Continuity mistake: After the submarine scene, Aquaman shows up on the pier. Check the wooden plank on the right, and you'll see that the puddle changes size three times between instant cuts.
Continuity mistake: In Italy, Mera fights against a guard, who crashes against a bottle cabinet, causing several bottles to fall. A shot later, the bottles are back in place.
Continuity mistake: Atlanna hugs Orb, her left hand over his shoulder. Then she places it on his chest and says, "Arthur saved me." An instant cut later, her hand is back on his shoulder.
Continuity mistake: After Tom suggests naming the baby Arthur, Atlanna holds his head. An instant cut later, her hand is along the baby's back.
Continuity mistake: Tom introduces himself after Atlanna does, who is holding her mug with both hands overlapped. An instant cut later, her hands are apart.
Continuity mistake: When Aquaman picks up the bottle containing a map in the Sahara, he is originally holding the bottle from the bottom while starting to unravel the map. The view cuts unravelling the map from his POV, and he is suddenly holding the bottle from the top. (01:21:29 - 01:23:19)
Continuity mistake: The goldfish bowl is pointing length ways, but when Kidman is laid on the couch the fish tank has changed direction completely. (02:24:00 - 02:34:00)
Continuity mistake: In Sicily, the lorry that brings Mera and Aquaman drives way past a terrace umbrella towards a street. When the shot changes, the lorry comes to a stop several meters behind, next to the terrace umbrella.
Continuity mistake: Before Mera eats the roses, two backpackers, one with a pink T-shirt, walk by and head towards a street. When the shot changes they've moved several meters back and are walking behind Mera again.
Continuity mistake: In Sicily, three women are having lunch by the florist stall, the one with sunglasses sitting in the middle. Two seconds later she's now sitting on the right side, and also the man behind her has disappeared.
Continuity mistake: In Sicily Mera eats the roses and puts her right hand to her mouth. From the opposite angle her arm is down.
Continuity mistake: When Atlanna is found by Thomas, the trident by her face changes position between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Aquaman enters the submarine and the door knocks the guards unconscious, its position and the gun on the floor's change between shots.
Continuity mistake: At the aquarium, the first shot shows all of the kids behind the glass, with a tall guy on the far right. When the angle changes, there's a big gap with no kids and the tall guy is gone.
Continuity mistake: When the family is with the kid, the father reading the paper and the wall explodes, Thomas jumps to the left and covers his head with both arms. From the opposite angle, only one arm is raised, the other one is extended and on top of the newspaper.
Continuity mistake: After Thomas, the baby and Atlanna have their picture taken, Thomas is reading a newspaper. The position of his left hand is inconsistent between shots.
Continuity mistake: Mera takes her bracelet off, lays it on the street and smashes it. An instant later, it's in perfect shape. (01:30:37)
Continuity mistake: When the village is being destroyed, there's a bearded man with a green jacket who runs inside the church to take shelter. A couple of shots later, he is outside the church, running inside again.
Continuity mistake: Mera touches the stone where the Trident of Atlan was created with her left hand. From the opposite immediate angle, her right hand is now extended.
Continuity mistake: Mera's hair falls on her arm or not when she lies on the beach shore with the guard next to her.
Answer: No, Vulko said they had unlocked the secret of unlimited energy whilst the rest of the world still thought the earth was flat. Atlantis was already old by then, so it's definitely older than 2000 years. Atlan ruled over Atlantis for thousands of years. To say Atlantis is over 10000 years old is probably the most accurate.
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