Casual Person

24th Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Fujiwara finds the hidden drawer in the staircase, he pulls out the drawer and has his left hand at his side. In the next shot, his left hand is suddenly touching the staircase bannister. (00:09:55)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: Just as Sook-Hee finishes saying goodbye, Kutan starts saying she should be the one going instead of her. It then cuts to a different angle where Sook-Hee is shown reaching her hand out to brush her hair. At the start of the shot, Sook-Hee's hand is inches away from Kutan's hair and would have been visible in the previous shot. (00:02:54)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Sasaki is showing Sook-Hee through the mansion, Sook-Hee begins walking up a few steps. The camera changes to a different angle where Sook-Hee has suddenly rotated 90° to her right to face the stairs in front of her. (00:05:30)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee is walking up the stairs whilst Sasaki is escorting her through the mansion, she looks at a painting of Hideko as a child. It cuts back to Sook-Hee beginning to turn around a corner in the stairs, but in the next shot, she is further up the staircase. (00:05:38)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee is in the car on the way to Kouzuki's mansion, she takes out the hairpin in her hair. Four of her fingers are placed against the back of it and her fingers are shown in a straight angle. A close-up shot of the hairpin is shown and Sook-Hee's fingers are now in a curled angle. (00:03:29)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: Boksun gives Sook-Hee a bag which she places on top of her head and holds onto with her left hand. When the shot cuts, her left hand is now reaching out for a suitcase that is being handed to her with the bag is now being held by the bottom of her umbrella. (00:03:00)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee is standing outside in the rain before leaving, she is shown holding an umbrella whilst it rains. She walks over to say goodbye, whilst still holding onto it. A second later, she leans in to kiss a baby on the head, and the umbrella is no longer there. It is shown later that she placed the umbrella on the ground, but she was not shown doing this earlier in the scene. It just disappears in between shots. (00:02:20)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

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Continuity mistake: When Sook-Hee is saying goodbye to her friends, just as Kutan starts saying "It should have been me", Gugai is shown holding two babies, one with short hair on his left and one with thick hair on his right. The camera changes angles and the babies have suddenly switched places. The babies also become raised up towards his shoulder in between shots. (00:02:53)

Casual Person

23rd Jul 2020

The Handmaiden (2016)

Continuity mistake: In the opening shot, some soldiers scare off a group of kids and they begin running away in the opposite direction. There are eight kids shown initially, but when they run past Sook-Hee in the next shot, only four of them are shown. (00:02:10)

Casual Person

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: Whilst Jin-a is sitting at a table in the coffee shop with her friend, the friend pulls out the straw from her drink. It cuts to a different angle and the straw is suddenly back in the cup. (01:15:13)

Casual Person

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When talking about relationships in the coffee shop, Jin-a asks "But what if we keep missing the right time" and her friend is shown with a drink on the table. The straw inside the drink is shown at a tilted angle when Jin-a says this, but when it cuts to the friend, the straw is suddenly at an upright angle. (01:15:08)

Casual Person

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Episode #1.3 - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Jin-a meets up with her friend in the coffee shop, she hands the friend a drink. The friend is shown placing her left hand on the side of the cup and her right hand on the straw. The camera changes angles and both hands are suddenly off the cup and straw. (01:14:49)

Casual Person

20th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: When Josh asks Pelle if he's not talking about an actual Attestupan before going to bed, Christian looks over to him asking him if he knows what it is. The duvet on Josh's bed is going over the edge of the bed. Dani then asks "Is it scary", and when the shot cuts back to Josh, the duvet is entirely on the bed. (00:57:10)

Casual Person

20th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: When Christian takes out his phone to look up Attestupan, he is holding it with his right hand and his left index finger is lightly touching it. Then it cuts to a close-up shot of the phone and it is being held with both hands. (00:57:00)

Casual Person

20th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: When Pelle tells everyone tomorrow will be the first of the ceremonies, Christian asks "what's that" after Pelle tells them it will be Attestupan. The time on Christian's watch is around 1:48 when he asks this. Christian then takes out his phone and the time on it is 11:55. (00:56:55)

Casual Person

20th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: Just after Inga walks out of the main house after first looking at Mark, he turns around to look outside towards her. His left hand is at his side when he turns, but in the next shot, his hand is suddenly touching the back of his trousers. (00:55:05)

Casual Person

20th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: When Pelle is reminding Christian that it is Dani's birthday, in one shot there is nothing behind Pelle, but when the camera changes angles, Pelle is suddenly standing behind a support column. (Director's Cut). (00:54:23)

Casual Person

20th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: When Josh is drawing the runes of the walls in his notebook, in a close-up shot of the notebook, he is drawing nearer to the bottom of the page. In a different shot, Josh turns around to the left and he is now drawing nearer to the top. (Director's Cut). (00:54:20)

Casual Person

15th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Other mistake: When Pelle is showing Dani the photos on his phone, the first photo he shows is of a group of women sitting on the ground and other people standing in the background. Dani then points to a symbol on the photo and we are then shown a second photo, without any action done to change it. (00:23:25)

Casual Person

15th Nov 2019

Midsommar (2019)

Continuity mistake: When Dani is looking at the photos of the commune, as Pelle says "we make those clothes special for every winter and summer solstice", he is holding the phone and begins to bend his thumb. In the next shot, his thumb is straightened with no bend. (00:23:30)

Casual Person

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