Jon Sandys

1st Nov 2013

Elementary (2012)

Take the Money and Run - S14-E2

Revealing mistake: When the shot security guard's wife demands to see him before he's taken out of the casino, the body bag he's in is unzipped, and the "dead" body very swallows, a fraction of a second before the focus is pulled back to his wife.

Jon Sandys

2nd Sep 2013

CSI: NY (2004)

CSI: NY mistake picture

White Gold - S9-E14

Continuity mistake: When Mac and Danny are telling the pizza owner about his nephew's death, in a shot from the side the man's arms are by his side, then it cuts to the front and his hands are on his hips.

Jon Sandys

24th Aug 2013

Elysium (2013)

Continuity mistake: When Matt Damon is talking to Freya's daughter before he leaves the house, there's a bit of spit on his lower lip which vanishes in some shots, only to reappear in the same place shortly afterwards.

Jon Sandys

22nd Apr 2013

Elementary (2012)

Details - S1-E16

Character mistake: When looking at the car near the start, Sherlock says he can tell by the pattern of the bullet holes that the gun was fired in 3 round bursts. But when we saw the attack earlier, the gun fired in bursts of different lengths.

Jon Sandys

18th Apr 2013

Arrow (2012)

The Huntress Returns - S1-E17

Other mistake: When the Huntress is attacking the safehouse, she fires a shotgun blast at Green Arrow who's several feet away, hitting a door behind him and leaving a small hole, as would be made by a slug, rather than pellets (which would have spread out a lot over that distance). She then shoots the door lock right next to her, which gets riddled with small pellet holes.

Jon Sandys

5th Apr 2013

The Avengers (2012)

Trivia: Paul Bettany, who voices Jarvis in this and the standalone Iron Man films, hasn't seen any of them. In an interview he said "This is robbery. I walk in, I say some lines on a piece of paper for two hours, and then they give me a bag of money and I leave and I go about my day...I've never seen one of them...It's not because of any snobbishness, it's just not my thing."

Jon Sandys

5th Mar 2013

Community (2009)

28th Feb 2013

I Give It a Year (2013)

Continuity mistake: After the lanterns float away at the wedding reception, when the parents put their arms around the happy couple the father's arm is around their shoulders in one shot, then down, then back up before he removes it and starts kissing the mother.

Jon Sandys

9th Dec 2012

The League (2009)

The Anchor Baby - S4-E8

Revealing mistake: When Ruxin's phone conversation with Kevin is overheard by Jenny, she starts an online chat with Ruxin. She sends her message, but almost as soon as she's sent it, for a fraction of a second we see "reply from Ruxin" appear on her screen, before the shot cuts to Ruxin actually seeing it and writing his reply.

Jon Sandys

1st Nov 2012

Skyfall (2012)

Skyfall mistake picture

Deliberate mistake: In the chase through the tube station, Bond and Silva both slide down between the escalators. On the London Underground, this area has hard vertical signs at regular intervals, precisely to prevent people sliding down. (01:31:50)

Jon Sandys

1st Aug 2012

Ted (2012)

Factual error: The film starts at Christmas in 1985, and we see various kids opening their toys, including one child who gleefully unwraps an NES Action Set. While the NES was out in the US in 1985, the Action Set wasn't released until 1988.

Jon Sandys

Trivia: One of the creatures glimpsed jumping out of the lift is one of the small monsters which attack people in the subway in "Cloverfield". The director of this movie, Drew Goddard, wrote Cloverfield.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: When Oz is talking to Mia outside near the start, she puts her hands on her shoulders when she says "that's so cute!" In the next shot they're lowered, and she puts them on his shoulders again.

Jon Sandys

21st Apr 2012

Moneyball (2011)

25th May 2011

Space Jam (1996)

Continuity mistake: When the second player's talent is being taken near the start, we see the paused game clock which reads 6:07. We then cut to a different angle and it's now 6:13, and stays that way until the scene changes.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: When Rachel and Dex are standing on the steps outside her apartment, in one shot from the front she puts her arms behind her back. We cut to a side shot and her arms are now by her sides.

Jon Sandys

14th Apr 2011

Scream 3 (2000)

Scream 3 mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Before Sidney pulls the killer out of the door on the house set, we see the bedside table is lengthwise against the wall. As the killer falls towards the bed it's turns 90 degrees, so the bed is a bit closer to the door. (01:05:45)

Jon Sandys

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