Continuity mistake: At the end, ET's finger glows and he says "I'll be right here" but in the immediate opposite angle the finger's not glowing.
Sacha
7th Aug 2017
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
1st Aug 2017
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts and ET is about to arrive to his spaceship with the cops behind, the scenes involving ET and the cops are filled with smoke, the ones with the spaceship are smoke clear. This swaps back and forth.
1st Aug 2017
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When the movie ends and the spaceship takes off, all the people in the forest suddenly disappear.
1st Aug 2017
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Elliot says goodbye to dead ET, his robe swaps from open to closed around the neck.
1st Aug 2017
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Continuity mistake: When Gertie first meets ET his neck is either stretched or not depending on the angle.
1st Aug 2017
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Continuity mistake: When Prof. Marvel holds the photograph, his fingers disappear in the close-up.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Hook and Peter's battle starts, Hook's sword falls on the floor. Its position changes between shots.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: Before the crocodile is about to fall on Hook, he is either lying on a shadowy place or a sunny one, depending on the shot, no continuity at all.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: After Hook trips over the clock, the position of the kids in the background increases/decreases randomly between shots.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: After the clock falls on the ground and Hook trips over it, he ends up kneeled, head sunk, and starts to remove his cape. When the angle changes he is now lying down, face up, and removing the cape again.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is grabbing the mast trying to touch his kids' fingers, in the wide angle half of his body is stretching out towards them. A frame later, from another angle he is in a different position, totally crouched.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Smee introduces Hook, his brass speaker swaps hands between shots.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: While Wendy shows Peter her Peter Pan book, one can see the tip of her right finger holding the page, but a shot later from a wide angle, her right hand is nowhere to be seen.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: After Wendy tells Peter about Neverland, the bronze elephant sculpture on the night table swaps from facing left to facing forward between angles.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Wendy tells Peter about Neverland, his fringe swaps from falling over his eyebrow to perfectly brushed by his forehead, between angles.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: After the kids have been abducted, Wendy tells Peter about Neverland. The pillows behind her swap from wrinkled to perfect between shots.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: In London, Liza grabs Jack by his scarf and drags him violently inside. When the angle changes, she is hugging him softly.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: In the plane, Peter's daughter shows a drawing with the plane burning. Depending on the angle she's either crouched next to the paper or standing away from the paper. This swaps back and forth.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: During the school play, Peter's phone rings and his wife turns her head to him. When the shot changes she's looking straight and turning her head again.
1st Aug 2017
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: During the opening school play, the girl with Peter Pan is standing tall. When the angle changes she is suddenly kneeling down.
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