Corrected entry: Near the end, when Hermione leaves Harry to talk to Sirius in the castle, as she moves out of frame you can hear her saying "Don't help me" or something similar, presumably to a cast member. (02:03:45)
Super Grover
8th Aug 2018
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
25th May 2009
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: Just after Harry and Hermione rescue Sirius, they proceed to enter the clocktower from the courtyard; however, just after they enter the doorway and disappear, a figure can be seen in the doorway that hovers for a second, then shrinks, and moves to the side.
Correction: As the camera pans upward, we see Hermione, followed by Harry, run through the cathedral-style archway, and once they enter the lit doorway within, first Hermione turns to the right and then Harry turns to the right, so both are gone from view at this point. It is Harry who is the "figure...seen in the doorway" just before he turns to his right.
29th Jul 2008
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: When Harry is going to his room at the Leaky Cauldron, after talking to Fudge, we see Tom walk out of the room with nothing in his hands. In the next shot, he is carrying Harry's books.
Correction: When Tom pushes Harry's chair back and pulls the boy by his shirt, we see the stack of books in the crook of Tom's right arm, just before he walks out the doorway.
26th Mar 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: During the DADA lesson with Snape, the students' books are open to different pages. Some are near the front; others towards the back. Snape's book is more towards the middle, but he turned Ron's book closer to the back.
Correction: In any normal class environment many students have their textbooks open to pages other than the assigned lesson, as is seen in Ron's case. Then Snape takes quick notice of Ron's textbook, because of his severe dislike of him and his friends, so he opens it to the proper place. As for Snape's book, the teacher's textbooks are often distinctly different than the students' books, so that difference is quite plausible as well.
26th Mar 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: During the DADA lesson with Snape, Hermione's hairstyle keeps changing. In some shots, she's wearing it partially up, and in some shots, it's completely down.
Correction: During the DADA class with substitute Snape, Hermione's hair is partially swept up only on her right side, in one large barrette at the back of her head - though she still has loose hair framing the right side of her face. In the thirteen shots where Hermione's hair is seen, there are five shots of the right side of her face and the barrette visibly holds her hair. In the two shots of the left side of her face her hair is always down, as it should be, and in the six shots facing the front of her face the hair on her right is pulled towards the back of her head, where her barrette is.
28th Dec 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: When Mr Weasley asks Harry if he can have a word, there is a red scarf on his shoulder, when they're talking, there is no scarf.
Correction: Arthur Weasley wears the scarf around his neck the entire time. As Arthur leads Harry away from people for more privacy when they speak, they walk in and out of shadow, and both Harry's red shirt and Arthur's red scarf darken as they stand in the shadows.
21st Dec 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: When Harry is trying to catch the monster book of monsters from under his bed, he drops his shoe and the book jumps at it. You can see the book bite the edge of Harry' shoe, but when the shot is shown where Harry jumps on the book, the book has nearly the whole shoe in its mouth.
Correction: When Harry drops the shoe the Monster Book goes after the shoe hungrily and takes the heel into its mouth. In the next shot we see Harry, NOT the shoe, as he jumps off the bed. Then, it's in the 3rd shot that we actually see half the shoe in the book's mouth. There's time between the 1st and 3rd shot, when the camera's on Harry, for the Monster Book to swallow more of the shoe.
7th Dec 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: After Professor Lupin confiscated the Marauder's Map from Harry Potter, Harry told Lupin that he saw Peter Pettigrew's name on the map. Although both Lupin and Potter did have their own knowledge about Pettigrew, Lupin was his friend and Potter learned from overhearing the conversation between Professor McGonagall, Madame Rosmerta and Cornelius Fudge, there was no indication that they ever had any conversation about Peter Pettigrew. Lupin's reaction to Harry's revelation was rather odd because he looked worried instead of surprised that Potter already had some information about Pettigrew. Potter himself also seemed really familiar with the name rather than showing any indication of curiosity about Pettigrew. Such a profound discovery should have made him question Lupin about the nature of the finding rather than just walking away from his office. (01:18:45)
Correction: First of all, Lupin and Harry needn't have had any conversations regarding Pettigrew, Lupin knows that Harry could easily have already found out about the infamous circumstances surrounding his parents' deaths. When Harry tells Lupin he saw Pettigrew's name on the map, Lupin's immediate reaction is not about how Harry knows the name Pettigrew, but rather the more important issue of Pettigrew's name actually being on the map, because the map doesn't lie. The fact that Harry chooses not to question Lupin about Pettigrew is a deliberate decision Harry makes when Lupin admonishes him. He feels guilty especially after his experience in the corridor when the map 'falsely' indicated that Pettigrew was passing him. There is no factual, or any other kind of mistake, regarding Harry's or Lupin's behavior.
2nd Dec 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: When Harry is riding Buckbeak for the first time over the lake, the sun is at their left but in the last shot when Buck turns right, the sun is now at their right.
Correction: After Buckbeak and Harry fly out of the paddock and towards the castle, there's an overhead wide shot of the water below and it's clear Buckbeak does not fly in a straight line, he's following the path of the water with numerous twists and turns. The sun's position changes with Harry's "Woo hoo!" in the first shot, followed by more loud screams in the 2nd shot, and then in the last shot, with another "Woo hoo!" From shot to shot, these are not one long continuous scream and since Buckbeak is turning with the path of the lake, it is obvious that their direction is changing as they fly over the water. Each of the consecutive shots as they fly is not their entire flight, as is even apparent in the next two shots when Buckbeak is back near the paddock already.
30th Nov 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: When Harry firsts receives the Marauder's Map and says "Is that...?" and one of the twins answers "Dumbledore in his study...", the shot shows us Dumbledore's footsteps. But the name above the steps say 'Albvs Dumbledore' rather than 'Albus Dumbledore' or 'Albvs Dvmbledore'.
Correction: The name on the floating ribbon, near the stairs, is spelled correctly as ALBVS DVMBLEDORE.
22nd Aug 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: In Dursleys' house, Harry yells at Aunt Marge and she breaks her glass, but the base is still intact after that. When Harry goes to wipe the table, it has disappeared. (00:03:35)
Correction: When the crystal brandy goblet actually breaks, while in Marge's grasp, there is no clear view of the supposed intact base, in the shot facing Marge and the next one facing Vernon, nor is there a view of where it lands. In the next two close-ups of Marge, as she tells Petunia not to worry and then snaps her fingers at Harry to clean it up, the table is visible and the base is not visible at all in the shots. The only glass base on the table, in front of Marge, is one that is intact on the tall crystal goblet.
26th Oct 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: In the Leaky Cauldron, when Harry meets the Minister of Magic, the bald man offers him food in a bowl, which Harry rejects, then he lays it down on the table. The bowls switch positions from shot to shot. (00:12:50)
Correction: Tom the Innkeeper offers Harry a bowl of walnuts and he declines. Tom bows and then takes the bowl of nuts with him as he stands at the wall. Now the only bowl left on the table is the empty one for the pea soup.
29th Nov 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: Right after Hermione gets angry and punches Malfoy, Malfoy and his goons run off. As he is running away, Draco Malfoy calls out to his fellow Slytherins "Not a word to anyone." When Harry and Hermione relive the scene again, Draco runs off saying "Not a word to anyone, understood?."
Correction: No. Malfoy says, "Not a word to anyone, understood?" in both shots.
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Correction: Hermione says, "Down Buckbeak," when she walks out of frame.
Super Grover ★
Why would she say that?
Buckbeak is playful and could be trying to engage with her which she doesn't want to at that time. It is similar to coming up to an excited dog or horse and saying "down boy" or "easy boy."
jimba