Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

156 mistakes - chronological order

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Aunt May is outside her house, packing things into boxes, we see a close-up of her holding what appears to be a large black leather shoe at upper chest level. The next shot is a wide shot of the yard, and now she's holding it in a different position near waist level.

Continuity mistake: The spiderweb that Harry brushes aside is missing from two previous shots: from inside the secret lair looking out at Harry, and from the reverse shot looking into the lair.

Continuity mistake: In the final conversation between Peter and Mary Jane at his doorway, the lighting on his face switches in every shot.

Phoenix

Continuity mistake: When John Jameson and Mary Jane are walking down the stairs during John's celebration party, there are two people halfway down the staircase standing by themselves. When it does the closeup of John and Mary Jane, there are four people now standing in that spot.

bluedrop90

Factual error: The only elevated trains in Manhattan are Metro North that goes to Connecticut and the N, Q, R, W line that goes to Brooklyn/Queens, and that line goes over a bridge. None of these trains are elevated in mid-Manhattan; and most certainly, the end of the subway line would not just be a big metal "bumper" that leads into the water.

citysister

Other mistake: The Spider-Man outfit that Peter throws in the trash appears to either have the head attached to the body or a very long neck on the mask. It hangs too far down over the edge of trash can to be the same, separate headpiece, with a short neck, that Jameson receives from the trash collector. (Though this may be a deliberate nod to the comic book, it is still a mistake.)

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Suggested correction: Jameson must have tucked the neck up inside the mask so it would hang correctly on the wall. If he hadn't, the extra material would have bunched up under the chin area and pushed the face upward. Jameson clearly wanted the mask to "look" straight ahead.

Phixius

This entry isn't about how Spider-Man's costume was hung up on Jameson's wall. It's about how the mask was attached to the body portion of the suit when Peter threw it in the trash.

Factual error: Harry stumbles onto his dad's secret room and it is free of dust except for a few cobwebs. While there may have been no human activity in the room for almost two years, there were holes in the room that let sunlight, air, and insects/arachnids in, therefore there must have been airflow. With the airflow, dust or dirt should have entered the room and collected on the items.

bluedrop90

Continuity mistake: In the first few shots of Mary Jane held hostage by Dr. Octopus in the factory, her arms above her head change from straight to bent and back.

Phoenix

Continuity mistake: In the train scene, Spider-Man is thrown through a window and the fight continues over the broken window. When a train is coming from the opposite direction, Spider-Man leans over to avoid it, and the window isn't broken anymore.

Peptwist

Continuity mistake: When the car crashes in the cafe, it crashes against a column on the left. In subsequent shots the column has no damage at all.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Mary Jane holds the wedding card with her left hand. A frame later she is holding it with her right hand.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: The chip on Dr. Ock's nape is 10 centimeters away from his hair. In the close-up it's right next to the hair.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: In the bank, a desk filled with papers zooms towards Dr. Ock. The papers fly away, but reappear a frame later when he tears the table apart.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Spidey and Octopus fight at the tower and a huge chunk of concrete falls on the street below. Seconds later, however, cars are seen moving around, no honks, no crashes, no problems at all, as if the falling rubble had simply vanished.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Spider-Man stops the train his head and chest fall forward due to the momentum, but a frame later - from a different angle - he is standing still, his body against the train structure.

Sacha

Dr. Otto Octavius: I finally got lucky in love when I met Rosie here. She was discussing T.S. Eliot, and I was discussing... I still don't know what she was talking about!

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Trivia: When J. Jonah Jameson is thinking of a name for Octavius, Hoffman shouts out "Dr. Strange" and JJJ says "Already taken." Dr. Strange is another Marvel hero who lives in New York. Director Sam Raimi would later go on to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness after original director Scott Derrickson stepped down.

T Poston

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Question: What happened to that Asian nurse in the hospital that was last seen sliding down and scratching a sort of metal wall?

Answer: It's implied that all the doctors and nurses in that scene were killed. And she wasn't scratching a metal wall. She was being dragged across the floor and her fingernails were peeling up the floor surface in a desperate attempt to cling to safety.

Phaneron

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