Corrected entry: There's no way anyone could cut off their hand with a knife the way Wormtail did. The only way they could do it is if they slowly sawed it off. Even if he raised the knife and swung it hard, there's no way it would work, the bone is way too strong. But Wormtail didn't even do that, he just placed the knife on his hand and moved it down. You couldn't even cut hair like that.
Super Grover
14th Dec 2018
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Correction: He didn't cut through bone, he cut his wrist and the knife moved past the bones. If the force is strong enough and the knife sharp enough it's definitely possible to do this.
4th Jan 2010
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the scene when Cedric is going to put his name in the goblet you can see lots of tape markings on the floor right below the actual "ageline" that was drawn by Dumbledore and there's a lot of them. (00:28:55)
Correction: I'm afraid you're mistaken. When Cedric places his name into the goblet, the "markings" you see are the many magical symbols/characters on the stone floor that encircle the goblet's base, under the misty age line - it's about 4-5 feet from the goblet's base (on all sides) to the magical circle's perimeter. A few minutes later, after Fred and George drink the potion, in the overhead shot as they jump off the bench, we see an even better view of all those many markings.
20th Aug 2009
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Harry goes up to the Owlery to retrieve the message sent by Sirius, we see a dark-colored owl fly inside from the opposite window that Harry is standing next to. The owl lands on a square basin but on the far side from Harry, who then turns around noticing that the owl has just flown in holding a note in it's beak. The owl is now on the near side of the basin closest to Harry. (00:41:50)
Correction: Yes, the biting owl lands on the ridge farthest from Harry, but then it cuts to a close-up of Harry, so we do not see the owl in those few moments (even on fullscreen DVD). All the black owl needs to do is move up (about a foot) to the ridge closer to Harry, while offscreen, which is not an unlikely presumption.
19th May 2009
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: When Dumbledore introduces the Durmstrang students, he says, "Please welcome our friends from the north", but Bulgaria is south from UK.
Correction: Dumbledore's statement is correct. Viktor Krum grew up in Bulgaria and was chosen to be the Seeker for the Bulgarian national Quidditch team, while attending Durmstrang Institute. The exact location of Durmstrang Institute is unknown. As written in the book it is "a castle in northern Europe, far enough north that days are very short in winter."
7th Dec 2007
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: When Wormtail slices his own flesh in order to revive Voldemort, he cuts off his wrist before the shot switches to Harry. Later on, as Wormtail approaches harry to receive his blood, his arm is missing from the elbow.
Correction: The length of Wormtail's arm, after the hand has been severed, remains consistent during this scene. It is never "missing from the elbow".
21st Aug 2008
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: When Harry is underwater in the bathroom, Myrtle touches the open egg, disturbing its bubbles. How could she have touched them if she's a ghost?
Correction: We've already seen Myrtle have an effect on our corporeal realm in 'HP and The Chamber of Secrets', when she dives into the toilet bowl in the girls' bathroom and creates a great splash.
13th Jul 2008
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: When Harry is in the Owlery, an owl flies in through the window and lands on a post. When Harry takes the letter off it, it shows the window again, but the beams on it are arranged differently. (00:40:00)
Correction: They are two different windows opposite each other. The owl Sirius sent flies in through one window, as Harry stands by another window on the opposite side. When Harry takes the note from the owl and reads it the window he stood by is seen behind him. The windows are consistent.
20th Mar 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: During the first task, Harry hides behind a boulder; the Horntail shoots some rather substantial fire at the boulder, which glows from the heat, but none of that heat seems to affect Harry, who's right against the glowing rock. (00:59:25)
Correction: Harry just barely makes it behind the large round boulder as the flame appears. Once behind it, the boulder's size prevents any harm from the Horntail's flames, including its intense direct heat, and the large boulder does not "glow" on the other side, where Harry sits.
9th Jan 2006
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: People float in water. Therefore, when Harry undid the rope around Ron's foot in the Black Lake task, Ron should have floated upwards, however slowly, because Harry didn't swim back towards the surface for some time afterwards.
Correction: The four "captives" were put to sleep with a magic spell(s) that allows them to stay alive while underwater, so part of the power of the spell actually keeps them submerged. The binds around their ankles merely hold them in place and are for the task's rescue porposes. Even at the very end of the task, when Harry nears the surface with Ron and Gabrielle, he gives them a push to float up, before the Grindylow attack him.
6th Dec 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: During the graveyard scene, the year of birth on Tom Riddle Sr.'s tombstone changes from 1905 to 1880. (As the most recent book reveals that Voldemort killed his father at age 16, if Riddle Sr. were born in 1905 this would mean he fathered Voldemort at age 12.).
