Continuity mistake: When Mr. Poe is bringing the kids back from Monty, it cuts to a close-up shot inside the car of his hands on each side of the steering wheel. In the next shot his left hand is suddenly on top of the steering wheel. (00:45:20)
Mortug
Continuity mistake: When Violet launch the elf head at the train switching device, the elf head lands at least three feet away from the train tracks. When it cuts the elf head is lying right next to the tracks. (00:26:05)
29th Nov 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Olaf says that the children aren't to enter the tower we see Sunny holding her hand down. When it cuts she has her hand up by Violet's chest. (00:13:25)
28th Nov 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Klaus moves the planks from the window in Olaf's house he gets white spots of dirt on his shirt. When it cuts to him saying, "How could they do this to us" the spots are gone. (00:20:05)
Continuity mistake: When Violet is done setting the table she sits beside the table and starts brushing her skirt with her hands. When the shot changes she suddenly has her hands together. (00:17:25)
Continuity mistake: When Violet is in the kitchen scrubbing the dishes, if you look right in front of her there is a small rack containing a red box. The end of the red box is over the edge of the rack. When it cuts to Klaus scrubbing, the red box is inside the rack. (00:14:15)
Continuity mistake: When Violet and Klaus are setting the table, Violet puts her first plate on the table. When it cuts she puts it on the table again. (00:17:15)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Poe and the Baudelaires arrive at Uncle Monty's he has his snake twirled around his arm as he reach out to shake Violet's hand. When it cuts the way the snake is twirled around his arm has changed. (00:29:00)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Violet and Klaus are about to close the door in front of Stephano he rams a knife in to the door, and he even twist the knife a bit. This should at least make a mark. Later when Stephano asks if the kids can help him with his bags Violet turns around facing Uncle Monty. Now we can see the door and there is no mark where Stephano rammed the knife in to. (00:36:10 - 00:37:30)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaires jump over from the broken piece of the house over to the rest of the house, as they land, you can see to the right that there is a big hole in the wall where there should be a window with sprinkles. As they run out of the house, right before it falls in to the lake you can see the sprinkles are suddenly mended. (01:02:05)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the two ladies are done singing before the play the carpet on the stage is open wide. When it cuts to a close-up of Klaus looking around you can see in the background that the carpet is closed. (01:16:30)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: Before the play when the man with the arm prostheses takes care of coats he is handed over a coat on his right hook and a hat on his left hook. When it cuts the coat is on his left hook and the hat is gone. (01:12:00)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After the death of Uncle Monty, Stephano says "I do feel somewhat responsible for this tragedy". At the same time you can see a policeman carrying a box passing Violet in the background. When it cuts he passes her again. (00:42:40)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the rest of the house breaks off and falls in to the lake, a small piece of wall remains left with the entrance where the Baudelaires are standing. The broken planks left in that piece differ in the close-up shot of the kids and the remaining entrance. (01:02:10)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the marriage certificate bursts into flames, the red thing on the certificate in the lower right corner has long threads hanging from it. The length of the threads differ between shots. (01:24:25)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: At the end, when the Baudelaires walks into their house, we see in a wide shot that they walk up a step on the stairs. When it cuts we see them walk up the same step again. (01:27:00)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the crowd is approaching Count Olaf after the marriage certificate is burnt and Olaf says "Not to mention, setting a terrible example to the children", the character played by Cedric the Entertainer is walking among the crowd. When it cuts, Cedric suddenly cuffs Olaf. How did he get on stage that quickly? (01:24:55)
31st Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: As Violet approach the closet where the anchor is hanging she has her right hand up by her waist. When it cuts, it's down. (01:01:05)
30th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Violet tells Klaus to give her the fire extinguisher, it cuts to him saying "Why?" while holding his hand on Sunny's shoulder. When it cuts back to Violet, you can see in the background that his hand is resting down by her arm. (01:01:10)
30th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaires arrives at the Curdled Cave and Aunt Josephine says "You deciphered the clues in my note" she is holding both hands over the edge of the rock on which she is lying. When it cuts only one of her hands are over the edge. (01:04:35)
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