NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Other mistake: When Giosuè discovers the German boy in the metal box Guido says that his name is Schwarz (Black). The German subtitles translate the name as Schwanz (Tail or - rather - Dick), and that's how both Guido and Giosuè refer to the boy later. Even if the different naming later was intended the first subtitling was too anticipatory. (01:33:50 - 01:45:50)

NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Plot hole: When Giosuè acts as a silent German boy and joins the coffee party Guido talks to him in Italian quite loudly while he is eating. The two German children sitting at the same table should have noticed something and, if not give him away, at least be somewhat surprised. (01:38:05)

NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Continuity mistake: When Giosuè climbs out of the metal box the door is only half open, but when the camera angle changes it's fully open. (01:54:05)

NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Revealing mistake: When Guido tries to escape camouflaged as a woman and is stopped by the guards the second from right prisoner cannot help laughing. (01:50:10)

NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Revealing mistake: When Giosuè steps out of the metal box he walks over to a marked spot where he is supposed to wait for the tank to turn around the corner. This wouldn't have been as revealing if he hadn't been firmly looking at his mark for the last few meters. (01:54:30)

NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

21st Dec 2003

Life is Beautiful (1997)

Continuity mistake: Giosuè spots his mama from the tank when they go down a mountain road with rocks left and right, but when he runs over to her he crosses a lush meadow. (01:56:40)

NancyFelix

Other mistake: When Ruben tries to speak to Amelia over the phone and leaves his number he gives his extension 117 (in the Spanish version and all subtitles), but in the English dubbed version he says 116. (00:17:45)

NancyFelix

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where the photographer gets killed there's a shadow of the boom mike on the top left right before he gets stabbed. (00:32:25)

NancyFelix

Revealing mistake: When the stabbed photographer is left sitting on the toilet the blood stains on his pants are virtually colorless. (00:32:35)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: Amaro gets beaten up by Ruben and receives some bruises in his face. A little later, when he meets Amelia in the church, the bruises are gone. (00:57:50)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Amelia tries to persuade Amaro to leave town with her, her cardigan covers her dress over the shoulder only partly, but the dress is fully covered from one shot to the next when Amaro stresses the importance of his vocation. (01:14:55)

NancyFelix

Revealing mistake: When Amaro waits for Dionisia and Amelia to go to the abortion clinic it's 2 a.m., but there's one shot of the sky where the reddish sky at the horizon looks very dawnish. (01:37:20)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Amaro takes the dying Amelia away from the abortion clinic her head keeps changing between an upright position and leaning against his shoulder. (01:43:15)

NancyFelix

21st Dec 2003

Money Train (1995)

21st Dec 2003

Money Train (1995)

21st Dec 2003

Money Train (1995)

Plot hole: The only reason why Woody and Wesley observe their targets (actually people they are supposed to protect) from another platform can only be that trains can get in between in crucial moments for the sake of suspense enhancement.

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Dr. Keener feeds her demented mother the old woman is looking into her daughter's eyes. When the camera angle changes she is looking to the side, then, when it changes back, again into her eyes exactly the same way as before. (00:03:45)

NancyFelix

Continuity mistake: When Dr. Keener is in the garden with her mother the phone rings. When she answers the call her bangs are pushed to the side in all wide shots, but in all close-ups three neat strands are hanging over her forehead. (00:04:00)

NancyFelix

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