Continuity mistake: When Hermione opens the locket to read the note, the locket and chain's position changes in her hand between consecutive shots.
Super Grover
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: In the Great Hall, when Ron sits down with Harry and Hermione before Quidditch, the newspaper Hermione is reading goes from her hand to under her arms, then back again, etc, between shots.
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: After Harry arrives at the Burrow, when he, Hermione and Ron are sitting and chatting, Hermione changes position between shots - notably her knee is up, down, up, etc. (00:13:45)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Dumbledore brings Harry to meet Slughorn, the Daily Prophet is lying on the floor amongst debris, including the piano's hammer, which differs between shots. (00:06:50)
15th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Continuity mistake: Tied round Dumbledore's beard is a thin silver strand, with dangling silver balls, that changes position and the height of the silver balls differ in consecutive shots, depending on the camera angle throughout the film. For example, when Dumbledore and Harry first pay a visit to Slughorn.
14th Jul 2009
Hannah Montana (2006)
Once, Twice, Three Times Afraidy - S3-E15
Continuity mistake: When Jackson is in the air with the balloons his flip-flop lands beside Rico. The flip-flop goes from behind Rico to in front, from face up to face down, and so on.
8th Jun 2009
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Marge arrives, as she walks towards Petunia, there are two gold trim bars installed between the carpet edges and kitchen floor - one in the doorway and another between the kitchen counter and wall. Both disappear in the following shots. (00:02:00)
3rd Jun 2009
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Harry goes to the table to clean up Marge's broken glass and when he stands at the counter as Marge blows up, there is a large rug in the kitchen, under the center cart, whose edge reaches the counter stools. When Harry storms downstairs with his trunk, Petunia and Dudley stand at the kitchen doorway and the rug is gone - it would be visible if it was on floor. (Likewise, the rug was gone when Marge and Ripper arrived, but it could be presumed that the rug was laid out before their meal.) (00:03:50 - 00:06:40)
28th May 2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Continuity mistake: After Troy has the chat with Chad on the basketball court, when they're joined by Coach Bolton there is a close-up of Chad and Troy, whose graduation gowns/sashes are neat and tidy. Then after a shot of the coach as he tells them to get back to the stage, in the teenagers' next close-up their graduation gowns/sashes are all mussed up and disheveled.
25th May 2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Continuity mistake: During the rehearsal of "Just Wanna Be With You", Jimmie leaves the cup of paint and paintbrush beside the railing. Not only does the cup of paint move (note rail post and pickets) in following shots, but after Gabriella dabs paint on Troy, the paint cup just vanishes, as well as the paintbrush Gabriella dropped. (00:52:05)
25th May 2009
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)
Continuity mistake: During rehearsal, just after Ryan cracks up at the sight of Chad in the clown suit, as Taylor pulls Chad away Gabrielle walks to the center of the 'balcony', with her back to Troy. Next shot, however, Gabrielle is back near the corner or the railing facing Troy, but next shot she's farther away again. (00:51:50)
24th May 2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Octavius and Jedediah escape through the hole in the metal container in the close-up, the shape of the hole changes in following shots.
24th May 2009
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Continuity mistake: When Kahmunrah first appears on Archie Bunker's chair, the propeller beanie cap hanging on the side of the chair disappears in the close-up.
20th May 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: During Marley's poop incident at the dog beach, the wet stain on John's shirt changes repeatedly, from smaller, to much bigger, to smaller, particularly when the guy says, "Dude, that was not cool." (01:17:30)
20th May 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: When John brings Marley home the first time while Jen's away, the bag of Puppy Chow kibble falls. The bag's position on the floor (note tiles), the amount of kibble and John's hands all change between shots. The fallen kibble also changes between shots as the puppy lies on the floor devouring it. (00:14:10)
20th May 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: When the dog-sitter pulls up in front of the Grogan's house in the exterior shot, the curtains at the window beside the stairs are pulled nearly closed, with only a narrow gap between. Next interior shot, as Marley barks at the window the curtains are pulled more apart, but when Marley pulls Debby outside as the Grogans leave, the curtains are as they were in the first exterior shot. (00:44:10)
20th May 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Jen comes back from her trip and opens the garage door to find puppy Marley and the destruction he caused, the stuffed alligator that Jen holds goes from face up, to tail-end up, between shots. (00:17:10)
19th May 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: When John and Sebastian step out of the elevator discussing Jen, the spare room, step seven, etc, John's bag strap hangs across his chest with the bag at his right, in the shots facing them once they reach the newsroom, but in shots from behind John's bag hangs straight down on his shoulder with the bag to his left. (00:08:25)
19th May 2009
Marley & Me (2008)
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen, when Jen talks about John's first article in the Sun-Sentinel, John lifts the orange juice container to pour into a glass and its orange lid is on the counter, but next shot the lid is on the container and he has to remove it. (00:07:10)
19th May 2009
The Transporter (2002)
Continuity mistake: The antenna/aerial mast located on the rear windshield/hood of Frank's BMW vanishes and reappears repeatedly. For instance, before the first shot of the two garbage collectors walking, in the closeup of the two AIC robbers in the back seat looking out through the back windshield (one screams) the antenna/aerial mast is gone. (00:07:30)
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