Continuity mistake: When Olaf suddenly stops his car when he is going to buy the Baudelaires some treats, it cuts to the back seat where Violet and Klaus bend forward as if it was a sudden hard stop. However Sunny is sitting completely still as if she isn't moved by the sudden stop at all. (00:22:35)
Mortug
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Aunt Josephine hands over the photo album to Violet she hands it over with one hand. When it cuts she is holding it with both hands. (00:48:45)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaires walk in to their burnt house while Lemony is narrating and says "But we all discovered that the blaze was started from a great distance", Klaus walks right behind Violet and Sunny. When it cuts Klaus has moved to the side of them. (00:04:55)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When we see Sunny biting on the table we can see her shoulder pads close over the edge on the table. When it cuts to we seeing her hanging on to the table with her teeth her shoulder pads are at least five centimeters below the edge of the table. (00:03:35)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the letters hits the casket triggering the mechanism, which alarms that mail has arrived, we can see the silver ball begin to roll on the outer edge of the spiral. When it cuts the ball has suddenly went through the whole spiral and reached the hole in the middle in which it falls into. (00:02:40)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: As Violet sees the anchor you can see a black broken piece of plank hanging to the right of it. When it cuts the plank is gone. (01:00:55)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Poe and the Baudelaires first meet Justice Strauss she says that she is Count Olaf's neighbour, it cuts to a view up Olaf's driveway. At the corner of the sidewalk on the left of the screen you can see a tree standing. You can also see that Poe's car is parked right across it. Two shots later when Poe and the Baudelaires walk up Olaf's porch, look between Poe and the Baudelaires. Both the tree and the car are gone. (00:08:10)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Violet pours the spaghetti out of the spittoon over the strainer, all of it goes out of the spittoon and nothing is left. When it cuts, a spaghetti strand hangs over the spittoon's edge. (00:16:55)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Violet has managed to hit the track shifter with the elf tied on the rope, they begin pulling the rope. It cuts to a shot where we can see the entire rope attached to the shifter with a knot tied in the middle of the rope. When the camera zooms in on the train, in the shot before Count Olaf begin to laugh, the rope is visible and stretched out but the knot is gone. (00:26:25)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Violet opens the closet and finds the rat inside you can see a cup beside the rat to the left. When it cuts from a view inside the closet you can see it is a different cup and its handle has changed position. (00:14:20)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Violet opens the closet with the rat, she is holding a pile of plates. If you look at the upper plate you can see it has curvy edges. When it cuts from a view inside the closet you can see it is a different plate on top of the pile, because the edges on it are plain. (00:14:20)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the beginning, when the camera zooms out of the picture of the burned house, we can see Lemony holding the picture with both hands. When it cuts he's holding it with one hand. (00:16:15)
28th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Poe is about to leave after dropping the kids off at Olaf's, Olaf asks if he wants to stay for a glass of port while gesturing his arm down. When it cuts his arm is up by Poe's chest. (00:12:00)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaires walks out of the burned house Mr. Poe is waiting for them and you can see some fire hoses behind his car. The position of the hoses changes in the distance shot. (00:06:00)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf leaves the car on the train tracks and heads for the shop while locking the car doors with his remote, you can see that the mannequin's stop sign in its hand is pointing to the left. But when it cuts to Olaf hitting the sign it is pointing towards the camera. (00:22:55)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf enters with his acting troupe, Klaus and Violet are rubbing the floor and Olaf says "Imagine my surprise." Violet places her left hand on her lap. When it cuts she place her hand on her lap again. (00:14:35)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: As Count Olaf with his acting troupe enters the house and one of them says "Ugly little people," there's a red can and a yellow box beside Violet and Klaus. Two shots later, the two items have suddenly moved closer to them. (00:14:45)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Aunt Josephine hands over the photo album to Violet, it is open to a page with a colored picture. As Violet grabs the album, that picture is gone - it's suddenly open on a different page. (00:48:45)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After the stove disconnects, right before the phone handle is shown fall off, we can see the handle has already fallen off. (00:59:45)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the snake with the message "Impostor" written on it twirls around Uncle Monty's wrist, it's perfectly aligned on his wrist - its tail is by Monty's wrist and the head is pointing up his arm. When it cuts, the head is now by the wrist and the tail is pointing up the arm. (00:39:05)
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