Correction: On the tombstone the top name is Thomas Riddle, Voldemort's grandfather, who was born in 1880. The middle name on the tombstone is Voldemort's grandmother. The bottom name is Tom Riddle, Voldemort's father, who was born in 1905. Voldemort was born, according to the official timeline of the films, in 1926 (New Years Eve), which would make his father, Tom Riddle, 21 yrs old (or nearly 22, depending on the specific month) when Voldemort was born.
6th Dec 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the scene after the First Challenge when Ron gets his package, Harry has a very bad cut on his face which seems to be closed with stitches. In the very next scene when the Yule ball is announced the cut and stitches have vanished.
Correction: When Harry is in the dining hall with Hermione and Ron, who receives his dress robes, Harry has a cut on his left cheek closed with four small strips of tape. In the next scene, when Professor McGonagall tells the students about the Yule Ball, Harry still has the cut closed with strips of tape.
26th Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Moody is showing the class the three unforgivable curses, Moody asks Ron a question and Ron is sitting in the very first row (in front of Moody). In other shots Ron and Harry are not in the front row.
Correction: The first desk in the center row seats Neville and another student, the second desk in the center row seats Crabbe and another student, and the third desk center row seats Ron and Harry. This never changes for the duration of Moody's class. When Moody asks Ron for an Unforgivable curse, he stands behind Crabbe, facing Ron's desk.
26th Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the banquet scene after the other schools have entered, the camera pans down the staff table. At this table Madame Maxime, Igor Karkaroff, and Barty Crouch are all already visible. However in the shot where Dumbledore stands with the goblet, Barty Crouch is shown entering a side door next to the staff table.
Correction: Barty Crouch has the seat to Dumbledore's right (viewer's left) at the staff table, in front of the large window, and Karkaroff and Snape sit further down on the (viewer's) right. Barty is not shown walking in through the side door as Dumbledore speaks to the students. Barty is, however, shown walking directly behind the staff chairs toward the viewer's right, with the tall glistening glass cylinders located on the wall behind him (Snape sits nearly in front of these cylinders), in order to walk around the staff table to reach the front, where Dumbledore stands.
26th Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Harry is speaking to Sirius Black in the fireplace - Harry spins around, looks towards the stairs and hears Ron coming - look quickly during this shot to the top of the picture (in the dark) you will see a person walking right to left. Can't be anyone who's meant to be there - Harry's definitely alone and there's no implication this is meant to be someone listening in.
Correction: You are seeing Ron on the balcony at the top of the common room stairwell, which leads to the boys' and girls' dormitories.
26th Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: When Harry is taken into Moody's office and he takes his leg off you can see his "special eye" change from the normal left hand side of his head to the right and back again.
Correction: What you are seeing is Moody's reflection in the Foe-Glass.
21st Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the beginning of the movie, where the muggle caretaker is in his house before he is killed by Voldemort, he lights a fire and puts a pot of tea on to boil. In the next shot you can see that he still has the pot in his hand, even though he had already put it down.
Correction: Frank Bryce, the caretaker puts a silver water kettle on the fire in the close-up, and in the next wideshot walks away from the stove. In the next shot Frank is holding another dark round kettle with tea bags. After Frank is killed the silver water kettle is shown whistling on the stove.
21st Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: On the tombstone, you first see the name as Tom Riddle. Later when Harry is tied to it, it is Thomas Riddle.
Correction: On the tombstone there are three names: at the top is Thomas Riddle and the third name down is Tom Riddle.
19th Nov 2005
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Harry is talking to Sirius Black in the fire, he throws a Daily Prophet into the fire and it bounces back out again. There are only cinders and burning wood in the fire during that scene, but after Sirius has gone, the shot goes to the same newspaper that has just bounced out of the fire, which is now in the fireplace, happily burning.
Correction: When Sirius appears the crumpled Daily Prophet rests on the floor (of the actual fireplace), to the left of the base of the iron log grate (in which Sirius' face appears), during the rest of the scene. In the last shot, after the fire's embers cause the newspaper to catch fire, the newspaper is still at the base of the grate - note the grate's iron leg beside the paper as it burns.
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Correction: Wormtail is not just "anyone" though. He understood the importance of each of the ritual's steps and getting the potion done just right. He is following Voldemort's orders and instructions. Wormtail's dagger may have been magical, or a charm could have been placed on its finely edged blade to be swift in its tasks. Also, Wormtail was in a highly charged state of mind, which only intensified the force he used to "willingly" sacrifice his hand.
Super Grover ★
If I recall, it's described in the book as being a "quick flash of silver" indicating as you suggested the dagger has got some magical properties.
Ssiscool ★