Continuity mistake: The cloth with the key drawing changes greatly throughout the film. This includes the actual drawing itself, the tears on the cloth, shape of the cloth, etc. (00:08:05 - 00:43:50)
Super Grover
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Governor Swann and Will go to see Elizabeth where she is imprisoned, Will and Elizabeth hold hands through the square bars of the cell. Their hands are actually in different openings depending on the shot. (00:18:55)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Pintel and Ragetti argue over the pronunciation of "Kraken" while they're rowing, the loose end of Jack's red bandanna changes position and jumps from his back to over his shoulder, between shots more than once. (01:38:30)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: After Jack opens the lid of the large chest, there is a close-up of the filled interior, which lies nearly a foot below the top edge of the large chest, with the smaller inner chest well hidden below. However, in the next shot the lid of the smaller inner chest is way up higher, actually level with the top edge of the large chest - before Jack lifts it. (01:41:20)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Will is speaking with Cutler Beckett, Will's knotted bow tie changes - note the level of its white lace. (00:10:00)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth points the gun at Cutler Beckett, a certain amount of her hair is down, but more hair is pulled up in following shots. (00:27:20)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: Just before he becomes Shishka-Jack, the rope wound around Jack's arms is higher up at his shoulders, yet it is lower and taut in following shots. (00:33:40)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: At Tia Dalma's, when Will tosses the knife at the tabletop, there is a tall slim candle beside his right hand. However, in the next shot when Tia Dalma says, "Against the cold and the sorrow," the candle beside his right hand is now very short, though no time has passed. (This doesn't refer to the short, wide candle in both shots.)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Elizabeth questions Jack about his "broken" compass as they stand on deck, her left arm rests on the deck rail and changes position back and forth between shots. (01:36:30)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Jack blasts the bird pecking on the coffin, the wood debris differs between shots. As his gun-toting hand still pokes through the hole, there is attached wood debris sticking up 90° at the sides of the hole that was not in the previous shot. (00:06:10)
13th Jul 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Continuity mistake: While Elizabeth listens as Captain Bellamy tells his crew that the stowaway is likely naked, she drops the paint brush into the pail. When it cuts to the close-up, the paint brush handle rests much higher in the pail. (00:46:05)
5th Jun 2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Continuity mistake: After Sarah tells Lorraine to leave her alone, when Lorraine walks back to the table, in the first shot Tom is turned all the way round to his right, but next shot he is turned to his left. (00:46:20)
5th Jun 2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Tom reveals that Sarah likes Eliot, Kate walks over holding a platter of burgers which change between shots. (00:45:35)
5th Jun 2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Continuity mistake: After Tom reveals Sarah's interest in Eliot, when Lorraine walks by vowing never to help Sarah again, Bud holds a burger in his right hand and a plate with a hot dog on it in his left. Next shot he's eating a hot dog with his right hand, while holding a burger with his left. (00:46:20)
5th Jun 2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Revealing mistake: When Tom joins Sarah and Eliot for the kneeboarding, after Sarah apologizes for Tom's interrogation Eliot says, "It's okay, my dad would've done the same thing." Two shots later, as Tom grunts in the water, this shot is flipped - the driver is now on the left and the kids switched sides.
5th Jun 2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Continuity mistake: During the tennis match, Jimmy's and Sarina's long shadows are to their right, yet, Tom's and Kate's short shadows are also to their right, though the couples face each other on the court. (00:49:55)
5th Jun 2006
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Evangeline shows Nanny McPhee the book she is learning to read, the book mark changes between shots as Nanny holds the book up. (00:33:20)
5th Jun 2006
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Brown kids are making a mess in the kitchen, the bites in the large round bread that Sebastian holds change, and actually become fewer. (00:15:25)
5th Jun 2006
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Mrs. Blatherwick sits in the rocking chair in the kitchen, before the "mouse" races across the floor, in the first shot her left hand lies on her belly, with her right hand over her left, patting it gleefully. When it cuts to a close-up, her hands are in the opposite position. (00:10:20)
5th Jun 2006
Nanny McPhee (2005)
Continuity mistake: After Cedric is told that there are no more nannies he comes home, and when Chrissie grabs hold of his leg the teddy jumps off and on the blanket, beside the door. (00:05:50)
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