Continuity mistake: During the eels scene, when Ariel is crying, the stone she lays on is a single stone laying almost flat on the sand; then swaps to a double stone, and when she sends the eels away it is a single stone though way steeper, standing upright.
Sacha
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Ariel is crying and Sebastian comes to comfort her, there's a vase, two planks and a small bottle behind her. When the angle changes, every object is different, even the area looks much wider.
4th Apr 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: After becoming human, Ariel swims and rest on a floating rock amidst the sea. A frame later she is laying on a rocky wall by the shore.
26th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Grimsby is presenting the statue of Eric, the huge ribbon around it disappears between shots.
26th Mar 2012
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Continuity mistake: Eric's statue changes between shots, notice the position of the right fist.
26th Mar 2012
Boogie Nights (1997)
Continuity mistake: When Buck is covered in blood during the doughnut scene, first he just has blood on the right side of his suit. When the angle cuts, his whole suit is covered in blood.
21st Mar 2012
Honey I Shrunk The Kids (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Nick is in the spoon, the milk around him turns green.
23rd Mar 2012
The Lion King (1994)
Continuity mistake: During the stampede, the branch onto which Simba hangs changes shape between shots.
2nd Feb 2012
Dick Tracy (1990)
Continuity mistake: When Tracy is tied up in the basement, the rope around his body changes styles between shots.
16th Jun 2011
Ghostbusters (1984)
Other mistake: After the guys decide to rent the building, the shot of New York from the park is the very same one, though with different sky colour, to that of the moment when they are about to battle Gozer. Though it's a very wide and common shot of the park, the very same people are laying on the grass in the very same position in both shots (big screen recommended to spot it). (00:16:45 - 01:18:35)
17th Nov 2002
American Beauty (1999)
Continuity mistake: In the first overhead shot of Lester in bed, just before his shower, his slippers are positioned in a V-shape, but in the next shot, from under the bed, has them parallel to the bed. (00:01:34)
13th Mar 2011
Commando (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Matrix and Cooke fight at the motel, the number and shape of broken glass-tiles on the wall keeps increasing / decreasing randomly in different shots. (00:46:25)
28th Feb 2011
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: Due to the blue-screen effect, part of Superman's glasses disappear when he is free falling with Lois.
28th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: The amount of moss behind the idol increases between shots.
28th Oct 2010
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Continuity mistake: When the temple collapses, Satipo is crouching looking at the chaos. Indy starts to run and there's a wide angle of the passage ahead but Satipo is nowhere around. He couldn't have managed to run that distance in half a second.
Suggested correction: He had a couple of seconds to run away from that spot.
20th Oct 2010
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Continuity mistake: When the three heroes arrive at the village there's not a single bit of grass around. When they leave the place the morning after there's vegetation everywhere.
3rd Sep 2009
French Kiss (1995)
Continuity mistake: Kate is speaking to Charlie on the phone when he says he's met a woman. The length of the wire changes from short to very long instantly.
29th Jun 2006
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: During the fight in Metropolis, General Zod is about to throw a wall part at Superman, it cuts to a street scene with people and there is a "no entry" sign reversed, showing the film was flipped for some reason.
26th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Revealing mistake: After the Marlboro truck scene, Superman throws Zod and he goes through an office window. The harness to make him fly is visible on his back.
26th Aug 2009
Superman II (1980)
Continuity mistake: After Superman holds the antenna falling on the woman's pram, in a matter of 3 seconds the parked cars she was standing in between (a yellow cab and a black car) come much closer together.
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