Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 2014

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The Interview picture

Continuity mistake: During the actual interview, when Kim Jong-un pulls the gun on Dave and starts taunting him, the scene shifts between several angles in which he is holding the gun normally, barrel above the hand, but then cuts to an angle in which he is holding the gun sideways in the "gangsta" style, with no gaps in between for him to have switched positions.

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Continuity mistake: When Max is on the train, after finding out about the stitcher, he's next to a poster ad that has people in it. After the shot of the couple kissing, the poster ad has changed to just having words on it. The person standing next to the seats changes too, and then in the final shot is gone. (00:21:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Surley is in the tree getting ready to lower himself to the nut cart, after dropping Buddy in the bucket, he puts a spool of thread onto a small branch and there is nothing else on the branch. Next shot, there is a clothespin on the branch behind the spool that he moves to the front to hold the spool in place.

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Big Hero 6 picture Big Hero 6 mistake picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene at the college where Callaghan asks to look at Hiro's Megabot, Callaghan's shirt is blue, but when he holds out his arm to take Megabot, his shirt sleeve is red. Later on he is wearing a red shirt at the SFTT. (00:13:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Will catches up with the others, the first shot shows him travelling in a Piper Cub, and the next in a Retractable Cessna. (01:09:50)

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Suggested correction: The distance is fairly long. It's reasonable to assume he could have swapped planes at some point.

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Continuity mistake: When Clinch and his gang start to chase Albert, from his house, many of the sheep start running and moving out of the way, even kicking up dust. When the camera angle changes, none of the sheep are moving and there's no kicked up dust.

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Continuity mistake: Jen and Lauren are organizing a customer's clothes closet. Jen throws a pair of shoes onto a shelf and the shoes land askew. When Jen's cell phone rings and she answers the call, the shoes are neatly side by side. When she finishes the call and kneels down, the shoes are once again askew. When she stands up, the shoes are again side by side.

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Muppets Most Wanted picture Muppets Most Wanted mistake picture

Continuity mistake: While singing in a duet with Miss Piggy, CĂ©line Dion is wearing a dress with a strap over her right shoulder. Near the end of the song, the strap is suddenly on her left shoulder.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles picture

Continuity mistake: Halfway through the film, when the turtles ask April to meet them on the rooftop, she is wearing a plain black top under her yellow jacket. In the next scene when the turtles have taken her to their lair, she is now wearing a light grey shirt with a symbol on it.

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Walk of Shame picture

Continuity mistake: Meghan is at the initial meeting with the TV execs. During the scene, the pens in front of the various board members change position between shots, and in the cut that follow her suggestive "hold them steady" hand-pumping, the woman with the light brown sweater is first with her hands off the table, then suddenly on it. (00:03:15)

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Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie picture Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: At the start when the stall holder is throwing her sign in the bin, the way it's facing changes between shots. In one shot the straight edge is facing left, then right, then left again. (00:13:10)

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Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day picture

Continuity mistake: When Alexander wakes up to find his brother, Anthony, still asleep, Anthony has no zit on his face. When he looks into the mirror about two minutes later, there is an existing zit on his face, and he has to put a Band-Aid on it.

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Continuity mistake: When Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and his friend are talking to the fraternity brother to have him wear glasses to get evidence of their hazing, Rose Byrne sticks her fingers in the whipped cream of the guy's sundae and licks her finger. In the shot from behind, she sticks her index finger into the whipped cream. But she licks it off her middle finger.

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Tammy picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie when Tammy's boss is firing her, the clip on his tie keeps switching back and forth from being crooked or straight.

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Ride Along picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where James and Ben are interrogating Jay at the pawn shop, watch Jay's shirt. It changes from green to black.

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Barefoot picture

Continuity mistake: Jay is mopping the floor after promising on the phone to his dad that he'll bring his non-existent fiancee to the wedding. He tries to talk one of the nurses into joining him. While doing so, he stands before her leaning on his mop with his left hand on top, which switches to the right hand between shots. (00:06:40)

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Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever picture

Continuity mistake: Before Jesse's plate is placed on the table, the salt and pepper shakers are about a width apart. They are almost touching for a while, then back to being spaced apart. (00:10:20 - 00:11:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Dex sees "his" son for the first time, the kid in close-ups is playing with the toy that dangles from above, and there's a toy football by him. In the wider angles none of the above is happening. (00:38:40)

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