deadpenguin

The Long Kiss Goodnight mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Geena Davis is skating across the ice and shooting at a car, one of the car's hubcaps flies off only to come back a few shots later.

11th Sep 2002

Major Payne (1995)

Major Payne mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When the boys are sneaking in to take the pictures of Payne, the first time you see him in bed the clock says it's 4-something. When they come back and get the boy in the dress in the bed, the clock says 12-something.

27th Aug 2001

The Mask (1994)

The Mask mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Stanley is in jail, he put toilet papers on the toilet seat. But a few seconds later the toilet paper is not on the toilet. (01:10:35 - 01:13:10)

22nd Jan 2004

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

19th Jan 2005

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

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Continuity mistake: When Aunt May is falling off the building, her purse is on her right arm. The next shot shows the purse on her left arm. (00:52:05)

8th Sep 2004

The Naked Gun (1988)

The Naked Gun mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Frank has his speech and says "No matter how silly the idea of having a queen..." you see the mayor turning her head to the right. When it cuts she is looking to her left with a rather shocked face. (00:13:55)

Mortug

29th Jan 2003

Airplane (1980)

Airplane mistake picture

Visible crew/equipment: Striker is in the pilot's seat and a vulture is sitting on the back of it. On the bottom-left of screen you can see someone's forearm in a white sleeve, giving the suggestion that either Randy or Elaine are standing, and leaning on the pilot seat's armrest. However, Randy is not in the cockpit and Elaine is sitting in the co-pilot's seat. (00:57:05)

23rd Sep 2003

La Confidential (1997)

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Continuity mistake: Mrs. Lefferts' glasses move from being under her handkerchief that's on her head to on top of it without her taking them off. This is when Bud White interviews her in her home. (01:20:30)

eileen

A Walk To Remember mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Landon and Jamie are looking at the stars together, and he tells her he had a star named for her. A couple of seconds later she takes the paper showing the coordinates of the star and starts to sit down. The camera angle changes and shows her still in motion to sit down, but now the paper is nowhere to be seen. (01:06:42)

27th Aug 2001

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Dumb and Dumber mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Lloyd drops Mary off at the airport and hugs her goodbye, in the background there are two men walking towards them. The camera changes to the angle behind Mary then behind Lloyd and then back to the side. When it returns to the side view the two men are farther away but still walking toward them. (00:07:25)

26th Jul 2022

King Kong (1933)

King Kong mistake picture Video

Continuity mistake: During King Kong's rampage on the island, he fights some of the natives on a scaffold platform. He picks up one of them and puts him in his mouth. In the wide shot, the native's feet are on the left side of Kong's mouth and his head is on the right. The close-up shows that his head is on the left while his feet are on the right. (01:22:00)

27th Aug 2001

The Exorcist (1973)

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Continuity mistake: When Chris is taking a walk with the priest Damien, she throws her cigarette to the ground, but in the next shot it's back in her hand again. (01:21:30 - 01:22:06)

25th Jan 2002

Three Musketeers (1993)

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Visible crew/equipment: In the fight scene on the stairs near the end of the movie, the camera shot looks up and there is a security camera mounted up in the corner. (01:33:34)

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Robin and Azeem are approaching Dover Beach, there is shot behind the boat showing only one sailor standing at the stern. In the very next shot, not only is the sailor standing but suddenly so is Robin, at the bow. (00:11:27)

13th Nov 2024

Enter the Ninja (1981)

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Factual error: The training set piece is supposedly Japan, but it's obviously taking place in the Philippines. Its biggest giveaway is the presence of Taal Volcano. (00:02:55)

deadpenguin

13th Nov 2018

Les Miserables (2012)

Les Miserables mistake picture

Deliberate mistake: In "Do You Hear the People Sing?", Grantaire can be seen hijacking the funeral carriage, but when the insurrection starts, he is at the tavern with some girl, and Marius says, "Grantaire, get off your arse, it's begun!" and acts like he wasn't just there. George Blagden, who portrayed Grantaire, didn't want to be left out of that great set-piece, so he was allowed to participate, and the director must have thought no-one would notice him. (01:36:55 - 01:38:45)

3rd Jan 2006

Tremors (1990)

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Continuity mistake: When they are picking up Burt and Heather, Burt throws a sack to Val. When it cuts Val catches a totally different sack. (01:15:07)

Mortug

19th Nov 2011

Re-Animator (1985)

Re-Animator mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Cain and West are in the morgue trying to re-animate the cadaver, a phone rings outside at the security desk and when we see it, the buttons are facing outward, but when Megan goes down to the security desk, we see the phone is now turned completely around. (00:49:32 - 00:56:54)

Clerk13

3rd Aug 2010

Halloween (1978)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Laurie walks across the street to check on her friends, the porch of the Doyle house has nothing on it. When Laurie runs back across the street and starts pounding on the door she picks up a flower pot off the porch to throw at the window. (01:11:20 - 01:18:30)

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