Lack of continuity in movies.

Watching The Bucket List.
Carter - Morgan Freeman, is laying in the bath with plenty of soap suds.
First shot, suds covering his right pec, second shot, suds well below his pec, next shot, covering pec, next shot, below.
All within 30 seconds, such an obvious lack of continuity. 😆

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ninalanyon · 61-69, T

That's pure laziness on the part of the director. Someone like Kubrick would have kept trying until the whole scene could be done in a single take.

Gusman · 61-69, M

@ninalanyon Surely someone watches the final cut to make sure all is well.
Astounding how many errors get through those Script Supervisors.

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@Gusman It's not really to do with the script writers, but as you rightly attribute, the Continuity Supervisor. By the time it gets to the cutting room, it's too late: all the actors and crew are off on other projects. Normally only true pedants (like us?) notice these things. In Dirty Harry there is a famous scene with a bank robber lying on the ground with a rifle tantalisingly within reach and Harry invites him to consider how lucky he's feeling. Clearly shot twice (at least) from different angles, the rifle travels closer to and further away from the criminal as the two shots are juxtaposed. I only noticed on about my 5th viewing (it was a 'text' I taught) and I think few people would notice on a casual viewing.

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