6th Jul 2008
Continuity mistake: When Harry is in Umbridge's office to do lines, there is a framed photo of her beloved Cornelius and a bowl of potpourri at the corner of her desk. In the overhead shot of Harry, as he begins to write, the frame has moved towards the center of the desk. (00:36:35 - 00:37:30)
2nd Jan 2008
Continuity mistake: In the Great Hall, when Dumbledore says, "Good evening children, I have two changes in staffing this year," we see Fred and George Weasley sitting in the fifth and sixth seats, and the other students near the end of the Gryffindor table. Next shot facing Dumbledore, we see the last seven students at that side of the table and not only are the Weasleys gone, but other students differ as well. This is also seen in additional shots. (00:30:30)
14th Dec 2007
Continuity mistake: At the playground, when Dudley and Harry have a confrontation, Dudley wears black shorts with large white designs of words and numbers. When Dudley and Harry enter the tunnel and then later, when yumpy Dudley is in his house, Dudley's shorts have completely different designs (though it is the same type of shorts). (00:01:30 - 00:03:00)
12th Dec 2007
Revealing mistake: In the Forbidden Forest, HRH are introduced to Grawp. Just as the giant lifts Hermione off the ground, in the shot from behind her, Hermione's legs disappear below her calves; the digital lines are actually visible. Slow-mo is not necessary. (Only visible on fullscreen DVD.) (01:29:40)
11th Dec 2007
Continuity mistake: There are two scenes during which Harry is shown having visions of the Dept of Mysteries while he is asleep. The first scene occurs after Harry's confrontation with Seamus in the Gryffindor common room. There are shots of Harry lying in bed wearing a short sleeve, crew neck tee shirt, but when he is startled awake by the vision of Voldemort, he sits up wearing a buttoned henley tee. The next day is the first day of Defence Against the Dark Arts class with Umbridge. That last shot of Harry in the henley tee shirt was cut from a later scene. Later in the film, when Harry has the vision of Arthur Weasley's attack, he is wearing the henley tee shirt. (00:34:00 - 01:09:35)
11th Dec 2007
Continuity mistake: After Harry's vision of Arthur Weasley's attack, he has the first Occlumency lesson with Snape. The windows behind Harry have a diamond shape pattern, with horizontal and vertical divisions on the glass. In the last shot, as Snape orders Harry to focus, when the camera dramatically pans out through these windows there is only a diamond shape pattern on the glass. (01:09:45 - 01:10:50)
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: After the battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort, when Harry lies on the ground and Dumbledore says, "It isn't how you're alikeĀ " the sand on Harry's face disappears, reappears, etc. (01:56:40)
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: After the Centaurs make off with Umbridge, Harry and Hermione meet the other D.A. members on the bridge. As the comment about Puking Pustules is made, the string tie at the bottom of Ginny's sweater is rather long. When Neville says, "Dumbledore's Army is about doing something real," the tie is quite short now. (01:40:35)
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: During the interruption of the OWL examination, when Umbridge stands at the doorway to the Great Hall, she casts a very long noticeable shadow directly in front of herself, as she looks to her left. Next shot, as the twins fly past, she now casts a shadow perpendicular to the previous one, with the former one gone. (01:32:00)
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: After Harry declares "If Voldemort's raising an army, I want to fight", it cuts to him sleeping in bed, and the blanket's position differs between shots.
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: Before the Dementor attack, just as the sky darkens and the wind kicks in at the playground, newspaper is blown against the fence, behind Harry, but after a brief shot of Dudley the newspaper is gone then blows there again. In the following overhead shot, the newspaper is gone, but when it cuts back to Harry, the newspaper is back yet again. (00:04:00)
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: When Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna are held in Umbridge's office, their confiscated wands, which lie on her desk (Umbridge's lies on the lace doily), change positions repeatedly between shots, and also note the wand on the floor. (01:35:50)
12th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: After Sirius falls through the veiled archway, when Lupin grabs Harry he first holds him over his right arm, then under and once again over, between shots. (01:52:20)
10th Aug 2007
Continuity mistake: In Umbridge's office, Harry begins to write "I must not tell lies" on the paper and in the next close-up the writing on the paper differs. The paper itself moves on the pink mat, note the flowers in relation to the text. (00:37:45)
18th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: In the Room of Requirement, before the Christmas holiday, Harry compliments the DA on a job well done, and they clap. There are two consecutive shots of the group from different angles, and between shots Cho's wand turns upside down and another girl's wand changes hands, etc. (01:01:25)
18th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: At the Welcoming Feast, in the close-ups of Seamus and Harry sitting at the table, there is a substantial space between them. When Dumbledore says, "Good evening, children," and later, when he says thank you to Umbridge, the boys are sitting right next each other. (00:29:15)
18th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: At the train station, when Moody sees Padfoot, Molly Weasley walks a certain distance behind Harry and the dog. Next close-up she is directly behind Harry, but when it cuts to the wide shot, she's much farther back again. (00:24:35)
18th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: After riding down the escalator on their way to Harry's hearing, when Arthur Weasley tries to pass the turnstile, Harry's right hand reaches for the transit pass in his left jacket pocket in the side shot. Then he reaches once again in the front shot, before it cuts back to the side shot as he's still reaching for it. Also, note the man with the newspaper under his arm that passes the turnstile only to be back in line, between these shots. (00:17:10)
18th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: When Harry shouts, "Expecto Patronum," he points his wand at 'his' Dementor as the Patronus repels it and it flees. Harry then stands and puts his wand arm down, but in the next shot his wand is still up, pointing to his right with the Patronus in mid-air. (00:04:00)
16th Jul 2007
Continuity mistake: In the Forbidden Forest, Hermione dings the bell on the handlebar in the close-up as Grawp stands quite a few feet away with empty hands. Harry's and Hermione's eyes remain fixed on Grawp as Hermione dings the bell, so we know he does not pick up another handlebar. In the next shot, Grawp, still standing in the same place, dings the bell on the same handlebar; it changed hands between shots.
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