Best movie continuity mistakes of 2008

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Mirrors picture

Continuity mistake: Just after fake Amy in the mirror starts to cut her daughters neck slightly with the scissors, the real Amy having escaped the bathtub grabs her daughter and puts her in the corner of the room. Soaking, she removes her top exposing her right breast and nipple - next shot she has a soaked singlet on which wasn't there a second ago.

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Continuity mistake: When Max is being beaten by Natasha's sister, she gives him a good whack to the right side of his face, leaving him bloody. But in the scenes to follow there is no mark or blood on his face.

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Continuity mistake: On the morning of July 20, Stauffenberg cuts himself while shaving, leaving a noticeable mark on his neck. After he arms the bomb at the Wolf's Lair, the cut disappears. (01:02:40 - 01:06:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Amy says that she lost her earring, she's wearing shades. The shot cuts to Stacy and then back to Amy, who is now wearing spectacles without having had enough time to change her glasses off screen. (00:03:40)

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Continuity mistake: During the fight with the gypsy in the middle of nowhere, Bronson faces the crowd and raises his hands up but in the next shot his hands are pointing downward.

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Continuity mistake: When Samir parks by 128 Randolph, he leaves the vehicle with the drivers side window down, but when the other agents pull up, the window is rolled up.

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The Good, The Bad, The Weird picture

Continuity mistake: Torrential rain falls during the big shoot-out scene at the Ghost Market, but when Park Do-won is up on the rooftops, a 360 degree pan shot shows only light clouds that could never dump such rain.

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W. (2008)

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Continuity mistake: While George W. Bush is walking along with his cabinet in Texas, on his ranch, Dick Cheney goes from walking in back of the group to being up front quickly and mysteriously. (00:25:00 - 00:26:20)

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Futurama: Bender's Game picture

Continuity mistake: In the scary door, the hay stack on the barn it diagonal, but when the aliens are attacking, the hay stack is vertical. (00:13:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Eva is being brainwashed, her car is numbered '12.' During the brainwash she doesn't move from her seat, but when the brainwash is over, she comes out of a car numbered '03.'

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Continuity mistake: In the ending credits, Ule Matobo is listed as "President", but in the film (and later in season 7 of the TV series), he was always referred to as "Prime Minister".

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Continuity mistake: When The Spirit is hit by the severed head in the first fight, you can see that the projectile thrown at him doesn't look like a head at all. However, it changes back when he is hit. (00:10:55)

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Continuity mistake: When the Wheelers are at Shep and Millie's house, telling them about their move to Paris, Millie reaches over to the coffee table and takes a chip from the bowl. The shot changes to a different angle, and her empty hand is now resting on the sofa, then she reaches over and takes the chip again.

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Continuity mistake: When Miki's husband is killed by the shuriken (large throwing stars), they enter and exit his body vertically (you see them embed themselves into the wall vertically), yet when he falls to pieces, the cuts are all horizontal.

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Continuity mistake: The first time the Achilles is attacked, Cam's relative does not leave the bridge until after Baal gates in. However the second time when Cam is there, he appears as Baal is gating in.

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Suggested correction: And the second time, since Cam is now there, the timeline can/will have changed, so something about Cam's presence may have caused him to come down sooner.

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Continuity mistake: Sylvie just managed to dodge Mary's questions about the fact that she's obviously hiding something. The convo shifts on the topic of Meg's father and the possible passing of the torch; Annette Bening's right hand constantly moves between holding one arm of the shades or the glass in the reverse shots. (00:14:30)

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