Trivia: According to the DVD commentary, during one of the shooting days on the bathroom set, someone put pins in Cary Elwes' and Leigh Whannell's shackles to close them, but they were slightly too thick. This meant the shackles could not be undone without force, so the actors had to eat lunch on the set, chained to the wall.
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10th Nov 2023
Saw (2004)
17th Jul 2012
Community (2009)
Revealing mistake: When Britta slides through Jeff's legs to shoot the disco guys, you can see the skateboard-type thing the actress is lying on.
14th Apr 2012
Community (2009)
Continuity mistake: After Jeff and Britta have had sex, when Britta is pointing her gun at Jeff, in shots behind Jeff she is holding the gun sideways, but in shots from behind Britta she is holding it straight.
23rd Mar 2012
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Other mistake: When the airship crash lands in the garden at the end of the film, D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis and Constance are all still aboard, along with the Queen's diamonds. However, only a minute or two later, the Queen emerges wearing the perfectly polished diamonds, and Constance is behind her, her hair, dress and makeup impeccable. This could not have been achieved in the time between the ship crashing and then.
23rd Mar 2012
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Audio problem: When Rochefort yells "Finish them off!" during the attempted ambush of the Musketeers, the sound doesn't match his mouth.
23rd Mar 2012
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Athos grabs D'Artagnan and eventually challenges him to a duel, D'Artagnan's hat changes position repeatedly between shots.
21st Mar 2012
Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997)
Revealing mistake: In Xander's dream, when he climbs into the back of the ice cream van, for a split second before the window goes out of view the backdrop cuts out and the blue screen is visible. Only visible in widescreen version.
20th Mar 2012
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Continuity mistake: During Cardinal Richelieu and Milady deWinter's first conversation, the Cardinal's hands repeatedly change position between shots; sometimes he is holding both up, sometimes they are both down, sometimes one is on the table etc.
16th Mar 2012
Fright Night (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Charley and Ed are arguing in the abandoned house, the light switches on the wall next to Ed change positions repeatedly between shots even though neither of the characters ever touch them.
29th Feb 2012
The Three Musketeers (2011)
Audio problem: During Jussac's speech right before the first big battle, his last line doesn't match his mouth.
27th Nov 2011
Community (2009)
Continuity mistake: During the scenes in the pool area and the locker room, posters can be seen in the background with the Greendale Human Being on them. However, the Human Being mascot isn't invented until the next episode.
26th Nov 2011
Supernatural (2005)
Revealing mistake: When Dean cuts leviathan-Dean's head off, if you look closely you can see that a) the decapitated head disappears while it is still in the air, and b) when the body recoils, its hands disappear.
15th Oct 2011
Community (2009)
English as a Second Language - S1-E24
Continuity mistake: When the class leaves the Spanish classroom so Chang can talk to Jeff, in one shot Annie only leaves her audio recorder on her desk, but in the next shot her textbooks are suddenly there.
15th Oct 2011
Community (2009)
Romantic Expressionism - S1-E15
Continuity mistake: At the start of the dance, the Human Being and its partner can be seen dancing on the dance floor, but a few shots later they can be seen entering the room over Jeff's shoulder.
23rd Jun 2011
The Mummy (1999)
Deliberate mistake: The shot of Ardeth and his companions watching Rick leave Hamunuptra at the start of the film is reused again when Rick, Evie, Jonathan and the Warden re-enter Hamunuptra, although the reused shot has a blue filter over it. Ardeth even says exactly the same line he says in the original shot, but it is subtitled differently.
24th May 2011
Sucker Punch (2011)
Revealing mistake: When Sweet Pea, Rocket and Blondie are sitting in front of their mirrors and discussing how Babydoll saved Rocket from the cook, the camera starts behind them, pans to the left, through the mirrors and out the other side. Before the camera passes through the mirrors, if you look closely at the girls' backs, you can see that they are slightly out of sync with their 'reflections'; it is obvious they used doubles to sit with their backs to the camera and copy the actual actresses.
19th May 2011
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Edgar is giving Ella commands, when he sits in the chair and says "I killed my own brother", his left hand is on the arm of the chair and his right hand is on the book on the table. However, in the immediately following shot, Edgar's hands are suddenly clasped in front of him.
25th Apr 2011
Sucker Punch (2011)
Continuity mistake: Just after Sweet Pea has stolen the map, Blue goes back into his office and puts his right hand on top of the photocopier, with his thumb touching the edge. The shot cuts closer to him and his hand suddenly moves, leaving his thumb an inch or two from the edge. The shot then cuts wider again, and his hand instantly moves back to its original position.
7th Apr 2011
Limitless (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Eddie is eating breakfast and waiting for Van Loon, his hands and the food he is holding change position repeatedly between shots; sometimes his hands are down, sometimes they are holding up some food, and the amount of food he his holding changes too.
20th Mar 2011
Firefly (2002)
Continuity mistake: When Early drops an unconscious Mal down the hatch to his room, in the shot from above Mal falls with his arms by his side, but in the next shot when he lands, his arms are above his head and fall to his sides when he hits the ground.
19th Mar 2011
I Am Number Four (2011)
Continuity mistake: After John has had dinner with Sarah and her family, when they are standing in Sarah's room, the amount of hair tucked behind Sarah's ear changes repeatedly between shots.
10th Mar 2011
Supernatural (2005)
Mannequin 3: The Reckoning - S6-E14
Audio problem: In 6.14 "Mannequins 3: The Reckoning", when Dean goes up to talk to Ben, Ben is playing a video game. Dean says something along the lines of "There's no way plants could kill zombies", therefore pointing out that Ben is playing Plants vs. Zombies, but the sounds coming from Ben's gaming system are not from Plants vs. Zombies.
