, James is already there. If they were sorted in alphabetical order, which we would assume, she would have been seated first. I understand why it's that way in the film, but it did stick out eventually.

James and Sirius were also already in the full Gryffindor uniform, not the first year not-sorted-yet outfit. :hmm: *Facepalm* I guess the movie made them a year older, or something?

James and Sirius were also already in the full Gryffindor uniform, not the first year not-sorted-yet outfit. :hmm: *Facepalm* I guess the movie made them a year older, or something?

I doubt it was a conscious decision to make them a year older; I think it's a big part of their story that they're all in the same year together. If I had to give an explanation, it's probably more likely that James and Sirius were so confident that they'd be in Gryffindor, they prepared for it in advance. If I remember correctly, in the book, James announces that he's aiming for "Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!". I'd assume that he just fancied himself a Gryffindor before the official sorting.

That snape was a good person he was following orders from albus dumbledore:wow:

Noticed a Ron/Hermione moment on the Viaduct at the end of DH Part 2

Right before the end of the Viaduct scene at the end of the movie, Hermione grabs Harry’s hand, without hesitation, but she delays grabbing Ron’s hand, kind of scared to do it. She’s just getting used to going into that relationship with Ron. Emma does perfectly there with that feeling!

I have a question.

After they get off the dragon and come out of the water, Hermione takes out a bottle and drops some liquid on all their hands...what is that for???

I have a question.

After they get off the dragon and come out of the water, Hermione takes out a bottle and drops some liquid on all their hands...what is that for???

Assuming it's Essence of Dittany, like in the book.

Speaking of nods to previous films (Cornish Pixies, Paper bird...etc) did you guys also catch, on the train in the epilogue, the little firework balls a la Fred and George (OotP)?

Yeah you could assume that...but what did they need to wash their hands with essence of dittany for? Its always been used in obvious situations like the sectum sempra on Draco and the Ron splinching...I did not see anything wrong with them when they came out of *** water.

Unless we were supposed to assume that the cups in Bellatrix's vault really did burn them and only their hands were exposed to it? It just was confusing...

Someone suggested that it was because they had been clutching the back of a dragon for hours, which doesn't seem like it would be a picnic.

In the book it's because the treasure in the vault has a curse on it that burns the hands of whoever holds it. They never mention this in the movie as far as I can remember, but as we all know, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist!

This is really random, but I was watching GoF today and after Moody's Unforgivable Curse lesson, and after he invites Neville to tea to give him "Magical Water Plants of the Highland Locks", is the scene where Cedric, Krum, and the twins put their names into the Goblet. At the beginning of the scene we see Neville standing around reading the book that Moody just gave him.

After seeing DH 2 for the 2nd time and thinking about it, there's a problem with Snape's memory sequence. When Lily is sorted and sits at the table, James is already there. If they were sorted in alphabetical order, which we would assume, she would have been seated first. I understand why it's that way in the film, but it did stick out eventually.Well, they weren't sorted in alphabetical order in movie 1.

At the Opening Feast in SS: Snape claps the top of his left hand with the palm of his right hand. Normal clapping is palms together, but he's clapping with the right palm over the top of the left hand. It was just odd.

I have a question.

After they get off the dragon and come out of the water, Hermione takes out a bottle and drops some liquid on all their hands...what is that for???

When I first saw the movie, the first thing that jumped to my mind was magical hand sanitizer :p. It never occurred to me that it might be essence of dittany... although I think that's probably right, since hanging on dragon spikes for a long time has got to put some wear and tear on one's hands.

I didn't notice that Lavender was in the RoR in DH2 until seeing it for the second time. She hasn't any lines, but it was nice anyway. It shows that she's got more substance to her than what we previously saw of her in HBP; it also makes her death that much more depressing.

We were watching OotP just last night and we never noticed before that during the Occlumency lessons, when Sirius and Harry were hugging, Snape was in the background saying, "I may vomit". We're probably the only ones who never heard that before.

I don't think I ever fully appreciated the scene in HBP where Harry touches the ring horcrux and does a little Voldy 'channeling'. I never really paid much attention to this scene. Dumbledore seems to be quite aware of it and and at the same time says that he thinks he has discovered the whereabouts of another horcrux. Of course we think of the locket, but I think the line is supposed to also indicate a realization about Harry for the viewer to pick up on.

I must pay more attention to that when I watch it again. Thanks for pointing that out.

Noticed something in Half-Blood Prince. The vial in the perfume ad Dumbledore is looking at, at the start of the movie, is the same kind of vial used for memories in the movie.

We were watching OotP just last night and we never noticed before that during the Occlumency lessons, when Sirius and Harry were hugging, Snape was in the background saying, "I may vomit". We're probably the only ones who never heard that before.

You're not alone! It took me a few watches before I heard that too.

in DHP2 is that emma watson as bellatrix or is it helena boheim carter?? To me and my friend it looked like emma.

It was Helena playing Bellatrix.
They had Emma do the scene, and then Helena studied it before recreating it so she could make it seem like it was really Hermione playing Bellatrix. That sounds really confusing.

I really need to pay a closer attention while whatching the movies lol

I noticed two things in OOTP that parallel each other. In the Snape's Worst Memory Scene we see James and his friends getting ready to torture Snape. James disarms Snape, and you hear one of the others shout, "Nice one, James!" Later, Harry disarms Lucius, and Sirius shouts, "Nice one, James!" I like the look Harry gives him afterwards. When Mom and I were watching it, she asked me whether she heard that right. I said, "Yeah, I heard that, too."

