Continuity mistake: Indy walks to the hill where the ark is, holding a shovel that keeps facing different directions depending on the camera angle. Also, Indy holds it either by its black metal part or by the wooden stick. This all changes back and forth.
Sacha
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: During the truck chase scene, the radiator bars Indy hangs onto keep swapping back and forth from bent outwards to slightly bent with no continuity at all.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: In the map room, Indy places his brush facing a 9 o'clock direction. A frame later it faces a 6 o'clock.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: In the map room, Indy brushes the sand off of a stone, leaving a clean horizontal trail. A frame later, in the close-up, the upper left part above the trail is suddenly clean.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Belloq traps Indy in the Well of Souls the sky keeps swapping between a dim yellow dawn sky, and a brilliant morning blue sky.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Belloq talks to Indy in the Well of Souls the two Arabs on the left disappear in the angles from Indy's POV.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: While Indy descends the Well of Souls the glowing logs underneath keep changing positions.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: In the bar, the Nazi plays with the fireplace and threatens Marion, who takes a cigarette to her lips. A frame later, her hand is in a totally different position.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After Marion's been thrown in the Well of Souls, a net and pair of sticks over the crate behind Belloq appear or disappear randomly between shots.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After the kids save Indy at the bar, he exits and there's a man on the right carrying a load on his shoulder. He appears and disappears randomly depending on the angle.
27th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: When Indy's crew is lifting the stone door to access the Well of Souls, big clouds of white smoke come out from every corner. A frame later, from a wider angle, they're gone.
24th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After grabbing the idol, the cave starts to collapse, filling the place with rocks and rubble. When Indy starts to run, from the angle behind the floor is clean, rocks starting to fall for the first time.
24th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After Satipo runs with the idol, Indy grabs a root to help him climb up the ledge. Half a second later, from a different angle, the root is meters away and he is grabbing it again, repeating the whole scene.
24th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: About to grab the idol, Indy passes a stick over a pile of sand on the ground which has a leaf on the center. A frame later the leaf is on the left side.
24th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: Satipo drops the whip half a meter away from the closing gate, then runs away. However, when Indy rolls underneath the door, the whip is laying right next to it.
23rd Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: After the guy with the patch and the monkey greets the Nazis, Marion and Indy are seen walking through town, passing by an arched door. A frame later, from a different angle, they are passing by again and the amount of people around has increased.
20th Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the three heroes arrive at the village there's not a single bit of grass around. When they leave the place the morning after there's vegetation everywhere.
20th Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the heroes leave the village, the shrine where the Indian is standing swaps from having a blue sky to a dark grey one, and smoke from a campfire all over.
17th Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Willie and Short get to the bridge there's a big tree on the left. In subsequent shots it's gone.
14th Oct 2010
Back to the Future (1985)
Continuity mistake: While Marty's 1950s family is having dinner, the milk bottle's level is one mark below the red printed label. A second later it's 5 centimeters above the red mark.
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