Continuity mistake: During the Slug Club's dessert, as Slughorn speaks to the students, their ice cream, syrup, thin wafers, spoons, etc, change depending on the camera angle.
Super Grover
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: At the Three Broomsticks, when Slughorn and Harry speak, Slughorn holds a silver mug with a high foam head, but in the shot facing Harry, before Slughorn actually spills the drink the mug's foam head is gone (visible at the bottom of the screen), only to reappear when he spills it on Hermione ,whereupon the same previous angle is shown again without the foam.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: In Potions class, when Slughorn removes the vial of Felix Felicis, he turns to face the class and holds the vial up for the class to see, but in the next shot facing him he holds only the very bottom point of the vial. (00:35:15)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Luna and Harry pass through Hogwarts gate, the parchment and wand in Flitwick's hands differs between shots.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: Aboard the Hogwarts Express, when Luna finds Harry lying petrified on the floor and then speaks with him, the way she holds her wand and the Quibbler newspapers differs between shots. (00:27:40)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Harry is in the diner and places the newspaper down on the table as he speaks with the waitress, it lies over the table edge (front and side edges), then doesn't, then does so again... (00:04:05)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: When the Death Eaters attack Ollivander's, the debris/fire and the bodies lying on the ground differ between the overhead and next close-up.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: In Hagrid's hut, when Slughorn and Hagrid are drinking, the cups/bottle on the table change position between shots.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Hermione opens the locket to read the note, the locket and chain's position changes in her hand between consecutive shots.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: In the Great Hall, when Ron sits down with Harry and Hermione before Quidditch, the newspaper Hermione is reading goes from her hand to under her arms, then back again, etc, between shots.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: After Harry arrives at the Burrow, when he, Hermione and Ron are sitting and chatting, Hermione changes position between shots - notably her knee is up, down, up, etc. (00:13:45)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Dumbledore brings Harry to meet Slughorn, the Daily Prophet is lying on the floor amongst debris, including the piano's hammer, which differs between shots. (00:06:50)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: Tied round Dumbledore's beard is a thin silver strand, with dangling silver balls, that changes position and the height of the silver balls differ in consecutive shots, depending on the camera angle throughout the film. For example, when Dumbledore and Harry first pay a visit to Slughorn.
30th Jul 2008
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Trivia: Young Tom Riddle is played by newcomer Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, who is the nephew of Ralph Fiennes, the actor who plays Lord Voldemort, aka Tom Riddle.
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