Best movie continuity mistakes of 2015

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Continuity mistake: When he fights Chuck Lidell, he is wounded on the right side of his body. During a scene when he is lying on his side, the wound has moved to his left side and then magically reappears back on his right when he stands up.

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Continuity mistake: When the woman is eating the bread roll on the train, the end of the roll switches from uneaten to having bites taken out of it and back again.

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Continuity mistake: When the team is crossing the crevasse on the ladder bridge at the ice fall. For safety, the climbers are tethered from their harnesses to the rope handrails with another short length of rope attached to a carabiner clip on each side. As Josh Brolin is crossing, you can see his tether, which he pushes along in front of his hands as he progresses. However, when the camera cuts to a reverse close-up from below, the tether has suddenly disappeared. When the shot cuts wide again, the safety tether has returned. (00:28:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Jesse Eisenberg seeks shelter at John Leguizamo's house, John Leguizamo pulls a gun on him. Jesse Eisenberg grabs the gun from John Leguizamo and in the close up of this action it's a completely different gun. (00:40:55)

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Continuity mistake: After Brad gets the electric shock, his shirt is completely clean but few shots later he has some burn marks on it.

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Continuity mistake: The getaway car changes from a Peugeot Partner (1996-2003) to a Citroen C3 Picasso (2013-2017). (01:35:30 - 01:36:05)

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Continuity mistake: Jacob gets a call on his ear phone with a news report of Lougle going up on the market. It cuts to the other side as Lou is about to slap the hologram away and suddenly the logo for Lougle is replaced by a sign that says U-Street and has a large 95 under it. (00:31:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Rachel McAdams is interviewing Joe in the coffee shop, she starts off with a couple of lines written on her notepad, then half a page, then back to a few lines, then a full page, etc. It changes in almost every shot. (00:38:40)

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Continuity mistake: At the end, the TV newscaster reports that 150,000 reserve human forces have been activated. But the crawl strip at the bottom of the screen reads "150,000 RESERVED human forces," a different meaning altogether. (01:59:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Bianca takes Wes to the "thinking rock", as they talk and her hands are in her lap, her hair moves from over her left ear to behind her left ear and back, twice.

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Continuity mistake: When Gordo leaves Simon and Robyn for a few minutes to handle a work thing, Simon starts mocking Gordo in his absence. Simon tells Robyn that Gordo wants to nail her and Robyn says "Stop it," but Simon continues his mocking of Gordo. At the end when Simon is listening to the recording that Gordo made of that conversation, Robyn's "Stop it" is absent.

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Continuity mistake: On his way up from the basement, Henry gets rid of a loose piece of tape that got stuck to his watch - but it wasn't there when he was still in the room and left the accomplice tied up. (01:16:30)

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Continuity mistake: Charlie's mock trial: the latina maid walks up the stairs, with Sebastian saying "OhmahGod, thank you." In the foreground, London is holding her goblet with her right hand, but in the next shot she has it in her left. (00:05:15)

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Continuity mistake: The scene where Lilly meets the new art dealer. Lilly holds the brandy in 'his' left hand then right hand then left hand then right hand in different shots. (01:04:00)

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Continuity mistake: After Jupiter receives her Tax ID number, when they're at Seals and Signets the man takes the ID and holds it up with his right hand, but next shot it's up in his left hand, then it's back up in his right hand. Additionally, after he puts the ID in the machine he takes it out with his left hand, but next shot it's up in his right hand. (01:05:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Killian is on the beach with his father, he picks up a baby turtle crawling on the sand. In the close-up shot of the turtle being picked up, some sand can be seen getting stuck in one of Killian's fingernails. When he puts the turtle down two shots later, the sand in his fingernail has disappeared. (00:40:40)

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Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the two friends discuss about the pool and various fluids including the pleasant effects of the waterjets on their ladyparts. During these amenities, the sleeve of the bathing robe on the bench switches position back and forth between two positions (showing the stripe or not). (00:03:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Zipper drops her off at her car at the beach, Marnie is wearing boots when she gets off his motorcycle. When she walks to the car she's wearing shoes.

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Continuity mistake: During the fight scene with the contract killer in the apartment building, the killer's coat catches fire. As the scene and fight continues, the coat is no longer on fire. (01:16:30)

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Continuity mistake: During the saloon heist, Luke Wilson comes in to distracts Harvey Keitel. Danny pulls out a roll of banknotes to buy "some real scotch from Scotchland"; one of the girls poured a drink to Smiley and put the bottle down, but the bottle in a following shot is in a different position. (00:50:50)

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