The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Continuity mistake: After Edmund has been rescued and is talking to Aslan on the cliff, as he starts walking back to the tents, Aslan in the background is suddenly taller than him, even though he is further from the camera. In the next shot Aslan's height is normal again.

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Continuity mistake: When Edmund first enters Narnia, he is attacked by the White Witch's henchman, who pushes him into the snow. In some shots, there is a considerable amount of snow in his ear, and in others, its completely gone. This switches several times. (00:29:15)

Mark Warren

Continuity mistake: When Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan fall through the wardrobe together, as they stand there the amount and pattern of snow on Edmund disappears, then reappears, and changes drastically between shots, while they're arguing before they head off. (00:40:40)

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When Lucy, Peter, Susan and the Beavers speak with Father Christmas, the position of his large bag when it's on the ground, and then in the sleigh, distinctly differs between shots.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: When Edmund falls backward into the snow, after his near hit by the White Witch's sleigh, his dressing gown changes from hanging down over his knees, to folded back, over his chest. (00:28:45)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Peter and Aslan are standing, looking out over Narnia and in frontal views Aslan is only as tall as Peter's shoulders. But from reverse shots Aslan is taller than Peter.

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Lucy first enters Narnia, her hair changes between shots from being straight and neat to being messy and slightly curly.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: When the four Pevensie children are standing on the Coombe Halt platform, waiting, Susan is holding her brown suitcase in one shot, then in the next shot it's on the floor, and she picks it up once again. (00:06:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Edmund is sitting in the White Witch's sleigh he is eating the cakes. He switches from eating with his left hand to his right and then back to his left, dependent on the angle of the camera. (00:31:10)

StopNGo & Girls

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Continuity mistake: As Lucy, Peter, Susan and the Beavers trek through the snow towards Aslan, their shadows repeatedly change in consecutive shots, such as going from long shadows to their right, to hardly any, to long again.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: During and before the battle between Aslan's and Jadis' armies, the red chin strap on Peter's helmet changes position a few times. (01:43:35)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: After Edmund falls through the wardrobe, into Narnia, his hair changes from bushy, brushed back and messy, to suddenly flat and combed between shots. (00:27:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Lucy discovers the covered wardrobe during hide and seek, the way the cloth is draped over the wardrobe, and its folds, differ in the overhead close-up, just before she opens it.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: After Susan and Lucy say they don't have fun anymore, they splash each other in the water, before being surprised by Maugrim, and a few moments later, Peter runs into the water to rescue them. The water stains on their clothing noticeably differ between shots.

Super Grover

Continuity mistake: After Edmund rejoins his siblings, he has a blood-clotted cut on his lip. During the scene where the White Witch comes and meets with Aslan, the cut changes from big, to almost-healed, then back to big.

Continuity mistake: After Lucy gives Mr. Tumnus one of his packages he dropped, he puts it under his arm. The package is rectangular, yet in the next shot we see a long tube shaped package is under his arm as well. (00:14:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Lucy first enters Narnia and meets Mr. Tumnus, she hides behind the lamp. When she comes out from behind it she has snow up the front of her dress to her waist. In the next shot she only has snow at the hem of her dress. (00:14:50)

Visible crew/equipment: When Mrs. MacReady meets the Pevensie children at the train station, the reflector screen is reflected in the lenses of her glasses, as she looks down when she speaks to them. It is also visible when the children first arrive at the house, when Mrs. MacReady says, "There shall be no disturbing of the professor." (00:07:30)

Super Grover

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Trivia: After the initial credits begin (since many people leave the theatre as soon as the credits appear, they miss this), there is an additional short scene between Professor Kirke and Lucy, that takes place near the wardrobe. (02:12:25)

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Question: A friend of mine noticed that despite it being winter in Narnia for a hundred years, no one's breath is visible. Is this a mistake, a director's choice (since it could've been added in post) or an element of Narnia (I am not very familiar with the books)?

Answer: It was never mentioned in the book or the movie that breath wasn't visible, so it is a mistake.

Phixius

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