Continuity mistake: When Jack Burton and the rest of the gang escape from the Wing Kong Trade Centre the first time, the guards fire at the left side of the bus breaking the windows and making holes in the bodywork. When we see the bus a few seconds later as it is driving away, it appears undamaged.
Sacha
6th Jan 2005
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
26th Sep 2020
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Continuity mistake: While driving, Jack holds Miao's picture. In the close-up his fingers disappear.
26th Sep 2020
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Continuity mistake: When the flying soldiers appear, there's a wide shot and Jack and Wang disappear from inside the truck.
14th Oct 2020
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Merlin searches for the model plane the knot holding it swaps from neat to crappy between shots. (00:56:02)
14th Oct 2020
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Continuity mistake: The letters A and B on the bottom row on the blackboard differ styles between shots, being wobblier in the second shot.
14th Oct 2020
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Continuity mistake: When Ector and Kay fight, the mallet behind turns 180º. (00:49:30)
14th Oct 2020
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Continuity mistake: Before Kay cuts the mop's handle, the mop is dark brown. After he cuts it turns to vanilla coloured.
6th Oct 2020
I, Robot (2004)
Continuity mistake: During the car chase the copilot seat's glass swaps between being opaque to transparent.
26th Oct 2020
Hook (1991)
Continuity mistake: When Pockets is shooting paint at the pirates, he sprays yellow paint on a pirate's face on the right, who crouches and touches his face blinded. Shot changes and not only is the painting gone, but the pirate is calmly sword fighting with a kid. (01:53:38)
14th Oct 2020
Mulan (2020)
Continuity mistake: When Mulan watches the flying burning catapult balls her hair is behind her shoulders. In the close-up it's over her shoulders. (01:08:51)
11th Oct 2020
Mulan (2020)
Continuity mistake: In the desert, when a man sees Xianniang he wipes is face with a handkerchief. The way he holds it changes between shots.
25th Oct 2020
Mulan (2020)
Continuity mistake: After Mulan breaks the winged sculpture she chases the chicken and runs past a couple. A mere second later Mulan is in a different place: the stuff on the wall has vanished, the ladder and, of course, the couple. There's a brief shot afterwards where you can now see the ladder but the couple is nowhere to be seen. The whole editing is a mess.
16th Oct 2020
Mulan (2020)
Continuity mistake: After jumping off the roof, Mulan smiles at her dad while neighbours walk away, and a strand of hair falls over her forehead. A shot later her hair is brushed. She didn't move between shots.
26th Oct 2020
Mulan (2020)
Continuity mistake: When Xianniang chokes Böri Khan the position of her fingers changes between shots. Note how the index finger is separated from the rest in one shot, or close to the others a shot later. (00:12:29)
11th Oct 2020
Mulan (2020)
Continuity mistake: After slipping down the roof, Mulan smiles at her father and bends her arm. From the opposite angle the arm is lowered. (00:03:00)
10th Sep 2020
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Continuity mistake: On the plane, the stewardess places a cocktail in front of another glass, but one glass disappears in the immediate next shot.
10th Sep 2020
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Erin is bathing Rose, Erin's hair is dry but in the close-up it's wet. It isn't until several seconds later that she gets showered all over. (00:29:40)
10th Sep 2020
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Charlotte watches Erin bathing Rose, she places her hand on the door frame. In the POV shot Charlotte's hand disappears.
10th Sep 2020
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Continuity mistake: During breakfast, Lily exits to the right but disappears in further shots.
10th Sep 2020
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Continuity mistake: When Big tells Carrie he wants a place of his own, the pink ribbon on the shelf keeps changing positions between shots. (00:52:47)
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