Revealing mistake: As the last Graboid falls off the cliff at the end, just before it hits the ground, you can see its skin has already been cut up for the "blood" to gush out of upon impact. (01:25:20)
James Ollier
12th Sep 2005
Tremors (1990)
13th Jun 2005
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Question: Why does Yoda seem so "childish" when Luke first meets him in the swamp? I mean in comparison to Episode III when he seemed much wiser. Is there any reason for this?
Answer: It's a trope popular with many of the Asian films (and some fantasy books) that inspired Lucas' original trilogy. The powerful master is often encountered first as a seemingly harmless (or meaningless) person only to unveil themselves later to the protagonist's surprise. In many respects, it's like Obi-wan's first appearance in A New Hope.
4th Jun 2005
Madagascar (2005)
Audio problem: Near the beginning, when the two metal monkeys strike the Central Park Zoo bell, it makes two different tones. As it's the same bell they're hitting, and they hit it at the very same vertical axis, it should make the same tone both times.
13th Apr 2005
24 (2001)
Day 4: 11:00 P.M.-12:00 A.M. - S4-E17
Continuity mistake: When Jack gets out of the helicopter near the reserve power station, he slams the helicopter door, but it immediately bounces back open. In the next shot its closed.
21st Dec 2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Continuity mistake: The lower lid of the Phantom changes from looking normal (when he's got his mask on) to deformed (when he takes the mask off). No makeup could hide that and considering the size of the mask's holes, this should be easily visible at all times.
16th Dec 2004
Saw (2004)

Continuity mistake: When Larry takes the box out of the wall, it turns itself around from when he's holding it, to when it's on the floor (keep an eye on the box's padlock). (00:54:50)
23rd Oct 2004
Pitch Black (2000)
Continuity mistake: When the guy with glasses (Paris) is chilling with his fan, there is some material stuck out between his right ear and his right shoulder. In the next shot when he retracts the fan, it's gone. (00:23:45)
19th Oct 2004
Envy (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Ben Stiller's "wife" takes the Vapoorise out of the bin and slams it down on the work surface, it has a nozzle on the top. In the next shot, the nozzle is gone.
5th Oct 2004
Envy (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Ben Stiller picks up the Vapoorise to throw it in the bin, he picks it up with his right hand, but he throws it with his left.
5th Oct 2004
Envy (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Jack Black and Ben Stiller are watching the baseball practice, there's a shot where the camera is behind them, and there's a lady in a pink cowboy hat sitting directly in front of them. In the next shot, shes moved to their right by about 3 feet.
5th Oct 2004
Envy (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Ben Stiller sits down for breakfast with his family, he opens a sugar sachet, but pours the sugar out twice in two different shots.
5th Oct 2004
Envy (2004)
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning of the movie, when Jack Black is talking about his hand, the arrangement of his tie changes between shots.
1st Oct 2004
Super Size Me (2004)
Revealing mistake: Near the end, when Morgan Spurlock says "Why not do away with your Super Size options?" the water condensation runs UP the drink. (01:34:00)
25th Sep 2004
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Continuity mistake: When "Lefty" is at the car crash site, you see a blue mobile home going down the road, but it is not there in the next shot. (You may not be able to see this in the full screen version (4:3)).
25th Sep 2004
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
Revealing mistake: A sign's wooden support gets shot at the beginning, but you can see where the pre-prepared weak point is in the support before it gets "shot."
11th Sep 2004
Hellboy (2004)
Revealing mistake: When Professor Broom's coffin is being carried, it is raining, and the camera is overhead, no rain falls in the centre of the picture, as the camera is in the way. (01:20:00)
26th Aug 2004
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Continuity mistake: The chain on the Time-Turner changes length from when they go back in time, and to when Hermione explains the Time-Turner to Harry, one minute later. (01:43:15 - 01:44:35)
19th Aug 2004
Nightwatch (1997)
Revealing mistake: When the main character has a cigarette in his booth, smoke rises before the cigarette is lit.
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Chosen answer: Yoda was testing Luke. Luke was looking for a great Jedi warrior and expected to find this great man or creature, not a short, little, funny, "weak", creature. Yoda knew Luke must get past preconcieved ideas and conceptions of what it takes to be and become a Jedi. Luke failed this initial test.
Mark English