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

After watching the HP filsm umpteen times (which I'm sure you have) is there anything that you didn't spot the first few times? With me, there was Lucius saying "Avada..." at the end of the second movie until Dobby stops him (I know, I was the last in the world to notice that), and Uncle Vernon's plumber joke in COS. (I still want to know the punch line!) I find that CoS has lots of little unexpected bits, which make it my favourite of the films.

The plumber joke: ...And when he gets to the ninth floor, there's water as far as the eye can see, and the second plumber says, "Yes, and that's only the top of it!" *PUDDING SPLATTER!*

What did you miss during your first several viewings? If anyone else has already invented this topic, Schmergo is grievously sorry, sirs. She will have to iron her fingers.

I didn't notice that there werenumbers on the spines in Lupins room when he is teaching harry the partonus...




lol pudding splat...funny

I didn't notice Lucius' "Avada" line either until the last time I saw COS a few weeks ago.

Count me in as someone who didn't take note of Lucius's "Avada..." until it was actually mentioned on THIS board, and then I went back and watched CoS a few weeks ago. I knew he started to say a spell, but of course NOW we know just how significant (and deadly) that spell is.

I didn't notice Ron and Hermione's "Shrieking Shack" dialouge bit until someone mentioned it on this board as well.

I guess I am the only one who doesn't believe he was about to cast the terrible curse at Harry in that scene in CoS. He was angry and all, yes, but I don't think he is that stupid. Especially considering that at that point in time, he *knew* that Voldemort was still around and possibly would be back soon *and* would likely want to be the one who killed Harry. Of course, killing Harry wouldn't *hurt* Voldemort's feelings any, I'm sure. But to do so right in front of Dumbledore would have been suicide, I think.

No, all Lucius was saying was "Potter!" ... possible he was going to cast that slashing spell which Harry used on Darco in Book 6. Maybe he was going to do something *really really bad* ... but I don't think he was saying "Avada".

And I notice just about everything in a movie on my first viewing. Call if a curse, though, because it makes it terrible going through and watching movies with other people when *they* notice it and I have to tell them I saw it the first time through. :rolleyes:

Undrhil

I was watching the movies again and I noticed in the first movie, when Harry and Ron come late to Tranfiguration class, when Prof. McGonagall turns back into human form she isn't wearing her glasses. But when the camera turns into a different angle, she's wearing them.

Oh and I never noticed Lucius Malfoy saying "Avada..." too...

Oh I noticed another one!

When Uncle Vernon looks at Harry's letter from Hogwarts, he says, "Yours? Who'd be writing to you?" Dudley can be seen mouthing the words next to his Uncle Vernon.

Ummm...that's a bit... :huh:

When Ron is on all fours beginning to cough up slugs, Harry says, "Let's take him to Hagrid's." Hermione mouths the lines with him.

yeah that's all I've noticed...

It really annoys me how much Harrys scar changes sides. Cant it have one permenant side, or does it get bored and have to stretch its legs a bit.

Why do Harrys eyes change from green to blue in COS aswell? Cant Radcliffe wear contracts? On some scenes there green, others blue.And on the front cover of the DVD there LIME GREEN =S

Lol one other silly thing ive now noticed, when the new DD first speaks in POA a tramp ghost seems to walk past in PJS, and also one walks in the Gryffindor common room in which Dean walks through. Who are they!? =S

Haha and on the POA DVD when you go on special features or something like that on disk one, the head says "HEY GUYS WHY THE LONG FACES", but its a different persons voice who says "WHY THE LONG FACES". Rofl if your from UK just listen to it. Its so funny...

I guess I am the only one who doesn't believe he was about to cast the terrible curse at Harry in that scene in CoS. He was angry and all, yes, but I don't think he is that stupid. Especially considering that at that point in time, he *knew* that Voldemort was still around and possibly would be back soon *and* would likely want to be the one who killed Harry. Of course, killing Harry wouldn't *hurt* Voldemort's feelings any, I'm sure. But to do so right in front of Dumbledore would have been suicide, I think.
Yeah, I agree with you about how stupid the line is, but unfortunately I'm pretty sure that Lucius does does begin 'Avada'. It's a shame the film was in such incompetent hands, but there you go.

When Uncle Vernon looks at Harry's letter from Hogwarts, he says, "Yours? Who'd be writing to you?" Dudley can be seen mouthing the words next to his Uncle Vernon.

Ummm...that's a bit...

When Ron is on all fours beginning to cough up slugs, Harry says, "Let's take him to Hagrid's." Hermione mouths the lines with him.
Apparently there's lots of scenes like that. I've never noticed them but people are always mentioning them.

Who are they!? =S
I think they're just random ghosts to create atmosphere.

Throughout all three movies, it keeps switching between Dan and Rupert being taller! In the Aragog scene in CoS, it was actually funny-- now Dan's taller, Aragog shot, Rupert's taller, Aragog shot, Dan's taller, spiders overhead, Rupert taller.

In PoA, Flitwick is about fifty years younger, and Tom is some creepy hunchback instead of the bartender in PS/SS. And Hermione's hair keeps changing in fluffiness in the train scene on PS/SS. It's fairly straight, then it frizzes up, then it's kind of crimped, then it's limp again, then fluffy.

In PoA, Flitwick is about fifty years younger,
Apparently that wasn't actually Flitwick but just a random small person.

Apparently that wasn't actually Flitwick but just a random small person.


No, its Flitwick. People say its "Choir Master", but the Choir Master IS Flitwick because i saw on a HP site a signed pic of that guy and it said it was Flitwick so....

I didn't realize we were suppose to be looking for bloopers! However, when i get my DVD's back from my niece, I will have to check them out.

No, its Flitwick. People say its "Choir Master", but the Choir Master IS Flitwick because i saw on a HP site a signed pic of that guy and it said it was Flitwick so....

I think it was the same actor but he wasn't playing Flitwick...sure I read that somewhere. Someone said that the original Flitwick is to be seen at the Staff table as usual.

Cuaron had a bit of an obsession with small people by all accounts...he wanted to have tiny people playing organs and stuff and JKR said no, there aren't people sitting about playing organs at Hogwarts, that's just stupid. I think that's why he got to keep the choir lol m to make up for that.

i had never noticed any of these things apart from the choir bloke but i just thought he was a short man ill have to have a look next time i watch them

Yeah i'm with most of you. Lucius was going to do the curse, but it didn't mean anything to us at the time, so it was missed. There's loads of bits of dialog in the first two movies ,that have been added later, they are so obvious. but remember they are all very young indeed.

Is it just me, or when Lucius supposedly says "Avada" it sounds more like "Vara"? Or something like that? I suppose its just me

I think it was the same actor but he wasn't playing Flitwick...sure I read that somewhere. Someone said that the original Flitwick is to be seen at the Staff table as usual.

Cuaron had a bit of an obsession with small people by all accounts...he wanted to have tiny people playing organs and stuff and JKR said no, there aren't people sitting about playing organs at Hogwarts, that's just stupid. I think that's why he got to keep the choir lol m to make up for that.

No. He IS Flitwick. He's in Goblet of Fire too. They just gave him a more simple look because doing all that makeup on someone who doesn't show up that much in the movie probably seemed like a waste of time and money to them. But it's him.

And I just remembered another! In CoS, when they arrive at the Burrow, Fred mutters "Do you think we can get some of these?" and George replies, "Yeh, mum'll never know," and they start eating doughnuts! I hadn't spotted that bit before...

When Harry's scar changes sides all the time!!! It anoys me SOO MUCH!

In CoS it took me like a few times to catch what some of the actors were saying some of the time because of the accents. Like when they were in the library talking about the Polyjuice Potion I had no idea they were saying "pollyjuice potion" and like alot of other stuff lol.


I haven't really noticed alot of other stuff unless I just forget!

No. He IS Flitwick. He's in Goblet of Fire too. They just gave him a more simple look because doing all that makeup on someone who doesn't show up that much in the movie probably seemed like a waste of time and money to them. But it's him.No he is not not playing Flitwick in PoA, it just says wizard. Then they give him the same make over as in PoA and call him Prof. Flitwick in GoF - and he's directing the choir. WB need to get their act sorted out.

No he is not not playing Flitwick in PoA, it just says wizard. Then they give him the same make over as in PoA and call him Prof. Flitwick in GoF - and he's directing the choir. WB need to get their act sorted out.

HE IS Flitwick. The reason he was listed as choir master was because Steve Kloves just wrote a choir master conducting a choir of students into the script. Later, they decided to have Flitwick be the choir master, but never changed the name in the credits.

I didnt notice the Lucius curse either, and in sure ive missed other things to

And I just remembered another! In CoS, when they arrive at the Burrow, Fred mutters "Do you think we can get some of these?" and George replies, "Yeh, mum'll never know," and they start eating doughnuts! I hadn't spotted that bit before...

