Continuity mistake: When Cobb tells Ariadne to draw a maze, she turns her head to the left. A frame later the head is up and she is turning it again.
Sacha
14th Aug 2010
Inception (2010)
12th Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: Brian and Doug are arguing in Jamaica, and Doug boasts about what a womanizer he is. Then the straw on his glass starts moving around between shots.
12th Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: While talking about who makes the mini umbrellas, Brian says, "My life is all night with a few daylight hours", then lowers his head. When the angle changes his head is up-straight and he's lowering it again.
12th Aug 2010
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Continuity mistake: Before the sub trembles, the number of chess pieces on the right side differs between shots.
12th Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: Brian fills up a glass but, when the angle changes, two glasses appear filled up. (Now that's a good barman.
12th Aug 2010
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: When the blind man serves soup, there's a spoon in a cube on the left skewed to the right. A couple seconds later it's straight.
12th Aug 2010
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Continuity mistake: When Stromberg is thanking Dr Bechman and Professor Marcovitz, the position and amount of food on his plate keeps changing all the time.
12th Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: Brian and Doug are arguing in Jamaica. Brian says, "listen to the philosopher" while holding the glass with his right hand and leaving it on the counter. When the angle changes, the glass is in his opposite hand at chest level.
12th Aug 2010
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: The monster puts his bowl way above the pot for the blind man to serve him. A frame later from a different angle, bowl and pot are at the same level.
12th Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: While kissing on the beach, Jordan's arms are around Brian's head. Then she lowers them, but just a frame later, from a new angle, they are around his neck again.
11th Aug 2010
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Continuity mistake: A guy in the submarine sits down next to a couple of guys playing chess. The man behind is reading a magazine at eye level, which a frame later disappears.
11th Aug 2010
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: The blind man reaches for the cigars, and when the angle changes, half a second later, the broken pieces of the mug have changed position and have also increased and suddenly appear scattered all over the table.
11th Aug 2010
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: Frankie arrives at the door of the blind man, who welcomes him. Then there's a close-up of the monster from a bit far away where you can see his shirt and head as if he were alone; however, a frame later the blind man is right next to him, his head almost touching the monster's.
7th Aug 2010
Star Wars (1977)
Continuity mistake: When Obi Wan introduces the lightsaber, he says, "This is the weapon of the Jedi knight." C3PO is disconnected with his head down and in a lighted archway, with some blankets or something by his left side. A frame later, in a close-up, C3PO's head is up, the archway is 'in shadows and the blankets gone.
1st Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: Brian arrives at NYC and turns his head at a man picking up after his dog, then from the opposite angle he turns his head, but what he leaves behind has nothing to do with the previous scenery.
1st Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: The first night Brian and Doug juggle in sync, from the front angle there's bottles, straws and a glass filled with ice in front of Doug. From the angle behind they're all gone. This keeps changing back and forth.
1st Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Brian is asked what he wants to do with his life, he raises a beer and replies "Become a rich man", the angle swaps and his arm is down and the beer gone.
1st Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: Brian meets Doug, who smashes an egg and pours it inside a drink. When the angle changes, the beer bottle changes level, moves away from the glass, and a Tabasco sauce bottle disappears.
1st Aug 2010
Cocktail (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Doug threatens Brian with a broken bottle, it keeps turning around depending on the shot.
30th Jul 2010
Knight & Day (2010)
Revealing mistake: Inside the tunnel, Roy is on the car's hood, with the car swerving all the time. When the angle changes to a POV of the baddies he doesn't move, as if he was glued to the roof, revealing the security trick.
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