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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) - 21 corrections

Directed by David Yates, starring Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Julie Walters, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Griffiths, Rupert Grint (add more)

Genres: Adventure, Fantasy

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When Bathilda Bagshot changes into the snake (Nagini) when Harry and Hermione have come to visit her, Hermione cast 1 or 2 spells who both affect Nagini. But because Nagini is a horcrux she shouldn't be. In the second part of Deathly Hallows at the great battle, Nagini is trying to kill Hermione and Ron just before Neville cuts her head off. At that moment Ron is casting a spell, but Nagini is not affected and just goes on like he should be. Also when Hermione trows a stone to Nagini, she isn't affected. [Even though Nagini is a horcrux, she, being a living being, can still be affected (though not killed) by magical spells, just as Harry, also carrying a horcrux, was when Voldemort's killing curse struck him near the movie's end, knocking him out. Ron used the same spell (confringo) that Hermione cast at Nagini earlier, but hers may simply have been stronger, and it was unexpected. Ron, still less accomplished magically than Hermione, was attempting to get away and may simply have cast a weaker spell, and Nagini, being sentient, could see Ron, and was not taken by surprise, thus lessening the spell's effect. Also Hermione threw the stone simply to distract Nagini, not to inflict injury. ]
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During the beginning at Malfoy Manor, Voldemort uses his wand to glide Charity Burbage over the table until she is very close to its end. He murders her, and she falls onto the table, very near to Voldemort, and where Draco Malfoy is sitting. However, when Nagini crawls onto the table, she slithers well past Draco, where the body is supposed to be lying, and lunges for the kill. [Charity Burbage is beyond the opposite end from Voldemort, and he glides her just onto the far end, then kills her. Draco is looking away from him, towards the body. As such Nagini having to go past Draco is correct.]
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When Xenophilius Lovegood draws the Deathly Hallows, his resurrection stone is a misshapen circle, but when the camera cuts away and comes back, it is perfect. [It has already been pointed out that the symbol Xeno is seen drawing appears different from the close-up shot.]
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In the ending credits, when they show the names of the students going to Hogwarts on the train, there are two names that should not be there: Cho Chang and Katie Bell. Both of them graduated the previous year. The first time code is for the train and the second is for the credits. [While that is true in the books, the films never state that either Cho or Katie were a year ahead of Harry. There have been many instances where facts in the movies differ from the books. For example, the Patil twins are identical and were sorted into different houses in the books, while in the films, they are either fraternal twins or merely sisters, and both are in Gryffindor.]
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When Lupin says "Voldemort" in the Burrow after they rescued Harry, shouldn't Death Eaters have arrived? The name is already taboo, as proved when the trio is in the cafe after the wedding. [As the Burrow is heavily associated with the Order of the Phoenix, it's likely that the name is said there quite frequently. The house is also extremely well-protected, both with enchantments and by those wizards and witches that might be present, making any attempt to take a look at who said the name hazardous without a large force. On the other hand, the name being said in an unprotected and unremarkable Muggle cafe in the middle of London would stand out as an anomaly, warranting swift investigation.]
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In the beginning, when Minister Scrimgeour is making a speech, there are some people standing behind him. When he finishes and is being photographed, there are no longer any people behind him. [They stepped out of the way so they wouldn't be within the frame of his photograph.]
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Throughout the film, the length of Hermione's hair changes drastically. There are times when she has short crunched hair (above shoulder length), other times when she has a very long pony tail (five or six inches below the shoulder, and there are scenes when Hermione's hair is down and in between these two lengths (an inch or two below the shoulder). [Sometimes her hair is straight and sometimes it is curly. This can make a huge difference in the length of a person's hair.]
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When Harry and Hagrid are driving onto the road, it appears they are going the same way as the traffic, but suddenly it changes and they are going the opposite way (see 14.54-15.15 mins). [They're called "lanes". In one "lane" traffic travels in one direction and, at the same time, traffic travels in the opposite direction in the other "lane". Harry and Hagrid make a quick evasive maneuver, putting them into the oncoming traffic.]
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In the shot in which Harry is approaching the frozen river his wand is glowing before he has a chance to say the spell "Lumos." [It's possible to cast spells without speaking. This is touched on in the books, but even in this movie, every time there is a battle, people are casting many spells without the verbal incantation. Obviously, it's better to cast a spell without speaking if you're dueling, so your opponent has less time to react or counter.]
