Continuity mistake: Tom and Sarah are on the deck at her house and Tom takes hold of her hand and stands very close. In the next shot, he's not holding her hand and they stand further apart. (00:09:45)
Super Grover
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
Continuity mistake: Tom wraps a blanket around his waist at Sarah's beach house. He walks out to the deck and the stripes are wrapped differently. In the next wide shot it's wrapped as in the first shot. (00:09:35)
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
Continuity mistake: Tom slams his fist down on the answering machine, and in the close-up he picks up the machine with his fingers gripping the top of the machine. In the wide shot he holds the machine with his fingers on one side. In the next close-up his fingers are on top again. (00:05:55)
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
Continuity mistake: Tom goes upstairs and puts his mail down on the desk. In the next shot when he sits, some of the things on the desk change position, for example the lamp with the silver base moves to the other side of the wicker basket. Then in the next close-up of the answering machine and phone, they change position too. (00:05:20)
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Tom enters his apt, in the shot from upstairs a bowl of chips is on the corner of a white table and syrup, peanut butter, etc. on the other corner. In the shots downstairs, a pizza box is between the chips and syrup, the corner of which should be seen in the earlier shot. The position of the continents on the globe, the mail on the TV and the things on the plastic white shelves change between these shots too. (00:04:40)
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
Continuity mistake: When Kyle is sleeping on the couch, in the wide shots from upstairs and downstairs the golf bag is behind his right shoulder. In the close-ups the golf clubs are behind his left shoulder. The sandwich, paper towel, mustard bottle, lamp behind couch also change in these shots. (00:04:35)
19th Apr 2004
Just Married (2003)
Continuity mistake: Tom walks into his apartment with Kyle sleeping on the couch. The green strap of Tom's duffel appears and disappears on his shoulder repeatedly in consecutive shots. (00:04:40)
19th Apr 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Continuity mistake: While Gandalf is nervously waiting, Frodo is looking for the envelope with the Ring in the wood chest. In the first shot looking up from the POV of the chest, Frodo holds the envelope with the flap up near his fingers and the seal below it. However in the next shot the envelope is reversed, with the flap opposite his fingers. (00:36:40)
19th Apr 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Continuity mistake: Frodo enters a dark Bag End and Gandalf grabs Frodo's shoulder. In the next shot Frodo spins around and Gandalf removes his hand. However in the last shot facing Gandalf, Gandalf still has his hand on Frodo's shoulder. (00:36:30)
Continuity mistake: Jack says, "That is a wonderful trick. Except, once again..." as he walks down the sloped cart. Behind him to his left are a chair, a barrel and between the two is a miniature ladder and some objects leaning on the wall. When Will cuts the rope of the overhead barrels, Jack (stuntman Tony Angelotti) stands on the cart and the ladder and other objects are not leaning on the wall between the chair and barrel. (00:24:00 - 00:25:50)
18th Apr 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Continuity mistake: The Watcher in the Water holds Frodo upside down, and just as its head comes out of the water, but before its mouth appears, in this shot part of the back of Frodo's cloak is tucked into his belt at the back of his waist. The cloak is not tucked into the belt in the previous or following shots. (00:17:45)
18th Apr 2004
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Continuity mistake: After Kathy is taken away, Matthews and Gracie are together, surrounded by a crowd and police/fire vehicles. His face, and the back and front of his clothing are covered in black smudges. As soon as she asks, "So, how does it feel?" in these shots all the smudges on his face and clothing are different. The crowd and police/fire vehicles differ too. (01:41:45)
Continuity mistake: While Jack is inspecting the crew on the dock at Tortuga the sun shines from different directions in some shots. In some shots the crew's back is in shadow and in others their right side is in shadow. Also seen with the shadow of the goods in front of them, behind them, and to the left of Anamaria. This scene was shot during the course of a day. (01:01:00)
Continuity mistake: Jack removes Anamaria's hat, in the front shot her hair falls down, and in the next back shot, her hair falls again. Also, the striped scarf around her forehead changes in the arrangement of the stripes in different shots. In the front shots the yellow stripe is on top, but in the side shots the grey stripe is on top. (01:02:05)
Continuity mistake: After Jack removes Anamaria's hat and she slaps him, her hair frequently changes between front and back shots. (01:02:10)
Continuity mistake: When Gillette puts the iron shackles on Jack, as Elizabeth offers her protest, in the shots facing them, there is a barrel with a green sack on top of it and two wicker rods against the stone wall. However, when Norrington says, "Indeed," then when Jack says, "Finally," and also when Jack says, "I saved your life. You save mine. We're square," the barrel, sack and rods are not there. (00:18:25)
Continuity mistake: Will comes into the blacksmith shop, comments about Mr. Brown and then approaches the anvil. In this shot the wood post on his right has a hammer and knotted rope hanging together on the same side. However, later when Jack sprays the soot at Will the same wood post is seen on Will's left and the rope hangs on another side of the post, not together with the hammer. That rope changes shape and position in other shots in between too. (00:22:15 - 00:26:15)
Continuity mistake: Just after Jack pulls the red hot blade out of Will's hand, Will does a somersault and in the close-up he grabs hold of another sword and swiftly points it up. In the following wide shot Will is just grabbing the sword again. (00:24:25)
Continuity mistake: Jack says, "That is a wonderful trick..." and hanging on the wall over the chair are a saw and a semi-circular tool and the saw lies over the tool. Later Jack falls when freeing himself from the sword embedded in the rafter, he stands up and climbs onto the cart again. Behind him are the saw and semi-circular tool, but the tool is over the saw now. Then later when Norrington's men shake the door to try to enter, the saw lies over the tool again. (00:24:00 - 00:25:45)
Continuity mistake: When Jack first confronts Will at the blacksmith shop, seen behind Jack, hanging on the stone wall near the fireplace are iron masks and other paraphernalia. Later, when Jack sprays the soot at Will, the iron masks and paraphernalia are arranged differently on the wall. (00:23:00 - 00:26:15)
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