Continuity mistake: In the raft, Willie's hair changes from soaking wet to dry and fluffy right after saying, "I hate you!"
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: 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)
Visible crew/equipment: When Willie is brought the soup, many stage lights are reflected on the tureen, and the guests seated in front disappear.
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)
Revealing mistake: When the rickshaw crashes, neither the driver nor the girl move at all. Instead the sailor stands up by his own means and jumps, which is a really bad stunt.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Other mistake: When the three enter the palace there are many guards protecting it. When the miner kids exit the palace, all the guards are gone, which allows for a happy scene, but still it's quite odd that the Imperial Palace suddenly has no protection at all.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Factual error: It seems highly unlikely that a whip trapped around a ceiling vent can lift up a 150 Kg (300 pounds) muscled man without breaking, or even without making a crack on the ceiling.
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)
Revealing mistake: When Willie and Short escape the jet of water and Indy climbs the mountain alone, the river below is totally still (impossible because of the huge amount of water that's falling on it), revealing it's a still image.
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)
Revealing mistake: After Indy drinks the antidote, many of the chase-scenes are obviously sped up, watch the way the actors move.
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)
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