Best movie mistakes of 2023

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Hearts & Horses picture

Continuity mistake: The pony is let into the small pen/corral, and there are two stacked bales of hay. The pony apparently knocks over one bale while eating, but the bales are suddenly stacked again. (The inconsistency persists into the next morning when the bales are side-by-side, or someone feeds the pony and rearranges the bales.) (00:02:57 - 00:04:04)

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Continuity mistake: The paramedic in the ambulance just started cutting off the patient's shirt (with some difficulty) and there was sound from the scissors snipping. After she glanced away for a second, during which time there was no sound of her continuing to snip the shirt, the slit in the shirt was about three times as long. (00:08:20)

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Visible crew/equipment: As Doric leaves the house after transforming from a cat, a crew member can be seen in the background. The crew member is casually leaning against a wall, with a red T-shirt and a face mask. (00:41:18)

Stuart Mason

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Suggested correction: This person is a tiny figure on the extreme right of the screen who is on screen for a fraction of a second while the camera is panning away from him. I had to watch the scene multiple times before I saw what you are referring to. Even then, he is only identifiable if you freeze-frame the picture, thus invalidating the mistake. (At normal speed, I initially thought he was a red banner or curtain).

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Plot hole: When James leaves the resort after finding his passport, he packs his bags and boards a bus headed for the airport. The bus is then intercepted by Gabi and the gang, and James gets off, leaving his belongings on the bus. The following morning, when he proceeds to leave the resort a second time, he is shown packing his bags in his hotel room, despite having left them on the bus.

Casual Person

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Suggested correction: We only see him get off the bus, the next shot is him walking with the cars behind him. They could have got his stuff from the bus in between shots.

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Deliberate mistake: When they're watching the footage of the tsunami hitting Cannon Beach, Sabrina turns the TV off as the shot pulls backwards. Suddenly, the glare on the TV appears out of nowhere.

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck picture

Continuity mistake: Some of the advances Mark made walking toward the edge of the cliff were negated with camera shifts, placing him at earlier spots. (01:28:17)

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Continuity mistake: The amount of tomato juice in Lou's [Lily Tomlin] glass fluctuates with camera angle/distance, increasing two times. More distant views from the table show about one-third full, whereas close-ups show about one-half full. (00:27:10 - 00:28:10)

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Time Boys picture

Continuity mistake: The teacup handle (left side of the screen) rotates about 45°, even though no one touches the cup. (00:11:50 - 00:12:30)

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Continuity mistake: In the hospital, Sebastian's head is centered on the pillow. When the camera shifts, the top of the pillow to the right of his face is angled too low towards the upper-right of the screen. (00:02:26 - 00:02:51)

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Continuity mistake: In the front view of Olivia when she sits at her desk and opens her laptop, the clear LED globe lightbulb to her right is illuminated with a visible filament, but the bulb looks solid white when the camera shifts to a rear view. (01:22:22)

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Suggested correction: It's still a clear bulb in the rear view, you're just seeing the white curtains behind the clear bulb.

Bishop73

Filaments should still be visible because they are darker and in front of the paler background.

KeyZOid

The filament is still visible.

Bishop73

Didn't look illuminated on my screen.

KeyZOid

It definitely is illuminated. It might be hard to tell with so much lighting already present in the scene, especially coming through the window.

Bishop73

I seriously doubt there's enough background light to make what is supposed to be a clear illuminated LED bulb several feet in front of it to fade away. (This will be my last response).

KeyZOid

Then you're talking about two completely different lamps altogether because the bulb is in front of a giant window with light coming through the thin curtain and it's inches away from the window, not feet. And it's not faded away at all.

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Factual error: Eleanor Falco is mentioned as having substance problems. No way would the FBI recruit someone with such a problem.

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God Is a Bullet picture

Continuity mistake: The dad is given a face tattoo on his right cheek just before going down the alley to be attacked. He is driving in his car, and the tattoo is gone.

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Renfield picture

Continuity mistake: Teddy gets cocaine smeared all over his left cheek when he is snorting cocaine in his car, but when the camera shifts to a front view, the cocaine is gone, not visible. (00:10:25)

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Continuity mistake: Isaac uses his right hand to drink some water, and his hand immediately goes from holding the glass to his mouth to holding chopsticks next to his plate. (00:20:58)

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Continuity mistake: A goat moves [off-screen] to different sides of a rock, but the rock cannot change shape and color in alternating shots (from greyish, square pyramid-like to brownish, cuboid-like shape). (00:14:15)

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