Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, Teddy and Chuck are talking by the steps. Teddy's cigarette is in his mouth or away depending on the angle, with no continuity sense whatsoever.
Sacha
8th Apr 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
8th Apr 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: After Teddy takes his dead daughter's shoe off, its position changes between angles.
8th Apr 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Teddy arrives home and sees his wife on the swing, the ducks in the lake appear or disappear depending on the angle.
8th Apr 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When the German officer is dying, his gun has a paper next to it. When Teddy kicks the gun away the paper is gone.
8th Apr 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Teddy interrupts the doctors' meeting, the coffee spoon on Dr. Cawley's saucer changes positions between the first and second angle.
8th Apr 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: During the dying German scene, the needle on the record player moves backwards between the first and second angle, in barely a couple seconds.
5th Mar 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: The first night Chuck and Teddy sleep in the bunk bed, Chuck's head is totally resting on the pillow in the close-up angle, as opposed to the semi-rigid position from the previous wide angle shot.
5th Mar 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Teddy grabs his dead daughter in the lake and cries, his fringe is all wet and covering the forehead. When the angle changes, it's combed to the left.
5th Mar 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: In Cawley's office Teddy takes an aspirin with one hand and a glass of water with the other. Next shot his hands are empty.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Rachel is covered in blood she places her hand on Teddy's cheek. When the angle changes it's suddenly over his shoulder. The mistake is not due to the scene happening in an insane man's mind, it's not a plot-wise mistake.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: Two cops run away from a wall when a tree falls in front of them. Half a second later they are standing still next to the wall, as if nothing had happened.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: Teddy has a freckle or bruise next to the band-aid that appears and disappears all the time.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: Before Teddy finds Chuck dead, Chuck takes his hand to the pocket in his jacket to grab a paper. When the angle changes, his arm is in a different position and he repeats the previous movement.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Teddy's in the lake holding his dead kids, the amount of floating leaves increases / decreases randomly between shots.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: On the boat, Teddy lights up a cigarette and holds it in his mouth. A frame later it appears in between his fingers.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: While talking with Teddy, Noyce's hand is either holding the bar or raised depending on the angle.
20th Feb 2010
Shutter Island (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Teddy's kids are lying dead on the grass, the position of the girl's arms keeps changing between shots.
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