What's even more interesting is that neither of their mouths move during this little bit of dialouge. :lol:

I never spotted the four House vials that keep track of the points... But it is in all three so far...

Well I didn't noticed the "Avada" Lucius thing at first because when I saw the movie before I read the book, and if you've never read the books, you wouldn't have known what Avada Kedavra was. But after I read the book, the first time I saw the movie I picked up on what he was saying. Which I thought to be rather annoying. How did he expect to get away with murdering Harry on Hogwarts grounds? Dumbledore should have followed Harry out of his office, being invisbile as he can make himself in Hogwarts, for Harry's safety considering he was going after a known death eater.

I didn't pick up at first that the feather at the end of the third movie was indicating that Sirius sent the broom. I kept thinking - what's with the stupid feather?

I didn't see the shape of a dog in the tea-cup the three times I saw the movie in the theater, but saw it clear as day the first time I saw it on DVD.

Okay, trivia question! (Slightly off topic, but not really.) Which of the following lines were actually said in COS?

A. "Who am I, Hedwig? What am I?"
B. "Er... do you have anything to say, Dudley?"/ "PUDDING!!!" /"Pudding?"
C. "What did he say?"/ "Diagonally."/*sigh* "I thought he did."

They are all in it. The first two are from deleted scenes, though, so the third is the only one in the final cut.

C! Well, I think it is. Maybe if he said knockturnally instead, he would've ended up in Diagon Alley. I noticed in PS when everyone runs cheering and running to Harry in broomtick practice, that Draco mysteriously dissapeares. Now, this either means that he's apparated, or they decided to make Draco run and cheer too.

i hate new Flitwick.
bring back orginal Flitwick

No, its Flitwick. People say its "Choir Master", but the Choir Master IS Flitwick because i saw on a HP site a signed pic of that guy and it said it was Flitwick so....

Same actor, different character.

I also understand that he plays two characters in PS: that of Flitwick and a Goblin?

he *knew* that Voldemort was still around and possibly would be back soon *and* would likely want to be the one who killed Harry.

Is this really the case? Was it not said that he used the Diary for his own purposes because he did not think Voldemort was coming back?

In the third movie, I didn't notice Buckbeak taking a dump in the scene he was introduced in until my cousin pointed it out to me. Most things mentioned here I didn't notice either.

Purely for mistakes, as noted by some here, check out www.moviemistakes.com. You will find numerous mistakes in the films thereon, such as the missing glasses of McGonagall in the first film.

As for things actually missed, well repeat viewings of any film normally show you something you have missed. It took me a while to twig that the changing seasons were depicted by the Whomping Willow throughout PoA.

With me, there was Lucius saying "Avada..." at the end of the second movie until Dobby stops him (I know, I was the last in the world to notice that).

I noticed that a few days ago too^^

When Harry's scar changes sides all the time!!! It anoys me SOO MUCH! The scar typically changes because they flip the film because it looks better. In the case of PoA, the Boggart scene was actually a reflection of Harry in the mirror - hence flipped scar. In other cases, it's film-flip.

The makeup artists must use some sort of template (or maybe they hand draw it), it by now, they should clue in as to what side the scar is on :D

PoA had tons of mistakes, but only because of the time sequence. It would be very difficult to remember exactly what you were doing during the original shoot (before the time-turner sequence), so of course movement may be off.

I'll be interested to hear the GoF ones, though.

After watching the HP filsm umpteen times (which I'm sure you have) is there anything that you didn't spot the first few times? With me, there was Lucius saying "Avada..." at the end of the second movie until Dobby stops him (I know, I was the last in the world to notice that), and Uncle Vernon's plumber joke in COS. (I still want to know the punch line!) I find that CoS has lots of little unexpected bits, which make it my favourite of the films.

The plumber joke: ...And when he gets to the ninth floor, there's water as far as the eye can see, and the second plumber says, "Yes, and that's only the top of it!" *PUDDING SPLATTER!*

What did you miss during your first several viewings? If anyone else has already invented this topic, Schmergo is grievously sorry, sirs. She will have to iron her fingers.

I didn't Lucius saying "avada..." until I read your post just now. Looks like I was the last person to find that out :p

i'm sorry to say that it took me months to realise that john cleese was playing nearly headless nick, i thought it was billy connelly!! oh for shame... needless to say that my hubby took the micky :rolleyes:

In PoA, when the kids met Buckbeak, Draco is eating a greeen apple. During DADA, the boggart lesson, Lupin is eating a red apple. At first I thought that Cuaron was just trying to tell kids watching the movie that an apple a day keeps the doctors away. But, I don't know, this could give something to talk about to the "Draco is/will be a werewolf" camp.

When Oliver Wood is teaching Harry about Quidditch, when he releases the Snitch from the crate, Harry and Oliver look in separate directions, but neither look at the Snitch itself. I know it is difficult to track an invisible ball, but if they could use a tennis ball for Dobby in CoS, why couldn't they have some marker for the Snitch, too? Someone pointed this out to me (maybe it was in the Mistakes section here. I don't remember) but as soon as I heard it, I checked it out, and it was true! I had a good laugh at that. Continuity is a fickle thing.

COS was on this weekend and I just noticed that when Harry and Ron take the polyjuice potion their Gryffindor robes change to slytherin ones without them having to change clothes.

What things in Goblet of Fire did you not pick up on until you watched it a second time or more?

Some that I didn't pick up until my second or third watching were...

Harry was holding a toothbrush when he walked into the dorm room where Ron was trying on his dress robe.

The twins were whispering about saying McGonagall's tongue-twister five times fast and tried doing it.

Moody pointed to Harry the way to go in the maze.

I didn't understand why Cornelius Fudge had his wand pointed at his throat at the Tri-Wizard tournament the first time I watched the movie. I thought he was being suicidal or something.

Cho was in the group of Ravenclaw girls when Harry was looking to ask someone to the dance.

Draco dancing with a girl at the ball.

That the Padma and Parvati weren't identical.

I spotted Crabbe the second time dancing with/by Viktor. He had his hands on Viktors shoulders and was jumping/dancing like a madman.

Draco's date wasnt Pansy (I think) she had dark skin is all I caught

Ron's adorable s****** and eyebrow raise when Hermione read of "Hermione Granger and plain but..." It was adorable

A glance between Snape and Dumbledore at the very end. It was quick but meaningful I think.

Well i didnt spot Mad-eye taking his tounge(slurping like a snake thing) out agaist Mr. Crouch(Sr. ofcourse) while he was talking to Harry after the underwater task

It didnt matter much for me as i had read the books but it would have been some kind of a hint for those who wouldnt have know mad-eye to be Crouch Jr.

It was fun to spot it anyways....

I too spotted Cho in that gaggle of girls, and the toothbrush, but I didn't see Ron's smirk about Hermione being plain. Cute! At the Yule Ball, I did spot Hermione watching Ron and Harry from a distance behind them, i think AFTER she had talked to them. I'm not sure, but I have a feeling Krum was talking or trying to get her attention at that moment, but she wasn't giving it to him!

I didn't notice the real Moody rattling the chest around the first time Harry went into Moody/Crouch's office. I love the line "I'm not even going to tell you what's in there, and you wouldn't believe me if I did."

I didn't notice it the first time, but I was disappointed when I realized that Nagini wasn't at the graveyard.

I also noticed that the Parvati twins are not identical.

I noticed how many girls were looking at Harry during the times when he was still trying to get up his courage to ask someone to the ball. It was perfect!

I noticed how handsome Karkaroff was (when he's not showing his teeth).

I noticed how handsome Karkaroff was (when he's not showing his teeth).
Weren't those teeth lovely? You would think he would have used a spell to make them better. After all, Hermione said in one of the books that there are spells for healing teeth but her parents don't like her using magic for that.

I didn't notice that the shot of the figure on his way to hagwarts was barty crouch jr and NOT moody as i thought

Another thing I didn't notice till the second time was that Voldemort says "Bumbledore" when talking to Harry. Hehe. :)

Bumbledore? I think that was by mistake. I didn't notice until the second viewing that Moody and Crouch Jr. both do that thing where they lick the corner of their mouth. Also when Hagrid stabs Flitwick b/c he's distracted by Madame Maxime. I knew Flitwick was upset about something, but I missed it, and I thought maybe his food tasted bad or something. Also that Ron knew about the dragons b/c of Charlie, and that's how he knew to tell Hermione to tell Harry that Hagrid wanted to show him the dragons. But it's not my fault I didn't get that, because "Who could possible figure that out? That's mental!"

It wasn't until the second time of Watching Goblet of Fire that I got that it was explained that Crouch Jr had performed the cruciatus on Frank and Alice Longbottom.
That was in the Pensieve scene.

I don't have anyone to go see GoF for the second time. None of my friends are as die-hard fans as me. But I do know that I can't remember a scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are sitting by the fire in their pajamas. We've seen this picture way before the movie came out.

What things in Goblet of Fire did you not pick up on until you watched it a second time or more?

