Continuity mistake: When Superman brings the flag to the White House, the wide shot shows the wind stopping, and the flag coming to a smooth stop. Immediately after, in the close-up, the flag is moving wildly.
Sacha
5th Sep 2008
Superman II (1980)
2nd Sep 2008
Music Box (1989)
Continuity mistake: Ann visits her mother's grave at the cemetery with her father, who wipes off snow from the mother's photo on the marble. Couple of minutes later, a new shot shows the photo covered in snow again.
1st Sep 2008
The Untouchables (1987)
Continuity mistake: A man enters Ness's office and throws a manila envelope on top of a sheet of paper. In the close-up, the paper transforms into a folded newspaper and the envelope appears perfectly lined on it.
1st Sep 2008
The Untouchables (1987)
Continuity mistake: During the scene where Ness kills the Italian mobster in the lodge near the border, the moment he shoots him the wooden rail behind has two sticks underneath, half a second later, when the mobster is flying backwards dead, the sticks disappear, and a second afterwards, when he is laying dead, the rail's appearance has nothing to do with the previous two.
1st Sep 2008
The Untouchables (1987)
Continuity mistake: The hand written note with the "I'm very proud of you" is different between the two times it's shown, even though it's meant to look like the same paper. The second time the "V" is capitalised, the writing is not slanted, and all the rectangular foldings from before have disappeared.
1st Sep 2008
The Untouchables (1987)
Continuity mistake: During the Canadian border scene, the distance between the trucks keeps increasing and decreasing dramatically between shots.
1st Sep 2008
The Untouchables (1987)
Continuity mistake: The girl that takes the bomb briefcase walks out of the bar, and stands by the exit door, couple of meters next to the street. When the angle changes to a back shot, she appears several meters behind the door, inside the bar.
25th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: During the opening credits, Zohan walks surrounded by girls. On the far left of the screen is a girl with a green bikini and large sunglasses. When the angle changes she's suddenly moved to the far right end of the screen.
25th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: Zohan pinches the kid's shoulder and knocks him out, but his arms keep changing position from relaxed by the side to bent between shots, despite him being unconscious.
25th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Zohan kills the bad guy with a knife and sends him flying away, he lands close to the back wheels of the car. But an immediate shot shows him away from the car, to the left of it.
25th Aug 2008
Get Smart, Again! (1989)
Continuity mistake: In the opening credits, when Smart gets inside the phone booth, the doors are not fully closed, but the immediate close-up angle shows them fully closed.
25th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: Zohan makes a kick in the air and breaks through a wall. The hole it makes differs in shape the second time the camera shows it.
24th Aug 2008
The Dark Knight (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Dent dies, his right arm's position keeps changing between shots.
24th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: While Zohan eats with his parents, his hand is either away or holding the soda bottle, depending on the angle focusing on him.
24th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Zohan is making fish on the barbecue, he throws the shovel away. It keeps moving around between shots.
24th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: Zohan pulls the bull inside the sand hole, making it fall on its head and balancing his back on the air, but half a second later the bull is standing perfectly on its four legs.
24th Aug 2008
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
Continuity mistake: While Zohan eats the chocolate bar while being told about the terrorist, the amount of wrap on the bar appears and disappears depending on the angle.
24th Aug 2008
The Dark Knight (2008)
Continuity mistake: While interrogating Joker, Batman holds him against the wall. Joker's hairstyle keeps swapping between two different styles, depending on the camera angle. (01:26:00)
18th Aug 2008
The Dark Knight (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Joker puts the smoke bomb inside the bank manager's mouth, watch a green sign behind lying on the floor, with a tree painted on it. It has a stick on top which moves around between shots with no one touching it. (00:05:50)
12th Aug 2008
The Naked Gun (1988)
Continuity mistake: In Ludwig's office, the position of the tissue papers changes between shots. (00:21:20)
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