The Dark Knight Rises

Other mistake: When Catwoman and Batman are fighting Bane's henchmen on the rooftop, pay close attention to the guys in the background right before Batman knocks Catwoman's gun away: you can see that the henchman well out of Batman's reach on the far left falls over like he's been hit by a punch, but he couldn't be. Also, no gunshots are heard at that point, so he couldn't have been shot either. (00:53:30)

Friso94

Other mistake: During the fight later in the movie, when Batman stops Bane's henchmen from executing Blake, during a shot of Catwoman crouching, one of the henchmen behind her on the left of the screen just falls backwards, seemingly without being harmed in any way. If you look at the fight closely, it seems that it could have been intended for him to be the victim of an accidental gunshot to the leg that ended up not being followed through in post production.

Other mistake: After Batman returns to his cave, Alfred shows him the recording of the surveillance camera. From the angle of the surveillance camera, you can see that Bane shoots an armed guard that stands inside the metal detector. Yet in the original scene at the stock exchange there is no audible alarm from the metal detector that should've been triggered by the armed guard. In both recordings you can see that the green light ("ready" & "no alarm") is on all the time. (00:42:10 - 00:56:30)

t-6

Other mistake: During the scene where Catwoman steals Bruce Wayne's Lamborghini Aventador, the traffic lights are red, however traffic proceeds through the light as if it were green, along with Catwoman.

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Suggested correction: I think there are a lot more differences in appearance between Marion Cotillard and Joey King besides the ear lobes. They are different people after all. It's not a mistake to have two different people play the same character at a different age. It's inevitable.

lionhead

Sure, but a person's facial features can change in many different ways as they age. However, a person couldn't have disconnected earlobes that eventually fuse to their jawline.

Phaneron

Explaining why a mistake occurred doesn't change the fact that it's still a mistake.

TedStixon

It's not a mistake if nothing went wrong, though. You can't expect them to find a young actress that is completely similar in appearance to the adult version of that character. That you can see it's not really the same person, only younger, is not a mistake. I think something can be said about eye colour or hair colour, maybe, but earlobes, not so much. Their mouths and noses are different too; you can make a list of mistakes then. They can only get it as close as they can get it, so it's not a mistake.

lionhead

You're literally admitting they don't look alike, thus creating a continuity gaffe... which is a movie mistake... and then trying to claim it's not a mistake. Yes, it's true that finding a child actor that looks the same would be difficult, but that doesn't nullify the fact that earlobes can't change that radically from childhood to adulthood. That's a completely different thing than face/nose shape, eye colour, and hair colour, which can in fact subtly change with age.

TedStixon

Other mistake: The cops charge Bane's army, who are armed with automatic weapons, and yet only a few of them fall as they run towards each other. The cops would have been mostly cut down before they got anywhere near Bane's troops.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: During the stock exchange scene, after Bane says "Time to go mobile", the man with the laptop closes the laptop in the background and then does it again in closeup.

Brad

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