That the Padma and Parvati weren't identical.

Not only that, but they were in the same House - Isn't one of them a Ravenclaw?

I didn't notice that the shot of the figure on his way to hagwarts was barty crouch jr and NOT moody as i thought


oooo I didn't get that till you said it! That makes much more sense.

Do we know when barty crouch jr first becomes moody?

The second time around I noticed:

-Cho sending off an owl from the top of the owlery while Harry is walking up to it in the snow.

-In that same scene, you can see the large stones from the previous movie formed in a cirlce at the entrance of the bridge.

-Ron saying "I was watching them from behind, like I always do..." right when Hary goes to ask the Patil twins out. (refering to the Beauxbatons girls)

-The blue light shining through the great hall windows right before the mysterious Karkaroff scene.

-Seamus is sitting next to Ron when the Beauxbatons girls enter (and comments on how big a woman Madame Maxime is). But later, he's seen sitting next to Harry.

-In the pensieve/trial scene, Rita Skeeter is writing things down herself, rather than having the quick quill doing it for her.

-The hilarity of seeing Harry and Hermione acting out their hug (from the first task) over and over again in the Daily Prophet.

-Ron mentioning Krum's trips to the library to ask Hermione out, while Harry and him are sitting down at the table during the Yule Ball.

-In the scene after the second task, when Barty Crouch talks to Harry, the trees in the background are fully bloomed and have red cherries on them, despite the fact that it's supposed to be winter.

-After moody's class ends, the students are descending the same staircase used in Prisoner of Askaban, which suggests that the Dark Arts classroom is now considered to be located where the Divination classroom used to be.

-Cedric being embarassed by his father's pompous attitude and telling him to stop acting that way during the maze scene.

-The first aid kit/trunk in the tent, right before Harry goes out to face the dragon.

-The symbolism of the angel statue facing Frank Bryce's house in open arms right when the light turns on after the credits dissapear.

-The man on the radio (in Frank's home) is talking about being under a spell.

-The modernist statue in the middle of the courtyard.

-Harry has his arm bandaged in scenes after the first task, but his arm is fine during the scene in the Gryffindor common room, when Ron and him make up right after the first task.

-Only four death eaters appear at the beginning of Voldemort's return, but more of them apparate throughout the scene.

-In the final showdown beween Harry and Voldemort, there is a woman with long hair with her death eater mask and hood removed. She's standing right behind him (next to Lucius), and wears an evil look on her face.

-The graveyard's reflection in the silver WB emblem at the start of the movie.

-The Gryffindor table has switched places with the hufflepuff table. Although I think this happened halfway through Prisoner of Askaban: at the beginning they were on the right side of the runway, and then they changed to the left side of the runway.

This is kind of fun. Come on, didn't anyone else notice anything minor?

[QUOTE=xpectopatronum]Well i didnt spot Mad-eye taking his tounge(slurping like a snake thing) out agaist Mr. Crouch(Sr. ofcourse) while he was talking to Harry after the underwater task

It didnt matter much for me as i had read the books but it would have been some kind of a hint for those who wouldnt have know mad-eye to be Crouch Jr.



yea i noticed that too, and after that crouch snr looked like he noticed and left

-Ron mentioning Krum's trips to the library to ask Hermione out, while Harry and him are sitting down at the table during the Yule Ball.

i thought it was harry that said "he wasn't going to the library to study" or something like that.?

Is it just me, or when Lucius supposedly says "Avada" it sounds more like "Vara"? Or something like that? I suppose its just me

I watched the movie the night that it was on TV. I had the subtitles on and according to the CC at ABC it was not Avada. I haven't checked the movie subtitles. I didn't know this was part of a discussion or I would have written down the name that was given...sorry.

After all this Avada debate - I just checked my HP COS DVD, and yeah, Malfoy very distinctly says "Avada" as he lifts his wand back.

Maybe its just because I have it on video but I really think it didn't say "avada". Has anyone watched it with subtitles and remembers it?

I noticed the second time through that Madame Maxime has different colors in her hair. At first she has red on the front, then she has blue for the first task, and silver for the yule ball.

I didn't notice the point of Barty Crouch Jr.'s tongue habit until the second time I saw the movie. At first I assumed it was a quirk thrown in by the actor to add to his character's insanity, but then I noticed Moody doing it as well.

In GoF, after Harry comes out of the Pensieve and Dumbledore is explaining that something isn't right... he says "it's maddening"... interesting choice of words considering they're on the brink of making the connection between Moody and Crouch Jr... oh, and I swear at the end of the movie.. a Gryffindor and a Slytherin hug when they're all saying good by... doesn't that just seem wrong haha.

The second time around I noticed:

-Cho sending off an owl from the top of the owlery while Harry is walking up to it in the snow.

-In that same scene, you can see the large stones from the previous movie formed in a cirlce at the entrance of the bridge.

-Seamus is sitting next to Ron when the Beauxbatons girls enter (and comments on how big a woman Madame Maxime is). But later, he's seen sitting next to Harry.

-In the scene after the second task, when Barty Crouch talks to Harry, the trees in the background are fully bloomed and have red cherries on them, despite the fact that it's supposed to be winter.

-After moody's class ends, the students are descending the same staircase used in Prisoner of Askaban, which suggests that the Dark Arts classroom is now considered to be located where the Divination classroom used to be.

-The symbolism of the angel statue facing Frank Bryce's house in open arms right when the light turns on after the credits dissapear.

-The man on the radio (in Frank's home) is talking about being under a spell.

-The modernist statue in the middle of the courtyard.

-Harry has his arm bandaged in scenes after the first task, but his arm is fine during the scene in the Gryffindor common room, when Ron and him make up right after the first task.

-Only four death eaters appear at the beginning of Voldemort's return, but more of them apparate throughout the scene.

-In the final showdown beween Harry and Voldemort, there is a woman with long hair with her death eater mask and hood removed. She's standing right behind him (next to Lucius), and wears an evil look on her face.

-The graveyard's reflection in the silver WB emblem at the start of the movie.

-The Gryffindor table has switched places with the hufflepuff table. Although I think this happened halfway through Prisoner of Askaban: at the beginning they were on the right side of the runway, and then they changed to the left side of the runway.

Wow, I didn't notice any of those things when I watched the movie the first of second time, I'm going to keep a look out for them the next time I watch it (hopefully soon!)

I didn't notice that the shot of the figure on his way to hagwarts was barty crouch jr and NOT moody as i thought

Oooh, didn't catch that either, I need to look more carefully!

Wow, I didn't notice any of those things when I watched the movie the first of second time, I'm going to keep a look out for them the next time I watch it (hopefully soon!)



Oooh, didn't catch that either, I need to look more carefully!
Well actually it is a shot of "Polyjuiced" Crouch...i mean its a shot of fake moody with a stick...

Okay, trivia question! (Slightly off topic, but not really.) Which of the following lines were actually said in COS?

A. "Who am I, Hedwig? What am I?"
B. "Er... do you have anything to say, Dudley?"/ "PUDDING!!!" /"Pudding?"
C. "What did he say?"/ "Diagonally."/*sigh* "I thought he did."

They are all in it. The first two are from deleted scenes, though, so the third is the only one in the final cut.


C. was actually said in the movie, but both A. and B. were said in scenes that had been cut

Why do Harrys eyes change from green to blue in COS aswell? Cant Radcliffe wear contracts? On some scenes there green, others blue.And on the front cover of the DVD there LIME GREEN =S



Actually Dan's eyes arent blue nor green they're mix of both (a really nice mix, I must say, I would love to have his eyes). And light eyes change color very easily, well I mean they dont change, but they look different depending on the clothes you're wearing and the lighting and stuff like that

And also, he said he tried to use contacts for SS, but found them WAY too uncomfortable, so they decided he shouldnt wear them. Besides his eye colo is really cool, and just as long as whoever plays Lily has the same eyes it wont affect the story

I saw the movie for the 4th time tonight and I only just noticed how when Moody (Crouch Jr.) was talking to Barty Crouch Sr. he stuck his tongue out which is why he realized it was his son...

I didn't notice the part in GOF with the Avada ordeal, I thought Moody didn't say it.

Maybe its just because I have it on video but I really think it didn't say "avada". Has anyone watched it with subtitles and remembers it?I just checked. That word is not included on any of the subtitles, English, French or Spanish, on my CoS DVD. On both the original English version and the French dub (different actor's voice), it does sound like 'Avada'. Just another case of the film people taking liberties, I think. :grumble:

I noticed a whole lot of things the first time around, all of them already mentioned. It was my second viewing which was when I noticed Ron's face while Hermione was reading Rita Skeeter's interview ... I can't remember what it said, but whatever it was, Ron must have found it extremely amusing.

And I also noticed Ron saying that it wasn't Seamus who told him, so it was him all along ... very confusing, but I've figured it out already.

