Continuity mistake: When Ray empties the bag of bread, nine of its slices fall out, and he drops the plastic bag (the rest don't fall out). In the next shot there are seven slices total (not nine), and Ray tosses one of them near the box, since he needs only six. But a few shots later two slices appear near the box, together with the six that Ray uses to prepare for sandwiches, totaling eight. (00:36:25)
Super Grover
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray throws the bread with peanut butter at the window it lands dead center. However, in the next close-up it's off to the side of the glass, in order for Ray's and Rachel's reflections to be seen clearly. The slice of bread differs as well. (00:37:15)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: Ray places the box of groceries down on the island counter in Mary Ann's kitchen. In the following shots the box (and goods inside), ceramic pitcher with utensils, tray of napkins, peanut butter, bread and bag, repeatedly, and very noticeably, change positions. (00:35:50)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Visible crew/equipment: In Mary Ann's kitchen, just as Ray comments, "Ok, well you hungry? I'll get you some food," the clear reflection of a male crewmember moving around is visible in the glass window behind Ray. Then just as he says, "This is ketchup and mustard," another older male crewmember is visible directly in front of Rachel's reflection. (00:35:45)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray carries the Pennzoil box of groceries into Mary Ann's house, the goods change position between shots. (00:35:20)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray breaks the window with the baseball, the characteristics of the hole differ between exterior and interior shots. (00:10:10)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: While in his bed Robbie watches TV, as he leans against the wall behind him. Yet, in the close-up of the TV when Ray clicks it off, Robbie is clearly reflected on the TV screen leaning near the window, which is a good few feet away from where he was in the previous shot. In the next shot he's back to where he was in the first shot. (00:08:30)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Visible crew/equipment: After the ferry disaster, and close call with the car, the trio are underwater swimming up towards the surface. When Robbie turns his head to the side the regulator in his mouth is visible. (01:03:45)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: The airplane wreckage and debris all around Mary Ann's house differs between shots. (00:42:00)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: After Ray walks out of Mary Ann's destroyed house, he sees Max on the airplane wreckage. In the first shot Max's body faces out, towards Ray, as he drags the food locker, but in the next overhead shot Max's body faces the seats. His position and things on the plane also differ. (00:42:40)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray heads upstairs from Mary Ann's wrecked basement, there is a mess beside the stairs. However, in the next shot looking down, there's no mess near the stairs, furniture differs, and now there's a wicker hamper that appears out of nowhere. (00:41:35)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray and others are crouched beside the hole in the asphalt, the guys around him and the way he holds the freezing piece of asphalt, differ between consecutive shots. (00:20:50)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray and the two guys head to the spot with 26 strikes, there is a crowd of people walking behind them in all the close-ups, yet, in the overhead shot hardly anyone is behind them as they approach the hole, and there was no time for the crowd to move ahead or disperse. Additionally, some of those people who are already positioned at the center of the crowd, around the hole, were just behind Ray in the previous shots. (00:19:35)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: As Ray heads to the 26 strikes spot, while speaking with the two guys, he passes many stalled cars, some of which change entirely between shots. For example: In the close-ups he passes a red car in front of the restaurant, with a grey double parked car, and a white car at the street corner in front of the red, yet in the overhead shot a red car is at the street corner, with a grey car behind, in front of the restaurant. (00:19:30)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray runs across the street shouting, "Manny! Manny!" a guy with a hat and plaid jacket passes by, as the shot ends. At the start of the next shot, the same guy is now near Manny's garage door and air hose. (00:18:55)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: After speaking with Robbie, when Ray runs across the street to speak with Manny some are entirely different cars from the previous shots and in one case a car jumps sideways from one lane to the next. Ray also runs beside the crosswalk in the close-up, but in the next shot he's much farther away, and the crowd differs. (00:18:50)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray runs out of the house and meets up with Robbie, the cars and pedestrians very noticeably differ between consecutive shots while they talk. (Not due to cars being pushed.) (00:18:15)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray and Rachel are in the backyard, just before the lightening starts, she says, "I don't wanna go by myself," and there are no leaves on the barbeque. In the next close-up, as they stand near it, there are leaves on it. (Not due to wind.) (00:15:35)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Ray is in his backyard and says, "That is so weird," he's standing well away from the fence that is near the female neighbor holding the baby, but in the next shot he's right beside the fence talking to her. (00:14:35)
7th Dec 2005
War of the Worlds (2005)
Continuity mistake: After Rachel tells Ray that Robbie took the car, when Ray runs down the steps long shadows are cast. When Ray turns around to see what everyone is looking at, all shadows are gone, only to reappear in the next shot. Then when Ray runs to his yard, the angle of his shadow is entirely different. (00:13:30)
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