Sacha

15th Nov 2010

Poltergeist (1982)

Continuity mistake: After Carol Ann's been abducted, her family walks upstairs and places one mattress on top of another. A few seconds later they are arranged in a different way.

Sacha

15th Nov 2010

The Goonies (1985)

Trivia: When the movie was released in Spain, all Spanish dialogue and references were changed to Italian. However, despite the fact that the map shows the name 'Guille el Tuerto', the Spanish dubbing referred to him as 'Willy el Tuerto'.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: While in the zeppelin, the German officer extends his baton and lowers Dr. Jones's newspaper, wrinkling it. From the opposite angle, the newspaper is still raised and the officer repeats the previous movements, though this time he doesn't wrinkle the newspaper.

Sacha

12th Nov 2010

The Goonies (1985)

Continuity mistake: While the Fratelli's carry the corpse bag, the hood on Mike's yellow raincoat changes positions between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the leak falls on the toy phone there's a close-up of Carol Ann's feet surrounded by a bunch of toys. When the angle changes half of the toys are gone.

Sacha

12th Nov 2010

The Goonies (1985)

Continuity mistake: Before Chunk opens the Fratellis's door, Data looks at Mouth, and then turns his head at Chunk while smiling. A frame later, from a new angle, he is still looking at Chunk and repeating the previous movements.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the leak scene, the toy phone cord swaps from being shaped like a number 8, to shaped like a loop between the first and second shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the slug moves around the parents' bedroom it leaves no slime trail. However, right after it exits, Steve opens the door and reveals a huge puddle of slime on the floor and a trail of slime along the corridor.

Sacha

11th Nov 2010

The Goonies (1985)

Continuity mistake: When Jake Fratelli is in jail, the position of the sign on his chest changes between the first and second shot. The right tip is first touching his chin, and a frame later it's 15 cm below.

Sacha

Other mistake: Taylor parks his car in Cuesta Verde, next to a couple of crates next to the pilot's door. He steps down and walks straight without looking down, which is impossible for he should have tripped.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After the slug grins at the parents, his face becomes slimier and with two long dripping bits of slime by his mouth.

Sacha

11th Nov 2010

The Goonies (1985)

Continuity mistake: When the cop is reading Jake's suicide note the distance between one side of the scarf and the other keeps changing between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the movie starts and both Indians sit by the bonfire, the old one holds the drum-stick at face level or waist-level, depending on the angle.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the slugs trip the bed over, the covers are either on or off, and the blue mattress underneath is visible or not depending on the angle.

Sacha

11th Nov 2010

The Goonies (1985)

Continuity mistake: When Data is about to slide through a cable to enter the house, the sky swaps from bright blue coloured in the close-ups to yellowish early dawn type in the wide angles.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: After the slug leaves the bedroom, Steve's t-shirt turns from clean to very dirty between one frame and another.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the parents discover Robbie attacked by the braces, his head is covered in metal twine. A frame later a big hole around his eye has appeared.

Sacha

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