Continuity: The day young Clark Kent leaves his parents' home, there's a shot where mother is watching him from inside the house. The clouds and sky colour reflected on the glass is different to the one we see in the following angle.

Continuity: At the beginning when Jor-El and the council pass judgement on the three criminals and the huge white dome starts to open, it stops about a third of the way. Long shot of the three criminals, it's completely open. Next shot it's back to a third of the way open.

Continuity: In the scene where Clark first meets Lois and the staff of the Daily Planet, he is wearing a handkerchief in his suit pocket. After using it to wipe up the spill from the soda, he stuffs it loosely back into the pocket when he exits Mr. White's office. A couple of shots later, it is neatly folded back into a triangle.

Continuity: When Clark Kent falls out of the window of the Daily Planet and turns into Superman you can see that he is still wearing slacks and not blue tights.

Continuity: After Jor-El places the green crystal on Khal-El pod, it keeps changing place.

Continuity: When Lois's car first runs out of gas, the car radio is running. When Superman comes back after turning back time, the radio is off.

Revealing: When Superman takes Otis and Luthor to the prison wires holding them are visible.

Revealing: When Superman holds the plane's engine, the "S" on his shirt is looking the wrong way, revealing the angle was flipped.

Continuity: When the council tells Jor-El not to worry them, a bald man standing in the back changes positions between shots.

Continuity: The morning Clark leaves the home farm, the sky keeps changing throughout the sequence: Dawning, clouds, sunny, dawn again, cloudy, back to sunny.

Continuity: When the young soldier is about to reanimate Ms. Teschmaker his helmet is behind her arm. When the Captain lifts him up the helmet appears one meter away from the arm.

Continuity: While being mugged in the alley, Clark's gabardine keeps swapping between neatly folded to wrinkled between shots.

Continuity: When Lex Luthor calls Superman and the dogs bark, a group of trash cans disappear from the right of the black and white dog.

Continuity: The close shot of the dogs and the garbage bins shows stuff on top of the bins. In the next angle they're gone.

Visible crew/equipment: During the first scene in the Daily Planet, after Lois exits Perry's office saying "You forgot my report", two big stage lights get reflected on the left glass door.

Continuity: When Clark shows Perry a white paper with directions of where to send the payroll, the way he holds the paper differs between shots.

Continuity: When Superman arrives at the ditch by the railway, the gap is 3 times his length. In the next shot the gap has shrunk and now measures exactly Superman's height.

Revealing: In the extended version, when Luthor fires snow at Superman, the icicles bounce, rather than shatter, revealing they are some type of foam or plastic balls.

Continuity: When Superman is in Luthor's lair and Lex calls Ms. Teschmaker , the lamp on the floor changes from lit to unlit depending on the shot.

Continuity: When Superman walks to Luthor's lair, the amount of snow on the bridge of the snow-chamber differs between the CCTV shot and the one from the inside.