I just checked. That word is not included on any of the subtitles, English, French or Spanish, on my CoS DVD. On both the original English version and the French dub (different actor's voice), it does sound like 'Avada'. Just another case of the film people taking liberties, I think. :grumble:

If you put the... umm... "captions" I think they're called (the button with [CC1] on it), it says that Lucius is saying "Vera..."


About the things I didnt notice
in PS: it took me a while to realise that when Hagrid's playing his flute, he's playing the HP theme

I cant really think right now, but there are much more

I'm sure someone has said this already, but in GOF, while the minister is talking during the two-minute-long world cup, Barty Crouch Sr. is there, eventhough he shouldn't be.

Ive seen the movie twice and cannot figure out a part where hermione says something to harry.

Its in the scene where harrys name gets chosen out of the goblet of fire. and harrys trys to lower himself from the crowd to be hidden and hermione says something to him and pushes him slightly up. WHAT DOES SHE SAY!! lol. She says it fast I believe. hm. PLEASE TELL ME. THANKS.

She says something like "For goodness sake, Harry, he's calling you." I'll have to see it again to be sure.

I didn't notice what Ron says about his leg having to be chopped off after he got bit until someone mentioned it! I also didn't realize that Lucius was fixing to say a curse until y'all mentioned yet....I guess I don't catch things that good...

Ive seen the movie twice and cannot figure out a part where hermione says something to harry.

Its in the scene where harrys name gets chosen out of the goblet of fire. and harrys trys to lower himself from the crowd to be hidden and hermione says something to him and pushes him slightly up. WHAT DOES SHE SAY!! lol. She says it fast I believe. hm. PLEASE TELL ME. THANKS.

She says "for God's sake Harry!!" or something like that

I didn't figure out until it was explained out to me how Crouch Sr. figured out "Moody" was actually his son...it was because he did the tongue thing. I missed that in both of my viewings of Movie 4.

I'm watching the A&E special, and I just saw the scene from the study hall for the bazillionth time but I only just noticed that when Ron is saying "Hermione, you're a girl..." Harry is pulling his sleeve and making a warning face and trying to get him to shut up cause Snape was coming back. I laughed so much. I also didn't notice Moody's tongue flicking until the second time I saw the movie.

Well had my 4th viewing today(yippee for that!!! :) )...and as always there were somethings that i hadnt caught in the previous viewings...heres' some of it (as i remember) :

1) While Ron gets his dress robes and walks around the table telling Ginny that its for her and all i spotted some "food-stuff" flying nearby the table...cudnt really figure out what it was...looked like a "long barbaque stick" or something...it waz funny watchin it fly around..hehe..

2) In the H.W./Study room (where Fred asks Angelina to be his partner) when Hermione leaves, Ron says to Harry something like 'Tomorrow when we go to the common room we both have partners for the ball'...and after that only does Harry ask Cho and Ron asks(screams out at !!) Fleur for a dance at the ball...the dialogue waz fun...

3) After dancing with Krum when Hermione joins Harry and Ron and asks them to join her she gets a rude reply from Ron...and thats when Hermione says something like 'Whats got your wand in a knot'....hadnt caught that dialogue before...

4) Also during the ball when Ron and Hermione are walking towards the camera arguing("He's too old for you")..there a scene which shifts through the room showing Hagrid/Maxime and everyone(some slow romantic song is being played)....somewhere in the background you can spot Fred and Angelina dancing together...almost leaning for a kiss! (well thats what i saw)

5) All throughout the movie you see Filch fumble with the cannon..well he also fumbles with it during the second task(the underwater task)....actually its like Dumbledore is still to finish his sentence ('at the sound of the cannon.......') and "boom", Filch already shoots it..hehe...

6) At the beginning of the last task when Dumbledore is talking to the audience, explaning things....you can see Karkaroff kind of caressing Krum with his nails...or so it seems...its a bit hazy though..

7) Also at the last taks Dumbledore says that 'in the maze you see people change'...it was finally cool to see what he meant..i mean it kinda clicked for me only at the 4th time...all throughout the movie you see Cedric and Harry being "friends"...but in the maze just when both spot the cup they thrash each other..throw each other around and stuff...it was good to see that because after i saw the movie for the first i was really puzzled as to why both were behaving as such..

8) Also, as per my view, the image of Harry seeing Voldemort with Wormtail for the first time in the graveyard was cool to watch...cos suddenly his scar burns up and prickles and at the same time you see the fire start(below the pot)....now that is great direction....it really gives a visual image of how his scar feels at that time...BURNING....awesome...

Well thats about all.....lesse if i get a fifth viewing and can spot something more...hehe...and yeah sorry for the long post...

Great stuff.

I noticed this during my 2nd viewing of GOF. When Dumbledore tells Snape, "Now we know who's been stealing your supplies," Harry and Snape look at each other. Harry's look says, "I told you I didn't steal anything!"

During my 3rd viewing, I saw it at a DLP theater. I saw Cho releasing an owl as Harry walks up to the Owlery.

I just noticed something when Crouch Jr. is "unmasked" and he says (referring to his dark mark), "I'll show you mine if you show me yours," that Dumbledore pauses and then pulls up Harry's sleve to reveal where Wormtail drew Harry's blood. In that moment of Dumbledore's pause, it seems that Crouch is looking RIGHT at Dumbledore, and the pause is until Dumbledore realizes that Crouch is referring to Harry. Am I just seeing things or was Crouch REALLY looking at the Headmaster when referring to his dark mark?

I guess I am the only one who doesn't believe he was about to cast the terrible curse at Harry in that scene in CoS. He was angry and all, yes, but I don't think he is that stupid. Especially considering that at that point in time, he *knew* that Voldemort was still around and possibly would be back soon *and* would likely want to be the one who killed Harry. Of course, killing Harry wouldn't *hurt* Voldemort's feelings any, I'm sure. But to do so right in front of Dumbledore would have been suicide, I think.

No, all Lucius was saying was "Potter!" ... possible he was going to cast that slashing spell which Harry used on Darco in Book 6. Maybe he was going to do something *really really bad* ... but I don't think he was saying "Avada".No, he really was saying Avada, not Potter. But only in the film adaptation. Lucius did not begin to say the Killing Curse in the book; he only raised his wand at Harry. But of course, the film makers had to add a bit more drama into the movie and therefore added the Avada bit.

I do agree, though, that killing Harry right there and then would have been a really stupid idea on Lucius's part. Afterall, they were standing in a Hogwart's corridor right next to Dumbledore's office. How thick can you get? He would have surely been caught and sent to Azkaban and probably given the Dementor's kiss.

I actually noticed alot of the GoF mistakes/little things mentioned the first time around. The only one was Ron's face when Hermione is reading "hermione granger..a plain but ambitious...." Well..i plan to watch it yet a third time and will hopefully notice it that time.

Well it was the second time, not the umpteenth but still:

In GoF:
- Before Harry calls Ron a "first class git" or something like that, Seamus is talking to Ron and he saying: "It's not like I want things to explode, they just do. Though you gotta dmit the fire's really cool" or something like that, refering to how he blew everything up in PS
- The kids that stand before Harry with the "Cedric rules/Harry stinks" badges, right nefore he warns Cedric about the dragons, are Ernie McMillan and Hannah Abbot (I think that's her name)

It saw GOF twice and I still didn't realize that there was a reason the ceiling didn't show the weather at the end. Then I realized... :(

Something I didn't notice until the second time around happened at the Yule Ball. When Krum sets his hand out for Hermione, she places hers on his and smiles at the camera. If you look toward Krum, you see Krum do this sterotypical boy nod. It's kind of like, "I'm with a hottie, ya-yeah!" or "I'm getting some tonight!" It was so funny my friend and I turned to each other and were like:

"Did he--?"
"He did!"
"No!"
"No, he really did!"

Both of us: :lol: :rotfl: :lol:

It saw GOF twice and I still didn't realize that there was a reason the ceiling didn't show the weather at the end. Then I realized... :(



What are you talking about? I guess I didnt catch that either

What are you talking about? I guess I didnt catch that either

The ceiling usually showed the weather outside, you know? Whether it was raining or starry or whatever. Then after Cedric dies the ceiling is turned back to normal. They show the ceiling regular.

The ceiling usually showed the weather outside, you know? Whether it was raining or starry or whatever. Then after Cedric dies the ceiling is turned back to normal. They show the ceiling regular.

I didn't pick up on that either. But they had the regular Hogwarts drapes up during the funeral. Did anyone else get that?

The ceiling usually showed the weather outside, you know? Whether it was raining or starry or whatever. Then after Cedric dies the ceiling is turned back to normal. They show the ceiling regular.


No, yeah I get that, but what did you mean by: "I still didn't realize that there was a reason the ceiling didn't show the weather at the end. Then I realized... :sad: "

The reason you're talking about is that Cedric died? You didnt notice he had died the first two time you saw the movie? :huh:

ok everyone. so here is a list of the things that I missed after the first time I saw GOF. i have now seen it three times and I think i've caught more of what I missed but...here goes.


