Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 2017

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Baywatch picture

Continuity mistake: When Frankie is fighting Mitch and gets thrown off the balcony the diaper bin on his head comes off, but in the next shot when he lands in the pool it's back on his head.

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A Bad Moms Christmas picture

Continuity mistake: When the moms are making gingerbread houses the candies on the houses change with each shot.

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri picture

Continuity mistake: When Mildred and her son pull up in the station wagon, there is a drink thrown at the car that hits the windshield. She gets out and confronts them, and then walks back to her car, with no evidence of anything having hit the windshield. It would be running down the glass and was a pretty thick substance. (00:59:00)

ckbyers

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Cars 3 picture

Continuity mistake: Before the race in Thomasville Cruz has the 20 number only on her right side but later she has the number also on her left.

oswal13

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The Hitman's Bodyguard picture

Continuity mistake: The amount of damage to the car Kincaid is driving changes drastically between shots. Most noticeable right after he kills the motorcycle driver he does a jump and the hood and headlights break off. It cuts to the others running through the streets for a few seconds, then cuts back to him as he passes under a bridge - the front of the car is almost completely repaired as he is under the bridge, then changes back to damaged after he leaves. (01:30:45)

mystiemyth

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The Boss Baby picture

Continuity mistake: When Tim and the baby are tugging over the tablecloth, Tim's meal and drink have vanished from the table.

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A Dog's Purpose picture

Continuity mistake: When Ethan knocks down the hot dog stand, the tray on it swaps from skewed to straight and back to skewed between shots.

Sacha

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Coco picture

Continuity mistake: When they jump in the pool, they drop the guitar. When they jump out their guitar is no longer in the pool.

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle picture

Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie when Eggsy and Hart are talking before the wedding, Hart's eye patch changes from the left side to the right.

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Suggested correction: We're still seeing the mirror image of Hart, so the patch on the viewer's left is still Hart's left eye, not his right.

Bishop73

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales picture Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales mistake picture

Continuity mistake: After Carina tells Jack and the others that she's an astronomer which has nothing to do with donkeys, when Jack threatens to kill Henry in the shot facing him he's holding his left hand up pointing at Henry, but in the next shot facing Henry it's Jack's right hand up pointing at Henry.

Super Grover

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The Emoji Movie picture

Continuity mistake: Gene and High Five are using costumes to hide, and Gene's costume leaves a spike in his face, but when they put the costumes down and run around the corner there is nothing on his face.

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle picture

Continuity mistake: When Martha walks up on Spencer at the creek he says he's filling the canteens with water (he has one in each hand), then when they start talking about liking each other, the canteens have disappeared.

Pjpodemski

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CHIPS picture

Continuity mistake: Jon fell over on the rainy day and he can't get up. When he blindly goes for his phone, clothes he had on the bedstand (and that he could have put on) disappear between shots, and when he knocks the magazine off the bedstand and the pillow underneath, there is no trace of the tube that is instead perched on it later in the scene. (00:46:10)

Sammo

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Continuity mistake: During the drunken gymnastics young Miss Langford is doing to the delight of the paparazzi, she is wearing transparent pantyhose for the most part of the scene; you can see it during the cartwheels with the panty shot, and with the feet close-up. However her legs and feet are bare when the camera shows a stuntwoman leaping over the gifts and crashing into the tree (probably they didn't want to tear the stockings with that landing). (00:02:30 - 00:03:55)

Sammo

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Continuity mistake: When Billie Jean hits the winning shot against Bobby Riggs, she is inside the square closest to the net. However, when she throws her racket in the air in victory a second later she has moved outside the box, close to the center of the court.

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Naked picture

Continuity mistake: As the students exit Rob's class, the principal walks in to talk to Rob. When the camera is on the principal as he is walking into the room, there is nothing on Rob's shoulder, but in the next shot, the strap on Rob's bag has suddenly appeared there. Then in the next shot, he is shown placing the strap over his shoulder. (00:01:35)

Casual Person

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The Disaster Artist picture The Disaster Artist mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Tommy and Greg get into the limo to head to the premier, there are boxes of The Room merchandise and promotional material scatted all about in the limo and filling the driver side of the back seat. But in the shots after they drive past the theater, the seat is suddenly completely empty with all those boxes disappearing. They are also missing in several of the close ups of Tommy, then back in others. (01:20:15 - 01:21:00)

Quantom X

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Smurfs: The Lost Village picture Smurfs: The Lost Village mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Gargamel finds out of the smurf he captured is Smurfette. She grabs the bars of the cage, but the position of the door hinges changes, switching from her right to her left, back and forth. (00:13:35)

Sammo

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul picture

Continuity mistake: When Greg grabs the diaper in the ball playground, the position and number of all of the kids changes in every single shot.

Sacha

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