The Hunger Games
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Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the two girls at the very start, Katniss is stroking Prim's hair. She occasionally places her hand on Prim's head. However, when she does this, her hand is in a different spot in between camera cuts. (00:01:50)

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Continuity mistake: Katniss puts her quiver on her shoulder for the very first time. Camera cuts and now it's across her back. (00:03:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Katniss shoots the rock to draw the deer out of hiding her right hand is uncovered. Then as she fires at the deer a moment later a leather glove has appeared on her hand. (00:05:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Katniss and Prim are entering the square, Prim panics and Katniss tries to calm her. During that dialog, Katniss' hands suddenly appear holding Prim's face. (00:11:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Effie Trinket pulls a name out of the glass bowl, she opens it and the black tab is on her right. She clears her throat, the camera angle changes, and the black tab is suddenly on her left. (00:14:25)

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Continuity mistake: During the reaping, as Katniss fights with the peace keepers to get to Prim, there is an obvious break in the shot. In one shot, she is already pushing the peace keeper on her left off, but in the next shot, she is just beginning to push him. (00:15:00)

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Continuity mistake: As Katniss volunteers, the Peacekeeper on her right is stood next to her. We see Katniss from a raised angle and this Peacekeeper is now further away. (00:15:20)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: When Katniss is volunteering to replace Prim, she struggles with 2 guards and starts to fall down. As such her head ends up lower than both guards' shoulders. Camera cuts and she is stood up again. This is an instant cut and a very bad edit. (00:15:35)

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Continuity mistake: Just as Katniss is placed on her spot by Effie after walking up on stage, Effie grabs the microphone just as the camera changes. When the camera changes, she is no longer holding the microphone. (00:15:40)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: At the reaping, As Effie says "our tributes from District 12" the camera pans from Peeta to Katniss. Katniss has her hair to the side of her left eye. Camera changes and now her hair is in front of her eye. (00:16:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Prim and Katniss are talking just after the reaping, Katniss grabs Prim's chin. Camera cuts to behind and her hand has gone. (00:18:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Haymitch is asking whats the hurry on the train, he has both hands up in the air (one with his glass in). Camera cuts to an angle behind Haymitch and his free hand, which should be visible in this shot, is not. (00:22:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Peeta asks what the plan is on the train, Haymitch is holding his glass by the top of the glass. Camera cuts and now he is holding it at the bottom of the glass. (00:22:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Katniss meets Cinna, he has 4 earrings in his left ear and 2 in his right, so the last shot (when he says that Katniss "shouldn't be dressed up in some stupid costume") is clearly inverted. (00:29:25)

Continuity mistake: When the tributes are entering the arena on horse-drawn chariots, the spacing between the vehicles keeps changing from being far apart (in the long shot) to bunched up in closer angles. This is not just because the horses either sped up or slowed down because the distance is always perfectly even between each chariot. (00:30:50)

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Continuity mistake: As the tributes' chariots roll into the stadium, the Capitol citizens are throwing flowers to the tributes as they pass. When all the tributes are gathered at the end of the roadway, an overhead shot is shown and the runway is clean and flower-free. (00:33:15)

Elizabeth L.

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Katniss uses the remote to change the scene in her bedroom window in the Capitol, her hair starts out stringy (having just been taken out of the braids she wore in the opening ceremony) and changes to full and beautiful and switches positions around her face and shoulders as the scene progresses. (00:34:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Katniss is looking at the forest on the TV screen her hair covers her one eye or it doesn't, depending on the camera angle. (00:35:20)

Ssiscool

Continuity mistake: You need to watch carefully for this mistake as it's over in the blink of eye. When in the training at the start we see the boy from District 8 fall off the monkey bars and hurt his leg. In the far shot that shows him falling we see him roll onto his back and grasp his shin just below the knee. Camera changes to him on his side and he rolls onto his back and grasps his leg again, but this time he grasps it a lot lower down the leg. (00:36:40)

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Other mistake: The video stream displayed in the night sky showing which tributes have died after the first day does not add up correctly. They display in district order. We see the start, the girl from three (so the boy is still alive), and the boy from four with no breaks. Then they break away to show Katniss and the control room, after which they continuously show the boy and girl from seven, the boy from eight (so the girl is still alive), the girl from nine (so the boy is still alive), and then fade to the end. We know that Foxface, the girl from five, dies later in the movie. Even if we assume that during the portion not shown, the girl from four, the boy from five, and both tributes from six are dead, that's only a total of ten. Thirteen are supposed to be dead at that point in the movie. (01:16:20)

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Trivia: Isabelle Fuhrman, who plays Clove, originally auditioned for the role of Katniss, but was told she was too young for the part. When she was later called back for the role of Clove and succeeded, they had to make Clove incredibly skilled with knives to make her seem just as intimidating as Cato, Glimmer and Marvel.

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Question: After the end of the 74th Hunger Games, Haymitch and Katniss are having a conversation on a balcony and after Haymitch tells Katniss she showed them up, the camera moves to a wide shot of them and during Katniss' response, something can be seen moving inside of her dress that looks similar to a hand, but both character's hands can be seen resting on the ledge. Do you know what it is? (02:09:36)

Answer: I watched this scene multiple times on YouTube. There is definitely something moving that probably is not supposed to be seen. I'd agree with your assessment that it looks like a hand. Most likely a film crew member is crouched on the floor performing some technical function during the filming. Just what it is impossible to tell. You should submit it as a "movie mistake."

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