manthabeat

24th Mar 2016

McLintock! (1963)

Continuity mistake: The sun changes dramatically when John Wayne's son makes an appearance. You can tell it is setting when Wayne first turns him down, but the next shot, it is earlier in the afternoon. Right after that, it is around noon when Wayne rolls into town.

manthabeat

22nd Mar 2016

McLintock! (1963)

21st Mar 2016

Dumb and Dumber (1994)

Revealing mistake: In the beginning of the film, Harry reaches for his radio after getting a call. The radio is not powered. You can see the display doesn't light up.

manthabeat

16th Mar 2016

The Dark Knight (2008)

Revealing mistake: Gotham General blows up but it appears to be an abandoned building. The shot pulls out after the Joker gets into the bus and you can see sky right through the building.

manthabeat

10th Mar 2016

Deadpool (2016)

10th Mar 2016

Deadpool (2016)

1st Mar 2016

Fight Club (1999)

Visible crew/equipment: Tyler and the narrator are walking to the house for the first time. This shot tracks along the road. The camera track can be seen on the road (metal pipes), and the camera stops where you'd expect the end of the track to be.

manthabeat

1st Mar 2016

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Visible crew/equipment: Leo pulls up to the construction site and gets out of his vehicle. During this entire sequence, you can see a very obvious film light with a diffuser reflected in the driver's side of his red car.

manthabeat

1st Mar 2016

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Visible crew/equipment: Leo is arguing with Riggs and Murtaugh at the construction site about shooting out his tires. The camera pans over to see them leaving in their cruiser. The camera crew's feet can be seen in the bumper.

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Other mistake: At the cemetery, Arnold shoots up the police cars. We then see his point of view, showing no human casualties. The problem is, he is standing up and further back from the drive. The shot from his point of view is down low and near a police car.

manthabeat

23rd Feb 2016

The X-Files (1993)

Fallen Angel - S1-E10

Visible crew/equipment: Mulder talks to the man from NICAP on the other side of the fence. When the shot is looking at the man, film lights are visible reflected in his glasses. Since he is looking at Mulder, there should be lights on Mulder's side, but there are none.

manthabeat

23rd Feb 2016

The X-Files (1993)

23rd Feb 2016

The X-Files (1993)

23rd Feb 2016

The X-Files (1993)

23rd Feb 2016

Happy Gilmore (1996)

Factual error: Considering Happy lives on an upper floor, his apartment complex must have the world's fastest elevator. His girlfriend leaves him and is down by the front door in less than 15 seconds.

manthabeat

12th Feb 2016

Quantum Leap (1989)

Audio problem: After the Griswolds first arrive at the Oktoberfest, there is a wide shot of them walking in with the crowd with the band directly behind them. The drummer is hitting the cymbals but the sound isn't matching.

manthabeat

3rd Feb 2016

Twister (1996)

Revealing mistake: During the scene when the repair shop is falling apart from the tornado, a wire can be seen pulling the drive in theater sign into the building in a brief shot.

manthabeat

1st Feb 2016

The Revenant (2015)

Continuity mistake: Hugh's wounds change from when he cuts open the horse to the ending when he is sitting inside the shack. Specifically, a wound on his right shoulder is there and gone between those two sequences. His back wounds also change considerably.

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