Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Continuity mistake: As Trevor frantically cleans up his lounge area, he starts picking up plates and foil takeaway dishes, collects them all and places them on a shelf. But in the next shot all the plates/tins have suddenly appeared on the central table in the lounge. (00:03:50)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: When Trevor gets home from work and sits down in his lounge, between shots the sheets hanging over the chair he is sitting on change and items (such as a stack of books, newspaper, etc) suddenly appear on the radiator behind him. (00:03:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When walking in the subterranean world, Trevor holds and reads from the Jules Verne Book. It is completely dry, even though they have just been swimming. A wet book stays wet for a long time, and the pages stick tightly together. And yes - they were long enough in the water for the book to get wet - and no, it was not in a watertight container.

Jacob La Cour

Continuity mistake: As Trevor and Hannah and the boy are traveling up the volcano on the cushion of steam, Trevor's arm constantly changes position instantly with different shots. Sometimes his arm is across Hannah's chest, then it's under her head, and back across her chest.

GalahadFairlight

Continuity mistake: When the Italian farmer starts to shout, Trevor raises his right arm to comfort Hannah. In the next shot it's down, and he doesn't raise it until much later.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After leaving the lagoon area and exploring the rest of the 'Center of the Earth', the size and appearance of the wet patches on everyone's clothes, especially on the front of Trevor's jumper, continue to change from smaller to larger to darker and lighter, etc. (00:42:45 - 00:45:00)

Hamster

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Continuity mistake: Trevor falls a short distance to the floor after Hannah cuts his harness ropes with a knife. After he hits the floor and the ropes fall onto him, between shots the ropes laying all over his body and face keep moving, disappearing and appearing. (00:26:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Hannah is tending to Trevor and Sean as guests in her house, she brings three mugs over and places them on the table. Between shots the three mugs swap their places; you can easily see this by comparing them in relation to the book sitting next to them. (00:15:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Sean is jumping across the floating magnetic rocks, as he jumps on the one that begins to flip him around twice, as he is flipped round the first time, it causes his small black utility belt (with the pocketknife and phone pouch) to fall off his waist, down into the abyss. In the following scenes moments later though, the same pouch/belt can be seen on his waist. (01:05:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: The sweat stains on the front of their shirts keep changing throughout the movie.

Continuity mistake: After Trevor and the others are submerged in the water they have soaked everything, but the book is intact and dry moments after that.

oswal13

Continuity mistake: Trevor is saved from falling down a cliff and sees a sign covered in dust. He gives it to Hannah and in the close-up most of the dust is gone.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The Italian farmer runs fast to see the crash. When the angle changes he's moved several meters behind where he was standing, and is now walking.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: While crashing against the vineyards, the amount of grapes stain on all of the 3 guys' faces is not continuous between shots. It appears/disappears randomly.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After exiting the volcano, the group starts to fall down and they all shout in desperation. Then it cuts to a close-up where the cry is faintly heard, but none of them are shouting.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the kid gives the diamond to the Italian man, the way the farmer holds it differs between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After Trevor is saved from falling down a cliff, the way Hannah holds the No entry sign differs between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Trevor arrives at the lab and Leonard has made a popsicle. The amount of ice on it increases or decreases randomly between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After having flown up the volcano, and they start falling, while still lying in the T-Rex jaw, they should have been weightless, but they still lie down.

Jacob La Cour

Factual error: Trevor - a Professor of Geology - boasts about having an article published in Scientific American, and that is not something any scientist would do. Scientific American is looked upon with slight disdain by the scientific community, considered to be a populist crowd pleaser. It is not even peer reviewed. Considering that he has just turned the geological and archaeological worlds on their heads he would have been better off publishing in Journal of Geological Research or Geology, both prestigious professional journals.

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Trevor: What are you doing?
Sean: I am Googling at 30 thousand feet.
Trevor: Are you supposed to be doing that?
Sean: Welcome to the 21st century.

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Question: In some theaters, the film is shown in 3-D. When the film is released on home video, will it also be in 3-D?

Cubs Fan

Chosen answer: Yep. The DVD comes in 3-D and 2-D versions. The 3-D versions come with (if I remember correctly) four pairs of 3-D glasses.

Cubs Fan

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