Continuity mistake: When Dolittle arrives at the woods, right before he parks, the side of his car is totally dusty and dirty. When he steps off, after a change of angles, it is spotless.
Sacha
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Dolittle operates the tiger, the blue cloth around his head differs in position and length depending on the angle.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the balcony collapses, the man that was eating chicken disappears in the wide angle.
Suggested correction: You can see him falling with the balcony. Pay attention to his brown sweater and you can see it falling and crashing to the ground with the balcony. How it was done...maybe a dummy?
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the drunk faints, there's a wide shot of the dam. The number of people next to the railing differs between wide and close shots.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the elevator crashes, there's a really crappy splat of blood on screen that appears abruptly, which is a very obvious over-impression of a painting.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the earthquake begins, a dam moves wildly, but the water underneath remains still, revealing it's a camera effect. (00:05:56)
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the bar where the drunk collapses, there's a scene of an office where a piece of ceiling falls on the left side. A second later, the office is clean and the ceiling falls again.
16th Aug 2009
Public Enemies (2009)
Continuity mistake: When John gives Billie her mink coat, the amount of wrap paper coming out of the corners of the box differs between the front and back angles.
13th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Lois is in the diner and the waiter serves her a Coke and leaves. Angle changes, the bad guy sits next to her and the waiter appears serving the Coke again. In the next shot, the angle changes again and he disappears.
13th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: In the diner, whilst Clark is asking the bad guy to step outside, the waiter is leaning over the baddie's right shoulder. When the angle changes he is leaning on the left shoulder.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Audio problem: When the villains are trapped in the Phantom Zone glass Zod cries out something against Jor-El, but his mouth isn't in sync with what he says.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Atop the Eiffel tower the climate keeps changing from sunny to cloudy within seconds depending on the angle.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the villains are in front of the sheriff's car he places his hat next to the steering wheel. When the angle changes, the hat is away and he's repeating the movement.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Zod throws the Sheriff's rifle away and it lands next to the wheel. When the angle changes it has moved behind the wheel.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is making an orange juice the position of the oranges differs between wide and close shots.
6th Aug 2009
The Illusionist (2006)
Audio problem: After the first night in his new theatre, Eisenheim walks towards a crowd, who ask him how he's done the trick. But none are mouthing the words.
6th Aug 2009
The Illusionist (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Leopold is trying to grab the floating sword, the position of his fingers on it differs depending on the angle focusing. (00:40:15)
6th Aug 2009
The Illusionist (2006)
Continuity mistake: The Duchess arrives at Eisenheim's house horseback riding, her hair loose and messed up. She talks to him, kisses him, and a second later, when she enters the house her hair is perfectly brushed. (00:43:00)
6th Aug 2009
The Illusionist (2006)
Continuity mistake: Eisenheim ends his show to Leopold and the Duchess turns her head away in slo-mo. When the angle changes half a second later she is staring at him and repeating the previous movement. (00:41:45)
6th Aug 2009
The Illusionist (2006)
Revealing mistake: Uhl talks about Eisenheim's childhood, and about the vanishing tree. Problem is that not only the tree disappears, but also his very own shadow, making him look as if he's floating in a landscape, thus giving away the green screen effect. (00:06:50)
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