1. I missed the whole Eloise Midgen joke and the say that 5x fast in the dance scene.

2. I missed the "wand in a knot" line in the yule ball scene until i saw it the 3rd time, in which i thought the line could be misconstrewed as something bad but i laughed anyway.

i missed a couple others too...but i don't remember.

thanks guys for pointing out more things for me to find when i see it again!

also, i caught the fred/angelina thing at the yule ball. i thought fred was a really good dancer....ummm.....and i thought they would kiss! :blush:

No, yeah I get that, but what did you mean by: "I still didn't realize that there was a reason the ceiling didn't show the weather at the end. Then I realized... :sad: "

The reason you're talking about is that Cedric died? You didnt notice he had died the first two time you saw the movie? :huh:


:lol: No, no. I realized that. What I didn't get before was that it was for him. I just saw the ceiling and didn't think of it (concentrated on DD's speech) then I read someone say that it was so sad about the ceiling. And snap. I realized it changed, but then I realized why it was changed: because of Cedric.

I didn't spot a few innuendos until the second time but I got most of them.

"You show me yours and I'll show you mine."
"Take your egg to the bath and mole over it."
"What's got your wand in a knot?"

I just lost some of them, but there were many more! I'll see if I can remember some and post them. Anyone else catch 'em? This movie had slight ronchie parts (at least dialogue).

:lol: No, no. I realized that. What I didn't get before was that it was for him. I just saw the ceiling and didn't think of it (concentrated on DD's speech) then I read someone say that it was so sad about the ceiling. And snap. I realized it changed, but then I realized why it was changed: because of Cedric.



Oh lol, ok :lol:. That makes more sense

Well it was the second time, not the umpteenth but still:

In GoF:
- Before Harry calls Ron a "first class git" or something like that, Seamus is talking to Ron and he saying: "It's not like I want things to explode, they just do. Though you gotta dmit the fire's really cool" or something like that, refering to how he blew everything up in PS
- The kids that stand before Harry with the "Cedric rules/Harry stinks" badges, right nefore he warns Cedric about the dragons, are Ernie McMillan and Hannah Abbot (I think that's her name)

"Right foul git." And ah, I kept straining my ears to understand what Seamus was saying, thanks for that.

"Right foul git." And ah, I kept straining my ears to understand what Seamus was saying, thanks for that.
Hey i guess i must have heard it wrong maybe....but did any of you hear Seamus telling Ron something like ' I like to watch there backs when they walk ' when both of them are walking towards Harry (just before Malfoy drops in.....).....???i guess 4 times wasnt enought i need to get a 5th look to catch it properly...heheh ;)

This may sound corny, but I swear that in the Buckbeak Rescue scene in PoA the headmaster and Fudge were talking about strawberry bushes. Has anyone else tried listening in on the conversations in the background?

at the end of the credits for the chamber of secrets there is a small scene at diagon alley outside flourish and blotts. in the display window is a book called "Who Am I?" with lockhart on the cover in a straight jacket.

This may sound corny, but I swear that in the Buckbeak Rescue scene in PoA the headmaster and Fudge were talking about strawberry bushes. Has anyone else tried listening in on the conversations in the background?

Yep! That's what he says, he tells Fudge something like: "you see over there... Headmaster Dippet planted those strawberry bushes..."

He was distracting Fudge so he wouldnt see Harry and Hermione

at the end of the credits for the chamber of secrets there is a small scene at diagon alley outside flourish and blotts. in the display window is a book called "Who Am I?" with lockhart on the cover in a straight jacket.


Yeah! I noticed that like 2 days ago, I had never waited for the credits to finish until that time

"Right foul git." And ah, I kept straining my ears to understand what Seamus was saying, thanks for that.

No problem. And thanks for clarifying the "right foul git" part

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I saw this the first time I watched GOF, but this is the most appropriate thread to put this in...

The end credits for GOF mention that "No dragons were harmed in the making of this movie." :lol:

Did anyone mention Hagrid gabbing Madame Maxine's bottom?

One of my favorite moments.

I did miss the "No dragons were harmed..." Very funny.

Best innuendo of the movie "By the time he figured it out, he was nearly out of bubbles." Moaning Myrtle, talking about Diggory. Right little perv, isn't she?

Hey i guess i must have heard it wrong maybe....but did any of you hear Seamus telling Ron something like ' I like to watch there backs when they walk ' when both of them are walking towards Harry (just before Malfoy drops in.....).....???i guess 4 times wasnt enought i need to get a 5th look to catch it properly...heheh ;)

I think that was Ron after he got rejected - first he says "You know how I like it when they walk...", and then when Harry's looking after the Patils before the Ball, Ron says something to the effect of "...especially from behind."

Yeah, I didn't know about the "No dragons harmed in the making of this movie" thing until I listened to a MUGGLECAST episode that told me. There isn't much more on the 4th movie that I've found though.

It's minor but in PoA, I didn't notice the ghost dog running along the back of the Great Hall when they were bedding down there after Sirus tried to break into the Gryffindor common room. I can't tell you how many times I've watched the film with my daughter and I noticed it last night.

It's minor but in PoA, I didn't notice the ghost dog running along the back of the Great Hall when they were bedding down there after Sirus tried to break into the Gryffindor common room. I can't tell you how many times I've watched the film with my daughter and I noticed it last night.

Oh my God!! Thanks so much!!! I was watching PoA a few days ago, and I saw something blurry at the back (near the door, right?) and I was like "what the hell is that?" I rewine the DVD like 3 times, trying to figure out what it was, and I never did

It's minor but in PoA, I didn't notice the ghost dog running along the back of the Great Hall when they were bedding down there after Sirus tried to break into the Gryffindor common room. I can't tell you how many times I've watched the film with my daughter and I noticed it last night.

Is there really a ghost dog??? Ive never seen that in the billions of times ive seen POA!

i dunno if this is the best place to ask, but whose faces were in the foeglass in moody's office? i couldn't make them out too well...

i would guess its dumbledore, mcgonagall and snape like in the book. however i havent seen the movie yet so i cant be sure.

was just watching the azkaban dvd before seeing GOF tomorrow (stupid australia always behind) and at the 16 minute 54 second mark, the number 302 flashes on screen for a split second below the bottom right hand corner of the sirius black wanted poster. mistake or is there a meaning behind it?

it was probably what frame they were on in that scene or something, and it was never edited out?

i would guess its dumbledore, mcgonagall and snape like in the book. however i havent seen the movie yet so i cant be sure.

was just watching the azkaban dvd before seeing GOF tomorrow (stupid australia always behind) and at the 16 minute 54 second mark, the number 302 flashes on screen for a split second below the bottom right hand corner of the sirius black wanted poster. mistake or is there a meaning behind it?

Interesting. The only thing I could come up with is that on page 302 of the British POA book, Harry and Hermione rescue Sirius.

i noticed that lucious malfoy was intending to do the "unforgivable curse" on harry from the second time i saw it.but i thought that i must be mistaken, as how could lucious risk killing harry in the middle of hogwarts? turns out he was mad with rage...

i dunno if this is the best place to ask, but whose faces were in the foeglass in moody's office? i couldn't make them out too well...
Well as far as i could make out..i'd guess the face was of Barty Crouch Sr.
Basically the face was without a mustache....but well i cant think of anybody else matching that face...and Moody was Crouch Jr...so i guess Crouch Sr. is the best bet....

I didn't pick up on that either. But they had the regular Hogwarts drapes up during the funeral. Did anyone else get that?

The drapes were black, and the ceiling being regular was symbolic. D.D. was talking about the truth of what happened to Cedric, and about how C.D. was honest and true. The ceiling being normal was like... this is real... this is honest, and not some sugar coated, or rather, white clouds and blue sky coated version of the truth.
It may have been ambiguous, but it just felt like it reflected what was happening under it rather than what was above it.
Kind of solemn.

I just noticed the last time I watched the film that when the butterflies around the Beauxbatons’ girls burst into sparks they tweet like little birds.
I just thought this was kind of odd, seen as they're butterflies and all. Heh - how about you?

I'm pretty sure Seamus was talking about Fleur.

I did not notice the part with Lucius saying Avada at the end of Chamber of Secrets until it was mentioned here on the board. I still can't believe that I never caught that until I read on here that he was saying that at the end of the movie.

I did not notice the part with Lucius saying Avada at the end of Chamber of Secrets until it was mentioned here on the board. I still can't believe that I never caught that until I read on here that he was saying that at the end of the movie.

Apparently he actually said "Vara" but it sounds a lot like "Avada"

Goblet of Fire...didn't notice the floating toast rack (it was traveling the length of a table in the Great Hall during the scene where Ron received his dress robes...that only took 4 viewings! :blush:

I didn't notice the clapping Death Eater hopping up and down like a nut,

In GOF i didn't notice the first time that Voldemort's tongue is forked. That really creeped me out. I thought it was a bit overboard really. A forked tongue? come on...

