Continuity mistake: Talking about the musical qualities of rosewood, Luke holds the guitar with an upward hand, downward in the shots that follow and precede. There are other continuity mistakes in the scene, including a very noticeable one when Victor runs off and when Luke comments on the missing head of the painting; all of a sudden he's not holding the guitar at all. (00:56:10 - 00:56:50)
Sammo
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the little practice session with Victor, Luke tells him he could be a Beatle. Victor's hand goes from the bottom of the guitar to his mouth - it's not even the first time it happens in the scene, the takes from behind the child actor have choppy continuity. (00:55:00 - 00:56:00)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Throughout dinner, Bev's steak and lettuce keep changing place randomly. Moreso, when she takes a break she puts the napkin on top of the food, but when she is back, the napkin is at the side of the plate. Between shots the cloth also ends up crumpled differently. (00:50:00 - 00:54:00)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Luke invited Bev to dinner. Walking back from the car, Gail tells Katie to write a song for her daughter. There's an obvious cut during their walk, and in that cut it's easy to tell how the extras walking on the opposite sidewalk disappeared, while a new one appeared. (00:49:20)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Angie takes off her veil during the dance-off with the principal; when the two are dancing aligned belly to back, in the crowd behind Gail on the left of the screen there are two girls, one in pink and one in orange. They are side by side in the closer shots, but there are guys between them in the wider angles. It keeps switching back and forth. (00:39:50)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: When Gail approaches Bev at the Bollywood event, behind them there's a juggler, who disappears at the cut. (00:36:25)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Talking about plans for the ball, Angie takes a bite of the sandwich. Cut for a few moments on Katie, and Angie is now also holding a big mug. So far it's not quite practical but technically possible. But after a couple more cuts, Angie's sandwich is now half-eaten, way too fast. (00:30:10)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: After shooing Luke, Gail tells Bev that she'll lip sync to Katie. She has her hand on her shoulder, but pulls the arm back before the cut. Next shot and her hand is back on her daughter's shoulder. Same thing happens a bit later during the Colin Farrell peen joke. (00:22:55)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Luke is talking with Mickey O'Malley the day after the first meeting with Bev and Katie. The unlikely Irish names some fictional group called "Oral Majority." A guy in an indigo shirt walks past them, moving in the opposite direction. Next shot, the same guy crosses the street in front of them. The same guy pops into shot 'just passing by' another 3-4 times. (00:24:30)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Gail tells her daughter she wants to be 6'4" and puts her chin on top of her hands. Her left hand is on top of the right. Except, in the next shot it's the opposite. Back to left-right when we're back on the previous angle. (00:14:10)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: At dinner, once Gail uses the "Make me one with everything" line, Katie is moving around the table to get seated. Victor is drinking, but after the cut he's eating with a fork. Gail is about to talk about her big break, her hand is down, and then up after the cut. (00:12:25)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: In the Dean's office, Luke sighs when his dad talks about the distinction between musicians and businessmen, and brings his hand to his temple. Camera back on Guy, and Luke's hand is not there. Moreover, a couple seconds later Katie comes running, and a new inconsistency appears; Luke's arm is on the armrest, but in the pensive/malincholic position again in the wider shot. (00:05:10)
1st Oct 2019
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song (2011)
Continuity mistake: Katie slaps away Victor's handful of earthworms, but they get inside the blender. In the close-up you can see a few worms miss the open blender and fall to the side, on the counter. When Gail arrives, those telltale protostomes have disappeared. (00:03:20)
1st Oct 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Continuity mistake: Commander Challenger in front of his boat laughs with Hastings "I hope my alibi is in order." As he says that, Hastings nods. During this close-up, his hat is casting a completely different shadow, covering his whole shoulder instead of just the back of the neck as in the rest of the scene. (01:03:35)
1st Oct 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Continuity mistake: Jim Lazarus pulls over by the protagonists to complain about being unable to see Nick. During the scene, Paul Geoffrey's different facial expressions are shown in the side mirror of the car, but each time we cut back to him, he has the same stoic face listening to Poirot. (00:47:00)
1st Oct 2019
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Continuity mistake: Poirot rudely awakens Hastings with his three questions. You get a good view of Hastings' wristwatch on the bedstand. When at the end of the Q&A Hastings turns his attention to the watch, it is in a completely different position. (00:41:25 - 00:42:35)
1st Oct 2019
Some Kind of Beautiful (2014)
Continuity mistake: During the dinner scene, different bottles have been used in different takes, since the foil in some shots is touching the rim of the bottle, in others is exposing about 1/4 of an inch, and in others has been torn off unevenly, with the gap also not facing the same direction between shots. (00:10:05 - 00:13:35)
1st Oct 2019
Some Kind of Beautiful (2014)
Continuity mistake: Richard chats up the beautiful stranger at the bar counter; his phone moves closer to her between shots before he scoots closer. On a related note, since they are always pretty close, also Pierce Brosnan's hands throughout the whole scene jump from actually touching the glass stem, to just being on the counter. (00:07:40)
1st Oct 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: Naomi Watts holds the baby to her chest while Viggo Mortensen walks away; she is supporting her with her right hand behind her head, which becomes the left hand in the faraway shot. In the same shot, Kiril is jumping around, but is leaning against the wall at the following cut. (01:33:30)
1st Oct 2019
Eastern Promises (2007)
Continuity mistake: In the finale, once Nikolai delivers the line about being king, the baby cries. From that point on, the side views come from takes filmed while the baby was sleeping and therefore is quiet and still, while shots from a different angle have Christine moving. (01:32:35)
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