Other mistake: Shortly after the start of the movie, when Eric Bana's character reappears in the library and starts to put his clothes back on, his pants are already undone. If he had suddenly vanished from the library, then his pants should not be undone (unless, of course, he was up to no good just as he vanished).
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Ron Livingston, Michelle Nolden
Some time after his daughter Alba's 5th birthday, Henry (Eric Bana) at age 43, spends time with his wife Clare (Rachel McAdams) and his friends one last time and says good-bye, knowing that he's going to die soon. Alba told him that he would die after her 5th birthday when he traveled to the future (and Alba was 10 years old). After saying goodbye, Henry once again travels to the forest near Clare's childhood home and he's accidentally shot by a hunter; he then travels back to his home where his wife and friends are and dies. In the future, when his daughter Alba is 9 years old, Henry (at age 38) travels to Clare's childhood home once again and he's greeted by Alba. Clare and Henry embrace one another and say good-bye before Henry travels again. Clare and Alba stand near the forest with Henry's clothes, happy to have seen him again, and waiting for the next time he arrives...
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Clare Abshire: I wouldn't change one second of our life together.
Question: There's a scene in which, right after they've bought their house, Henry appears in their living room, naked and shot. I just don't see how this can happen because this would constitute a travel within a travel. That is, he travels to where he gets shot. Shot, he then travels to the newly-bought house; then finally travels back to the Christmas party from whence he came originally, where he finally dies. But the movie never establishes this sort of "Inception"-like travel. He always travels to one time, then comes back. Is this something that the book clarifies, or is it a mistake from the movie?
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Answer: Since no rules are ever firmly established in the film, there's no reason he couldn't have done this. So it's not a movie mistake. The book addresses the nature of his travel a little more in-depth, and even there this would not have been impossible.
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