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Posts: 2202 · Joined: Jul 8, 2007 Location: India Posts: 2202

harry was doin magic in the start of the movie while he was doing his homework... this was wrong as he wasnt supposed to do magic AT ALL while out of school as he was an under age wizard.... funny how the film makers forgot this important rule

Posts: 3383 · Posted: July 8, 2007 9:44 am Post subject:

yes i noticed that to it annoys me. it is in the book aswell though
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Posts: 26976 · Posted: July 8, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject:

Nope, not in the book. In the book he's using a flashlight.
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Posts: 4526 · Joined: Nov 25, 2006 Location: Home of the hits Posts: 4526

Oh geez, I never thought about that.
Another reason to be annoyed by the movies. Very Happy

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Posts: 17117 · Posted: July 8, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

well there are so many witches and wizards in diagon ally that the ministry wouldn't pick up on it if a student did magic there.
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Posts: 3282 · Posted: July 8, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject:

yeah, true, i guess the rule is as long as you live in a muggle enviroment? plus, while he is there, fudge will write off anything just cuz sirius is after him (or so they think)
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You're right!!! It annoys me too!
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I thought about this the first time I saw the movie.

Posts: 2202 · Joined: Jul 8, 2007 Location: India Posts: 2202

I really wish they wudnt ruin the books like tht in the movies. they add stuff to make the movie shorter or to make it look cooler but they shud also check back with the books and make sure they not goin too far....

Posts: 28370 · Posted: July 11, 2007 5:17 am Post subject:

well, i think its ok, just as long as its not ridiculously far fetched. in making a movie, you also have to please those who do not read the books but merely watch them. harry using a flashlight is so muggle-like that it will be a boring start. the start always has to be nice.
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Posts: 357 · Posted: July 11, 2007 8:35 am Post subject:

Inaccuracies like those two mentioned are reasons I hate the movies as compared to the books. I've still seen all the movies though, lol. And saw the 5th one today and was upset in how inaccurate it was and how much was cut from the book.

Posts: 98 · Joined: Jul 12, 2007 Location: Azkaban Posts: 98

Darn movies and them missing out on the small, but important details. ARG!!!!

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wow, i never noticed that.
yeah, it's really weird how they act like it's such a big deal when he casts patronus when he really, really needs it, and he almost gets expelled.. then, when he does a lumos spell when he could use a flashlight (like i believe it was said in the book), no one cares at all. i mean, he was raised as a muggle for about 11 years of his life.
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Posts: 26976 · Posted: July 14, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

I understand that they want to make it more dramatic for the movies, but all it does is create confusion. I am the only one of my friends who has read the books and I am constantly answering these kinds of questions. So inconsistancies do make a big difference.
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Posts: 1334 · Joined: Jul 14, 2007 Location: Slovenija Posts: 1334

Yes I've notice that in the second movie when Hermione fix Harry's glasses in Diagon Alley.

Posts: 862 · Joined: Jul 1, 2007 Location: Gateshead, England Posts: 862

Yeah and then he got paranoid that he was gonna be expelled after blowing up Marge. He didn't worry about that magic did before that did he?? - At least that is how anyone who hadn't read the book and just gone to see the film would think.

Darn filmmakers!!!!
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Posts: 26976 · Posted: July 15, 2007 11:04 pm Post subject:

What bugs me is that... didn't ANYONE on the set think, "Gee, this is a huge inconsistancy. Maybe there is another way to start this movie. It would be dumb to start the movie with a gaping plothole." But no. Not one person seemed to either notice or care. And here we are, obsessing over this. It's so unfair.
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Posts: 339 · Posted: July 15, 2007 11:05 pm Post subject:

Yea for sure.
I hate it when move makes always forget little things, but those little things mess up the whole concept
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Posts: 1334 · Joined: Jul 14, 2007 Location: Slovenija Posts: 1334

Also there was no quidditch. Just show how Harry fell of his brom. Didn't show how they won the cup.

Posts: 76 · Joined: Jul 24, 2007 Posts: 76

I was gonna create a topic about this, but leave it to my fellow fans to post it already :3

Maybe, in the Harry Potter Movieverse, Lumos is such a tiny spell it's almost like an added feature, such as you being able to write your name in the sand with your wand.

WHO KNOWS THOUGH
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Posts: 168 · Posted: August 13, 2007 9:29 pm Post subject:

I loved this movie
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Yeah, my little sister pointed out the mistake in the beginning, and I was planning on making a thread about it. Agh, I hate these dumb mistakes.
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mistake...cccccc
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