Continuity mistake: When the gas station falls down, watch the right side: A green car with an open hood suddenly gets replaced by a red car.
Sacha
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the school bus smashes the Golden Gate fence, the aerial shot from the back shows the fence complete, the shot from the front shows it smashed.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: After the van crashes against the beetle car, the new angle shows the van in a different position.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Lois dies, the first time Superman sees her the left side of her face has sand and rocks around her cheek. When the angle changes they are at shoulder level.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Superman avoids the train from derailing, the wide shot shows his cape fluttering but the close one not.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Superman moves the school bus away from the void, the wide shot shows a different fence and wreckage, with a long piece of fence missing. The close shot shows a missing space that is slightly bigger than the bus.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: Before Superman lands on the sidewalk looking for Luthor, the aerial view shows no cars around. When he lands, the place is jammed.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: By the cradle, Jor-El and her wife are standing a couple meters apart. In the next shot they appear closer together.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: After Superman breaks Luthor's door, on Lex's table a map is resting on a sculpture on the left. From a back shot, it isn't.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: Lois leaves the gas station but the reflection of the glass shows it still there.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Superman saves the wrecked plane, from the outside shots the window has droplets of water, but from the copilot's POV the glass is clean.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Luthor smashes the green car, its wreckage is different in the shot when the soldiers arrive: The hood is open wider and the windows are broken.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: The way the word Otisburg is written on Lex's map changes between shots.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Ms. Teschmaker is watching the Metropolis news, the glass by the TV swaps from being behind the sun-lotion cream to in front of it.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Luthor takes the kryptonite out of the box, from a side view he holds it at waist level, from a front shot he holds it at chest level.
6th Nov 2006
The Departed (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Costello tells the girl he has a hard-on, the position of her fingers on the blue book keep changing.
6th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Ms. Teschmaker rests her arm on the file cabinet, a white roll of paper appears and disappears.
5th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When the three villains get trapped by the glass, Ursa's face and haircut are totally different.
5th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: When Clark is shot by the mugger, his hat falls down. In the next shot, while Lois is screaming, you can see him taking his hat off.
5th Nov 2006
Superman (1978)
Continuity mistake: In the wheat field, the clothes inside the cocoon change from being tucked inside a corner to visible.
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