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Continuity mistake: Setting up the garage, Jason picks from his box a punching ball. Notice the sticks on the right side of the box. And how when he Tarzans into the shelves a moment later the sticks have changed position. (00:10:00)

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Continuity mistake: Jason wants to see the garage right away, knowing he's gonna set up some cool stuff there. He brings his basketball in front of the garage door. Between that shot and the one where he opens it, the natural light has completely changed; the house is not casting a large shadow behind him, the tree is, and his own shadow moved to the opposite side. (00:09:50)

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Other mistake: In the shot with the Stillwaters' car pulling in front of their new home in Seattle, on top of the luggage rack you can spot a little red item that falls off as the car stops. Coincidence or not, a minute later Jason opens the U-haul cart and grabs a box with a red cup on top. Same object or not, surely they did not travel from LA to Seattle with something precariously on top of a bag. (00:08:40 - 00:09:30)

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Character mistake: Jason's dad comes out of the car and uses consistently for the first part of the movie his crutch supporting the side where he has the cast. Walking on just one crutch, you have to support the uninjured side. (00:08:55)

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Continuity mistake: Van Damme sprints when his buddy is forced to kneel before Stillwell; the problem with the cool sequence when he springboards off his back is that Stillwell in the shot when Goatee Guy went down had already regained his balance, while in this new action shot his leg is still raised. (00:05:30)

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Continuity mistake: Sensei Tom Stillwell realises the threat from the bad guys being all evil in his dojo and jumps back yelling "This will solve nothin'." Before it cuts to a new view, he is looking away from the guy in a suit and looking at the others, but in the next shot he's still looking at the guy and only then checks Van Damme and the bearded dude out. (00:04:40)

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Character mistake: In the opening scene with the mobsters threatening and then beating up Mr. Stillwell, the American flag in his dojo is hanged backwards, with the blue Union on the right. (00:04:20)

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Other mistake: As the trio of bad guys enter the dojo to challenge Jason's dad, they go past a few students, who apparently prefer getting out in the street in their karate gi and bare feet rather than take a minute to at least put their shoes on - we even see one with sneakers and belt in hand, makes you wonder if he's just gonna drop his pants in downtown L.A. That one is not the door for the locker rooms. (00:03:30)

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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Tom Stillwell is shouting instructions at the class. He calls for a stop with his hands behind his back, and the class turns and stands by as he looks...with his hands on his hips. In the reverse shot his arms are down. (00:01:50)

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Other mistake: Van Damme in the opening credits is presented quite literally as "Ivan, the Russian." During the movie they call him Ivan and is last name in the tournament is mentioned by the announcer as "Krasinki." So naturally in the end credits roll Van Damme is billed as... Karl Brezdin. Close.

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16th Sep 2020

Sleuth (2007)

Question: I have to admit that I don't know if this can be called a 'mistake', so I just post is as a question also to gauge the response from others who may have seen the movie. The 'trick' the movie's second act is based on, with Jude Law showing back at the novelist's house posing as an investigator... Would ANYONE be fooled by this? I don't pinpoint an obvious flaw in the make-up that maybe would be a Character or Continuity mistake, but seriously; is there ANYONE who wouldn't see through that silly disguise, especially considering that it's the only other visitor the guy had in days, that he is obsessed with him, Law comes to see Caine about his 'own' disappearance, which as opposed to the audience Caine knows is fake and left him open to at least a prank or revenge. I mean, they are up close for so long during this, both times, it is such a wild stretch of the suspension of disbelief. I was truly convinced Caine had seen through him right away and was playing with him, but shockingly, that was not the case. (00:02:30 - 00:39:40)

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Answer: Sleuth was originally produced as a stage play written by Anthony Shaeffer. In that medium, the surprise reveal was more plausible. The 1972 movie, starring Michael Caine in the younger role, was relatively more successful in deceiving the audience, though, it too, was fairly obvious. The 2007 version, directed by Kenneth Branagh, seemed to assume that most of the audience already knew about the plot twist and, as it comes midway through the story, it appears the movie instead focused on the psychological aspects of the cat-and-mouse relationship between the two characters.

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16th Sep 2020

Sleuth (2007)

Plot hole: No matter how impressionable Milo can be, if Andrew shot him with a blank, the way he flies off his feet and onto the wall is unexplainable; he does not just faint, he catapults himself back, at distance, not even in a muscle spasm. (00:35:00)

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16th Sep 2020

Sleuth (2007)

Continuity mistake: The two protagonists are having a conversation at a long table. Michael Caine sends a bottle of wine rolling across the table. Jude Law opens it and pours. The bottle label now faces him. After Caine says the line "I've never heard of an Italian called Tindale", Milo hasn't moved but the bottle faces the camera now. There's another subtle change in angle and level of the liquid a bit later when Caine says that his wife would get the "Tindelini" last name. (00:09:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Benkei climbs the sewer ladder and disappears into the light, Donatello is touching the ladder in the first shot, in fact he puts both hands on deliberately, but he's not even touching it in the second. (01:28:35)

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Other mistake: When the Turtles start their time travel, it's night in Japan. Almost 60 hours pass, and it's again nighttime in Japan.

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Revealing mistake: Walker meets his demise in sequence with a shockingly poor visual effect; he falls into the ocean from the cliff, and instead of splashing into the water, he sorta disappears quickly through it. (01:22:55)

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Revealing mistake: The Turtles give chase to Walker; Leo and Raph run across a roof, but the tiles are obviously fake; look at Raph's feet and you'll see one in particular bending like gum under the push. (01:21:00)

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Audio problem: The Turtles reach Walker's chambers. Seeing that he's escaping, one of them yells "C'mon, Mikey!" but nobody's lips are moving. (01:20:50)

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Continuity mistake: Leonardo ducks the cannon shot tucking his head inside the shell with the bandana going in front of his shoulder, but he emerges with the bandana on both sides of the neck later. (01:19:50)

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