Jon Sandys

7th Feb 2005

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When Riggs and Murtaugh are trying to find the address Leo can't quite remember, Riggs is looking through an address book. Turning the pages, he gets to a yellow bit (possibly a different section), and so goes back a page. The angle changes half-way through this page turn, and the yellow page has disappeared, replaced with a page full of text. (00:34:55)

Jon Sandys

4th Feb 2005

End of Days (1999)

End of Days mistake picture

Continuity mistake: In the church at the end when the windows are shattering, Arnie's got his right arm protecting his face in a wide shot and a closeup, then in the next shot (behind him) his left arm's up. we then cut in front of him again and his right arm's back up. (01:44:20)

Jon Sandys

13th Jan 2005

Sneakers (1992)

Sneakers mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Robert Redford tips the scrabble letters onto the glass table, he makes "SETE" and "CAST" next to it. To the right of "CAST", under his right hand, are the letters RNY, quite widely spaced. All other letters are tightly gathered above. When the angle changes to under the table, suddenly all the letters are spread fairly evenly around the table. (00:39:15)

Jon Sandys

20th Dec 2004

Seinfeld (1990)

The Heart Attack - S2-E8

Continuity mistake: When Jerry's sitting with George in the hospital talking about George's jacket, as Jerry says "no, I tried it on, it fits good", he's gesturing with his left hand, which he then puts in his lap. From the reverse angle though, his left hand's still raised, then he lowers it again.

Jon Sandys

18th Oct 2004

Biker Boyz (2003)

Biker Boyz mistake picture

Continuity mistake: After Kid crashes towards the end in his race against Dogg, a wide shot shows that he's quite far from the bike, which is in the middle of the track resting horizontally on its kickstand, with something black against the wall behind him. In the closer shot of Lawrence Fishburne running up to him, he's just struggling to his feet, so hasn't moved, yet is much closer to the bike, which is now right up against the wall, and the black object behind him has disappeared. (01:23:00)

Jon Sandys

17th Oct 2004

Saw (2004)

Saw mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Adam's hacksaw blade snaps almost as soon as he gets it. However, later on (just after he gets electrocuted) we see it lying beside him with the blade in one piece. (00:14:30 - 01:03:30)

Jon Sandys

2nd Oct 2004

Friends (1994)

30th Sep 2004

Batman (1989)

Batman mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Batman initially fires the rope around Joker's ankle at the end, the rope only goes around the statue's legs. The next time we see it, it's somehow re-tied itself, and is now looped around the statue's backside. (01:52:55)

Jon Sandys

30th Sep 2004

Batman (1989)

Batman mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Bruce smashes the vase in Vicki's apartment, it's further from the wall in the initial shot than when we see it actually smash in the close up.

Jon Sandys

29th Sep 2004

Star Wars (1977)

Star Wars mistake picture

Continuity mistake: In the cantina, the alien who eventually gets his arm cut off is hassling Luke. In one shot he puts his hand on Luke's shoulder, but in the next his hand's nowhere in sight. (00:44:40)

Jon Sandys

29th Sep 2004

Star Wars (1977)

Star Wars mistake picture

Continuity mistake: During the battle between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader, there's a scorched slash mark on the wall to Obi-Wan's right before either saber makes contact with it. A few seconds later Darth slashes his saber in exactly that spot (we can see the scorch mark again before he hits it). (01:26:50)

Jon Sandys

29th Sep 2004

Wimbledon (2004)

Continuity mistake: On the London Eye, Peter and Lizzie are looking at the Houses of Parliament from quite a height, so they've got around ten minutes before they're back on the ground (a "flight" takes around 30 mins). Jake walks up, Peter punches him, then immediately they run off in the hubbub afterwards, suddenly back at ground level.

Jon Sandys

22nd Sep 2004

The Crow (1994)

Continuity mistake: When Eric is about to leave Gideon, he points the shotgun at him, then holds it vertically. Just after he says "your job is to tell the rest of them..." we see a shot of Gideon, and the barrel of the shotgun is visible in the top left corner, pointing at him again. Back to Eric, and the shotgun's still vertical. (00:30:00)

Jon Sandys

Dangerous Liaisons mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Valmont is waving the letter behind his back, in the closeup the address is facing upwards, but in the wider shot we can see the wax seal is now visible.

Jon Sandys

12th Sep 2004

Friends (1994)

29th Aug 2004

Someone Like You (2001)

Continuity mistake: In the meeting just after Ashley Judd has worked out that "D" is Diane, Diane asks her where they stand. In the wide shot both her hands are in her lap, but when we cut to a closer shot suddenly she's fanning herself with a bit of paper that's come from nowhere.

Jon Sandys

12th Aug 2004

I, Robot (2004)

Continuity mistake: The time shown on the video that Will Smith watches in the Doctor's house jumps backwards - we see it count up to about 24 seconds, then we cut away from it (still hearing the video playing) for about 10 seconds, then when we cut back it's only up to about 26 seconds.

Jon Sandys

10th Aug 2004

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

The Crow: Salvation mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When we see the police officer checking the hit counter on an adult web site, the hit counter goes down from 1,739,986 to 1,739,944 a few seconds later.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: When Alex sees the cop hiding in the shower on the camera/web server towards the end, the hit counter is at the same level as it was earlier in the film (despite increasing steadily every second when we last saw it). Plus the mouse cursor is slowly moving up from "Camera 3" to "Camera 1", despite Alex not moving the mouse. (01:12:55)

Jon Sandys

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