Best movie continuity mistakes of 2024

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Alien: Romulus picture

Continuity mistake: After Rain shoots all the xenomorphs in zero gravity, and she and Andy have to traverse through the floating blood splatter, the bodies of the dead xenomorphs have suddenly disappeared.

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Continuity mistake: When Deep Dark Secret breaks the jar to free the emotions, look at where the emotions are standing, and how the huge piece of glass lands behind them. In about three seconds, the piece of glass changes position, and some of the emotions switch places. (00:33:08)

zenee

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Continuity mistake: Lady Raven arrives at the Coopers' place and starts talking to the wife. Cooper's watch is set to 1:35. An instant cut later it's set to 1:20.

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Continuity mistake: When Jessica kills the sniper with the rock at the beginning, the sniper's body is lying dead on the ridge. When she shuffles down the dune to speak to Paul, mere seconds later, the sniper's body is no longer there. (00:09:04)

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Continuity mistake: When Deadpool is talking to Wolverine's skeleton, in one shot the skeleton's mouth is closed, but in the next shot it is open.

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Madame Web picture

Continuity mistake: When Cassie arrives at the BBQ, Ben walks behind the man in an orange shirt towards her. Shot changes and he is a meter behind, repeating all previous movements. (00:23:05)

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: After Lucius kills the wild monkey, he's got blood all over his mouth, beard, chin, and neck. When he stands up, he's spotless.

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Continuity mistake: When Lydia introduces the guests on her show at the start of the movie, the way the woman is holding her dog "Taco" changes between cuts. (The dog goes from facing Lydia to facing away between cuts.) This sort of mistake happens several more times over the scene.

TedStixon

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Continuity mistake: At the fancy dinner at the beginning of the movie, Frida uses the titular line ("Blink twice if I am in danger") on Kyle MacLachlan. Rich slightly tips over his glasses as Slater waves his hand. In the next shot, Slater is still waving, but Rich's position is wildly different; his glasses are completely off and in fact below his waistline. (00:09:20)

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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire picture

Continuity mistake: When the Ghostbusters win the final battle and face the Mayor, Winston's hand is on his shoulder or not, depending on the shot. This swaps back and forth.

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Red One picture

Continuity mistake: In the staff room of the toy store, Callum gives Jack his Monopoly box to hold. The box does a 180° spin between shots, twice.

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Bad Boys: Ride or Die picture

Continuity mistake: When Marcus is in the car, his grip on the phone changes between shots: sometimes he holds it with all his hand, but at other times just with his thumb and index finger. (00:14:58)

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: In the kitchen scene at the beginning of the movie, the protagonist's pregnant wife jokes about him saying something "wildly inappropriate" to the judge to be exempted. In close-up, she has no hair running down the front of her left shoulder, as opposed to the rest of the scene.

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Continuity mistake: After the bad biker bites Noel, he removes the rearview mirror from the windshield and smacks the bad biker with it. However, when Noel tells Katie to drive the car, in the exterior shots as she sideswipes another car, the rearview mirror is back up on the windshield; then it's off again. (00:33:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Jack has his temperature taken near the start of the film, the thermometer in his mouth goes from right-side up to upside down, then back to right-side up between cuts.

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Continuity mistake: Lawrence sits on the late Pope's bed and looks at the bedstand. In close-up, the position of the objects on it (breviary, lamp, case) slightly changes. (01:21:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Gus March-Phillips is being recruited, Gus helps himself to whisky then grabs some cigars from a cigar box. The cigar box is easily identifiable as a Fuente Fuente Opus X brand, made by Arturo Fuente. Opus X cigars were first produced in November 1995.

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Continuity mistake: After the scene with the elevator bringing up the bricks, Garrett Morris and Jane Curtin are having a chat, smoking together. Garrett asks, "You wonder exactly what it is you are doing here?" As he asks that, Kim Matula is leaning her head against her hand. The shot changes and it is dangling off the railing. (00:40:00)

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