Goofs in the second HP movie

Iggy McSnurd CoyotesChild at charter.net
Fri Jan 23 16:32:28 UTC 2004


Iggy here:

And, here's the one I found for the second movie on the IMDB site...

Iggy McSnurd



Goofs for 
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)     
   

Continuity: When Harry breaks his right arm playing Quidditch, he takes
great care to keep it held up as he rolls from side to side to avoid the
bludger, but at one point he puts his weight on it without any apparent
discomfort. In the next shot he is holding it across his stomach again.


Revealing mistakes: When Harry and Hagrid hug (when Hagrid has just
returned from Azkaban), the flames in the bowls hanging on the wall
behind them burn backward briefly.


Revealing mistakes: During the Quidditch match, the wire that attaches
the broom to Harry is visible for several seconds.


Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The students are able to carry on
conversations and hear instructions while wearing the earmuffs that
protect them from the screams of the mandrake roots. We assume the
earmuffs to be enchanted to specifically block mandrake screams, but not
other sounds. Despite what "it says in the book" there is nothing in the
movie to suggest that this could not be the case.


Continuity: Ron receives the "Howler" from his mother. After his owl,
Errol crashes into the table, you can see that the red envelope is open,
as Ron removes it from Errol's mouth. We then see Ron breaking the seal
on this envelope so he can read it.


Revealing mistakes: The Cornish pixies pick up Longbottom by the ears,
pulling them up and out. But when the creatures let go, his ears are
still being held up.


Continuity: When Harry and Ron's car is caught by the tree, a limb
smashes a hole in the rear window but the hole is missing in one shot
when the car tips forward while falling out of the tree.


Incorrectly regarded as goofs: At the beginning of the transfiguration
lesson, the writing on the blackboard behind Professor McGonagall is
reversed, and this has been reported as a flipped shot. However, further
observation reveals that the right-hand board is, for undisclosed
wizardy reasons, a mirror image of the left-hand board and so this is
not an error.


Continuity: After the car has ejected Harry and Ron, there is a distance
shot of both boys getting to their feet as their luggage is thrown out.
Two shots later, Harry is shown still laying on the ground, propped up
on his elbows.


Continuity: When Harry and Ron are in the Dark Forest and the spiders
begin to attack, Hagrid's dog gets in the car twice.


Continuity: During the scene when you first meet Moaning Myrtle and she
is on top of the girls sink the cauldron is smoking but when she flies
down into the toilet it is not smoking.


Revealing mistakes: When Ron is on all fours beginning to cough up
slugs, Harry says, "Let's take him to Hagrid's." Hermione mouths the
lines with him.


Revealing mistakes: When Harry and Ron find out Lockhart is a fraud,
when Lockhart says, "My boy do you use your common sense? My books
wouldn't have sold half as well if people didn't think I'd done all
those things." Harry is mouthing his lines.


Continuity: When Harry is chasing after Dobby in his house and they get
to the downstairs hallway they both stop running. Harry stops and he has
one leg in front of him. In the next shot, the other leg is in front of
him instead.


Revealing mistakes: In the scene where the Weasleys' enchanted car has
ejected them and Ron and Harry are chasing the car, you can see the hand
and silhouette of the driver


Continuity: When Mr. Weasley first gets home, Fred and George are
sitting in the two seats nearest the door. When he first talks to Harry
the seat next to him is empty. When Errol flies in with the mail Fred
and George are sitting next to him again.









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