Best movie continuity mistakes of 2009

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Jennifer's Body picture

Continuity mistake: In the beginning during the cheerleader show the cheerleader to the right of Jennifer have her left leg stretched right, covering her right knee which is also somewhat turned right, in the next shoot, supposed to be just a change of the point of view, the same cheerleader have her left leg now straight to the left.

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Push picture

Continuity mistake: Kira, the men under Kira's pushing power and Agent Henry Carver are standing on the roof top. Carver told Kira that they were on the same side and he wanted her to march the men that were shooting at them off of the roof. Nick races to the roof top and Carver beats him and pushes him to jump off of the roof top. Nick turns around and punches Carver and steals the syringe. The men pushed by Kira move behind Kira while Nick tries to get her attention. Nick injects himself and collapses on the floor. Agent Henry Carver says "What a waste" and walks away with Kira. The men that were under Kira's mind control disappeared from behind her. (01:41:05 - 01:43:05)

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Suggested correction: The two men behind her fall through the hole in the floor after Carver tells her to march them off the building. The movie shows them fall, leaving only the two men on the other side of her.

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A Christmas Carol picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene when Scrooge is talking to the boy after he changed, the boy has a sled that was right by some posts, but after Scrooge gets excited because he didn't miss anything and we go back to the boy, his sled is now further away.

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The Informant! picture

Continuity mistake: During the opening credits, Mark Whitacre is writing with his left hand. Later in the film, he's writing with his right. There is no indication that he is ambidextrous, which would properly explain this mistake.

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Green Street Hooligans 2 picture

Continuity mistake: In the football match between the Millwall gang and the West Ham gang, the team names switch places on the scoreboard between shots. You can also see the score points switch places throughout the scene behind the Governor and Arthur. (01:16:05)

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo picture

Continuity mistake: When the killer's truck drives off the bridge, the right headlight gets destroyed and goes out during the roll. A few seconds later, it is lit again. (01:55:35)

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Shorts picture

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the film, when Helvetica and Toby are talking, you can see that Helvetica has no braces. They smile and she has braces.

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Observe and Report picture

Continuity mistake: When Ronnie takes Brandy out to dinner, when she asks him what his medication pills are, he holds them out for her to read, and as the shot changes from him to her, the position he's holding the pills changes from being held upright, to upside down. (00:30:25)

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Nativity! picture

Continuity mistake: During the final scene of the Nativity, when the baby is born, look at the boy to the right of Mary, he is tipping the candle upside down. When the camera changes shots, he has now got the candle in his mouth.

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Splice picture

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the film, when Elsa and Clive are burning Dren's things, Elsa finds some drawings that Dren did of her. When she first pick up the pile, there are four drawings in her hands. When the camera pans out, instantly there are several more.

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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure picture

Continuity mistake: Near the end of the movie, there is a large procession of fairies accompanying Tinker Bell, who is carrying the Fall Scepter. The wings of the second row of fairies disappear in one scene.

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After.Life picture

Continuity mistake: Liam loads a stretcher in a van. The interior is a Chevrolet. The outside view is a Ford with a bubble window and drives away. Then the next scene shows the gas gauge on a Chevy dashboard. But the worst is at the gas station. While he was filling the van you can see the "express" tag on the door, which is Chevrolet with no bubble window. In the next frame you see the side of the van. Definitely a Ford and the bubble window is back.

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Nine picture

Continuity mistake: When penélope Cruz is sick in bed, a strand of hair appears on her forehead on the last wide angle we see of her.

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Love Happens picture

Continuity mistake: When the tour bus stops at Home Depot, the position of the front wheel changes between shots. Watch the lug nuts and 5 holes around the perimeter of the rim to see how the wheel rotates even though the bus didn't move.

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American Pie Presents: The Book of Love picture

Continuity mistake: When Marshall is colouring in his drawing of the Cheerleader the part of the skirt on his right is coloured in but when we look at it again he is just about to colour it in.

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Dragonball Evolution picture Dragonball Evolution mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Bulma and Goku have just finished fighting and begun talking; watch Bulmas' blue streak of hair. It's on the left side of her head throughout the conversation until goku says "you might need back up." The camera shows a close up of them shaking hands, and when it cuts back to Bulma, the blue streak is on the right side of her face. There is no indication of her moving it, and there's not enough wind to blow it to the other side. (00:26:25)

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Next Day Air picture

Continuity mistake: When Shavoo and Buddy arrive at the storage area, but before they open the cell, they clasp hands. The shot changes, and their hands are now down and no longer clasped.

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Julie & Julia picture

Continuity mistake: The special mortar that Julia's husband gives her doesn't look the same as the one Julie sees in the kitchen display. It's indicated that it's the same one.

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Precious picture

Continuity mistake: Just as Precious is running out of the deli with her stolen bucket of chicken, you can see that she has left her new journal and pen on the counter. Later, in her first day of school, she has the journal.

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