The curses in Harry Potter will only work if the person means it. That's referenced in the fifth movie by Voldemort. Spells come from the person's inner self so if they are a good person, they cannot cast those curses. But since people are both good and bad, the spells are stronger based on the person casting it. Sort of "dark side" vs "light side" of Star Wars. You can shift in one direction. Harry talks about worrying that he's becoming bad.
In the 4th movie, you also have to remember that Moody is NOT Moody. The real Moody is in the chest, it's Barty Crouch Jr. using the polyjuice potion. So what he says is filtered through that lens. He doesn't really know any of those characters he's referencing.
There is annoying ret-conning in Harry Potter, but the time turner isn't really one of them. Just because they don't tell you something doesn't mean it didn't happen. If Hermione loses the time turner because she used it at the end of the 3rd book/movie to help Sirius break out, that likely happened off-screen anyway. That isn't a fault of storytelling or the movie, it's just how it occurs in normal life where things happen when you aren't around to see them. They went on break and she was most likely not allowed to take the time turner with her, and they just didn't give it to her again. 🤷
The curses in Harry Potter will only work if the person means it. That's referenced in the fifth movie by Voldemort. Spells come from the person's inner self so if they are a good person, they cannot cast those curses. But since people are both good and bad, the spells are stronger based on the person casting it. Sort of "dark side" vs "light side" of Star Wars. You can shift in one direction. Harry talks about worrying that he's becoming bad.
In the 4th movie, you also have to remember that Moody is NOT Moody. The real Moody is in the chest, it's Barty Crouch Jr. using the polyjuice potion. So what he says is filtered through that lens. He doesn't really know any of those characters he's referencing.
The 5th movie was originally 3 hours long, but the studio asked them to cut it down to 2 hours, and they ended up with 2 1/4 hours in the final cut.
There is annoying ret-conning in Harry Potter, but the time turner isn't really one of them. Just because they don't tell you something doesn't mean it didn't happen. If Hermione loses the time turner because she used it at the end of the 3rd book/movie to help Sirius break out, that likely happened off-screen anyway. That isn't a fault of storytelling or the movie, it's just how it occurs in normal life where things happen when you aren't around to see them. They went on break and she was most likely not allowed to take the time turner with her, and they just didn't give it to her again. 🤷
Dumbledore is the absolute worst character ever and I dont care what anyone says. You will learn more about that in the next couple movies.