Continuity mistake: Dolittle passes by the trash can with the rats before operating the tiger. The garbage around the rats differs depending on the angle.
Sacha
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Continuity mistake: The crack on the alligator eggs keeps changing abruptly between shots, sometimes totally open, others almost closed without any logical order whatsoever.
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Other mistake: When the film starts, Dolittle drinks from a yellow cup, the angle changes to behind his shoulder and it's perfectly obvious the cup is empty. Then, despite this, he keeps sipping and moving his mouth all the time.
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Continuity mistake: When the rats are sick for the first time, inside the trash can, a blue paper behind keeps appearing and disappearing between front and back shots.
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Continuity mistake: When the pigeon defecates on the doctor's face, the poo falls on the side of his mouth. Half a second later the mouth is clean and the poo is all over his chin, nowhere near where it fell before, so it couldn't have slid down there.
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Dolittle arrives at the woods, right before he parks, the side of his car is totally dusty and dirty. When he steps off, after a change of angles, it is spotless.
25th Aug 2009
Dr. Dolittle (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Dolittle operates the tiger, the blue cloth around his head differs in position and length depending on the angle.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the drunk faints, there's a wide shot of the dam. The number of people next to the railing differs between wide and close shots.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)

Revealing mistake: When the elevator crashes, there's a really crappy splat of blood on screen that appears abruptly, which is a very obvious over-impression of a painting.
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Revealing mistake: When the earthquake begins, a dam moves wildly, but the water underneath remains still, revealing it's a camera effect. (00:05:56)
19th Aug 2009
Earthquake (1974)
Continuity mistake: After the bar where the drunk collapses, there's a scene of an office where a piece of ceiling falls on the left side. A second later, the office is clean and the ceiling falls again.
16th Aug 2009
Public Enemies (2009)
Continuity mistake: When John gives Billie her mink coat, the amount of wrap paper coming out of the corners of the box differs between the front and back angles.
13th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Lois is in the diner and the waiter serves her a Coke and leaves. Angle changes, the bad guy sits next to her and the waiter appears serving the Coke again. In the next shot, the angle changes again and he disappears.
13th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)

Continuity mistake: In the diner, whilst Clark is asking the bad guy to step outside, the waiter is leaning over the baddie's right shoulder. When the angle changes he is leaning on the left shoulder.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Audio problem: When the villains are trapped in the Phantom Zone glass Zod cries out something against Jor-El, but his mouth isn't in sync with what he says.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Atop the Eiffel tower the climate keeps changing from sunny to cloudy within seconds depending on the angle.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When the villains are in front of the sheriff's car he places his hat next to the steering wheel. When the angle changes, the hat is away and he's repeating the movement.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: Zod throws the Sheriff's rifle away and it lands next to the wheel. When the angle changes it has moved behind the wheel.
10th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is making an orange juice the position of the oranges differs between wide and close shots.
6th Aug 2009
The Illusionist (2006)
Audio problem: After the first night in his new theatre, Eisenheim walks towards a crowd, who ask him how he's done the trick. But none are mouthing the words.
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