Best movie continuity mistakes of 2002

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Thunderpants picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Alan is showing him how the Thunderpants work, he puts them into a machine to get rid of the stink or whatever it is. It makes a load of noise and just before he takes it out again you see the lights change and he is drumming his fingers just behind them. The very next shot shows him with his hands by his sides.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Maud and Roland are lying on the bed in the hotel talking about their love problems, Maud moves her head back slightly on the pillow and then keeps it there so her head is about thirty inches away from his. Roland's head doesn't move but in the shot where they are about to kiss each other, their heads are almost touching.

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Stark Raving Mad picture

Continuity mistake: Near the end when the Chineese delivery guy pipes up and says he will go into the vault, he has chopsticks full of noodles. After the camera switches back to him, the chopsticks only have a few noodles on them. The camera switches to another person then back to the delivery guy, who is about to eat the noodles, and he has a large portion again.

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning, when the girl in the red takes off in the white car her window goes up and down between shots. Also, when Roxanne is getting into the SUV right before she dies the door is locked, but then she just opens the door like it isn't, and the windows are up, but when the other runs up to the vehicle the window is down.

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Continuity mistake: When the villagers are joining the old chief on the beach, to see all the beached whales, it is raining heavily, yet his face and suit are completely dry.

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Continuity mistake: When Frankie leaves the restaurant to deal with the policewoman who is just writing a parking ticket it is raining and everyone on the sidewalk is carrying an umbrella, but when the camera angle changes there is not a single umbrella to be seen. And a moment later, after Angelo has been shot, even the sun is shining. (00:08:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Nick Chase first logs into Shock, his password is hidden in the password field as asterisks but when he logs in the second time, he logs in and enters "GUEST" as the password and asterisks do not hide it.

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Continuity mistake: After the Thanksgiving dinner when Denzel and his wife are in the bedroom discussing Antwone she takes off her necklace and puts it down. Then they cut to Denzel laying in bed, and when they cut back to his wife she is taking the necklace off again.

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Continuity mistake: When the King enters the castle a bowl of chocolate pudding is dropped on his head. You can clearly see the pudding run down his face, however when the bowl is removed from his head the bowl is completely empty and the King is totally clean. (00:19:55)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene, at the end, where the girl is running away from the killer, You can see that she is wearing high heels. But when she's climbing the ladder, you can see she is wearing trainers, then high heels again when she's off the ladder.

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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus picture

Continuity mistake: In the scene when Justin's father is coming out of the shed dressed as Santa Claus (the second time), the clock next to Justin reads 12:00. When he hears the "Ho Ho Ho" and gets up out of bed to go to his window, the clock says 11:56. (01:15:40)

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Continuity mistake: When Lestat goes to attack the woman in the park he already has blood on his mouth. (This is because originally Lestat attacked her twice, but this scene was later cut down.) (01:00:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Watson is walking up to the Black Tor, he is seen walking in torrential rain. But when he arrives at the top, the rain has stopped, and both his hair and clothes are completely dry.

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Continuity mistake: When Bucum is in the trailer at the beginning of the film, and the woman starts shooting at him with a shotgun, he runs and dives through a window. Before he dived through the window he had his pistol drawn. But when he's flying through the window, you can see it in the holster on his leg.

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Continuity mistake: During the transportation of the first wave of Air Cav soldiers (the one led by Lt. Col. Moore), the number of helicopters changes from around six, to around sixteen, then back to six.

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Continuity mistake: When Rheya comes with Kelvin to his apartment her hair is parted on the side when they go up the elevator. When they enter the apartment her hair is parted in the middle. (00:25:35)

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Continuity mistake: On the part where Joyce is arguing with Professor Miller (where she cuts her finger) watch her shoulder. As the cameras goes from her to Professor Miller, her purse strap keeps coming and going.

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Continuity mistake: In the scene when Bennie comes back to Banks, she asks him about the papers he's been reading when she sat down opposite him. She then tries to take the papers, but Banks slams his fork into them. In the next shot you can see Banks holding the fork next to his face then, in the next, he presses the fork against the papers again.

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Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie Bernadette is flirting with some boys outside the orphanage. Seen from behind the boys are standing right next to the gate pillar, seen from the front about two meters away. (00:10:10)

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