McGonagall's Name on 1971 Plaque

c_voth312 <divaclv@aol.com> divaclv at aol.com
Mon Dec 30 02:33:31 UTC 2002


--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Kayla <kdoucette at g...>" 
<kdoucette at g...> wrote:
> They zoom in on James Potter's name, and that's 
> where I saw it...there's a "1969 R.J.H. King" plaque, then 
a "Seeker 
> James Potter 1970" plaque, then the plaque to the right has "1971 
> M.G. McGonagall" on it!  I paused the DVD & zoomed in on it just to 
> make sure.  Professor Minerva McGonagall is too old to have her 
name 
> on a 1971 plaque (since she's over 70 yrs. old), SO I wonder if she 
> has a son or daughter around the age of James Potter?  Professor 
> McGonagall DOES enjoy Quidditch a lot (she's very competitive).  I 
> wonder if this is a clue to future books, or if it's a mistake in 
the 
> movie?!  What do you think?

Moviemistakes.com, perhaps the best website for slipups, plot holes, 
and continuity errors, points out that the plaque doesn't explicitly 
refer to *Minerva* McGonagall, and therefore it could be a younger 
relative of hers.

~Christi





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