Continuity mistake: When Denham shows a second map to the captain, one can see it has a big map on the center part. In the close-up, it swaps to being a small drawing on a side.
Sacha
26th Apr 2024
King Kong (1933)
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When evil Superman crushes Clark's glasses, they swap around 180ยบ between shots.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: The tornado in Colombia blows out some candles, but they all appear lit up again a shot later.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Revealing mistake: When Vera is reading the Time magazine, it's missing the date and price on top of the letters, revealing it's a fake cover.
25th Apr 2024
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When Gus flies away with the skis, the sky keeps changing from cloudy to sunny all the time.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Klytus dies, the position of his right hand and arm changes drastically between shots.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Klytus dies he is facing down; an instant cut later he is facing sideways.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Dale hugs Flash before his fight in the ring, the position of both of her hands is inconsistent between shots.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Kala is shot, she falls forward. From a different angle, she remains standing upright.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Ming is about to die, he slips away from the spike, which has parts of it covered in green blood. When Flash sees him, the spike is fully covered in green blood.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: When Ming dies, one can see his real left eyebrow. The makeup covering it is missing.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Revealing mistake: Zarkov's rocket blasts through the greenhouse ceiling, but doesn't burn or scorch a single millimeter of the place.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: The pilot hands Flash a People magazine to sign. When Flash sits down to autograph it, one can see it's already signed (seemingly from previous takes). Then he scribbles on the same spot again.
24th Apr 2024
Flash Gordon (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the movie begins, Flash is reading a newspaper, sitting sideways, his back leaning on the door. When Dale's van arrives, he is facing straight, with the paper resting on the steering wheel. Then the shot changes to the first position and he turns sideways towards the wheel.
23rd Apr 2024
Ten Commandments (1956)
Continuity mistake: When the movie ends, Moses places both hands on Joshua's head. From the opposite angle they're away. (03:43:50)
23rd Apr 2024
Ten Commandments (1956)
Continuity mistake: When the movie ends, Sephora rests against Moses' shoulder and places her left arm on his body. From the angle shot from behind, she is away from him and her left arm is signaling the horizon. Back to the front shot, and she is in the previous position.
21st Apr 2024
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Doc flies the DeLorean up and the wheels get stuck to a banner string, the close-ups of Doc show a lit cockpit, but the shots from the outside show it's dark and one can't really see who's at the wheel. However, for a couple of seconds you get to see it's not Doc but a stunt double or a stiff dummy. (01:23:25)
20th Apr 2024
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the villains arrive at the Daily Planet, the furniture, decor, and buildings in the background change between shots.
18th Apr 2024
Superman II (1980)
Other mistake: When Lois and Clark leave the Fortress, the car is driving in the wrong lane. This is due to the fact that the shot belongs to a reused scene from the first movie, where an empty car was remotely driven by Lex, who changed lanes all the time.
18th Apr 2024
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: After the Metropolis fight, the villains return to Perry's office. In the close-up, the whole background changes: the buildings, the debris around, and even a column and a broken blind appear behind Non.
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