Did anyone else notice that the Great Hall looked a bit smaller in Goblet of Fire? People said a while back that it had looked like it had decreased in size in PoA, but it looked tiny in GoF.

Did anyone else notice that the Great Hall looked a bit smaller in Goblet of Fire? People said a while back that it had looked like it had decreased in size in PoA, but it looked tiny in GoF.

it looks the same to me.

i didnt notice Voldemort telling Crouch Jr to 'send them our sign' till i saw it again today.

In GOF i didn't notice the first time that Voldemort's tongue is forked. That really creeped me out. I thought it was a bit overboard really. A forked tongue? come on...
Really?! Gosh, that's creepy....
I have only seen it twice now, but even the second time, I noticed SO much more stuff! My friend figured out why Barty Crouch, Sr. gets all up close to fake Moody/Barty Crouch, Jr. right after the Second Task--Moody does that tongue-flicking thing and Barty, Sr. thinks it looks familiar!!

I noticed, I think it was in a scene where students were in the Great Hall, puttin their names in the Goblet of Fire--Neville was reading his Herbology book! :D

I'm under the impression that in CoS when Harry is exiting Knockturn Alley, in a window there are special editions of the HP books. Its probably wrong but it looks like them.

COS was on this weekend and I just noticed that when Harry and Ron take the polyjuice potion their Gryffindor robes change to slytherin ones without them having to change clothes.

i never noticed that, but now that you mention it, they do.

i also never noticed what lucus malfoy was saying at the end of cos.

Oh, I loved the forked tongue. I'm going to try to force my friend to get plastic surgery on his tongue to make it look like that. (He wants to take over the world someday, and he calls Voldemort a 'wimp.')

Fleur laughs after the black lake scene when ron is like.."well...yea, i sort of..."
i didnt notice that hermione is reading a HP book in the 4th one

on the 2nd time i saw the movie that's when i noticed fleur's scars from the grindylows on the 2nd task.

i also didnt notice that forked tongue of LV

COS was on this weekend and I just noticed that when Harry and Ron take the polyjuice potion their Gryffindor robes change to slytherin ones without them having to change clothes.

eh? im pretty sure they walked into the bathroom wearing crabbe and goyles slytherin clothes and were still wearing them when they transformed.

eh? im pretty sure they walked into the bathroom wearing crabbe and goyles slytherin clothes and were still wearing them when they transformed.

Yeah that's right. Hermione had stolen some slytherin robes.

Just been watching COS, and when Ginny comes running down the stairs at thw Burrow and asks where her jumper is and Mrs Weasley said the it was on the cat!!! i didn't think the Weasley had a cat even if they did why would it be wearing Ginnys jumper????:huh:

I didn't notice the clapping Death Eater hopping up and down like a nut,I saw that. That, for me, was out of place. Unless we know which Death Eater it was, and it was in his or her character to be crazy-happy about Harry being tortured by Voldemort.

After reading some of the posts, I watched my COS dvd with subtitles. Lucius starts saying "Fera" but then Dobby stops him by using his own spell. I don't know what spell it could be but it definately was not Avada Kedavra

that harry's eyes are blue

I didn't spot the Shrunken Head foreshadowing from the third film for a while. It was after I read the sixth book and found out that Stan had been arrested for "being a helper for the dark side" that I though of the heads. In the sixth book Filch took some Shrunken Heads away from Malfoy's cronies because they relate to dark magic. Well, there is a head in the Knight Bus and Stan got arrested. There are heads in the Three Broomsticks and Rosemerta was under an unforgivable curse. And finally there was a head on the gate outside of the Shrieking Shack and Sirius (who used to hang out there) died.

I hate how Harry's eyes are blue, it is so anoying. I also hate how sometimes harry has a scar, sometimes he doesn't and it changes sides in each movie.

Just been watching COS, and when Ginny comes running down the stairs at thw Burrow and asks where her jumper is and Mrs Weasley said the it was on the cat!!! i didn't think the Weasley had a cat even if they did why would it be wearing Ginnys jumper????:huh:

Haha, thats what I thought first hundred times round. But after the thousanth I saw that there was a wooden cat hook on top of the fireplace when they go to use floo power.

Just saw GOF for the second time last night, and I noticed a couple things. One, when Ron is walking with Seamus (right before Harry comes up and tells him off) you can hear Seamus talking about how he doesnt mean to blow things up, it just happens. I found it amusing that in the first couple movies they portrayed Seamus as someone who tends to blow things up when there is no mention of that in the books!

I also noticed that at the end when Dumbledore discovers that its Crouch/Moody who is making Polyjuice potion, and says something like, "Ah so that's who's been stealing from your stock Severus," that Snape shoots Harry this incredibly evil look behind DDs back. I burst out laughing a little too loudly when that happened....:)

I noticed it some time ago, but in SS/PS, when Malfoy, Harry etc go into the forest looking for the hurt unicorn, Hagrid says something and then harry looks off to the distance, and u can see Quirrelmort in the shadows move behind some trees

I'm under the impression that in CoS when Harry is exiting Knockturn Alley, in a window there are special editions of the HP books. Its probably wrong but it looks like them.

COS is coming on TV now, so Ill look out for that:cool:

I noticed it some time ago, but in SS/PS, when Malfoy, Harry etc go into the forest looking for the hurt unicorn, Hagrid says something and then harry looks off to the distance, and u can see Quirrelmort in the shadows move behind some trees

i never noticed that

In Goblet of Fire, I noticed at the QWC campsite, there a bunch of jugglers on VERY long stilts. Never moticed that before.

I also hate how sometimes harry has a scar, sometimes he doesn't and it changes sides in each movie.
It does? Never noticed that.. I'll have to check it

Everyone probably saw it the first time seeing the forth movie, but I only saw it after seeing it, what, 5 or 6 times?

When Harry gets out of the lake, he speeks to Crouch right, and then Moody comes, and says something about luring Harry into bla bla, last boy who went into the department of mysteries never came out. (something like that).

And then his tongue shoots out. Crouch looks terrified right, I thought it was because of what Moody said, but it was ofcourse cause his son did that as well. Can't believe I missed that.

Why is it that Crouch Jr. kept sticking his tongue out anyway? I don't remember him doing that in the books. Were they trying to make him look instable and more dangerous or something?

i think they were just trying to give us a hint that the moody we were seeing wasn't quite the moody we were thinking he was...they had to give non readers a clue that he was a baddie. my friend who's never read the books said after he saw that scene that he knew moody was a bad guy. i found it interesting that they used that particular tic. it's rather snakelike.

After reading some of the posts, I watched my COS dvd with subtitles. Lucius starts saying "Fera" but then Dobby stops him by using his own spell. I don't know what spell it could be but it definately was not Avada Kedavra

Wrong, actually. Jason Isaacs said in an interview that it was his idea to have him atempt to kill Harry, because Lucius was a quote "complete nazi". The subtitles are not always right, many times they either omit something completly or change it. For instance on my DVD the subtitle says 'vera...' not 'fera'. And when switched to Spanish audio its is CLEARLY 'Adaaavaaa'... So yes Lucius WAS going to kill Harry.

P.S. off topic, but this actually does merge with Lucius character IN THE FILMS. Jason said he wanted to portray him as someone who could hold his temper in front of vertually anyone except when they either prove him wrong or defeat him fair and square. He hates defeat, as you can see by his reaction to both Dumbledore in his office and Harry. When he's defeated he has a serious temper problem that makes him react stupidly. Overall I love the many layers that Jason Isaacs added to Lucius, both this and his abusive nature to Draco add alot to the perfromance and to the character. He actaully improved the character from the books I think.

I hate how Harry's eyes are blue, it is so anoying. I also hate how sometimes harry has a scar, sometimes he doesn't and it changes sides in each movie.

Could you actually give an example of when does that happen? Because plenty of people have complaint about that, but it never happens as far as Im concerned
The only time Harry's scar changes places is in PoA during the DADA class, but that was on purpose, they were showing the reflection from the mirror, so of course things like Harry's scar changed places

Could you actually give an example of when does that happen? Because plenty of people have complaint about that, but it never happens as far as Im concerned
The only time Harry's scar changes places is in PoA during the DADA class, but that was on purpose, they were showing the reflection from the mirror, so of course things like Harry's scar changed places

Oh wow, the scar fiasco in PoA was impossible for me to miss. It changes sooo many times! And not just the reflection either.
Like when hes on the hippogriff and other times during the movie...just look closely and compare..I cant remember exactly what parts.

If you watch the fourth movie in the part when Moody is chasing Malfoy he puts his stick in the ground and its at an angle but when he returns to get it back its standing straight up.

Also ( i found this funny ) the part in SS when Harry, Ron and Hermione run into Mcgonagall's classroom to tell her they know about the stone if you look at
harry's eyes durring one of his close ups if you pause it at the right moment you can see that one of his eyes blinks and the other one is wide open and when he blinks the other eye his closed eye opens. well i found this ammusing it look really wierd.

