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[thecasinoroyale]

Well it doesn't take long for the fans to log all the continuity, factual and general movie making errors in films.

Now it's time for 'SPECTRE'! See anymore? Add them here!


There's no good reason for Hinx to attack Bond on the train. Blofeld was expecting him to turn up at the crater, that's why he sent the car to pick them up.


When Hinx appears in the dining car on the train, the rest of the passengers in that car immediately disappear. Also the barman when they enter that part of the train and the kitchen staff too.


During the plane/car chase scene the plane rams the back of the range rover and we see the nose crumple as it should. In all the shots after this the nose is perfect, but the back of the car is still smashed.


In the plane chase scene, when the plane hits the car, one of the wheels comes off. In the next view, all the landing gear is intact.


When Bond and Dr. Swann make out on the train there are lights "flashing" in the room as if the train is passing streetlights. But they are traveling in the desert with no external lighting.


The winter car chase in Austria shows the Range Rover's license plate "IL 25768H" which stands for "Innsbruck Land" in the province of Tyrol, but the flag in the middle of the plate belongs to the province of Vienna. It should show the Tyrolean eagle. In addition it contains too many characters.


At the funeral in Rome the bars of sunlight on the wall behind Monica Bellucci change length through the conversation. The time of day for each shot must have varied quite considerably.


M drives a 2006 Jaguar XJ, which is rammed sideways into a concrete wall by a black pickup truck. Such impacts would fire both thorax and curtain airbags on both sides of the car; these would be visible in the wreck afterwards, as limp sheets of cloth dangling down the sides of the seats and door, respectively. Without such protection, M and Bond would be severely concussed, and unable to operate. There are no bags.


Bond gets into M's Jaguar XJ through the left hand rear door, but within minutes, Q is alone in the back seat, while Bond is in the left front seat.


When Bond's plane crashes head on into the Range Rover Sport, Hinx smashes through the windscreen, which shatters into small granules of glass, and lands on the bonnet. This would be quite realistic in the 1960's, but modern cars have laminated windscreens, seat belts, and large passenger airbags. Even if he undid his seat belt to shoot at Bond, or didn't wear it in the first place, the other two safety features would have kept him inside the vehicle. Not quite so dramatic, of course.


The sealed off room in the L'American hotel is a fantasy. For one, a maid or the owners should spot that a room is missing from their own hotel. Secondly, we know that Mr. White visited frequently, and as recently as the events in Casino Royale as evidenced by Vesper Lynd's interrogation tape. Whilst it's conceivable he was able to secure the same room every year, that he was able to replaster and repaint the wall as well stretches belief.


The Aston Martin DB10 does not show a front licence plate, but it is required by law to show one at the front and back of the car in England and Europe.


The 15 bus in London does not go over Westminster Bridge.


Bond fights the two guards at the clinic and goes outside to get Hinx. At this point he is now suddenly wearing very dark sunglasses.


Thanks to http://www.moviemistakes.com/film11259

Some great observations here that make no sense in the film at all.

[sharpshooter]

Every film has mistakes. Skyfall has its fair share, so SPECTRE isn't unique. However, the point about the train fight could be explained by saying Hinx was acting on his own accord. He non verbally signed up to kill Mr White, and then it spiralled out into taking down Madeleine and Bond. His introduction scene at the Rome meeting, pushing the man's eyes out, shows that he's something of a loose cannon and does as he wants. His silence also creates a sense of seperation from his employers and prey. He seemed like his own man.

[Double-Oh Agent]

Every film has mistakes. Skyfall has its fair share, so SPECTRE isn't unique. However, the point about the train fight could be explained by saying Hinx was acting on his own accord. He non verbally signed up to kill Mr White, and then it spiralled out into taking down Madeleine and Bond. His introduction scene at the Rome meeting, pushing the man's eyes out, shows that he's something of a loose cannon and does as he wants. His silence also creates a sense of seperation from his employers and prey. He seemed like his own man.

It could also be that Blofeld did send Hinx to kill Bond on the train but upon learning that Hinx failed when he did not report in, that Blofeld decided to make the most of the situation and welcome Bond as a guest, show him his power, and play some mind games with him.

[Walecs]

Don't forget the movie's third act, it all was a huge mistake.

[RMc2]

Don't forget the movie's third act, it all was a huge mistake.

 

LOL! 

[Vauxhall]

The sealed off room in the L'American hotel is a fantasy. For one, a maid or the owners should spot that a room is missing from their own hotel. Secondly, we know that Mr. White visited frequently, and as recently as the events in Casino Royale as evidenced by Vesper Lynd's interrogation tape. Whilst it's conceivable he was able to secure the same room every year, that he was able to replaster and repaint the wall as well stretches belief.

 

I haven't got a problem with this. I imagine White, as a regular visitor to the hotel for decades, had special dispensation to claim another room and disguise it for his own purposes. He probably paid the hotel handsomely as well to keep it entirely to himself. As for the entrance, I think there was an outline of a door - but Bond decided simply to smash through it, as that was quicker than finding the secret release.

[thecasinoroyale]

Yeah, an inside job to keep the room tidy for a backhander from White would do the job. A pity people can't make their own logical reasons instead of having everything laid out for them.

 

 

(Also, thanks to whoever changed MY error in the title 'Gaffes', not Gaff.  Duhh.)

[stromberg]

When Bond and Dr. Swann make out on the train there are lights "flashing" in the room as if the train is passing streetlights. But they are traveling in the desert with no external lighting.

It's not as if the inhabited areas in Morocco end after Tangier and restart before Oujda. There are a number if cities between those two, just check out a Moroccan rail map. Contrary to what some people seem to believe, Morocco doesn't only consist of sand and desert.

[DaveBond21]

 

The sealed off room in the L'American hotel is a fantasy. For one, a maid or the owners should spot that a room is missing from their own hotel. Secondly, we know that Mr. White visited frequently, and as recently as the events in Casino Royale as evidenced by Vesper Lynd's interrogation tape. Whilst it's conceivable he was able to secure the same room every year, that he was able to replaster and repaint the wall as well stretches belief.

 

I haven't got a problem with this. I imagine White, as a regular visitor to the hotel for decades, had special dispensation to claim another room and disguise it for his own purposes. He probably paid the hotel handsomely as well to keep it entirely to himself. As for the entrance, I think there was an outline of a door - but Bond decided simply to smash through it, as that was quicker than finding the secret release.

 

 

Yep, this is something that happens at many hotels, where guests basically rent a room all year round, effectively buying the hotel room to use whenever they want.

[Major Tallon]

There may also be places in the world where the manager and staff of a hotel would, if nicely compensated, permit a frequent guest to do pretty much anything he liked with the design of a room.