Sacha

2nd Oct 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: When the neighbour and her mum are in the car waiting for Eric to come out of the house, one of the cops behind turns his head and stares at the car, but in the immediate wide angle his head is in a different position.

Sacha

2nd Oct 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: The position of the rags that Eric throws on the road, when escaping from the cops, differs between shots.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: When the aliens throw the pyramid of cans, some signs also fall on the floor, yet they disappear in the wide angle.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Plot hole: The Alien family finds itself surrounded by armed cops, scientists, and helicopters yet the next time we see them, some seconds later, is walking around some deserted area. If the Government set them free there's no point in the chase of Mac. On the other hand, if the family managed to escape, then the scene with them defenseless in the supermarket is absurd. No explanation whatsoever is given to this really important part of the movie.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: Eric follows Mac's footsteps and opens the fridge. A bunch of glasses fall on him, none inside the fridge, but when he closes the door there's one in the fridge.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Eric is playing with the remote control car, there's a toy plane to his left, which keeps changing to a yellow truck and back to a plane all the time.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Plot hole: Mac tries to escape from the NASA premises reaching the closed electrified fence. In the next shot, couple seconds later, he has managed to appear on the other side, outside on the street. This is not possible since Mac electrocuted himself and burst like a balloon when he touched the fence.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Eric's brother is leaning outside of the van to haul his brother, in the close-ups the baddies disappear from behind, only to appear in the next shots.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: During the vacuum scene, the hose keeps swapping from being over Eric's shoulder to under his armpit. This takes place in really short time lapses.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Mac and Me mistake picture

Revealing mistake: In McDonald's when Mac stretches his arm, notice that it's separated several inches from his body and much thicker, and is really a big sleeve coming form under Eric's armpit. In fact, you can see Mac's real arm next to his body, hanging down.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Revealing mistake: Supposedly Mac makes the unplugged TV work with his energy, and Eric looks at it in awe and inspects its loose cables. But if you look at the right side of the TV, you'll see there's another black cable coming out of it hidden among the cardboard boxes, which makes the whole trick work.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: During the windshield scene, a brown pickup truck smashes the back of a white car. Half a second later, the pickup is seen crashed against the front of the car, only to change to the initial position when the pile-up occurs.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Audio problem: In McDonalds, Eric tells his brother "Mac is here", to which he replies, "I don't believe this", but his mouth isn't moving.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Audio problem: When Mac grabs the Coke at McDonald's, the kids say, "I don't believe it" and similar things, but their mouths don't move.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: When Mac is on the windshield, one of the close shots shows that his hand is bent and up, yet on the immediate wide angle it's straight and along the glass.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Audio problem: When Mac escapes the NASA lab, the helicopter pilot over him is informing about the surveillance, yet his mouth isn't moving.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Continuity mistake: At the supermarket, a guard with the gun lifts his cap and places it up and loose, by the forehead, from the opposite angle it's still tucked in.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Mac and Me mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Mac's on the windshield and the car starts to dodge cars, one shot from inside the car shows the alien has disappeared.

Sacha

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