Continuity mistake: The fireman on the right points at the lake and lowers his arm. In the next shot it's up again.
Sacha
23rd Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
23rd Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: The two firemen pointing at the lake are standing close to each other. In the wider angle they are much farther away.
23rd Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: After Clark Kent smashes cake on a man's face, the amount of cake increases in the close-up, especially on his neck.
23rd Oct 2006
Superman III (1983)
Continuity mistake: When a man tries to pick up the toy penguins, a close shot shows them walking, but on the wide shot they are standing still.
21st Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Lenny leads his car with the cops in, the car is facing a very short road ending in a small mount of rocks. The following wider angle shows a very wide open space with grass and a huge cliff.
21st Oct 2006
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Igor is holding onto the cemetery gate, his hands swap between angles from holding two bars close to each other, to having an empty bar in between.
21st Oct 2006
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: At the cemetery gate, Dr. F tells Igor to crouch, which he does but very slightly. In the following angle Igor's position is totally different, being crouched at ground level with his hands on a different place.
21st Oct 2006
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: When watching the grave diggers with Igor, Dr. F's hand on Igor's shoulder swaps sides depending on the angle.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Behind where Nuclear Man lands there's no school bus on the wide shot, which is a matte painting, but a frame later one appears and stays there for the rest of the scene.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When nuclear Man bursts the cab's hood, the radiator explodes and vanishes. A second later it's back on.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Other mistake: When Clark Kent enters the subway, the set is the same as the rampage later in the film; only that the second time we see this set, the subway entrance has vanished.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: In the quarry, when the cops' car flies up the air you can see the ramp used to lift it on the lower left side of the screen.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: After Nuclear Man lands on Metropolis a black man in a grey suit keeps moving from a white pole to a parking sign between each shot.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man lands on Metropolis a cop on the right is opening the door of his car. In the next shot he is repeating the movement.
19th Oct 2006
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Dr. F arrives at the train station there's a lot of smoke/fog around him. In the close-up that comes a split second later it's all gone.
19th Oct 2006
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: Dr. F arrives at the train station and stands to the left of the candle light. A second later he is right in front of it.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Nuclear Man walks towards the newspaper on the desk, the phone cable's position changes through shots.
19th Oct 2006
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Continuity mistake: When Dr. F climbs up the hay cart, the first wide shot shows him with his waist above the cart. The next shot, from the cart's POV, shows him only shoulder level.
19th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: In the quarry, Lenny parks his car to the very right of two wagons. Seconds later the car is in front of them.
18th Oct 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Superman arrives at the UN, Jimmy Olsen stops in the middle of the street to take a picture of him. A shot later he's six feet behind a dark car.
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