Continuity mistake: When phone booths fall, they don't knock down a blue bucket; but a frame later, in a close up, it's seen down on the floor.
Sacha
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is trapped in the crunching machine, a blue piece of metal is left out. Two shots later it has disappeared.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: Evil Superman supposedly holds Clark by the back of his shirt, but what we really see is his hand behind the back and not holding anything, or at most a part of a dummy which was superimposed with Christopher Reeve.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When the telephone booths fall, the dog runs away. A second later it's seen back where he was running away again.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Gus is trying to access the main computer, his reflection shows him bending down. In the next shot he is repeating the movement.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: In the junkyard, when Clark takes the iron lid and gets out of the hole, he leans on his right. In the following shot he is coming out again and repeating the movement.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When bad Superman knocks out Clark with a kick on the face, his position on the floor changes between shots.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Deliberate mistake: There is no way for Gus to jump over the terrace with the skis since there's no ramp. He would have crashed against the wall and the flower pots we saw in a previous shot.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Superman saves Ricky at the wheat field, the rock by his head disappears.
25th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: While the blind man is walking his dog, a man in blue jean walks by the left of a tree. There is a brusque cut and the man in jeans is now walking on the right side of the tree.
24th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When bad and good Supermen is going up on the junkyard belt, one shot shows Clark very close to a car, in the next one he has gone down and the car is farther away.
24th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When bad Superman punches Clark, he lands half a meter behind a red car hood. In the following shot the hood is by his side.
24th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When bad Superman is flicking the peanuts, the man by his left stands up and hides at the end of the bar. In the next shot he is seen close to Superman reflected on the glass.
24th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: The lady by the bingo trolley leans her head to the right and asks "Can we have the next number?" When the angle changes her head is now leaning the other side.
24th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman leaves Luthor in the quarry, he lands several feet to the right of the cop. In the close-up they are almost close to each other.
24th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Superman is on the moon, about to cause the sun eclipse, and flies to the left, as if he were to exit the moon. In the next shot Superman is seen coming from the void towards the moon again.
24th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: In the museum, while the guide is walking towards Superman's hair, people suddenly appear on the left taking pictures.
24th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: Before Gus gets on the skis his shoes are grey with thick black stripes. When he lands he has plain brown shoes.
24th Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: While in the bus to Smallville, Clark sees the accident on the heliport and there are no cars on the side of the road. From a shot outside it's full of them.
24th Oct 2006
Hulk (2003)
Deliberate mistake: When Hulk meets his father at the lab, each one's eyes have a special light on them. This adds for dramatic effect, but it's absurd because there is no direct source of light since each one is in front of the other and their faces are in shade in the rest of the shots.
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