Continuity mistake: In Hannibal's cell, the distance between the papers and Chilton's leather bag varies without him touching either. (01:00:20)
Sammo
15th Mar 2020
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
15th Mar 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the finale, the wet stain on Mr. MacLeish's body changes between the close-up and the wider angle. (00:47:15)
15th Mar 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Other mistake: The clock in the millionaire's limo has all hands (including the second hand) perfectly still. (00:02:00)
15th Mar 2020
Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Deliberate mistake: During the episode, whenever daily newspapers are shown, they lack any indication of the date.
15th Mar 2020
Relic Hunter (1999)
Plot hole: Sydney is able to surmise from the artwork (we could also say from the writing, but her rival is one step ahead of her for 2/3 of the episode and it is established that he does not know the language) the precise location of the koi in Lumbini. The map is 150 years old, but there's no way even with a big stretch of imagination to buy that they both'd be able to pinpoint with such ease and certainty its location in the basement of a random building in the bustling market center of a town, that surely changed plenty during the past century and that does not bear any special landmark.
15th Mar 2020
Relic Hunter (1999)
Factual error: On a lorry for Lumbini, Nigel comments about this being his first day of work. Even assuming that Nigel and Sydney met first thing in the morning and they just took off for a flight that was leaving for India really soon, it is a flight that takes 17-20 hours. Even considering the time difference between "the US" (the actual location is never specified) and Bangalore (closest hub to their Nepali destination), it is really a stretch, since it's impossible that he did not sleep during the flight, and of course it's just hilarious that they'd have a chat about it only after an intercontinental flight.
15th Mar 2020
Relic Hunter (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Sydney receives the bowl from Buddha in the flesh (of course she would) her hands are under it, but in the next shot they touch the rim. (00:40:40)
15th Mar 2020
Relic Hunter (1999)
Continuity mistake: When shirtless Nigel knocks some rocks off the Buddha's exterior, he leans back with both arms spread. In the next shot, Tia Carrere's arm crosses with his, but he was on his own, at distance from her. (00:27:10)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.3 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: The principal admits his lie and brings the team to his real destination. At the entrance, Commissioner Selwyn Patterson's is standing with his hands behind his back, in front of him, and behind his back again at the cut. (00:23:20)
15th Mar 2020
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Revealing mistake: In the semi-POV shot showing Elena's face as the SUV rams into their getaway car, the passenger window is open - which would make no sense in the heated car chase with bullets flying all over the place, and is not consistent with the rest of the scene either. Just helps filming. (00:24:35)
15th Mar 2020
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Continuity mistake: When Jane is ejected from the car thumping against the channel's edge, in the shot with the camera positioned in the 'car' with a clean view of Ella Balinska flailing her limbs around, we see her fall with a relatively low parable, but she plunges into the river at great distance from the car. (00:24:50)
15th Mar 2020
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Continuity mistake: During the car chase in Hamburg, the Angels' car take a sharp turn at the end of a tunnel. The left half of the road is in the shadows, but in the shot dedicated to the pursuing SUV making the same turn, the road is entirely in direct sunlight. (00:23:25)
15th Mar 2020
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Continuity mistake: Hodak kicks a second table at Jane in the overhead shot. He knocks over a pink lamp that was not there a moment before and keeps appearing and disappearing, together with the one in the neighbouring table. (00:21:15)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.3 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the small scene with Fidel and Dwayne deciding who gets to do the fun stuff around the island, Gary Carr's right arm is bent or straight depending on the angle. (00:12:40)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.3 - S1-E3
Other mistake: Investigating the crime scene, Richard, facing away from Camille, asks what was the victim drinking. Camille is already going for the glass of rum before he asks the question. (00:03:00)
I hope that watching the scene it can be clear. Camille was busy taking some notes, and he is facing away from her. All of a sudden, he says "So, what was she drinking?" and while he is at "So" Camille is literally lunging to her side to go look at the glass. Neither had any possible way to get that kind of timing, and it's not played as a "Hey, we were both thinking the same thing! Jinx!" kind of gag.
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.3 - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Both before and after the credits, there are differences between the wider shot and the close-ups of the dead woman in the way she is lit. The hat and her nose cast shadows of different length and angle. (00:02:05 - 00:02:35)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The two investigators meet with Adam Fairs poolside. In the establishing shots there's a hotel staffer closing by, carrying a pile of towels. When Camille poses her question, the man is nowhere to be seen. (00:28:05)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Richard calls it a day on the investigation, but he's still chatting about it with Camille during a walk. When he says "One thing's always puzzled me about weddings", two women are crossing the street in front of him. Few seconds and a cut later, when he mentions the bouquet, here they are again, the same girls crossing the same street coming from the same direction as before. (00:23:20)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.2 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Richard and Camille are questioning the maid, Margaret. She turns around after answering about the "Cleaning in progress" label, and her braid is down her back. In the rest of the scene, it is in front of her shoulder. (00:18:45)
15th Mar 2020
Death in Paradise (2011)
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Stupidity: The case is made to be this incredibly complex locked room murder mystery, but it is so simply because nobody did a routine check of the phone records of the suspects / one of the victims (if not of the cell tower of the zone). The detectives would have instantly stumbled upon a major unexplained contradiction, since an incriminating call was made.
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