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Men in Black (1997) - 54 mistakes

Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Linda Fiorentino, Rip Torn, Tommy Lee Jones, Tony Shalhoub, Vincent D'Onofrio, Will Smith (add more)

Genres: Action, Comedy, Sci-fi

Mistakes

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Revealing: When the Edgar alien first pulls up in front of the jewellery shop before the diner scene, it shows him turning the corner in the pest control truck. The "Zap 'Em" logo on the hood is backwards.

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Continuity: When K shows the neutralizer at the border patrol guys, he holds it parallel to his face, but in the close-up it's next to where his shoulder meets the arm.

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Continuity: When J holds the baby squid, his fingers protrude more or less depending on the angle.

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Continuity: When Arquillian's stretcher is about to pass through the doors, the cat is raised and nervous, when the angle changes he is resting relaxed.

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Revealing: When the jeweler's ear pops-open, the angle changes and it gets replaced for a prop that looks nothing like the real ear.

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Continuity: When J is searching for the cab, K arrives to pick him up and says "He won't be leaving in a cab". Right then a bus suddenly appears on the right lane, only to disappear in the next angle.

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Continuity: At the morgue, K walks towards the Arquillian's head while Weaver and J walk to see the Jeweler. When the angle changes, a frame later, K is meters away, close to the racks.

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Continuity: When the UFO crashes against the ground, K's hair moves wildly in the front shot, but remains still in the angle shot from behind.

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Continuity: When the Mexican alien is running away, the whole scene is all wrong: He runs for a long time and passes by many bushes and cacti, but when K takes out his gun, the alien is just 10 meters away. Plus, from the POV angle, he passes by the cactus to the left of the guard twice.

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Other: When Arquillian is laying flat dead in the morgue, his pulse on his throat is very visible.

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Continuity: When J exits the jewelry, he falls on a some trash with a pizza box next to his armpit. A frame later, the box is laying by his hip.

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Visible crew/equipment: When J puts the glasses on for the first time, lighting screen is reflected on the right lense.

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Continuity: In the jewelry store, when J chases the farmer, the boots behind him swap from standing to fallen between frames.

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Continuity: After Dr Weaver unveils Arquillian's body, the way the blanket is folded changes between shots.

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Continuity: When Arquillian's body is brought to the morgue, the strap around his legs disappears in the first shot.

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Continuity: Towards the end, when J is fending off the Edgar Bug with the flaming branch, Edgar's mandibles are outside his mouth. Cut to a shot of J and the mandibles are inside his mouth.

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Continuity: After doing his recruitment test, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are sitting down on a bench and talking. The distance between them decreases between the first and second shot.

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Continuity: When the farmer kills the two men at the diner he exits the place and encounters a passer-by. When the angle changes the man has vanished.

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Continuity: When the two men with the cat are eating at the diner, the table behind the old man is either empty or has an old woman sitting by it, depending on the angle.

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Revealing: When J and K are knocked over by the roach near the end, when they land you can see a square of grass move. Shows that a crash mat is covered with a bit of grass to make the landing easier.

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