Best movie continuity mistakes of 2017

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A Moving Romance picture

Continuity mistake: Olivia is introducing her intended design, but left out of the heirloom throw pillows her client is fussing about. During the scene, in close-up (when the client asks to talk to her boss) her hair is all the way back behind her shoulders, but she has loose hair all over her blazer's collar in the remaining shots. (00:01:40)

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The Vault picture

Continuity mistake: When the vault is about to be opened, the drilling equipment is attached to the door, but the view from the camera watching the door being opened shows no equipment.

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Freedom Fighters: The Ray picture

Continuity mistake: After righting for a bit, Overgirl and The Ray land on a street and she asks him why is he fighting for a world that's not his. In the wide shot, he is standing so his whole body is facing towards her. When it cuts to a close up, he's suddenly turned to the side with his head looking at her. (01:05:00)

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It's All About Karma picture

Continuity mistake: Mario Pitagora is sipping ice tea in the garden, and then starts explaining to his "son" the nature of his business. His hand changes position on the glass repeatedly between shots, on the rim or lower. (00:27:10)

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Max 2: White House Hero picture

Continuity mistake: The candle to the far right in the candelabra is tilted to the right to various degrees or not in between shots. (The other candles aren't exactly straight up.) In one shot, the candles are further apart (not paced the same distance between them). The top half of the candelabra was tilted to the right when the right candle was leaning against the wall. (00:24:27 - 00:25:20)

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Goodbye Christopher Robin picture

Continuity mistake: When Christopher Robin first appears in uniform he is wearing second lieutenant's pips. In the following scene, later the same day, they have disappeared, but he is still wearing an open-necked officer's battledress tunic with shirt and tie. He says he is a private. In fact, he joined the Royal Engineers as a sapper (not a private) and was later commissioned.

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Six Hot Chicks in a Warehouse picture

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Cass is blackmailing Mira about the true nature of her little trip. She calls Liam up; during the scene, she is holding the hanger in a different way between shots (left hand on the hook, or under it). (00:04:00)

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The Twin picture

Continuity mistake: There's a vase of yellow flowers to the right of the helium "Happy Birthday" balloon (and screen). When Ashley gets up to answer the door, she walks past the balloon and the vase of flowers should be visible but is not. (00:01:40 - 00:02:28)

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Going in Style picture

Continuity mistake: During the robbery, the assailant who is kind to Michael Caine tells the slimy employee to give him his wallet. He mentions the gym membership and there's a reaction on Caine being quite contemptuous about it. In the part that follows, Chuck's tie is above the jacket in close-ups and under it in the overhead shots of the room. (00:05:35)

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Lovers: Piccolo Film Sull'amore picture

Continuity mistake: In the first episode, the cold Federico is shaken by the first approach with the bookstore owner Giulia. When he comes back inside the store, the woman is leaning against the corner of table when the camera is in front of her, she isn't in the shots from the back of the store. (00:04:30)

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Christmas in Angel Falls picture

Continuity mistake: Gabby is just starting her assignment. She is looking at the women of the choir singing "Joy to the world"; she is standing at distance from the pews, but when it cuts to a closer view she has her hands on one. (00:10:00)

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The House picture

Continuity mistake: When Bob finds Scott and Kate at his office with the money and runs at them, he slams into a frame at the end of the hall breaking the glass. It cuts to a different angle and suddenly he's slamming into it again but the single sound effect is still playing. (01:14:41)

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The Foreigner picture

Continuity mistake: When Mr Quan meets the commander the paperwork, money, chairs and even Mr Quan are all in completely different places multiple times. (00:19:05)

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Megan Leavey picture

Continuity mistake: When Megan is outside the supermarket asking people to sign her petition, a woman walks up and begins writing on the clipboard. In the first shot, the cap is on the back side of the pen. From the next angle, the woman is scribbling and lifts the pen to show the cap covering the tip that she was "writing" with.

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Couch Potatoes picture

Continuity mistake: Giorgio Selva meets a new barista, apparently fresh from university after a dissertation on Hannah Arendt. During this first scene with her, her ponytail moves back and in front of her shoulder. (00:03:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Toni Servillo meets VerĂ³nica Echegui in the sauna, she says something in Spanish to him, and then shrugs in a close-up. The jacket and towel cover her shoulders and neck area entirely, but in the wider shot that follows, the towel is gone and the jacket is looser. (00:11:10)

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My Pet Dinosaur picture

Continuity mistake: When the boy wakes up in the middle of the night after first hearing the dinosaur, his alarm clock reads 2:0x (its not clear but the digit segments on show imply it's either 2:05 or 2:06). The next time we see the clock it's 2:02, then two scenes later when the dinosaur decides to and then does jumps off the table the clock now reads 2:22.

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