Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 2011

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Killing Bono picture

Continuity mistake: Neil McCormac - the main character - has a bust up with his American girlfriend. From the first angle he has only got a T-shirt on, then the camera changes angle and he suddenly has a sweater on. Then the camera angle goes back again and he's lost the sweater again. (01:15:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Tick Tock freezes Rebecca and Cecil, they are in one position, and when they go to the close up of them frozen, they are in a different position. When it zooms back out again they are in the first position. Also, when they are frozen moving on the conveyor belt, they are back in the position they were in on the close up shot. (00:47:50 - 00:48:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Talia gives Larry a pair of glasses, a strand of hair is either falling over her cheek or tucked behind her ear, depending on the angle.

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The Artist picture

Continuity mistake: George is in his dressing room, holding a tissue in his right hand. When the shot changes, the tissue has moved to his left hand.

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Continuity mistake: After Puss breaks out of prison he rides the giant Great Terror goose using coloured bunting as reins to steer and control her. In one medium shot the bunting has disappeared, but it magically reappears in the next close-up of Puss sitting astride the goose's neck.

timwain

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Suggested correction: The rope is always there, if you pay attention.

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Continuity mistake: When George Clooney is deciding whether or not his family's land holding will be sold to a corporation, he is sitting with two of his cousins. From a front view, his cousin, Hugh, opens a book. Then the shot switches to a side view, and it shows Hugh still opening the book.

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The Guard picture

Continuity mistake: When Boyle arrives in his police car at the house where McCormick is murdered, he turns off his engine and his windscreen wipers are pointing towards the sky. In the next shot you see the windscreen wipers in their normal position again.

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Continuity mistake: When Tasha walks into Tyrone's bedroom, Tyrone is only wearing his boxers, but in the next shot he has grey joggers on.

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Continuity mistake: Dylan and Jamie roll under a garage door with sandwiches in their hands. They both walk up the stairs with the sandwiches. As they exit the building onto the roof, there are no sandwiches in their hands. However, they are amazingly eating those sandwiches shortly after. (00:12:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Adam and his parents are in the Doctor's office, after his mother states that she doesn't like the lady behind the desk, she gets up to look at a picture on the wall. Her hair is tucked in her jacket. In the next shot, her hair is back out.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where the mother and boss of the company is giving a speech, in one shot the puppy she is holding is resting on her shoulder; in the next shot it is lying in her arms, and then finally in the next shot it is back to resting on her shoulder.

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Continuity mistake: When Ren is dancing at the drive in, he starts dancing with a girl then stops to watch her. When he starts dancing again he moves slightly in front of her in the shot. Then in the next shot they are side by side.

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Continuity mistake: During the opening song, as Gary is dancing with the crowd, right before the chorus of the song kicks in, Gary spins around, with his hand to his nose like he's about to sneeze. During the first shot from the front, he puts his hand up to his nose, and begins to turn in a clockwise direction. He turns about 15° as the camera cuts to the next shot, and he has suddenly turned a complete 180° instantly between shots, and is facing the opposite direction.

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Continuity mistake: At the airport Tim gets a red Chevy Cobalt for a rental car. It's a base model with no rear spoiler. Later he is seen driving a red Cobalt with a rear spoiler.

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Continuity mistake: When Po and the Furious Five are in the top floor in Shen's palace, the lights above them are brightly lit. After Mantis smashes the cannon through the floor, the lights turn off.

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