Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaires walks out of the burned house Mr. Poe is waiting for them and you can see some fire hoses behind his car. The position of the hoses changes in the distance shot. (00:06:00)
Mortug
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf leaves the car on the train tracks and heads for the shop while locking the car doors with his remote, you can see that the mannequin's stop sign in its hand is pointing to the left. But when it cuts to Olaf hitting the sign it is pointing towards the camera. (00:22:55)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf enters with his acting troupe, Klaus and Violet are rubbing the floor and Olaf says "Imagine my surprise." Violet places her left hand on her lap. When it cuts she place her hand on her lap again. (00:14:35)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: As Count Olaf with his acting troupe enters the house and one of them says "Ugly little people," there's a red can and a yellow box beside Violet and Klaus. Two shots later, the two items have suddenly moved closer to them. (00:14:45)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Aunt Josephine hands over the photo album to Violet, it is open to a page with a colored picture. As Violet grabs the album, that picture is gone - it's suddenly open on a different page. (00:48:45)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After the stove disconnects, right before the phone handle is shown fall off, we can see the handle has already fallen off. (00:59:45)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the snake with the message "Impostor" written on it twirls around Uncle Monty's wrist, it's perfectly aligned on his wrist - its tail is by Monty's wrist and the head is pointing up his arm. When it cuts, the head is now by the wrist and the tail is pointing up the arm. (00:39:05)
27th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf is welcoming the Baudelaires he reach out his hand for Violet and says "Enchante", and you can see his fingers are separated. When it cuts his fingers are clenched. (00:10:10)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: The marriage certificate that Violet signs and the one that is burning in Count Olaf's hands are not the same. If you look at when Violet signed it she didn't leave a dot over the 'i' in Baudelaire. The one that is burning has that dot. (01:22:35 - 01:24:25)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaires and Aunt Josephine are on their way from Curdled Cave, Klaus holds up the paper drawing of the Eye. He then folds it when Josephine says they all were investigating the fires. When it cuts, he folds the paper again. (01:06:05)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Violet and Klaus are rubbing the floor, as the door opens, you can see them both lift their heads to look. When it cuts they lift their heads again. (00:14:20)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf grabs Klaus' face, he holds his head with both hands. When it cuts, he's suddenly let go of Klaus' head with his right hand. (00:10:25)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Uncle Morty, Klaus and Violet agrees that Stephano is an impostor and Stephano returns we see him lifting his arm with the hook on up. When it cuts we can see his arm is suddenly lowered. (00:40:50)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the train is passing by the car Violet and Klaus are looking at it and smiling. When it cuts to Sunny clapping Violet and Klaus are suddenly facing each other. (00:26:55)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: Right before Sunny bites Count Olaf after the Baudelaires have made dinner there is a shot where Klaus says "No" to Olaf. When it cuts, Olaf's hand has suddenly appeared out of nowhere beside Klaus' head. (00:18:40)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf spots Sunny and asks who she is, Violet says "Sunny is our sister" and you can see Olaf's hand on Violet's shoulder. When it cuts his hand is gone. (00:10:45)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Aunt Josephine tells how Ike died she starts crying and reaches her arms out at Violet. When it cuts she does the same again. (00:51:15)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: After the Baudelaire's almost were killed by the train while stuck in Count Olaf's car, Mr. Poe moves them over to his car to take them away. Then Count Olaf wants to talk to them and leans against the open car window with his right arm only. When it cuts he has suddenly both arms placed on the car. (00:27:50)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Baudelaire's come out of their burned house and Mr. Poe is awaiting, as Lemony Snicket says, "I tried to warn you", you can see two police men walk behind Poe's car. When it cuts to a wide shot the police men have walked several metres to the left in quite too short a time. (00:06:10)
26th Jul 2005
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Count Olaf and the Baudelaires are driving home from court, Olaf says "Children, I've been contemplating our situation." while looking at the kids in the mirror. It cuts as he says "situation" but now he is suddenly looking straight forward at the road. (00:22:10)
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