Ya and it really bugs me when his eyes change colors in the movie it drives me crazy!

Has anyone noticed in SS/PS, that when the kids are being sorted into their houses, that the sorting hat never goes right on Draco's head when they show him sitting down. But when they show the headshot of the hat being removed, the hat is snug on his head. That scene always bothers me in a way and I don't know why.

Oh wow, the scar fiasco in PoA was impossible for me to miss. It changes sooo many times! And not just the reflection either.
Like when hes on the hippogriff and other times during the movie...just look closely and compare..I cant remember exactly what parts.

Everyone says about the scar changing sides, but I never seem to notice it. I don't think I'm very observant...

Watch Hagrid in the backround when Dumbledore is talking about the dementors, he looks very uneasy. Obviously because of his stay in Azkaban the previous year.

You can see Tom Riddles award for special services in the backround of the scene in PS/SS when they look at James's trophy

In GOF the pic of Harry's parents from POA (where they are younger and dancing) is by his bed side at Hogwarts during the scene where he argues with Ron in the dormitories.

Rita Skeeters alusion to Harry living at the Dursleys by saying he should feel "right at home" in a broom cupboard

Myrtles reference to the events of COS when she accuses Harry of brewing Polyjuice Potion again.

The room where Mcgongall teaches dance lessons is the same room where they shot the Hospital Wing scene in PS/SS. It was a set in both COS and POA.

Something that kinda disapointed me, a BUNCH of the death eaters have the same style 'pimp cane'/wand as Lucius. I always liked the idea that Lucius made the cane for himself, but now it seems to be a trademark of a certain circle of Death Eaters. Bummer...

Baby Voldemort has a nose, and somewhat resembles the Voldemort from PS/SS. But when he turns into Ralph Fiennes, the nose is gone. I like Ralph's performance much better and I also like the noselesness, so I thought It was cool that they ade a smooth transition from old Voldy to new Voldy (sorry JK)! ;)

Moody is the first DADA teacher not to include the Dragon Skeleton in his classroom. All the previous ones did.

In Prisoner of Azkaban, when they are in the Leaky Cauldron, there is a guy sitting reading a book and stirring his tea. He is actually reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time. I just thought that was quite funny - shows that magic and science can mix.;)

That it wasn't meant to be. Quickly look at my user name **wink wink**.

Not something I myself noticed, but supposedly in CoS in the many portraits of famous wizards near Dumbledore's office you can see a portrait of Gandalf the Grey (from Lord of the Rings). I've watched several times and never been able to spot it myself, but i was wondering if anyone here had.

Not something I myself noticed, but supposedly in CoS in the many portraits of famous wizards near Dumbledore's office you can see a portrait of Gandalf the Grey (from Lord of the Rings). I've watched several times and never been able to spot it myself, but i was wondering if anyone here had.

Its false, there are two portraits that look kinda like Gandalf, but they aren't. Take the digital tour of Dumbledore's office on the COS dvd (which is one of the few features on the dvs I like very much). None of them are gandalf, one is Merlin, and the other is (according to the narrator) actually Slazar Slytherin.

Someone might have mentioned this but I didn't notice untill my sister told me that the whole time Harry and Herminoe (sorry spelling!) are back in time in PoA there is ticking in the background. Now she has told me I notice i every time and its really annoying!

I didn't notice it until I saw a post about it, but have you noticed that Lucius's hair in the graveyard is sticking of his cape? It's blond and the rest is like perfect gray.

Voldemort's nose sometimes is a little bit off his face and sometimes it isnt.

Its false, there are two portraits that look kinda like Gandalf, but they aren't. Take the digital tour of Dumbledore's office on the COS dvd (which is one of the few features on the dvs I like very much). None of them are gandalf, one is Merlin, and the other is (according to the narrator) actually Slazar Slytherin.

Thanks for clearing that up!!! Funny that they stuck Merlin in though...:p

Thanks for clearing that up!!! Funny that they stuck Merlin in though...:p

H he, not really Merlin is mentioned many times in the books: "order of Merlin" "Merlins Beard", and he even has his own Chcolate From Card.

it took me a while to notice that the lady in the window that was crying looked like Nevel

Actually, that bit about Gandalf being there has been proven true.

Gandalf exists in a picture, moving picture, in Dumbledore's classroom. It can first be seen in COS, and even clearer in PS. (Don't have any screencaps. :( )

www.imdb.com and www.moviemistakes.com both verified this, and I also have seen a picture, not sure which site, but it was a "Potter" site.

'tis interesting.

Actually, that bit about Gandalf being there has been proven true.

Gandalf exists in a picture, moving picture, in Dumbledore's classroom. It can first be seen in COS, and even clearer in PS. (Don't have any screencaps. :( )

www.imdb.com and www.moviemistakes.com both verified this, and I also have seen a picture, not sure which site, but it was a "Potter" site.

'tis interesting.

IMDB is wrong alot, as is Movie Mistakes. It is NOT Gandaf, I took the tour of his office, and watch the film, none of them are him. Almost all wizards in mythology are depicted with a grey cloak and wizards hat. IMDB also said that it was official that Ian Mckellan was cast as Dumbledore in POA among many other bits of false information. Its not Gandalf.

This might sound rediculously stupid, but I never noticed Aunt Marge floating in PoA when Harry leaves the Dursleys. I also didn't notice Sir Cadogan in the background pictures of the same movie.

This might sound rediculously stupid, but I never noticed Aunt Marge floating in PoA when Harry leaves the Dursleys. I also didn't notice Sir Cadogan in the background pictures of the same movie.

When i watched it for the first time everyone was laughing at that. plus you could hear her.

IMDB is wrong alot, as is Movie Mistakes. It is NOT Gandaf, I took the tour of his office, and watch the film, none of them are him. Almost all wizards in mythology are depicted with a grey cloak and wizards hat. IMDB also said that it was official that Ian Mckellan was cast as Dumbledore in POA among many other bits of false information. Its not Gandalf.


I have never had troubles with either of these websites. :no:

And I do not remember IMDB ever stating Ian McKellen as Dumbledore. I do remember them saying that the rumor floating about was his casting, but they denied that it was true.

Also, IMDB gets their info from the stars and directors themselves. And it was Gandalf, I saw it for myself. You don't see it in the tour, as it was editted out for some reason, but in that brief scene in COS, above Harry.



As Harry enters Prof. Dumbledore's study, a portrait of Gandalf the Grey is included in the collection of the great wizard paintings. It is above the doorframe and slightly to Harry's right.



Saw it myself. :D

Hermione's "rainbow" belt in PoA when she dons the pink hoodie. I like that they had them in regular clothes in that movie, but I think that bright accessory was a bit much.

I have never had troubles with either of these websites. :no:

And I do not remember IMDB ever stating Ian McKellen as Dumbledore. I do remember them saying that the rumor floating about was his casting, but they denied that it was true.

Also, IMDB gets their info from the stars and directors themselves. And it was Gandalf, I saw it for myself. You don't see it in the tour, as it was editted out for some reason, but in that brief scene in COS, above Harry.



Saw it myself. :D

I just looked again at the scene in the film, and all the portraits in the area you described are the same as on the tour, and none of them are Gandalf, there is one who looks lik him but he isn't wearing his outfit, and the other that is wearing his clothes is simply not him when you view it on the tour. And I check, again and again, the tour matches the portraits in the film perfectly (except that they aren't moving, of course)

Since I'm the one who spawned the entire Gandalf debate, I'd like to state that imdb.com does not get its information solely from directors/writers/stars. Anyone can submit mistakes/trivia. I've done it myself and caught quite a few mistakes on there as well. So any information that you get from them should be taken with a grain of salt (whatever that means...).

That said, I've recently re-watched COS and was unable to see Gandalf in any of the pictures. As stated above...they seemed to be generic wizards in gray robes...

I just watched the Goblet of Fire, and finally noticed that in the graveyard, there is one death eater clapping at Voldemort like a little four year old. I started laughing my head off.
Also, I just noticed that when Moody takes Harry to his office after seeing voldemort come back, Fred and George are following both of them in the background.

I just watched the Goblet of Fire, and finally noticed that in the graveyard, there is one death eater clapping at Voldemort like a little four year old. I started laughing my head off.

:lol: I never noticed that. But just reading about it made me laugh! Definitely something to look out for next time.

It actually took me several times of watching the first movie before it dawned on me that they didn't include Snape's potions obstacle in the guards against the Sorceror's Stone. I thought it was funny because he was the only one they specifically mentioned as being one of the teachers guarding the Stone. I felt stupid for not actually noticing it before, though...

:lol: I never noticed that. But just reading about it made me laugh! Definitely something to look out for next time.

i keep saying ill look for that but i never do and ive seen da movie 4 times

I didn't notice the clapping Death Eater hopping up and down like a nut,

Was there really? or are you kidding?

