Revealing mistake: In the flashback scene in the bar, one of the girl scouts slams the other girl scout onto the floor and one can see the mat that the girl lands on. It had been covered in dirt or dust but when the girl lands it is swept away and you can see one of the corners of the mat. (00:16:40)
A nameless member
1st May 2004
Airplane (1980)
18th Feb 2010
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Acme is killed with a piano, there's a cop next to a briefcase taking pictures of the crime scene. A frame later the cop is 1 meter away from the briefcase. (00:29:05)
29th Apr 2003
Spider-Man (2002)
Continuity mistake: When Spider-Man is fighting the thugs that attacked Mary Jane, at one point he lifts a thug in the air and they are in the middle of the street. After it cuts to Mary Jane, now Spider-Man is holding the thug in the air with one foot on the curb. (01:17:05)
27th Aug 2001
Young Guns (1988)
Continuity mistake: Near the end when they're entering the Mexican village, Billy's coat disappears as he rides through the gate. (01:17:45)
12th Nov 2007
Airplane (1980)
Trivia: Director Jim Abrahams has two roles in this movie. The first role was that of the bicycle rider that yells back at Kramer after Kramer hits him on the road. He also plays a role as a solicitor at the airport. He is the one who pauses after seeing how Kramer is treating the other solictors. (00:52:10 - 00:54:55)
5th May 2010
True Lies (1994)
Continuity mistake: During the bridge scene the limo driver is shot and blood splatters on the windshield. In the outside angle the blood is gone. (01:55:20)
27th Jun 2004
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Continuity mistake: When the bad guys get to Jimmy's house one of them tries to open the door wearing black gloves. In the next shot you see him trying to pick the door with white doctor gloves. Why did he change? (01:03:10)
27th Aug 2001
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Mathew Perry goes to Chicago to meet with the head Boss, Bruce Willis' wife comes to talk with him at the hotel. In the scene where he is brushing his teeth he picks up the mouthwash bottle and swigs some, then sets the bottle down on the counter. The camera cuts back to her, then back to Matthew Perry, and the mouthwash is gone. (00:32:50)
18th Nov 2003
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
Continuity mistake: When Oz realises that Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski is his neighbour, we see a few newspapers flying up on the screen, on the second newspaper the article with the title "His "Two Lips" are Sealed", the article text does not match the headline. (00:08:25)
14th May 2009
Wagons East (1994)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where the wagon train is waiting for Wagonmaster Harlow to decide which fork in the road to take, all the shadows are to the left. As they approach Harlow, the shadows are in front and moment later when the wagons move off the shadows are to the right. (00:26:20)
29th Oct 2003
Bad Boys II (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Tapia is giving the mural artist a dressing-down, his daughter has a book in one hand for most of the scene, but when the shot changes to one from above Tapia and his daughter, the book changes to the other hand. (02:03:15)
12th Jul 2004
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Bill Pullman is poisoned he has a defined red cross painted on his forehead. He stumbles around for a while and the cross smears to the point where it looks like a big red blob. But when he finally dies and looks at the camera, the cross isn't smeared at all. (01:16:35)
21st Oct 2003
Bad Boys II (2003)
Revealing mistake: When Mike is fighting one guy in the Metro Rail and they go through the window, you can see a cable going down the pants near the ankle of one of the stunt men jumping out. (01:29:25)
2nd Aug 2004
Bad Boys II (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Marcus and Mike get back to the station after the chase, the captain underlines "tactical" poorly, missing most of the word. When they walk to the captain's office, the underline is now visible under most of the word, obviously a different line. (00:40:10)
25th Nov 2009
2010 (1984)
Continuity mistake: When doctors are discussing the medical condition of Dave Bowman's mother, a close-up of the African-American doctor shows a framed newspaper on the wall behind him. It is the front page and has prominent pictures of Bowman and Poole taken during their mission. In the next, wider shot, we see this wall suddenly has nothing on it - the newspaper and frame have vanished. They return when Bowman's mother sits up in bed. (01:16:45)
17th Oct 2005
Airplane (1980)
Continuity mistake: On the beach, Elaine's hair is semi-wet and fluffy on close shots but soaked and straight in wide ones, and Striker's hair changes to soaked and messy, with two bits of hair sticking out, to wet but not messy. (00:23:50)
1st Feb 2005
High Anxiety (1977)
Revealing mistake: Mel jumps over a step that he senses to be weak. The step he actually jumps onto (and collapses) has been pre-cut in a zig-zag pattern. (01:26:50)
27th Aug 2001
Back to the Future (1985)
27th Aug 2001
Back to the Future (1985)
8th Apr 2006
Big (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Josh and Billy are in the equipment room note the orange and blue pads on the middle shelf. The blue pads change, their white strap goes being tucked up to hanging down then they disappear completely and reappear between shots. (00:16:35)
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