Continuity mistake: In the mad rush to get to the hotel, the family gets off on the exit and is trying to decide what to do. During this time, the camera angle changes several times. During this change, the traffic behind them disappears, and reappears between shots. Most noticeable is a semi that vanishes and reappears.
manthabeat
8th Feb 2007
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
24th Aug 2006
Speed (1994)
Continuity mistake: After the bus has left the freeway and enters the city for the first time, there is a scene where Annie is driving the wrong way down a street and Jack can be seen standing right next to her. She pulls the bus onto the right side of the road and Jack puts the cell phone to his ear. In the next shot, he repeats the same action.
9th Mar 2006
16 Blocks (2006)
Continuity mistake: Watch the newspapers on the front of the bus when Mos Def is getting off. At one point there is a big hole and you can see out, but in the very next shot a newspaper is covering it again.
19th Jan 2006
The Quiet Man (1952)
Continuity mistake: When John Wayne first meets with the woman at the church, the first time we see her she puts a dark piece of clothing over her head. In the next scene, which is a closer angle, it is gone.
2nd Nov 2005
Blackmail (1929)
Continuity mistake: The painting changes from the time it is made until the time the detective looks at it.
2nd Nov 2005
Raising Arizona (1987)
Continuity mistake: At the end, when H.I. is being dragged out from underneath the pickup, watch the shadows made by the car; they grow longer, then short, then long again.
9th May 2005
Enemy at the Gates (2001)

Continuity mistake: When Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes are walking through the Soviet Headquarters and talking about how the sniper never relocates, in the first scenes, Jude Law has no bandage on his wound on his head, however in the later close up shot there is a bandage, this within a few minutes. There definitely is no bandage present in the first scenes. (00:45:20)
15th Feb 2005
Hitch (2005)
Continuity mistake: During the first time Kevin James and Will Smith meet, Kevin drops a coke and it spills all over the steps in a certain way. However, when Will actually comes over to Kevin, the spill pattern on the steps has changed.
4th Feb 2005
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Continuity mistake: During the pool scene, just before the two guys come over, the color of the bra on the girl who is lying on her back changes from darker red to almost orange during different angles. (00:48:55)
22nd Apr 2004
Secret Window (2004)
Continuity mistake: In one of the scenes where Mort is sitting on the couch with the table in front of it, there is a Mountain Dew can on the table and it keeps changing positions throughout the shots to and from Mort.
11th Nov 2003
Speed (1994)

Continuity mistake: After Jack shoots Harry in the leg, Denis Hopper runs out the door which is wide open. The explosion shot (seconds later) happens and we see the door completely shut. (00:22:05)
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