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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - 80 mistakes

starring Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, Rupert Grint, Timothy Spall, Tom Felton, Warwick Davis (add more)

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince book mistakes

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Continuity: At the end when Harry moves the hair from Dumbledore's face in the closeup, several strands of hair are left. When they pan back to Dumbledore, different strands of hair are across his face.

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Continuity: In the Great Hall, when Lavender's eyes are shooting daggers at Ron and Hermione, Harry's arms/hands keep changing position on the table as the three of them speak.

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Continuity: In the Great Hall, from the time Hermione hits Ron with the book to when Harry (with bloody nose) joins them, the spoon in Hermione's bowl repeatedly faces the opposite way depending on the angle of the shot.

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Continuity: At Slughorn's party, Harry and Slughorn have their picture taken. Before and after the flash the background changes completely without enough time to change.

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Continuity: In the Great Hall, when Ron (wearing his Quidditch uniform) asks Hermione about the Slug Club, Ron's right arm lies on the table in front of him in shots from behind, but in shots facing him his right arm is down beside him.

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Continuity: At the Burrow, when Ron takes a seat between Ginny and Harry he is holding a pedestal plate full of pies, which change in the next shot facing the other way.

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Continuity: In Potions class, when Slughorn removes the vial of Felix Felicis, he turns to face the class and holds the vial up for the class to see, but in the next shot facing him he holds only the very bottom point of the vial.

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Continuity: In Hagrid's hut, when Slughorn and Hagrid are drinking, the cups/bottle on the table change position between shots.

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Continuity: At Aragog's funeral, there is a long shot of Slughorn, Hagrid and Harry standing by Aragog. However from this angle Aragog is not here. Given the angle you should be able to see Aragog's body.

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Continuity: When Ron sits down with Harry and Hermione in the Great Hall before Quidditch, the bowl/spoon is either right beside Hermione's left hand or farther away, depending on camera angle.

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Continuity: At the Muggle orphanage, in the corridor when Mrs. Cole says, "Tom, you have a visitor," Dumbledore's scarf hangs askew, but next shot facing him the scarf hangs properly.

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Continuity: In Potions class, just before the students go to their cauldrons to prepare their Draught of Living Death, Hermione stands in front of Harry, but in the long shot she is instantly beside him, then she's suddenly back in front of Harry again.

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Continuity: At the end of the movie, there is a long shot of Hermione, Ron and Harry atop the Astronomy tower. In this long shot Hermione's hands are in different places compared to the previous close up.

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Continuity: Tied round Dumbledore's beard is a thin silver strand, with dangling silver balls, that changes position and the height of the silver balls differ in consecutive shots, depending on the camera angle throughout the film. For example, when Dumbledore and Harry first pay a visit to Slughorn.

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Continuity: The glass that is smashed in the Great Hall's window behind the staff tables changes somewhat from when Bellatrix smashes it, and when we are shown the Great Hall empty.

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Continuity: When Dumbledore is talking to Harry about Horcruxes, Dumbledore's hair is blowing and messy in one shot, but fine in the next shot.

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Continuity: During the Slug Club's dessert, as Slughorn speaks to the students, their ice cream, syrup, thin wafers, spoons, etc, change depending on the camera angle.

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Other: When Harry and his friends visit the Weasley's house the second time - when the Death Eaters attack - the constellation Scorpio is visible in the sky. Scorpio is a summer constellation. It shouldn't be visible in the winter. Furthermore, it probably can't be seen as far north as England (although I don't live there, so I'm not sure).

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Continuity: On the Hogwarts Express, when Lavender draws the heart with her and Ron's initials, etc, on the glass door, it differs in the following shot from the corridor (when it is seen backwards).

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Continuity: At the Burrow, when Tonks and Lupin are at the front door with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, it cuts to an exterior shot of Harry looking out the window with his arm leaning across his knee in front of him, but in the next interior shot his arm is down at his side.

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