Continuity mistake: While Gatsby says the "you can repeat the past" speech, Nick is standing against a column. Then the shot changes to a wide angle where he starts to walk away. Then, suddenly, the previous angle is used and Nick is back next to the column for the rest of the scene.
Sacha
25th May 2013
The Great Gatsby (2013)
25th May 2013
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Continuity mistake: While Gatsby and Nick talk when the party is over, during the "repeat the past" scene, Nick walks down the steps and a piece of fabric behind him swaps from bright red to dark brown randomly.
25th May 2013
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Continuity mistake: While driving the yellow car, Gatsby flashes his business card at the cop, whose head swaps between looking sideways or straight ahead depending on the angle, no continuity whatsoever.
25th May 2013
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Audio problem: After the barber shop scene, Jordan tells Nick about the tea date. While she talks, there's a side angle where her lips are totally out of sync with the audio.
25th May 2013
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Continuity mistake: When the doctor tells Nick to write the story, the pen's position differs between the close-up and wide angles from being in a 5 o'clock or 12 o'clock position.
25th May 2013
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Continuity mistake: Meyer meets Nick and places his hand on his shoulder. A frame later Meyer is standing sideways, several meters away from Nick.
25th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Continuity mistake: The driver of the SWAT van disappears when the van is standing upright. (01:14:00)
25th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When Nuclear Man lands in Metropolis before destroying everything, watch the truck and cab on the left and you'll realise that they are a painting. Not a realistic painting, but a cheap, unfinished one.
25th May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Visible crew/equipment: When the cosmonaut is fixing some cables, a crew member's hands holding the camera are reflected on his visor.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: After Nuclear Man bursts the cab's hood, watch behind and you'll see the wiggling cable that pulls the prop car.
21st May 2013
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Continuity mistake: When Peyton meets with the lawyers regarding her husband's death, her glass is filled with ice in the close-ups, which disappears in the wide angles.
21st May 2013
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Continuity mistake: When the doctor examines Claire's breast, the robe around it changes positions between shots.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: The first time we see Clark, he is crossing the crowded street towards the subway entrance. Note that none of the cars are moving except for a cab in the front. If you watch behind Clark you'll see that the street ends in a flat wall, revealing it's a backlot set.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: When the movie ends and Superman grabs Lenny and Lex's car, they both become black and white coloured and semi transparent.
21st May 2013
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
Revealing mistake: Underneath Lenny's car when it flies away in the quarry there's no pipes, no nothing, just a black plank, revealing the car's a cheap prop.
2nd May 2013
1941 (1979)
Continuity mistake: After Ward enters the barn in reverse gear, his right hand swaps between raised or lowered, depending on the shot.
2nd May 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: After Hulk smashes Loki against the floor, the amount of rubble around Loki changes between shots. (01:55:25)
2nd May 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: After the big battle, Iron Man lies on the street when Capt. America, all dirty and messy, says "We won." Iron Man sighs in relief and rests his head on the pavement. A frame later, from a wide angle, his head is raised, plus Capt. America's face is clean and his hair is brushed. (02:08:30)
2nd May 2013
The Avengers (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Agent Coulson is dying, Fury grabs Coulson's chin with his hand. The hand disappears in the angles shot from behind, only to reappear in the front ones. (01:28:05)
30th Apr 2013
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Continuity mistake: While Andrew and Portia are in the park, his shirt swaps from opened to closed between shots.
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