Deliberate mistake: When Bilbo finds The Ring, he kneels down to get it. In the prologue in Fellowship Of The Ring, Bilbo is lying on the ground. The direction he looks toward when he overhears Gollum is also different.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
1 deliberate mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Peter Jackson
Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage
Continuity mistake: Just after Radagast has a flashback of him seeing the Necromancer, some of the white stuff on his beard disappears briefly in the shot where he inhales the stuff in Gandalf's pipe. (01:15:20)
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Answer: Gandalf has already convinced the dwarves Bilbo is a burglar and Bilbo realised he needs a lot to convince them otherwise. Bilbo is also intimidated by Gandlaf and confused about his claims so he is not sure how to handle the situation.
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