Best movie continuity mistakes of 2002

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Lilo & Stitch picture

Continuity mistake: After their surf-adventure, in the scene where Nani and Lilo are sitting and singing in the hammock, there are two torches which keeps appearing and disappearing.

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K-19: The Widowmaker picture

Continuity mistake: During the briefing Alexei Vostrikov was receiving from the Generals, he has three stars on his shoulders, but for the most of the rest of the movie he only has two stars on his shoulders.

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Catch Me If You Can picture

Continuity mistake: As the plane lands in New York, there is a brief shot of the landing gear where a modern wide jet engine nacelle is visible. In all other shots the correct long skinny 60's style nacelle is seen. (02:00:45)

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Phone Booth picture Phone Booth mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Towards the beginning of the movie, the Bell Atlantic sticker on the phone receiver is faded, but it eventually turns into a brand new sticker. (00:27:30 - 00:31:15)

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Stealing Harvard picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Tom Green has the boy hanging from a rope with a chainsaw. When the boy cuts the limb the limb hits the car, and bounces onto the ground. The camera cuts to Tom Green and Jason Lee, and then back to a shot where you can see the car and the limb is back on the trunk.

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Continuity mistake: In the split screen scene when Lauren removes Sean's sunglasses, you can see that after the shot pans outward where both are facing each other, they are actually several feet apart. There is no way she could have reached his face from where she is standing. (00:37:01)

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One Hour Photo picture One Hour Photo mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Sy is following Nina and Jake after he put the picture of the husband cheating in with Jake's pictures, the cars pull over to the side of the road. If you watch when they pull over, you see that they pull over next to a down sloping hill that is nicely green with grass and a few sporadic trees. But when they show Sy's car in the rearview mirror, you see that they are now pulled next to a large up sloping hill that is covered in leaves, dirt, and a lot of trees. (00:53:40)

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Like Mike picture

Continuity mistake: When Ox throws MJ's shoes onto the wire, there is no tree beneath the wire where the shoes fall, but when Calvin climbs onto the tree, there is clearly a branch underneath the shoes.

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Signs picture

Continuity mistake: When Graham goes into Ray's kitchen you see the vegetables scattered and the knife further on the other side of them. When Graham leans up for the knife, however, it is on the other side of the now grouped vegetables. (00:56:40 - 00:58:10)

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Barbie as Rapunzel picture

Continuity mistake: Although Gothel cuts Rapunzel's really long hair using a spell, at the end of the movie when Rapunzel gets married, for some reason, her hair is still long, even though it had no time to grow back.

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The Scorpion King picture

Continuity mistake: When Memnon is talking to the sorceress in his palace, he talks about the dangers of her being outside "his care." Memnon takes some meat and throws it to the tigers. The next shot shows his hand empty, then holding meat again, and then empty again. (00:20:30)

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Two Weeks Notice picture Two Weeks Notice mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Sandra and Hugh are trying to get to the RV, a door opens and Sandra slips. She stands up with the help of Hugh and her skirt is completely clean. But in the next shot there is dirt on her skirt, supposedly from falling. (00:56:45)

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The Banger Sisters picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Hannah gives her valedictorian speech at the end of the movie, she congratulates the 2002 graduates, but the tassel on her mortar board says 2001.

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The Powerpuff Girls Movie picture

Continuity mistake: When the Powerpuff Girls use their laser eyes to make windows in their room, the windows are oval. Later in the movie, such as when the Powerpuff Girls are sleeping the night before 'The Day', the windows are circular.

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8 Mile picture

Continuity mistake: When Rabbit and his mom's boyfriend were kicking each other's ass inside the Smith's trailer, Rabbit pushes or punches the boyfriend from the kitchen to the living room, breaking a small wooden post in a quick shot. A few shots later, when Rabbit returns to the trailer, the wooden post is intact. There was no time to fix it.

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood picture

Continuity mistake: During the part of the movie flashback when Vivi's children were getting sick, 4 children were shown. Later on there were only 3 children that were seen in the remaining scenes. (01:13:15)

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Stuart Little 2 picture

Continuity mistake: When Stuart is sliding down the drain he gets his hands all slimy when he tries to stop himself from going all the way down. When he is pulled out of the drain, he is clean.

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John Q picture

Continuity mistake: When they bring in the car crash victim (future heart donor), the victim is in perfect condition. No blood, broken bones or anything. Pretty good to have been hit by a truck. (01:32:20)

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The Hot Chick picture

Continuity mistake: At the strip club, Jessica (as the stripper) has her nails painted red.When Jessica and Rob Schneider switch back into their original bodies, neither Rob or Jessica's nails are painted. You'd think one of them might still have their nails painted since they switched bodies.

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Sorority Boys picture

Continuity mistake: When Adina is screaming for Dave as the "wingman", you can see that the window is broken even though Jimmy hasn't been thrown through it yet.

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