Continuity mistake: When Ann watches Kong fight the dinosaur, her position is inconsistent between the wide shots and the close-ups.
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25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: When Kong brings Ann's bed towards him, the footboard changes between the wide outside shots and the inside shots.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: During the fight between Kong and the dinosaur, the shape of the tree Ann is on differs between shots.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: Kong shakes the sailors off the log and a man falls down. A shot later he's back on the log. (00:53:12)
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: The planes that attack Kong have two parallel wings, the lower wing being shorter. In the close-up of the planes next to Kong both wings are the same size.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Other mistake: When the planes attack Kong, for a brief moment the superimposed footage of the staircase below jumps to the left. (01:32:47)
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Revealing mistake: When Kong is about to attack the train, the building on the right (a superimposed projection) wobbles like jelly for unknown reasons. It's not because of Kong's footsteps, for it never happens in any previous scenes.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: When Kong lifts Ann from the bed she is wearing a short dress. In the close-up the dress goes way down to her ankles.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: Kong breaks the window and Ann starts to shout and extends her right leg. A shot later it's bent downwards.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: Kong breaks the window and takes Ann from bed. In the wide shot (where she's replaced by a stop-motion doll) she faints backwards. In the immediate close-up she is conscious and upright.
25th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Continuity mistake: After Kong escapes from the theater, a car crashes against a wall with no glass on the windshield. In the next shot, broken glass appears.
24th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Revealing mistake: At the Empire State, Kong extends his arm to grab the woman. Problem is, instead of catching her she magically flies up the air to his hand.
24th May 2023
King Kong (1933)
Revealing mistake: At the Empire State, the woman is an obvious square-shaped footage of film pasted on top of the footage of Kong. After the plane attacks Kong and his right arm goes limb it goes behind the pasted footage.
20th May 2023
Jaws 4 (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Jake and the crew struggle against the shark, all the shots where Hoagie's body is in the back have no continuity with his position in the next shot of him.
19th May 2023
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Tackleberry rides to the bank, watch the reflection on the window shops around and you'll see a line of bystanders watching the filming. They disappear in opposite angles.
18th May 2023
Jaws 4 (1987)
Continuity mistake: When Jake is about to be eaten his shirt swaps from dark pink to light pink between shots.
13th May 2023
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Continuity mistake: In Las Vegas, when the ice-cream truck is about to play the music, the position of the baby's feet, the lettering on the billboards and the people next to him change completely between shots.
13th May 2023
Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Adam is toying with the car in Las Vegas, the wide shot shows the girl's arms extended, but in the close-up they're covering her face. This swaps back and forth.
8th May 2023
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Continuity mistake: At the beach when Cornelius reads the scroll his fingers swap between being under the scrolls to being on top.
8th May 2023
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Visible crew/equipment: After Taylor exits the museum he is whipped by an ape on a horse. Taylor/Charlton Heston is replaced by a noticeable stunt. (00:58:57)
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