Goldeneye

Plot hole: Q said that three clicks with the grenade pen arms it and another THREE clicks disarms it. But the first time Boris clicks the pen three times therefore arming it but only clicks it once thereafter so it wasn't actually disarmed. It should have exploded.

jbrbbt

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Revealing mistake: Just before Bond and Natalya are ejected from the Tiger, a mid-range shot reveals a pair of dummies in their place. (01:12:15)

DEvans

Factual error: The missiles launched by the helicopter when Bond and Natalya are tied up in the cockpit are Mistrals, as revealed by the cockpit's screens - short range infra-red homing missiles. They home in on heat, they can't be programmed to turn 180 degrees in mid-air and target a specific location as they do here.

Jon Sandys

Other mistake: It's quite convenient for the plot that Natalya knew about both Goldeneye satellites but never seemed to know where Mischa was operated from otherwise she and Bond could have gone to Cuba without having to spike Boris' location.

jbrbbt

Plot hole: When Alec reveals himself to be Janus and that he was alive all that time Alec scolds Bond for re-setting the timer at three minutes instead of six. The problem is if Alec had realised Bond reset the timer on the explosive then he should have had plenty of time to leave the building after Bond escaped, so he shouldn't have been injured.

jbrbbt

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Suggested correction: At the time he DIDN'T know Bond had reset the timer...maybe Bond had agreed to do this off-screen at some point but it's never alluded to.

Visible crew/equipment: At Q's lab, when Bond opens the car door a huge round stage light is reflected, which wans't there before in the previous opposite angle.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The first time we see St. Petersburg the amount and type of people behind the soldiers parading changes between shots.

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: Xenia's hair is tied up in a pony tail, but when Bond fires at the helicopter it's loose. Then it goes back to a pony tail. (01:43:00 - 01:44:01)

Sacha

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Revealing mistake: When Xenia dies and the helicopter is about to explode, the pilot is replaced with a very obvious stiff dummy which falls forward without control.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: Bond's stunt double is incredibly visible running up the stairs at the antenna, while being shot at by 006. The double is visible again when Bond jumps down the stairs and rolls. (01:58:10)

manthabeat

Character mistake: At MI6, when M is showing Bond a profile of Ourumov on a screen, Arkhangelsk is misspelt as "Arkhangeesk." (00:46:36)

DEvans

Factual error: When Bond and Natalya slide down the dish after being shot at, Bond stops them by putting his feet against a bar or something at the edge of the hole. However, they are traveling so fast that this should have broken (or at least somehow injured) his legs. Plus, that little thing called inertia should have sent them both over the bar, down the hole, and to their deaths. (01:48:15)

Audio problem: Near the beginning, Bond is racing another woman on the mountain. The woman in the car with Bond says she enjoys a spirited ride but her mouth doesn't match what she is saying.

manthabeat

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Suggested correction: Checked, and the audio matches her lip movements just fine.

DEvans

Character mistake: When Boris teases Natalya about not telling her the password to his spike program, she glances down at the keyboard as he types the mystery password ("chair") and should've been able to make it out, given her level of programming expertise. (00:30:26)

DEvans

[Bond puts his gun against Valentin Zukovsky's head.]
Valentin Zukovsky: Walther PPK. Seven point six five millimeter. Only three men I know use such a gun. I believe I've killed two of them.

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Trivia: When Bond is playing baccarat with Xenia, his last hand, and only winning hand against her, is two face cards (a king and a queen if I remember correctly) and a six. In baccarat, face cards and tens are worth 0, and cards under ten are worth their number. So, his cards are, in order, 0-0-6, the code number of his lost friend, Alec Trevelyan (006).

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Question: If the opening scene was staged to get 007 to surrender, then it seems it was a terrible plan. Look how many Russians got killed by Bond and 006. It seems very awkward that the whole thing was staged. Why did Bond need to surrender? Why couldn't 006 just shoot him (besides the usual reason that 007 must be executed through an overly involved and escape-riddled plan) What would they do with him once he was captured? Too many questions and a weird scenario.

Answer: The plan was not to capture 007, it was to stage 006's death. Trevelyan's long-term goal was to steal money from the Bank of England and cover it up using the GoldenEye satellite - he presumably did not have time to run the Janus Syndicate and implement this very elaborate plan whilst serving as a full-time MI6 officer. In fact, it was probably the intention that Bond should escape and tell the British government that 006 had died a hero's death.

Sierra1

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