Continuity mistake: Walt shows up to the first crime scene after visiting his daughter. He and Vic begin to discuss the girl. In the first shot of the girl, she is facing the camera and has her eyes closed. The very next shot of her, her head has moved and her eyes are open.
manthabeat
15th Jan 2015
Longmire (2012)
15th Jan 2015
Longmire (2012)
Continuity mistake: Vic and Walt are driving and Vic is talking about how she could be a stripper. This scene must have been filmed at two different times of the day as the sun is on Walt's side for his scene, and Vic's side for hers. Look at the shadows and sun glare in the shots.
23rd Dec 2014
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Continuity mistake: Ferris is messing with the equalizer on his stereo system (the one that plays the snoring), while he's talking to the camera. Watch the levels on the equalizer, they change from the close-up and back to normal in the wide shot.
18th Dec 2014
Kingpin (1996)
Continuity mistake: During the ending concert with Blues Traveler, watch the shadows and the sky, it goes from later in the afternoon to around noon and back and forth several times.
15th Sep 2014
Need for Speed (2014)
Continuity mistake: During the first race through the city, watch the sky. It goes from being dusk with a little bit of blue sky to completely dark in several shots.
1st Sep 2014
Breakdown (1997)
Continuity mistake: The first three quarters of the film are supposed to take place during the course of one day, however the sun and sky change so often throughout the film, one wonders how long the day actually is.
23rd Jul 2014
Red Dawn (2012)
Continuity mistake: When the Wolverines are attempting to get "the box", the Matt Eckert character is shooting through a window. When we see his point of view, there are blinds in the way of the camera, however every time it shows the actor, the blinds are open.
17th Oct 2013
Forrest Gump (1994)
Continuity mistake: The first shot from above with the floating feather is mostly overcast. Shortly afterwards, after the feather lands and the lady walks up, the sun is coming from the left into the plaza.
8th Aug 2013
Robocop (1987)
Continuity mistake: Robocop is being hounded by reporters through his view point at the City Hall. When the camera switches back, he is away from them, near a car.
4th Jan 2013
Home Alone (1990)
Continuity mistake: Right before Kevin destroys the shelves after climbing up to reach the metal box, the box with Buzz's life savings (on top of the shelves in his room) moves between the overhead and ground shots.
4th Jan 2013
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: After the tree burns up from Uncle Lewis' stogie, he turns around revealing fire on his back. Right as he is turning, the shot cuts to Clark and back to Lewis. In this new shot, Lewis' hair is different (compare the wigs), indicating the person getting the fire on his back put out is a stunt person.
4th Jan 2013
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Continuity mistake: Less than a day after the ice breaks the neighbors' window, it has fixed itself in the outside shots as Clark is stuck in the attic.
24th Dec 2012
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
Continuity mistake: Right after Riggs tells Murtaugh how he is going to be a distraction for the man shooting fire, Murtaugh starts taking off his jacket in one angle, but in the reverse shot looking toward him, he has it back on and isn't touching it. (00:04:05)
25th Nov 2012
Longmire (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Walt and Vic are driving during the day, the sun changes constantly when the shot angle changes from each character.
27th Sep 2012
Bachelor Party Vegas (2006)
Continuity mistake: During the bus scenes near the beginning (that take place after the paintball sequence), the backgrounds looking out the windows of the bus change in the shots. Some of the scenery outside is city, back to open land, and back to city.
13th Dec 2011
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Continuity mistake: When the main German soldier (Paul) is regretting stabbing the French soldier and is attempting to help him, the Frenchman puts his arm on this chest. In the next shot, his arm is off his chest and is lying on the ground.
16th Nov 2011
Quantum Leap (1989)
Jimmy - October 14, 1964 - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the episode Michael Madsen's character attempts to run over Sam with a forklift, causing the boy to fall into the water and almost drown. As the boy is falling into the water, there is a wide shot of the action. In the scene, a box is being pushed over the edge into the harbor. In the close shot following, the box is gone, as are other items nearby.
3rd Feb 2011
Howard the Duck (1986)
Continuity mistake: For a few moments during the flight scene near the end of the film Tim Robbins has no handcuffs on, but they are back on again seconds later.
1st Jan 2011
Tooth Fairy (2010)
Continuity mistake: When the Rock is giving the kid his present (a hockey stick) the paper covering it changes height in the shots. He even takes the paper almost all the way off when in the next shot it is back on.
29th Dec 2010
The Simpsons (1989)
Continuity mistake: Millhouse's hair color changes from when we first see him to when Bart comes back to the school yard.
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