2nd Mar 2011
No Strings Attached (2011)
Audio problem: Right at the end, when Emma turns to Adam and says "What do we do now?", her mouth doesn't match what she says.
28th Feb 2011
Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Shilo and Nathan are singing to each other as Nathan is dying, in some shots Shilo is rubbing Nathan's chin, and in others her hand is on Nathan's chest.
27th Feb 2011
Easy A (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Olive is seeing the guidance counsellor and she gives Olive a handful of condoms, the condoms change positions in the guidance counsellor's hand between shots.
25th Feb 2011
Saw (2004)
Trivia: According to director James Wan on the director's cut DVD commentary, the major plot twist of the film, from Adam listening to Zep's tape to Jigsaw standing up, was one continuous shot, and was also the only shot they did of the sequence.
31st Jan 2011
Tangled (2010)
Continuity mistake: Just before Flynn cuts off Rapunzel's hair, there is a shot from behind him and he reaches up with his right hand to push her hair behind her ear. His arm is visible up to his forearm and the shackle is nowhere in sight. However, in the next, wide shot, the shackle is suddenly up around his wrist. (01:01:20)
30th Jan 2011
Morning Glory (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Becky is having lunch in the park with her workmates, they all turn to look at Adam and the blonde workmate is holding her drink in the air. In the next shot, however, the drink is flat on the table, with no time to change.
26th Nov 2010
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Revealing mistake: In the big song and dance number, during the line "Girls will go and girls will come, but there's only one absolute", one of the dancers in the second line that runs in from the right is wearing trainers, not dress shoes.
25th Nov 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Hermione removes her parents' memories at the start of the film, she points her wand at them and says "Obliviate", turning her wand hand so that her palm faces inwards/upwards. In the very next shot, however, her palm is facing outwards/downwards, with no time to change in between. (00:02:20)
25th Nov 2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Xenophilius draws the Deathly Hallows symbol, he draws it so that the bottom of the line touches the bottom of the circle. The shot cuts away and back again when he draws the triangle, but the line is no longer touching the bottom of the circle. (01:49:40)
23rd Oct 2010
Easy A (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Olive is talking with her mom on the hood of the car, she starts shoving her scarf in her mouth, but in the next shot her scarf is not in her mouth and her hands are by her sides, with no time to change in between.
30th Sep 2010
Easy A (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Olive is at the ice cream store near the end of the film, she picks up a chocolate-coated cone off the counter and crushes it in her hand. However, in the next shot (as Olive walks away), the cone reappears intact.
30th Sep 2010
Easy A (2010)
Continuity mistake: After Olive has been to the principal's office, when she and Rhiannon are walking to their car, in the front-on shot they are leaning on each other. But in the immediately following shot from behind, they are standing about a foot apart.
25th Sep 2010
Easy A (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Olive and her gay friend are jumping on the bed pretending to have sex, in some tight shots she has her hand on the wall and in wide shots she doesn't, with no time to change in between.
23rd Sep 2010
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Vegas Renormalization - S2-E21
Continuity mistake: When Leonard and Raj are getting ready in the bathroom, Raj picks up a tube of shampoo/conditioner off the bathroom bench with his left hand. However, in the next shot, Raj has nothing in his left hand and the tube is back on the bench, with no time for him to replace it between shots.
19th Sep 2010
The Other Guys (2010)
Visible crew/equipment: After Gamble and Hoitz get back from seeing Jersey Boys, there is a shot of Ershon over Gamble/Horitz's shoulder and the boom mike dips into the shot a few times in the top-left corner.
15th Jun 2010
The A-Team (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Face and Sosa are in the photo booth, Face cuffs Sosa's left hand to a metal bar and holds her right hand up against the wall. After Sosa has stopped struggling, her right hand changes positions frequently between shots.
1st Apr 2010
Castle (2009)
Continuity mistake: When the Captain hands Beckett his flask, from behind she unscrews the cap and lifts it to her mouth. We then cut to a front-on shot of Beckett and she lifts it to her mouth a second time.
1st Apr 2010
Lost (2004)
Continuity mistake: Season 6, episode 7 "Dr. Linus": When Ben writes 'ELBA' on the blackboard, he underlines it with a curved line, but as he walks to the back of the classroom in the next shot, you can see over his shoulder that the line is now straight. The handwriting of the letters has also changed noticeably.
21st Dec 2009
Zombieland (2009)
Other mistake: When Columbus is face-to-face with the clown zombie, he looks up at Wichita, who is on the ride, stuck at the top of the tower. Columbus looks almost straight up at her, but when Wichita looks to Columbus for help, she should look almost straight down, but instead she looks straight ahead. There is no other reason why she would have looked straight ahead because a) Columbus was directly below her, b) Little Rock and Tallahassee were to her right, and c) she almost perpetually had her eyes on the zombie climbing the tower towards her.
15th Dec 2009
Zombieland (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Columbus brushes Wichita's hair behind her ear and kisses her, he leaves his hand behind her ear. Her hair changes position between shots; in some it is all behind her ear, in some it is over Columbus' hand, and in others it is half and half.
20th Sep 2009
17 Again (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Mike is talking to the basketball coach right before the team photo back in the 80's, Mike passes a basketball to the coach. There is then a shot of the coach and Mike reaches for the towel on his shoulder, then the shot switches to Mike and he reaches for the towel a second time. (00:01:10)
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