Best movie continuity mistakes of 2021

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Continuity mistake: Venus' starts off with a burger in her left hand which immediately changes to a watermelon segment, while a cookie has now appeared in her right. She puts the watermelon down only for it to reappear in her left hand when the camera changes angle. The cookie has now disappeared. The camera switches again to show that the watermelon is no longer in her left whilst the cookie has returned to her right... which is swiftly replaced by her half-eaten burger. (01:07:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the desert digging, the Nova's trunk is open, then shut. (01:42:00 - 01:45:00)

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Continuity mistake: During the opening scene when the family is driving down the road, a newer McDonald's can be seen on the right-hand side.

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Continuity mistake: When Tae-ho is looking through the briefcase, he picks up a report file with Hyeonu Kang's name on the front. When he first picks up the report, his hands are placed on both sides of the file. In one shot, his hands are positioned towards the middle of the page, but in the next shot, his hands are positioned near the bottom of the page. (00:27:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Booth is caught with the egg at his house, Hartley gives a "I know who you really are" speech to him and during this time, he's drinking from a clear glass. He hands Booth the glass as he is walking around. Immediately after handing Booth the glass, you can see Hartley has another glass. Then takes the glass from booth shortly after. (00:17:03)

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Continuity mistake: When Mrs. Krementz talks with Zeffirelli while he's taking a bath and asks her to close the bathtub curtain, the cigarette he previously had in the mouth disappears in the next shot when Mrs. Krementz closes the curtain.

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Continuity mistake: While waiting for her audition, Finley's blouse is loosely tied above the waist, with two flaps hanging like a bow. When Finley gets onto the platform, the knot is tied tighter in the front and the two flaps overlap (look like one), hanging similar to a short tie. (00:17:05)

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Continuity mistake: Kung Lao summons his hat to finish off Nitara, but Shang Tsung, who was right in front of the hat and was not shown to have moved out of there, was nowhere to be seen. Also, Kung Lao gets Nitara to land on his hat despite the two of them flying away from it in a straight line and not shown to have turned at any point.

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Continuity mistake: When watching the water retreat after Sisu falls, a view from behind the characters shows Noi sitting on Tuk Tuk. The very next cut shows Tong picking her up from the ground. (01:18:01)

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Continuity mistake: When Polka-Dot Man hurts Starro's leg, its minions cry out in pain as well in unison, but they do it holding their knee or thigh in one shot, their ankle/calf in the next. (01:53:00)

Sammo

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Continuity mistake: When Jackson is shot with shotgun he "flies" across the bathroom, hits the wall, and falls into the tub on his right side with his left leg on top of the tub and leaning to right. Next shot he is on his back. (00:26:25)

Movie Medic

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Continuity mistake: An exterior view of the window in the building across the street that the Virtuoso plans on shooting from shows it is comprised of three square panes stacked vertically. When the Virtuoso is inside behind the window, it is one large vertical pane. (00:10:27)

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Continuity mistake: While Semmi is telling Akeem about their visits to the nightclubs, there are shots from the original movie with some women they meet. When the "woman" in red tells them she's going to tear them apart, Semmi's wearing a patterned shirt, tie, and blazer when he spits his drink. Two shots later (new footage), Semmi's shirt collar style changes, as well as the pattern on his shirt and blazer. (00:11:15)

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: At the prison visiting "Uncle Sally", Dickie sets a box of matches on top of his cigarettes. A little later, the matchbox is behind the cigarettes and the cigarettes are angled about 45° more away from the ashtray. (00:48:12)

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Continuity mistake: While driving the spaceship, Lt Astrid's hair keeps switching back and forth from her long parted strand hanging loose in front to being secured (hairsprayed?) diagonally near her right ear. (00:20:50 - 00:22:30)

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Continuity mistake: On her first day back in school, Rain is wearing sneakers it without socks. Later, on her way home from the pharmacy after school, she's suddenly wearing socks. The rest of her outfit (plus a jacket) is identical. (00:13:05 - 00:18:35)

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Continuity mistake: Leonardo DiCaprio's phone is shown attached to his car dashboard. He gets out of his car, all the while, looking up toward the sky. The next scene shows him grabbing his phone from his pocket while standing outside his car. (01:36:06 - 01:36:56)

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Continuity mistake: Rudy sets the snow globe at an angle to the right of the clear glass tree. The camera shifts to Clarice and back. The snow globe is gone, but the salsa bowl moves to the left and fills in the space. The snow globe and salsa bowl are back in place, indicating that the discrepancy is not due to Rudy handling the globe off-screen between views. Also, the large snowman figurine with the tall hat is visible in front views of Rudy, but not in rear views. (Other glassware appears to vary.) (00:21:35 - 00:22:00)

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