Revealing mistake: At the party, Jamie finds the crashed plane. His glider falls behind a small hill and he gets out of the plane to see where the glider is. When he jumps off the wing, the camera is panning to the side, revealing somebody on the left side walking on the hill, right under the tail of the plane. Jamie should see this person but still reacts shocked to see people are behind the hill. (00:17:00)
Continuity mistake: When James is eating at home alone, he flips his spoon into his water glass. In some shots it's leaning against the right side of the glass, and in other shots it's against the left side.
Visible crew/equipment: When Jim returns to the party with his father after he met the Japanese soldiers, you can see the microphone at the bottom of the screen. (More recent transfers address this and make sure it is not seen).
Revealing mistake: When Jim is riding the bicycle through the empty hospital, the "Frigidaires" begin falling through the roof. One bursts open, dropping its contents onto the floor. Something from inside must have landed on the camera because you can see it jerk suddenly.
Continuity mistake: As the family is piling into their car to go to the costume party, Jim, who is carrying a large, balsa sailplane, accidentally snaps the tail and it falls sideways. In subsequent shots the tail is upright.
Continuity mistake: When Jim finally recognizes his mom, he hugs her with his arms outside hers. In the following shot from behind Jim, his arms are under his mom's.
Continuity mistake: As the internees begin the long march they leave through an arched gateway. A bonfire burning outside the gates changes sides from one shot to another.
Continuity mistake: When Jim's mother (Mary) is sitting on the bed talking to Jim, she lights up a cigarette and holds it in her left hand. As she continues to talk you can see cigarette smoke rising above her hand off-screen. When Jim's Dad comes in and Mom gets up off the bed the cigarette is gone and a glass of water is now in hand.
Continuity mistake: Jim eats almost all of his rice, but when Basie tells him to chew everything six times, Jim's plate is filled with rice.
Continuity mistake: When Jim steals the soap, the laces in the boot on the right change positions between shots.
Continuity mistake: When the food Basie is preparing on the boat is shown for the first time, there are pieces of meat on the pan. In the next shot, they are all gone.
Continuity mistake: When Jim is in bed and tells his mum about God, his hands swap between crossed over his tummy or next to his head, depending on the angle.
Continuity mistake: When Jim's car approaches the beggar on the sidewalk, in the wide angle Jim is sitting on the far right. In the close-up he is sitting on the far left.
Audio problem: When the movie begins and the choir sings, they're out of sync. After the shot of the Asian women on the benches the audio and the song are now out of control. Check the second boy to the left of Jim. He's absent minded and moves his mouth without control.
Continuity mistake: Jim passes twice by the same part of the Gone with the Wind poster.
Continuity mistake: When Jamie is about to steal the soap, he places the boots on a plank right next to a beam. In the next shots the beam is much further away.
Continuity mistake: When the Doctor is reading the lesson to Jim and he plays with the stethoscope, the paper by the edge of the table changes positions between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Jim throws the marbles on the plank, their position changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Jim is by the window flashing his torch, the position which he holds it swaps from waist level to head level between shots.
Continuity mistake: After Jim grabs the marbles, a boy with brown hair stands up, and a blonde one stays on the floor. When the angle changes they've swapped positions.
Answer: I don't think anyone disliked Jim or was mean to him. Basically, he's a somewhat annoying, overly-active kid that the adults, who are in a very dire situation, simply didn't have much patience or the inclination to deal with. Also, the adults are mostly upper-class British, and in that era and before, they tended to be stricter with and more dismissive of children.
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