In HBP, I noticed when the Trio are going through the alley to follow Malfoy, you can see a poster of Fenrir Greyback.

We were watching OotP just last night and we never noticed before that during the Occlumency lessons, when Sirius and Harry were hugging, Snape was in the background saying, "I may vomit". We're probably the only ones who never heard that before.

Haha, really? Wow, great Snape quote then, lol.

Is it just me, or in the same scene, when Snape casts the spell on Harry and Harry responds with "Protego" or something, does it sound to you like "Potato"?

We had to replay it several times to figure it out, but I as the fan assume it is Protego. We laughed hysterically every time he said it, and that shot where the camera goes straight into Snape's eye is made even funnier if you actually think the spell is "Potato".

:rotfl:

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In DH2, one of the Giants is using a Quidditch goal post for a weapon. Thought that was a neat touch especially since we had just seen the pitch burn to the ground!

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Because I have cried soo much during snape's death scene... the 4th time I watched it I only JUST noticed that Snape was trying to reach his wand to defend himself against Nagini.. but then after another BITE.. he stops... poor guy!

I noticed two things in OOTP that parallel each other. In the Snape's Worst Memory Scene we see James and his friends getting ready to torture Snape. James disarms Snape, and you hear one of the others shout, "Nice one, James!" Later, Harry disarms Lucius, and Sirius shouts, "Nice one, James!" I like the look Harry gives him afterwards. When Mom and I were watching it, she asked me whether she heard that right. I said, "Yeah, I heard that, too."


:agree: Yes, Sirius says, "Nice one, James!" both as a teenager in Snape's Worst Memory, and then again to Harry just before he dies. :sigh:

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Because I have cried soo much during snape's death scene... the 4th time I watched it I only JUST noticed that Snape was trying to reach his wand to defend himself against Nagini.. but then after another BITE.. he stops... poor guy!

I thought that he was reaching for his wand behind his back, but hadn't seen anyone mention it before so thought I must have been wrong.

When I was watching the 1st film the other day, I noticed the corridor Harry and Ron are in before they enter the girls toilets to save Hermione from the troll, is the same one, or at least it looks the same, as the corridor in HBP where McGonagall says "Mr Davies, that is the girls lavatories" which would make total sense, and a nice bit of Hogwarts layout continuity :lol:

While watching PoA today for about the 50th time (No, not the 50th time today:lol:) I noticed 2 things:

1) When Harry was opening the Marauder's Map (forgotten what part of the film), 'Moony' was spelt as 'Mooney'. I think I heard it was some sort of inside joke?
2) A very noticeable one is when Harry is about to ride Buckbeak, Hermione grips Ron's hand, and he looks puzzled, and Hermione embarrassed. I think this is hinting at the beginning of Ron and Hermione's relationship:agree:!

Sorry if these have already been noticed or are very easy to spot, as it took me a long time to notice the 1st one, and I just like pointing out the second one!

1) When Harry was opening the Marauder's Map (forgotten what part of the film), 'Moony' was spelt as 'Mooney'. I think I heard it was some sort of inside joke?
Yeah, one of the visual effects guys were called Mooney :)

I had to watch DH1 three or four times before I noticed something in the "Seven Potters" scene. When all the polyjuiced Potters are in the foreground getting changed, I noticed that Kingsley, Lupin, and (I think) Tonks were turned to the window as if looking out for any suspicious activity (like Death eaters) outside. Kingsley has his wand out, pointed toward the window. Wish I had a screencap--if I manage to find or take one, I'll post it up. :)

I can not remember which film it was in (either 4,5 or 6, though most likely 5) Dumbledore is in his office and their seems to be a 3D Deathly Hallow symbol a case! Is this a coincidence or did JKR ask it to be put in... It was a pyramid with a line and a ball like the Deathly Hallows symbol and it looked like it to me.

I can not remember which film it was in (either 4,5 or 6, though most likely 5) Dumbledore is in his office and their seems to be a 3D Deathly Hallow symbol a case! Is this a coincidence or did JKR ask it to be put in... It was a pyramid with a line and a ball like the Deathly Hallows symbol and it looked like it to me.

It is in Goblet of Fire. It is after Harry comes out of the Pensieve, after the revelation of Barty Crouch, Jr. Dumbledore walks over to the case, and it shows it.

It is in Goblet of Fire. It is after Harry comes out of the Pensieve, after the revelation of Barty Crouch, Jr. Dumbledore walks over to the case, and it shows it.

The mystery is, was it a coincident or did J.K.Rowling ask the directors to put it in?

It was Helena playing Bellatrix.
They had Emma do the scene, and then Helena studied it before recreating it so she could make it seem like it was really Hermione playing Bellatrix. That sounds really confusing.

Oooo, I didn't realize they had Watson do the scene first. That's pretty cool! Seemed to work out well, I thought the end product was pretty convincing!

anybody notice Hermione's smirk after Harry drops out of Hagrid's arms in part 2? it's kind of creepy

Oooo, I didn't realize they had Watson do the scene first. That's pretty cool! Seemed to work out well, I thought the end product was pretty convincing!

It did work out well! I was scared that it wouldn't look as realistic and real as it did. I was sure they would stuff it up somehow...but luckily, they didn't! :D