Best comedy movie continuity mistakes of 2012

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Continuity mistake: At the "written by" screen with Al Pacino and Christopher Walken meeting, the shadows of the building run perfectly parallel to the fence and through the whole length as far as it can be seen. The two exchange 30 seconds of dialogue and an awkward hug, and drive off. The shadows have changed entirely; they start about halfway at the gate, with an oblique angle. (00:04:05)

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Continuity mistake: In the subway toilets, Argie checks two cubicles and looks in the third one. However, in the next shot, he is looking in the fourth cubicle.

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Continuity mistake: In the intro, the mother is playing with her kid; notice that when she grabs the gladiator puppet she is holding it with the index finger above the shoulder in the wider angle, below in the frontal close-up. (00:01:00)

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Continuity mistake: The position of Beth's truck facing her motel room (106 or 706?) changes during the time she is talking to Holly. Sometimes the truck is closer to the room next to hers (105 or 705) and to where Beth is standing. Also, the truck's front tires are different distances from the curb. (00:48:25)

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Cockneys vs Zombies picture

Continuity mistake: After Ray jumps off the boat to remove the chain from its tether, in the following wide shot, the chain is nowhere to be seen.

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Silent Night picture

Continuity mistake: When Sheriff Cooper writes "Karsson" and underlines it on the chalkboard, the way it is written changes between shots. In one particular shot, the line he underlined it with is suddenly rubbed out.

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Continuity mistake: Celeste's white Honda (Alabama plate #LF8VN3D) is riddled with bullets right after she drives up to the cabin, but there aren't any bullet holes later after the police show up. (01:26:00 - 01:45:00)

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A Christmas Story 2 picture

Continuity mistake: When the mean Santa puts the little girl in his lap and asks her what she wants, she's wearing gloves. When it cuts to a different angle, suddenly her gloves are gone.

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Magic Mike picture

Continuity mistake: When Magic Mike is doing his raining men dance, where he starts twerking his junk the back dancer on the left takes off his vest. When he starts humping the ground a few seconds later the dancer again is taking off his vest.

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Continuity mistake: While he is copulating with Laurence, François Monge receives a phone call from his boss about the murder case in Bobigny. To shush his vocal partner, he gives her a slap on the shoulder, but he does it with the right hand in the view from behind, and the left hand in the full frontal. (00:08:55)

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Fun Size picture

Continuity mistake: Wren is asking her mother about the form for the college loan. When she remarks sarcastically "Afghan citizenship, hello?" she has a big bunch of hair in front of her shoulder, as opposed to the previous shot. (00:02:30)

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Continuity mistake: The alarm clock chimes; Juno Temple reaches up with her left hand, putting it on the upper part of the pillow. Michael Angarano crawls over her to turn the alarm off, but she's napping with her hand by her chin, on the bottom corner of the pillow. (00:02:40)

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