Revealing mistake: When Simon Cowell is being shot at, it's an obvious stunt double, and you can also tell the double is wearing a bullet proof vest. (00:17:15)
Hamster
25th Jul 2004
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
25th Jul 2004
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Continuity mistake: In the room where Kyle discovers Joanne dead, beside where Joanne is sitting is a desk, with drawers open and cloth and straps hanging down. In shots, items move, the drawers are open more / less and a strap disappears. The lamp on the desk turns itself on as well. (00:52:00 - 00:53:30)
25th Jul 2004
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Andy is tied up on his bed, the two skipping ropes tied to his feet have green rope, but in one closeup of Andy kicking his foot about, the rope is yellow, then in the next wide shot, is green once again. (In the closeup of Andy kicking his feet he has also gained slippers!) (00:28:35 - 00:29:40)
25th Jul 2004
Cruel Intentions (1999)
Visible crew/equipment: When Cecile sits with her Diet Coke on the floor, Kathryn knocks on the door, and Cecile gets up to open it. If you look by the chandelier you can clearly see the whole boom mic come down into the shot. (00:50:55)
25th Jul 2004
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: You can see strings attached to the witches monkeys as they fly, and also strings from their bodies to their wings, to give the wings that flapping effect. (01:11:20)
25th Jul 2004
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: The three Munchkins that represent the lollipop guild come out and start to dance. In the wide shot of them, they're standing apart from each other, but in the next closeup, they're standing right by each other. (00:27:00)
25th Jul 2004
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When the Munchkins start coming out to see Dorothy, one Munchkin comes out of a manhole. But in other wide shots, and when Dorothy leaves to go to Oz, the manhole has totally disappeared. (00:22:25)
25th Jul 2004
The Evil Dead (1981)
Continuity mistake: When everyone is eating dinner, the colour of the drink in the blender changes between shots. (00:08:55)
24th Jul 2004
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Visible crew/equipment: When Kyle is fighting Chucky, she walks backwards into Joanne's dead body and jumps. Behind her in the mirror you can see the reflection of a boom mike bob down for a couple of seconds. (00:53:05)
24th Jul 2004
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Andy gets a photo of his mum and him out of his pocket, the way he holds it differs between shots. (00:09:35)
24th Jul 2004
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Joanne and Phil talk to Grace Pool about fostering Andy the pot of pens on Grace's desk move about between shots. (00:08:00)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Lydia comes outside with Cathy's cake, the door behind her is open halfway, but later when the birds attack, you can see the door is now closed completely. (00:49:45 - 00:50:45)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: In one shot, a boy hides under a table, when the birds attack at Cathy's party. In the wide shot you can see the table is quite far onto the grass, away from the patio. But a few shots later, the table is right beside the patio. (00:50:20)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Visible crew/equipment: When Cathy brings a pot of coffee into the dining room, you can see several bright studio lights reflected in it throughout this scene, and you can also briefly see the reflection of someone's arm moving about on it. (00:51:55)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: All through the party scene, the balloons change position, and balloons disappear and appear too. (00:49:45 - 00:51:10)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Lydia brings out Cathy's birthday cake, in a wide shot the icing is white, then in a closeup the icing is a pink colour. (00:49:45)
24th Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Revealing mistake: When Melanie is brought downstairs and onto the couch, she starts flapping her arms out going 'No! No!' You can see Cathy turn her head and laugh to herself a little, then pretend to cry. (01:45:50)
23rd Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Melanie is walking up to the counter in the bird shop she has a black purse in her hands. In one shot she is walking to the counter with her purse in her hands, but in the following shot, her purse is laying on the counter and is now taking off her gloves. (00:02:25)
22nd Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: After Melanie has been bandaged up after her attack, she sits up on the sofa, and you can see two large bloody scratches on her cheek. These scratches disappear when Mitch and Lydia walk Melanie outside to the car. (01:51:25)
22nd Jul 2004
The Birds (1963)
Continuity mistake: When the birds attack the town, two horses gallop down the street, dropping crates of vegetables. In a later shot the crates are more broken and the vegetables are more spread out and are in a much different position than when they were in the earlier shot of when they were dropped. (01:23:45)
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