Continuity mistake: When the guys blast the glass lamp in the hotel, it falls on a table and messes up the table and chairs around. In the following angle the area, which was dark half a second ago is now perfectly lit. (00:35:30)
Sacha
6th Feb 2010
Ghostbusters (1984)
3rd Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Dana gives her shopping bags to Frank the doorman, the lettuce is either hidden or coming out depending on the shot, and a long brown bag appears and disappears depending on the angle focusing. (00:01:10)
3rd Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Dana is watching the couple arguing she has her arms crossed. A frame later, from a different angle, they are not.
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the statue starts to walk it has irons and cables attached to the sole of its sandals. When it's walking downtown the shoe is clean and like new (most likely the first miniature has been replaced by a human in disguise). (01:28:20 - 01:30:15)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the slime is covering the museum an aerial view shows its surroundings empty. At the end of the movie, thousands of people gather around the place, yet the aerial view when the (superimposed) slime explodes is the earlier one, making it look as if the crowd had vanished, only to reappear a second later in close-ups. (01:37:50)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the ghostbusters are yelling at the jar filled with plasma, on the close-up Venkman's hand is around a metal thing, but on the wide angles it is just by its side. This keeps changing back and forth. (00:39:20)
1st Feb 2010
Nine (2009)
Continuity mistake: During the Folies Bergere song there's a close-up of Judy Dench and behind her is the vedette walking down the steps one leg forward. The angle immediately swaps to a wider one and the position of the legs has swapped.
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the judge tells the men to stand up, the position of the books in front of them on the table changes position between shots. (00:31:40)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: During the dancing toaster scene, the pool balls' position differ depending on if the wide or close angle focuses. (00:41:25)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the doctors are testing the baby, the stethoscope to his right disappears on the back shots. (00:16:50)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Oscar is standing backwards on the ledge, he moves frame by frame like a robot, revealing it's a stop motion effect and not a real baby. (01:15:00)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When they're yelling at the pink slime, one of them places a toaster next to the slime. A big lighting screen gets reflected on the metal structure. (00:40:40)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the ghost is about to kidnap the baby, Oscar stretches out his right arm. A split second later, from a different angle, the arm is resting by his side. (01:15:45)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: Dana chases the pram and a biker falls seconds before. She passes next to him and meters ahead, she falls on the curb with no one around. In the close-up, the bicycle has appeared next to her. (00:02:00)
1st Feb 2010
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: All the footage of the missiles being launched is of a poor quality and grainy, which is inconsistent with the good quality of the rest of the shots, revealing that it's stock footage.
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Janusz is knocked out on the floor, his position keeps changing all the time depending on the angle.
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: Before Dana is trapped by the rubber hose, the white tube it comes out of is on her left several meters away. A split second later, the angle changes and without her having moved, the white tube is by her right side a couple inches away. (01:33:00)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: During the trial, the coffee pot swaps the side it's facing between the front and back shots. (00:28:55)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Dana rescues the baby in the museum, while she holds him, his head is either turned to the right or to the left, depending on which angle focuses. (01:18:25)
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the five men are inside the statue, the light on the background is green. Before they smash the museum there's a huge pink cloud that colours the statue pink on the wide angle. However in the close-up of the men the light is green as before. (01:31:35)
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