Continuity mistake: While Superman is taking the Statue of liberty back to its place the sky keeps changing between violet and blue, sunny and cloudy.
Sacha
16th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: In the aerial shot of Nuclear Man entering the crater of the volcano the smoke coming from it is still, thus revealing it's a painting.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When the volcano erupts, it's obviously a painting because the lava doesn't flow or move an inch.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: In order to stop the eruption, Superman flies towards a mountain. Watch the central part of it and you'll notice that the wide and close shots are of completely different mountains. The volcano also swaps from having smoke to exploding between frames.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Continuity mistake: When in the subway, Superman is standing by a 6 foot poster of the Statue of Liberty. When the shot changes to a flying Superman, he is a third of his size and the poster is huge.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Other mistake: Nuclear Man is shown blowing up the Great wall twice, but it's the same shot reversed.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Superman flies towards the volcano, the scene of the eruption he is superimposed on is exactly the same one we saw 2 minutes earlier.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: Before Superman rebuilds the Great Wall, he flies up with a woman in his arms. He flies past a stone arch and starts to descend. However, the following angle shows him yards behind descending right by the center of the arch.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: During the volcano scene, a girl is holding on to the priest's arm at wrist level. A split of a second later her grip changes to above the elbow level.
15th Sep 2006
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

Continuity mistake: When the volcano erupts, there's suddenly a lot more snow on the crater.
7th Sep 2006
Cold Mountain (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Inman says I'll marry you 3 times, Ada's hair around his ear keeps switching between shots from messy to neat behind his ear.
6th Sep 2006
Jurassic Park (1993)

Continuity mistake: When the baby dinosaur is breaking the egg, the eggshell is almost open on one shot, and starting to break with a different shape, in the next shot. (00:27:35)
6th Sep 2006
Jurassic Park (1993)
Continuity mistake: When the egg is opening, the leaves underneath change from dry and crushed to big and green between shots. (00:27:35)
5th Sep 2006
Capote (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Capote tells Alvin Dewey the title of the novel in the diner, Capote's head positions have no continuity between the back and front shots.
5th Sep 2006
Capote (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Perry is on hunger strike and Capote brings him puree to eat, Perry's head keeps changing positions depending on the back or front shot.
5th Sep 2006
Capote (2005)
Factual error: The Spanish taxi cab has red plates. In that time period plates were white.
31st Aug 2006
Twins (1988)

Continuity mistake: Arnie enters the parking lot driving on two wheels crying "Woooa." The close shots show him with one hand on the wheel and the other outside on the window; but on the wide shots, with the stunt, both hands are inside and his mouth closed but still the cry is heard. This mistake goes on every time angle changes.
23rd Aug 2006
Lost (2004)

Live Together, Die Alone, Part 2 - S2-E24
Continuity mistake: The woman from Desmond's photo is totally different the second time we see it, but Desmond and the background are exactly the same as before.
23rd Aug 2006
Envy (2004)
Visible crew/equipment: A door to door sales woman greets an old lady. When the old lady turns around and announces her, the lighting screens get reflected on her glasses.
21st Aug 2006
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Visible crew/equipment: When Jack opens the compass on the deck, two round lights are reflected on the lid. They are obviously stage lights, since from another point of view neither the sun nor any type of light is seen.
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