I spotted a funny detail:

At the Yule Ball, Moody is wearing a kilt and a sporran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporran) with a ferret attached to it :eyebrows:

The crying window lady looked like Monty Python animation...

It was also Jason Isaac's idea to give Lucius the long hair. He said it was so the viewers would be able to tell him apart from Draco... and he said this line right after mentioning that Tom Feltin is a little heartthrob and that all the girls think he's handsome. (This was from an interview after CoS.) Do you think he's suggesting that he, jason Isaacs, is hot?

Wow, I hadn't noticed a lot of these. The ticking... the Gandalf... duuuuude.

I spotted a funny detail:

At the Yule Ball, Moody is wearing a kilt and a sporran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporran) with a ferret attached to it :eyebrows:

I noticed the Ferret on my second viewing, and for a split second I thought "Hey is that Draco?" then realised that he was dancing. :lol:

I didn't notice Lucius' "Avada" line either until the last time I saw COS a few weeks ago.
same here...well, actually I didn't notice that he said "avada" until I saw it mentioned here!! oops lol! and then when I saw CoS again I was like "ohhh yeaahh!" and I wondered why I never noticed it before...I'm a bit slow lol!! :p

In the latest one i didnt see a random death eater clapping in the backround when Voldemort is using the cruico curse on Harry.In the book they are usully terrified of him and wouldnt clap like that.

The clapping Death Eater. I saw it. I laughed my **** off at it. Perhaps it was Bellatrix?!

And the ferret in Moody's lap. Funny!

The second time around I noticed:

-In the final showdown beween Harry and Voldemort, there is a woman with long hair with her death eater mask and hood removed. She's standing right behind him (next to Lucius), and wears an evil look on her face..

I'm SO glad you noticed that. I don't know why but that was driving me nuts. I guess I was under the impression that none of the DE's that returned were women.
I don't know if that's even true, but she seemed so out of place to me.

Also, I just watched Philosopher's Stone again, and I noticed something kind of funny. Doesn't Lily look like J.K. Rowling?

Re: clap-happy death eater.

Just saw it. The DE is on the right soon after Voldemort bows and then forces Harry to bow for the duel.

On my second viewing of GoF, I noticed that one of the students wearing a "Potter Stinks" badge, was Hannah Abbott. I think it was her at least.

Did anyone else notice that the Great Hall looked a bit smaller in Goblet of Fire? People said a while back that it had looked like it had decreased in size in PoA, but it looked tiny in GoF.
Yea i did notice this. but that might have been because there were so many more ppl their, but i do agree w/ you

Sorry if this was mentioned already. There's a weird thing I spotted recently in PoA that I NEVER noticed before. In the hospital wing scene after Harry plummets from his broom during Qudditch, there is one wide shot of the whole room. In this shot your attention is drawn (at least mine always was) to Harry's bed and everyone talking to him about what happened. But in the left side of the shot, in the back, you see Madam Pomfrey and a bunch of Hufflepuff Qudditch players around a bed, adminstering some kind of painful looking treatment on whoever is laying in it. Not sure what they're doing, but you can see they're holding the person down on the bed, and there's moaning (I think) and lots of wiggling around. It's kind of freaky, actually. lol

On my second viewing of GoF, I noticed that one of the students wearing a "Potter Stinks" badge, was Hannah Abbott. I think it was her at least.

You're not the only person that has mentioned seeing Hannah Abbott in the movie. Honestly, how do you know it's her? I read another post somewhere that said something similiar like, "Hannah is suppose to be nice!" or something.

I'm SO glad you noticed that. I don't know why but that was driving me nuts. I guess I was under the impression that none of the DE's that returned were women.
I don't know if that's even true, but she seemed so out of place to me.

I noticed the woman the 2nd time I saw it as well. I think she had long black hair?

This may sound corny, but I swear that in the Buckbeak Rescue scene in PoA the headmaster and Fudge were talking about strawberry bushes. Has anyone else tried listening in on the conversations in the background?

That's not corny. I listen to stuff like that as well. They were talking about strawberry bushes on the grounds =)

You're not the only person that has mentioned seeing Hannah Abbott in the movie. Honestly, how do you know it's her?



I don't. I just thought she looked similar to Hannah (she is in one of the deleted scenes of CoS) and since the actress who plays her was credited to be in GoF, I just assumed it was her.

In PoA, Flitwick is about fifty years younger, and Tom is some creepy hunchback instead of the bartender in PS/SS. And Hermione's hair keeps changing in fluffiness in the train scene on PS/SS. It's fairly straight, then it frizzes up, then it's kind of crimped, then it's limp again, then fluffy.



ahahahaha thats like the funniest part.


the hunchback guy like makes stupid sounds and gestures like a 'idiot'.

and he gets treated like an animal :(

In the Burrow in COS
Ginny: Mummy, have you seen my jumper?
Molly: Yes it's on the cat.

same here...well, actually I didn't notice that he said "avada" until I saw it mentioned here!! oops lol! and then when I saw CoS again I was like "ohhh yeaahh!" and I wondered why I never noticed it before...I'm a bit slow lol!! :pthe captions make it sound like he's gonna turn harry into a glass tea cup because he actually says "Fera!"

Its false, there are two portraits that look kinda like Gandalf, but they aren't. Take the digital tour of Dumbledore's office on the COS dvd (which is one of the few features on the dvs I like very much). None of them are gandalf, one is Merlin, and the other is (according to the narrator) actually Slazar Slytherin.

That's odd. Because according to my 'Harry Potter Scene it?' question it asks about the COS part and says it is Gandalf the Gray. I wonder if anyone else has seen it?

That cat line is funny. :) Yeah, I think that was Hannah and Ernie. I said to my friend in the theatre, "OK, my Hufflepuff pride is now officially decreasing." You almost never hear me saying stuff like that-- I agree with my friend on most things, but on Ravenclaw being cooler than Hufflepuff? No way!

something to ponder.Regarding the portrait problem.

The clapping Death Eater. I saw it. I laughed my **** off at it. Perhaps it was Bellatrix?!
Bellatrix is safely locked up in azkaban at that moment. Was there really a ferret on the sporran?

i didnt notice the death eater getting all excited during the graveyard scene till my 3rd time watching it cause my friend pointed it out. and i never noticed about voldemorts tounge being forked and a bunch of other stuff and ive seen it 4 times. haha guess ill have to go back for a 5th viewing.

and i didnt notice that dumbledore was talking about strawberries with fudge untill i played my harry potter scene it for the first time and it was a question. and me and my friends didnt notice lucious saying starting to say avada untill last night playing the hp scene it haha

In GoF I didn't notice until the second time I saw it, that Seamus was telling Ron about his troubles with fire and stuff, lol, I think I wasn't paying attention the first time

o yea and i didnt notice till about the second viewing of GoF that there are books floating in the air during the scene when they are in the library. and then i also started thinking i wonder if anyone has run into them cause they seem to be floating by right about level with peoples heads haha that would be pretty funny :lol:

In GoF two kids (A girl and a boy) from Hufflepuff (that are not in Cedric's year) show off about the badges while Harry is walking down the corridor. I didn't realize that they were Hannah Abbot and Ernie MacMillan until the 7th time I watched the film.

Also if you look up the Gryffindor table while Filch limps up the isle you'll see Colin Creevey sitting there, it's definately him only he's about as tall as Harry... shame they cut out Dennis. I didn't realize this until the 7th time either (I was trying to catch little things)

Also if you look up the Gryffindor table while Filch limps up the isle you'll see Colin Creevey sitting there, it's definately him only he's about as tall as Harry... shame they cut out Dennis. I didn't realize this until the 7th time either (I was trying to catch little things)


Yeah, why couldn't they have made that Nigel kid be Dennis? He looks a bit like Colin, and his character fits the role of Dennis perfectly.

o yea i didnt notice till the 4th time i saw the movie that barty crouch sr. was in the box during the world cup. it annoyed me

o yea i didnt notice till the 4th time i saw the movie that barty crouch sr. was in the box during the world cup. it annoyed me


I know, me too! He didn't need to be there, and he wasn't supposed to be...they change enough things from book to movie, they don't need to alter the story anymore! Who decided to put him there?

"Hmmm, Mr. Newell, I know Barty Crouch wasn't in this scene in the book, and I know he's not there because it has to do with a major chunk of the story, and I KNOW he doesn't even have any lines in this scene, but doesn't he just make the set brighten up?"

I just don't get it.

I know, me too! He didn't need to be there, and he wasn't supposed to be...they change enough things from book to movie, they don't need to alter the story anymore! Who decided to put him there?

"Hmmm, Mr. Newell, I know Barty Crouch wasn't in this scene in the book, and I know he's not there because it has to do with a major chunk of the story, and I KNOW he doesn't even have any lines in this scene, but doesn't he just make the set brighten up?"

I just don't get it.

:rotfl: i dont get it either