Audio problem: As the group approach Bluto's boat at Scab Island, Pappy is cranking a siren. A couple of seconds later, it sounds again, but he isn't touching it.
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12th Jul 2013
Popeye (1980)
12th Jul 2013
Popeye (1980)
Revealing mistake: After knocking Castor out, Oxheart kicks the unconscious form out of the ring. As the body flies past the camera, the dummy used must have bumped the camera because it shakes for a second or two.
12th Jul 2013
Popeye (1980)
Revealing mistake: At the end, in the fight with Bluto, Popeye is facing Bluto on one side, goes underwater, and pops up on the other side. If you watch closely, the figure that goes under is the stunt double. Nobody can move 15 to 20 feet underwater in three seconds. Also, before Popeye comes up, you can see him underwater while the other figure goes under.
12th Jul 2013
Popeye (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the races, Wimpy has Swee'pea at the line up board, asking which horse to bet on. As Castor walks in, the shot cuts to Wimpy at the board. The number 7 slot is empty, and no attendant is there. As the shots alternate between Wimpy and Castor, there is an attendant behind Wimpy erasing slot 7, starting to write, then gone again after Castor goes by. In the next moment, Wimpy is directly in front of the board asking Swee'pea. After picking Holy Moley, the next wide shot has the attendant back again with a name in slot 7.
12th Jul 2013
Popeye (1980)
Continuity mistake: At the Oyls' house during the engagement party, Nana Oyl gives Bluto a cup of tea and moves off across the room. A few moments later, after he drinks the tea, he starts to eat the teacup, and we see Nana's hands in frame on the right side where she served from. In the next shot, she's all the way across the room. She couldn't have made it that quickly.
12th Jul 2013
Popeye (1980)
Audio problem: At the beginning of the fight at Rough House's, after Popeye says "Enough is enough", it looks like he elbows the two nearest guys. If you look closely, they react a split second before the elbows get them, and the sound completes the illusion. Also, the last guy Popeye is punching in the face is moving just out of sync with the punches. The sound is like a punching bag, but his head is recoiling just a split second out of time.
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