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Superman Returns (2006) - 35 mistakes

Directed by Bryan Singer, starring Brandon Routh, James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-fi

This movie follows on from Superman II, meaning that in effect the movies Superman III and IV never happened, which we should all be grateful for. As such no continuity mistakes relating to the later two films are valid.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Lois pulls up to the house where the blackout was traced to, she hears some music coming from the boat down at the dock. As the camera pans upwards over the car, as she steps out, the whole camera and a crew member are reflected in the side of the car.

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Deliberate "mistake": When Lex tests the crystal fragment, it knocks out all the power on the airplane Lois is flying in, yet the flight attendant's amplified voice can still be heard over the speakers.

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Continuity: In the scene where Richard finds Lois and the son on the yacht, he hugs the boy and you can see that one of the drawers is open. When he looks up at Lois, the drawer is now closed.

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Other: The text of the German news is wrong. It is titled "Fensterputzer halten an ihrem Lebemfest" (Window cleaners hold on for their lives). It should be "Leben fest". Also "Newsdirek" is wrong, it should be "Newsdirekt" or better "News direkt."

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Revealing: Just before the end credits, as Superman is flying past Metropolis and into space, watch the car headlights in the background. The background shot is blatantly sped-up by a large amount, as all of the cars appear to be travelling at huge speeds, even in a traffic jam.

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Continuity: In the scene where Lois Lane is holding her son as Lex Luthor is revealing his plan to her the ring on her left hand switches back and forth between her middle and ring fingers.

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Revealing: During the airplane mishap where Lois is pinned to the ceiling, notice how the force is strong enough to hold her there, but both her hair and ID badge still hang down.

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Continuity: Near the end of the film when Lois makes to leave the hospital room after visiting Superman, she takes hold of her son's left hand with her right - meaning he should walk out whilst at her right side, furthest away from the hospital bed. In the next shot, both Lois and her son have swapped positions.

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Continuity: In the scene when Lex is testing the kryptonite at the basement of the mansion, after the power outage, he is standing directly in front of a square yellow sign. Cut to a wider shot, and he has moved left and Kitty is now in front of the sign. Cut again and Lex is back in his first position.

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Continuity: Before Clark's spaceship crashes, Ma Kent washes a mug and places it upside down. On the next shot the mug is the other way up.

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Continuity: After Superman enters the plane, Lois' badge keeps turning around between shots.

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Continuity: When Superman picks Kitty up from the car to take her to the hospital, her white skirt is way above her knees, revealing the top of her stockings. Superman's hands are on her stockings. When he starts to fly up, the skirt now covers her knees, with his hands on the fabric.

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Continuity: During the robbery, the machine gun's ammunition belt is on the weapon's left side. In one brief shot, it's on the right. This shot is flipped.

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Continuity: In the plane, after Superman says that planes are safe, the man next to Lois raises his arm way up high, but a frame later, from an angle behind, he is barely raising the tip of his hand.

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Continuity: When Lois and Clark exit the building and she scolds him for leaving, the passers by don't match between one shot and the other.

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Continuity: A tube and oxygen mask suddenly appear over the seat in front of Lois after Superman enters the plane.

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Revealing: At the baseball field, when Clark is holding the plane's nose he is replaced by an obvious CGI figure with zero facial expression.

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Continuity: Clark's dog leaves a baseball on the ground and walks until being parallel to Clark's both legs. A frame later the dog is two meters behind, next to Clark's left knee.

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Continuity: Before the earthquake, the radio in Ma Kent's changes positions between shots, and a table cloth appears under Ma Kent's reading glasses.

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Continuity: The writings on the note Lois faxes to the Daily Planet (with the coordinates) change from when she writes it to when Jimmy sees it through his camera. For example, the 'N' is much smaller and the 'P' is fatter in the faxed version.

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