Visible crew/equipment: Around 23 minutes in, a crew member's head is reflected in a vehicle as it passes. The edge of the camera lens is also visible. (00:23:23)
manthabeat
15th Feb 2024
Marathon Man (1976)
15th Feb 2024
Marathon Man (1976)
Continuity mistake: When the oil tanker explodes near the beginning, the fire shooting out of it comes out in different places depending on the angle. The most obvious is right after the crash. The shot changes angles, and the explosion happens a second time.
15th Feb 2024
Marathon Man (1976)
Continuity mistake: About 6 minutes, 45 seconds into the film, a Jewish man is pestering a German man by bumping into his tailgate. The Jewish man almost hits people crossing the street. They appear out of nowhere. In the previous shot, it was just one person standing on the curb. (00:06:45)
9th Feb 2024
Spaceballs (1987)
Revealing mistake: In one of the shots of Dot in the "Mercedes" near the beginning, the outline of the blue screen is visible around her.
22nd Jan 2024
Grumpier Old Men (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Max and John are sword fighting with fishing poles, the sun angle changes constantly.
11th Jan 2024
Tremors 2 (1996)
Continuity mistake: Earl and Kate are talking about dating at the end and walking with Burt and Grady towards the hole in the ground. In the first shot, it appears to be overcast. Suddenly the sun appears on everyone.
11th Jan 2024
Tremors 2 (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: After Burt shoots a hole through the wall, the camera shows the hole and backs up. Its shadow is on the right of the screen.
11th Jan 2024
Tremors 2 (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: Right after the Graboid jumps onto Earl's truck, they panic and reverse really fast. There is a shot looking through the back window of the truck. The camera reflection is fairly obvious.
6th Jan 2024
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
Audio problem: When the hotel owner is showing the Lambdas around the grounds, she says, "Over here is our beautiful Olympic-sized pool." The word "beautiful" is cut off. Poor editing.
25th Dec 2023
Prancer (1989)
Continuity mistake: The sky changes several times during the sledding sequence. It's sunny and then overcast.
24th Dec 2023
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Visible crew/equipment: Wires are visible holding up the Ghost of Christmas Past as she flies with Scrooge. There are at least two wires.
24th Dec 2023
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Continuity mistake: Near the beginning, Cratchit drops his hat while getting hit by snowballs. In the other angle, his hat is back on instantly.
12th Dec 2023
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Other mistake: After the shootout, where Rog kills his son's friend, Rog turns the kid's body over. He pulls his sunglasses off. The kid, who is supposedly dead, moves his eyes.
26th Nov 2023
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Visible crew/equipment: When the gang runs into the guard at the door, they all walk to the right of the screen to talk to him. While they're walking, you can see the shadow of the boom mic following them.
25th Nov 2023
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Continuity mistake: In St. Louis, after the guy asks for five dollars, Ellen says, "That's a fair deal." She turns her head to the right and smiles. The shot cuts to an outside look at the front of the car. Ellen isn't smiling anymore.
24th Nov 2023
Jumanji (1995)
Visible crew/equipment: When the vine takes the police car into the woods, a very obvious film light is visible reflected on the back of the car.
6th Nov 2023
Animal House (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Bluto first watches the sorority girls on his ladder, he moves to the left screen. As he is moving the ladder, the curtain in front moves too. The glass pane is not present, likely to prevent reflection of the camera.
4th Nov 2023
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
The Gang Goes to Hell - S11-E9
Continuity mistake: Dee tells a woman on deck that a chair is hers. The woman shows that she already has a towel on the chair. Suddenly, her towel is fully laid out on the chair when she goes to sit down. At no point do we see her put the towel on the chair like it ends up.
4th Nov 2023
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
Charlie Catches a Leprechaun - S11-E8
Continuity mistake: Dennis is holding a tablet with a kickstand at the beginning of the episode. In one angle, you can see that the kickstand is out. In the rear shot, it's flat against the tablet.
27th Oct 2023
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Revealing mistake: About 40 minutes into the film, there is a shot of guys on horses going one direction. Before the shot cuts, a road sign pole is visible. This indicates the camera crew are on a dirt road.
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