Revealing mistake: Every time Dar's village is from the hill, it is a blatant scale model or matte painting where all the people and animals are suddenly missing.
Sacha
10th Apr 2013
The Beastmaster (1982)
15th Aug 2010
True Lies (1994)
Continuity mistake: After Helen drops the MAC-10 down the stairs and it keeps shooting, killing all the bad guys, you see it hit the floor, then the shot changes and it stops on the stairs. (01:46:10)
21st Feb 2013
Superman II (1980)
Revealing mistake: The 3 villains break through the Daily Planet window and fly around the city. Before Zod stops by a beam, Non becomes transparent.
25th Jun 2002
Superman II (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: When Superman is fighting Non under the New York Streets (in the sewers), manhole covers start to jet up in the sky. When the first manhole cover shoots up you can quite clearly see the gas tube in the hole and the gas cylinder attached to the cover.
18th Feb 2013
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Continuity mistake: In the ambulance, after Lecter escapes, the towel on his face swaps from slightly bloody, to completely covered in blood between shots. (01:25:00)
23rd Oct 2004
Superman II (1980)
Visible crew/equipment: Ursa throws the sewer lid at Superman sending him flying backwards into the car windshield. Watch the sewer lid carefully when Superman actually hits the windshield. You can see that the sewer lid was actually attached to a belt around his waist so that it would stay in place for the shots where he is flying backward through the air. (01:39:50)
29th Jan 2013
Moonraker (1979)
Revealing mistake: When Jaws goes to pull the ladder with the man on it, we see a close-up of him (with short hair) in shock then it cuts to a doll (with curly hair) falling back with the ladder. (01:48:40)
20th Feb 2013
Moonraker (1979)
Revealing mistake: During the parachute scene, in the wide angles Jaws' stuntman has perfect straight white teeth, nothing like the characteristic edgy metal teeth.
12th Feb 2013
Supergirl (1984)
Revealing mistake: After the bulldozer destroys the gas station, two cars crash against each other. Their hoods are already damaged before the crash.
12th Feb 2013
Supergirl (1984)
Revealing mistake: Right after Supergirl saves Lucy in the bulldozer and dismounts its front part, when she is about to land in the yard to save Ethan, wires holding her are visible.
7th Feb 2013
Supergirl (1984)
Revealing mistake: During the beach scene, when Supergirl flies in front of Ethan, the wires holding her are visible.
4th Feb 2013
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Revealing mistake: When the Statue of Liberty is about to smash the museum's glass dome, the shot outside is really bizarre: The Statue is standing on a park, with a pink cloud covering what is supposed to be the museum. Yet the lower part of the cloud plus the people around it, show that there is no building nor any foundations there: Just a superimposed pink cloud over an empty field. (01:31:35)
7th Jan 2003
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: Near the end, the Ghostbusters make the Statue of Liberty smash the window on the roof of the art museum before abseiling in. The window gets completely destroyed, but just after Vigo says 'Now we become one' we see the window again and it appears less damaged than before. (01:35:50)
21st Jan 2013
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Revealing mistake: When the [superimposed] pink slime and the bending tub try to attack Dana and Oscar, watch the tiles on the wall in front and you'll notice that they're not being reflected, just an empty space.
21st Jan 2013
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Continuity mistake: While Dana is cleaning her baby for the bath, the bottle and sponge next to him move around between shots, the tissue popping out appears/disappears randomly, as does a towel on the corner. (00:45:20)
27th Aug 2001
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Revealing mistake: When they gather around to watch what happens when you put the slime in the toaster, you can see when the toaster starts popping that it has little pneumatic pistons attached to the bottom, making it jump. When the toaster gets picked up off the table you can view its power cord which is entirely too big - more likely air lines. (00:41:15)
12th Nov 2003
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Visible crew/equipment: When Indy appears at the entrance of the mining caves to free the enslaved children, he punches out one of the guards and he goes flying in the air and across the gravel. You can see two suspension wires attached to the actor to drag him back through the dirt. (01:27:45)
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: After Willie saves Short from the hole in the bridge, the river is filled with water. Seconds later, when Indy is about to cut the bridge, there's a wide angle where there's barely any water, with rocks coming out. Then he cuts the bridge and it's filled with water again.
20th Sep 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: Before Mola Ram hides through a trap door on the floor, his hat is off except for a very brief moment when it's on.
18th May 2008
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Revealing mistake: When Indy and Willie jump out of the Obi Wan Nightclub, they fall through several awnings, the idea being that they will break the characters' fall. All well and good. But, if you look very carefully, you can see small taped-up cut marks which the crew made so the stunt men (and women) could effortlessly glide though the awnings.
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