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When Fred arrives at the Weasley's home after battle with Voldemort at the beginning of the movie, you can see him put his glasses on right before taking them off. [Being as Fred was using polyjuice potion to impersonate Harry, who is very near-sighted, Fred's eyes may not have completely returned to normal yet, and he could have momentarily needed to put them back on to see properly, then took them off again as the potion's effect wore off. Hermione, also a Harry decoy, was earlier heard commenting about how bad Harry's eyesight is as she was putting on the glasses.]
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When Harry first breaks the ice, it is a rectangular-shape. Then, after he gets undressed and comes back to the hole he made in the ice, it is oval-shaped. [This is true, but there's a part when, I think when he jumps in, but you see water spilling over. if you look close, that's all the oval is, water surrounding the rectangular break in the ice.]
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In the scene where Harry's friends drink Polyjuice Potion, they all put on a red shirt and a grey sweater. Only the real Harry, when talking to Mad-Eye, can be seen changing into a grey shirt. However, in the following escape scene, the real Harry is wearing the same outfit as everybody else. [Harry is changing out of the grey shirt. He is busy putting on pants and hasn't gotten to the shirt.]
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During Dobby's buriel, a pile of sand removed to form the hole can be seen. They then fill the hole, yet none of the sand from the pile has moved by the time they have finished and are sitting around his grave. [There is always soil (or in this case sand) left over after a burial. It's not as compressed as it was before they dug it all up and of course the body takes up space as well.]
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When Hermione removes her parents' memories at the start of the film, she points her wand at them and says "Obliviate", turning her wand hand so that her palm faces inwards/upwards. In the next shot, however, her palm is facing outwards/downwards, with no time to change in between. [It only takes a moment to turn your hand, and there is plenty of time between the two shots for her to have rotated her wrist again as she is performing the charm.]
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When Snape arrives to the meeting with the Death Eaters, there are two empty chairs next to each other but from alternate angles it is clear that the chairs on either side of Snape are full. [When Snape first arrives there is only one empty chair, the second chair from the corner, to Voldemort's left. Both the first and third chairs are occupied in all shots.]
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In the scene after Ron destroys the locket, he tells Harry "Only three Horcruxes left". There are seven horcruxes and only three have been destroyed, so there would really be four left. [Spoiler alert: This is a bit confusing. Yes, there are seven Horcruxes, but Voldemort only meant to create six: Tom Riddle's diary, the Peverell ring, Slytherin's locket, Hufflepuff's cup, Ravenclaw's diadem (tiara), and Voldemort's snake, Nagini. Voldemort always intended to have seven soul pieces (seven being the most magical number), the six Horcruxes mentioned above, and the one remaining in his body. When Voldemort cast the killing curse at baby Harry, a piece of Voldemort's soul was unintentionally sheared off and embedded into Harry (possibly in his scar), and leaving him with certain abilities, such as speaking Parseltongue. The curse then rebounded, destroying Voldemort's body. Technically, Harry is the seventh (and accidental) Horcrux, though only Dumbledore and Snape realized this, and Harry will learn this later when he views Snape's memory in the penseive. From everyone else's perspective (including Voldemort), there are only six Horcruxes, three have been destroyed (diary, ring, and locket), and three more (cup, diadem, and Nagini) must be found. In total, there are eight soul pieces. If the soul shard within Harry is not destroyed, then Voldemort cannot be killed.]
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In the scene at the lake when Harry sees the Sword of Gryffindor, when he jumps into the water he still has his glasses on. After Ron pulls him out of the frozen lake he has to put his glasses on to see who saved him, which are lying on the ground. [After he is pulled out of the lake his glasses fall off due to the force of the pull, hence why they are in front of him directly.]
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Near the beginning of the film, Lupin grabs Harry and asks him "What creature sat in the tank the first time Harry Potter came into my office?" to which Harry replies "A Grindylow." However, from the film's perspective, Harry never saw the Grindylow because that particular scene was omitted. [At some point, Harry would have gone into Lupin's office for the first time. Just because that scene wasn't directly represented in the film, it doesn't mean that it didn't occur off-screen.]
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When Harry is looking through the files in Umbridge's office, he pauses at Dumbledore's profile. The file claims that Dumbledore's blood status is "Half-Blood," but he is in fact a "Pure Blood", because his father was a wizard and his mother was a witch. [That does not make him a "pure-blood." If you recall, Harry's father was a wizard and his mother a witch, but Harry is considered a "half-blood" because Lily Potter's parents were non-magical. The same may be true about Dumbledore's lineage. If either his witch mother or wizard father was muggle-born, or they had a parent who was, then he would indeed be a "half-blood." A wizard has to have a long (and in-bred) history of only magical ancestors to be considered "pure-blood."]
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Before the wedding, Ginny asks Harry to zip up her dress, which he does. When the camera zooms out, the zipper is not all the way up, but when she turns to look at her older brother, it is all the way up. [Harry zips the dress all the way up right from the start, and it is all the way up the whole time. Also, the camera doesn't zoom out at any point in that scene.]
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