Continuity mistake: After the Indians fire arrows at the bridge, Willie and Short step repeatedly on Mula's hands. The position of his hands changes from spread apart to close together from one frame to the other with no movement in between at all.
Sacha
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: At the bar, Indy punches the cigarette seller and packs fly all over the place. Half a second later the floor is spotless.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Indy is in agony surrounded by candles, the three next to his feet change positions between shots.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the mine, while Short punches the Maharaja, the Thuggee smashes a rock against Indy's head, turning it to the right side. A frame later, from a wider angle, Indy is turning his head to the opposite side.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the village, Willie grabs food with her hand and puts it inside her mouth. From the angle behind, the arm and hand are not raised and close to the mouth.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the raft, Willie's hair changes from soaking wet to dry and fluffy right after saying, "I hate you!"
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: During dinner, after the British soldier dips his finger in the cup, Indy's position swaps between frames from looking straight with his right hand raised, to looking to the left side with his hand lowered.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the three are leaning on the mountain with the jet of water, Short's arms are spread apart in the wide angle, but close to his body in the immediate close-up, a frame later.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Indy threatens Willie with a fork on her ribs, in the wide angles her arm is down, but in the close-ups it's up to allow for the fork to be seen. This keeps swapping back and forth, with no continuity at all.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the village, the three are surrounded by a huge crowd, yet when Short goes for a walk, half a second later, there's barely a dozen people in front of Indy and Willie. Then it cuts back to the previous wide angle and the huge crowd reappears.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: Indy's raft lands on the water, and he is ducking but rises up and rows with his hands for a couple of seconds. Then a frame later he is still ducking and rises up again.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the pilots jump off the plane the flowers on Willie's hair swap positions for a brief moment.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: The three arrive at the palace and are greeted by the Prime Minister. Willie raises her right arm to move her coat to her left hand. Before she finishes her movement, the angle cuts and she already has the coat under the left arm.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: While eating in the Indian village, Short's hat swaps back and forth from tucked down to his eyebrows or raised up, with his fringe visible.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: Indy crashes against the orchestra, musicians, instruments and decoration. Two seconds later everything and everyone manages to be perfectly back in place.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the baddie hands Indy the diamond, the black napkin in front swaps from wrinkled to straight.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the three walk towards the palace, they pass by a wall with an elephant painted on. Round the corner, a guard stands 10 meters in the back. A frame later, the guard stands right next to the three. In the following shots he keeps appearing or disappearing randomly.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: In the plane, Willie wakes up Indy, who asks if they've arrived, and a feather lands on his head. A frame later the feather is gone.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When Mola Ram is climbing the bridge, Willie and Short stand together; half a second later Mola Ram falls and Short has managed to climb up and move apart to let him pass by. Then a nano-second later, Mola Ram grabs onto a piece a wood and Short and Willie manage to stand together again. (01:41:15)
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: After Willie saves Short from the hole in the bridge, the river is filled with water. Seconds later, when Indy is about to cut the bridge, there's a wide angle where there's barely any water, with rocks coming out. Then he cuts the bridge and it's filled with water again.
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