Sacha

6th Feb 2010

Avatar (2009)

Continuity mistake: When Quaritch is scolding Jake for making out with a Na'vi, Jake moves his head to the right. In the immediate next angle, his head is straight. (01:31:25)

Sacha

6th Feb 2010

Ghostbusters (1984)

Continuity mistake: When the guys blast the glass lamp in the hotel, it falls on a table and messes up the table and chairs around. In the following angle the area, which was dark half a second ago is now perfectly lit. (00:35:30)

Sacha

3rd Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When Dana gives her shopping bags to Frank the doorman, the lettuce is either hidden or coming out depending on the shot, and a long brown bag appears and disappears depending on the angle focusing. (00:01:10)

Sacha

3rd Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When Dana is watching the couple arguing she has her arms crossed. A frame later, from a different angle, they are not.

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the statue starts to walk it has irons and cables attached to the sole of its sandals. When it's walking downtown the shoe is clean and like new (most likely the first miniature has been replaced by a human in disguise). (01:28:20 - 01:30:15)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the slime is covering the museum an aerial view shows its surroundings empty. At the end of the movie, thousands of people gather around the place, yet the aerial view when the (superimposed) slime explodes is the earlier one, making it look as if the crowd had vanished, only to reappear a second later in close-ups. (01:37:50)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the ghostbusters are yelling at the jar filled with plasma, on the close-up Venkman's hand is around a metal thing, but on the wide angles it is just by its side. This keeps changing back and forth. (00:39:20)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Nine (2009)

Continuity mistake: During the Folies Bergere song there's a close-up of Judy Dench and behind her is the vedette walking down the steps one leg forward. The angle immediately swaps to a wider one and the position of the legs has swapped.

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Ghostbusters 2 mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When the judge tells the men to stand up, the position of the books in front of them on the table changes position between shots. (00:31:40)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Ghostbusters 2 mistake picture

Continuity mistake: During the dancing toaster scene, the pool balls' position differ depending on if the wide or close angle focuses. (00:41:25)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the doctors are testing the baby, the stethoscope to his right disappears on the back shots. (00:16:50)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the ghost is about to kidnap the baby, Oscar stretches out his right arm. A split second later, from a different angle, the arm is resting by his side. (01:15:45)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: Dana chases the pram and a biker falls seconds before. She passes next to him and meters ahead, she falls on the curb with no one around. In the close-up, the bicycle has appeared next to her. (00:02:00)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When Janusz is knocked out on the floor, his position keeps changing all the time depending on the angle.

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: Before Dana is trapped by the rubber hose, the white tube it comes out of is on her left several meters away. A split second later, the angle changes and without her having moved, the white tube is by her right side a couple inches away. (01:33:00)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: During the trial, the coffee pot swaps the side it's facing between the front and back shots. (00:28:55)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: After Dana rescues the baby in the museum, while she holds him, his head is either turned to the right or to the left, depending on which angle focuses. (01:18:25)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Continuity mistake: When the five men are inside the statue, the light on the background is green. Before they smash the museum there's a huge pink cloud that colours the statue pink on the wide angle. However in the close-up of the men the light is green as before. (01:31:35)

Sacha

29th Jan 2010

Nine (2009)

Continuity mistake: When penélope Cruz is sick in bed, a strand of hair appears on her forehead on the last wide angle we see of her.

Sacha

28th Jan 2010

Superman (1978)

Continuity mistake: In the extended edition, before Superman enters Lex's lair his hair is short, then when he's being shot at, his hair is much longer and bulkier. When he finally enters the place, it's back to short.

Sacha

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