Movie musings, take *7*

[nancy cleaveland]

Hello -- I've been nudged out of lurkdom to post some the
things I've noticed after seeing the movie for the 7th time
yesterday <g>. It goes without saying that I obviously
*love* this movie. I think the movie is what I would see in
*my* Mirror of Erised...

Oliver Wood -- Is a nail-biter. I hope this doesn't mean
that the swooners are going to post every way they can think
of to keep his mouth and fingers occupied so they can't come
in contact with each other <g>. Also, in the first shot you
see of Wood after McGonagall gets him out of Quirrell's
class, he is wearing a badge over the crest on his robe.
Prefect? How can that be? It's definitely the same shape and
color as Percy's Prefect badge. I've only been able to see
it in this one shot - when the camera goes back to Wood
after being on Harry, it's a closeup and you can't see below
his face. (The badge is the same as the one the Ravenclaw
Prefect wears, too.)

Owl mobile -- over baby Harry's bed. And baby Harry's outfit
has bunnies on the arms, on a black background. Rabbits in
hats?

Harry's money -- Notice Harry holding a package in front of
him when they are at Vault 713. His money?

Sorting stool -- Looks like Daniel sat *on* his robe and
couldn't scoot back as far as he wanted to, nor could he sit
up straight because of it.

Note-taking -- The closeup of Harry's note-taking in Snape's
class is *not* what is in front of Harry when Hermione
nudges him. That notebook shows large handwriting and the
page pretty well covered.

McGonagall -- When she transfigures in class, she comes out
of it wearing no glasses, but has them on when she first
speaks. I assume she *could* have put them on while Ron is
talking. She is wearing glasses the first time we see her at
the beginning of the movie, after the shadows change.

Hooch -- Why does she say hello to "Amanda"?

Troll scene -- He knocks down the same bathroom stall walls
twice. There were stalls on only one side of the bathroom
and he seemed to knock them all down the first time, but we
see him do it again (from a different camera angle).

Flitwick -- is in front of and to Snape's right at the
Quidditch game. He's standing on the seat!

Unicorn blood -- When Hagrid first dips his fingers into it,
he gets blood on both his fingers and down the side of his
hand. When he rubs his fingers together in front of him,
there is only blood on his thumb and two fingers.

"Send an owl" -- No explanation of how Hermione is supposed
to get past Fluffy again or back *up* through the Devil's
Snare. In SS, Harry told her to use the brooms to get past
Fluffy, but since there's only the one now, should Ron and
Hermione double up on it? <g>

Last scene -- The trees to the left of the Hogwarts Express
are blowing madly in the wind, but the ones on the right
side of the screen aren't moving at all.

"Happee Birthdae" -- Surely Hagrid, who made it into year
three at Hogwarts, could spell "Happy Birthday"? (He could
spell it in the book.) Is the only reason this was done was
to give weight to Hagrid not being able to spell
"Voldemort"?

Woman holding child -- At King's Cross, is the woman asking
directions related to Columbus, too? The little girl she's
holding looks just like Eleanor.

Chess game -- Does Hermione ever move, or is she standing on
the same square when the game is over? (Gee, something to
look for today!)

Snape's burning robe -- It bothered me that everyone started
stamping out the fire on Snape's robe. Hello!? These people
are wizards. I would expect at least a half dozen wands to
whip out and point at the fire, and somebody's wand arm be
what knocks into Quirrell.

Hedwig in flight -- She is tethered to Harry's arm until we
see her take off, then there is no strap.

Hagrid's flute -- He isn't playing it. The music and
fingering are totally off, unless it's a magical flute that
keeps playing the same note half a beat after you move your
fingers off the keys.

Third floor -- If the staircase hadn't moved, wouldn't the
trio still have been on the third floor since they still
went UP?


--Nancy in Montana, who missed the "Very safe, as they're
both dentists" line most of all.