Sacha

20th Feb 2010

Shutter Island (2010)

Continuity mistake: Before Teddy finds Chuck dead, Chuck takes his hand to the pocket in his jacket to grab a paper. When the angle changes, his arm is in a different position and he repeats the previous movement.

Sacha

20th Feb 2010

Shutter Island (2010)

Continuity mistake: When Teddy's in the lake holding his dead kids, the amount of floating leaves increases / decreases randomly between shots.

Sacha

20th Feb 2010

Shutter Island (2010)

Continuity mistake: On the boat, Teddy lights up a cigarette and holds it in his mouth. A frame later it appears in between his fingers.

Sacha

20th Feb 2010

Shutter Island (2010)

Continuity mistake: While talking with Teddy, Noyce's hand is either holding the bar or raised depending on the angle.

Sacha

20th Feb 2010

Shutter Island (2010)

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Continuity mistake: When Teddy's kids are lying dead on the grass, the position of the girl's arms keeps changing between shots.

Sacha

18th Feb 2010

Gran Torino (2008)

Continuity mistake: Eastwood is chatting with the priest at the bar and holds his hands together on the table. When the angle changes they're spread apart.

Sacha

18th Feb 2010

Gran Torino (2008)

Continuity mistake: While Eastwood talks with the priest at the bar he grabs a glass, raises his right arm and lowers his head towards the drink. From the angle behind his arm is down and the head is up, as if he wasn't holding anything.

Sacha

18th Feb 2010

Jurassic Park (1993)

Other mistake: Ray is trying to access the main server and mouths what he types: "access main program", "access main security", "access main program grid". However the text onscreen reads "access security", "access security grid" and "access main security grid".

Sacha

Revealing mistake: During the Toon Patrol chase, before the cab enters the alleyway there's a wide shot of the cab making a fast turn. Valiant has his head down, with his hat covering his face and his body totally motionless, opposite to what he looks like in the close-ups where he is grabbing the steering wheel, his head up and controlling the car, thus revealing that the actor was replaced by a dummy in some of the shots. (00:58:40)

Sacha

18th Feb 2010

Gran Torino (2008)

Continuity mistake: When the neighbours leave presents by Eastwood's door, a pink parcel appears tilted at first but straight a second later.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The first time we see the Roses's daughter, the amount of empty space on the right of the table keeps increasing and decreasing depending on the angle.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After Eddie has crashed in Toon Town he gets out of his car and casts no shadow, and looks as if he's floating. Later on he does cast shadows. (01:10:45 - 01:13:30)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the end of the film, when Delores and Valiant are about to kiss, she has her right arm down. A second later, from a new angle, it's up. (01:35:35)

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: When Mr. Acme is killed with a piano, there's a cop next to a briefcase taking pictures of the crime scene. A frame later the cop is 1 meter away from the briefcase. (00:29:05)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Baby Herman's cigar falls to the floor its position changes between the first and the second angle in half a second. (00:35:35)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Valiant and Roger are in the cab trapped in the alley, the distance to the exit of the alley keeps increasing and decreasing wildly as well as the distance to the police car in front. (00:59:00)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Gavin is doing a foot massage to a woman under the dinner table, the fork on his plate keeps changing positions depending on the angle.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the spray-machine is about to kill Roger and Jessica it smashes a brick wall with some lettering and a thick white line painted below. In the close-up the lettering and the line are gone. (01:32:25)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Baby Herman slides through the kitchen floor towards the fridge he stops with most of his butt on a black tile. When the angle changes he is sitting on a white tile. (00:01:30)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the alleyway chase, a trashcan on the side keeps appearing and disappearing through shots. (00:58:50)

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