Continuity mistake: When the first British MI6 agent (Dawes) is killed by killer waves sent through his earphones at the United Nations, he has his fingers closed when the waves go through, but the next shot shows him with his fingers wide apart. (00:01:50)
Revealing mistake: When Hamilton is watching the Fillet of Soul restaurant at the beginning of the movie, he is stabbed and killed. When the coffin is brought over to him, you can see the 'dead' Hamilton breathing. (00:03:15)
Factual error: At the opening voodoo ritual, a large green snake is used to kill a man. The species is visually identifiable as a Green Tree Python, a non-venomous constrictor from New Guinea and northern Australia. It would never be found in the Caribbean, where the film is set, and despite being shown as lethal with a bite, in reality, it can't deliver venom. At worst, it could constrict small prey, not instantly kill a human. (00:04:15 - 00:04:55)
Revealing mistake: The snake held up to kill the agent and later Solitaire is obviously not a real snake but a fake one. Look at how stiff it looks. (00:04:20 - 01:44:05)
Suggested correction: As someone who used to own a redtail boa constrictor and a regular watcher of snake channels like Chandler's Wild Life, I can tell you that this snake is very much behaving like a real constrictor would when held that way. It is stiff because it's one long noodle of muscle. And depending on how he presses his fingers into it, it can lock up even more. That's how he forces the mouth to open up by pressing into the muscles on the back of the neck below the head.
Continuity mistake: Watch the way the bloke at the beginning is holding the snake. Every time the camera shows him from behind, he has one hand by its head, yet each time the angle changes to the front, his hand is halfway down the snake's body. (00:04:40)
Character mistake: When Bond gets his Rolex he explains that by pulling out this button it turns it into a hyper intensified magnet, but he actually turns the bezel to activate it. Also, Bond repeats Q's claim that it can deflect the path of a bullet. Lead bullets, even with copper jackets, are not affected by magnetism. (00:10:50)
Revealing mistake: When Madeline Smith (The Italian agent credited as Beautiful Girl) emerges from the wardrobe / closet, she embraces Roger Moore. He then uses his magnetic Rolex to pull down the zipper on the back of her dress. If you look closely, you can see the cable/wire under dress pulling the zipper down. (00:12:20 - 00:12:00)
Continuity mistake: When predicting Bond's arrival the card with the ship moves between shots in relation to the orange card with the man. (00:12:50)
Continuity mistake: After Bond is picked up by the taxi at the airport in New York, Whisper in the "white pimpmobile", as Felix Leiter puts it, shoots the taxi driver in the head. The car then swerves from the second-left lane on the road to the very left lane. But in the next shot of Bond's head you can see through the rear window that there is a car on the left side of the taxi, indicating that the car is still in the second-left lane. In the next shot the taxi is back in the very left lane. (00:15:00)
Visible crew/equipment: In New York City, when the taxicab goes up the steps and crashes into the trash cans, the ramp that the car travels on is visible. (00:15:45)
Other mistake: The Oh Voodoo shop in NY and the underground car park exit are both one level below street level. JB walks out of the back of the shop and finds Whisper's Corvette pimp mobile on the same level. So why does the Cadillac limo have to leave the car park using a vehicle lift? (00:20:20)
Suggested correction: I've watched this scene over and over trying to figure out what the mistake here supposedly is. I can't see anything wrong with this. Was this intended as a question for the site and not a mistake? If not, and this is actually a mistake, it needs to be worded more clearly, as this doesn't really make sense. At least I'm not seeing it.
Continuity mistake: The scene where Bond leaves the voodoo shop to tail the car. He hails a cab. As the cab draws up, we briefly see the cabbie in the front, who does not have long sideburns/mutton chops. However, shortly afterwards when the cabbie starts talking to Bond, and we see him more, it is a different actor (Arnold Williams), who has noticeably long sideburns. The driver has changed. (00:20:40)
Visible crew/equipment: When 007 takes the taxi outside the Oh Voodoo Cult Shop, you can see the reflection of the crew on the window of the car. (00:20:45)
Audio problem: When one of Mr Big's henchmen points his gun at Bond when he is in Mr Big's apartment, he says "Mr Big's gonna take care of you in a minute." but viewed from behind, his lips aren't moving when he says it. (00:23:35)
Continuity mistake: When Tee Hee appears from the meeting room in Mr Big's apartment, the doors to the meeting room open twice between shots. (00:24:25)
Continuity mistake: When Tee Hee is about to bend the barrel of Bond's Walther PPK, he has his index finger on the trigger guard of the gun, but the next shot shows him holding the gun with all his fingers around the handle. (00:24:45)
Revealing mistake: When Tee Hee bends the barrel of Bond's Walther PPK, in the close-up, the score marks where the barrel has been pre-cut are visible. (00:24:50)
Factual error: The henchman with the prosthetic arm bends Bond's gun. It would require something in the range of 1000 pounds of pressure to bend a gun like that. It would be impossible for anyone to generate that much pressure since the arm is driven only by human muscle. (00:24:50)
Continuity mistake: In the scene in the alley behind Filet of Soul, where Bond is saved by Strutter, the position of the right arm of the unconscious/dead goon in the light leather coat moves between shots. (00:27:10)
Deliberate mistake: The snake that "attacks" Bond in the bathroom can be visually identified as a mere kingsnake. Apparently just a black kingsnake or a California kingsnake. It is in no way venomous or dangerous but is presented in the film as such. This was done to keep Roger Moore safe by using a tame non-venomous snake. However, this breed is easily identifiable, being a kingsnake and safe, a harmless constrictor. (00:32:35 - 00:34:35)
