Continuity mistake: During Gil and Karen's discussion regarding the upcoming meeting with the principal, when Gil says, "Y'know that really pisses me off. The kid's a little differentÂ…" things on the closet shelf noticeably change between shots. (00:09:30)
Super Grover
30th Sep 2007
Parenthood (1989)
30th Sep 2007
Parenthood (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: In their bedroom, when Gil stands in the bathroom doorway and Karen sits on the bed, just as she comments about being asked if Kevin has had psychiatric evaluation, crew movement is reflected in the barometer glass on the wall. (00:08:40)
30th Sep 2007
Parenthood (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When Karen walks into the boys' bedroom telling Gil that Taylor isn't feeling well, as Justin stands there naked, the reflection of the boom mic dips into view in the center window, at the top right corner. (00:06:45)
30th Sep 2007
Parenthood (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Kevin sings the delightful diarrhea song in the van, Taylor holds the burger in her left hand, as she chews on the hoodie string held in her right hand. Next shot, she eats the burger held in her right hand. (00:05:50)
30th Sep 2007
Parenthood (1989)
Continuity mistake: On the drive home from the baseball game, as Kevin sings the diarrhea song, Karen wears the seatbelt, then does not as it pans from the back to front seat, and does again in the next close-up. (00:05:45)
19th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Michael attacks Nicholas in his hotel room, during this scene objects being broken or shoved (such as stuffed monkey, radio, lamp, picture) change their position, or the characteristics of the actual damage, change from shot to shot. Additionally, when Nicholas is slammed into the picture it begins to fall forward, but next shot it rests upright against the wall. (01:17:30)
19th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Continuity mistake: In Nicholas's hotel room, just after Nicholas is thrown onto the bed, Michael shoves Nicholas into the dresser. In the first shot (facing the dresser), the officer's back faces the dresser, as he slams his head into Michael's stomach (which is to the right of the dresser), and his arm is stretched when he breaks the glass. Second (close-up) shot (facing the right side of the dresser), Nicholas's head faces the opposite way (to the left of the lamp) and his arm is bent at the elbow as the glass breaks again. Third shot (same angle as first), his body position is the same as first shot. (01:17:35)
19th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Continuity mistake: In the pub, when Nicholas and Danny overturn a table and take cover, in following shots the holes and damage to the table either disappear or change significantly, depending on camera angle. (01:38:15)
19th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Nicholas sits in front of Frank Butterman's desk, as they discuss his idea of multiple killers, one of the window shade slats is flipped up and out of position. After a brief close-up of Butterman, the slats are perfectly aligned in Nicholas's close-up. (01:16:15)
19th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Visible crew/equipment: After Leslie Tiller is stabbed with the garden shears, when Nicholas chases after the hooded figure, just as he dives over a table with potted plants the blue crash mat is visible under the table. (Slow motion is not necessary.) (01:07:00)
17th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Trivia: Kevin and Nicholas Wilson, who play the Butcher Brothers, also appear in Shaun of the Dead as the Zombie Twins.
17th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Trivia: There are brief cameos at the start of the film by Peter Jackson as Bad Santa, who stabs Nicholas, and Garth Jennings as the Crackhead who holds hostages. Later, Cate Blanchett appears as Janine, who is hidden behind a surgical mask, and from whom Nicholas is estranged. And the film's director, Edgar Wright, is seen as the store employee pushing the cart when Nicholas walks towards the manager's office.
17th Aug 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Nicholas is asked for his autograph, for breakfast, his signature, as well as the ones above and below his, differs between the side and top shots. (00:25:00)
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: After the battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort, when Harry lies on the ground and Dumbledore says, "It isn't how you're alikeÂ…" the sand on Harry's face disappears, reappears, etc. (01:56:40)
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: After the Centaurs make off with Umbridge, Harry and Hermione meet the other D.A. members on the bridge. As the comment about Puking Pustules is made, the string tie at the bottom of Ginny's sweater is rather long. When Neville says, "Dumbledore's Army is about doing something real," the tie is quite short now. (01:40:35)
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: During the interruption of the OWL examination, when Umbridge stands at the doorway to the Great Hall, she casts a very long noticeable shadow directly in front of herself, as she looks to her left. Next shot, as the twins fly past, she now casts a shadow perpendicular to the previous one, with the former one gone. (01:32:00)
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: After Harry declares "If Voldemort's raising an army, I want to fight", it cuts to him sleeping in bed, and the blanket's position differs between shots.
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: Before the Dementor attack, just as the sky darkens and the wind kicks in at the playground, newspaper is blown against the fence, behind Harry, but after a brief shot of Dudley the newspaper is gone then blows there again. In the following overhead shot, the newspaper is gone, but when it cuts back to Harry, the newspaper is back yet again. (00:04:00)
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: When Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville and Luna are held in Umbridge's office, their confiscated wands, which lie on her desk (Umbridge's lies on the lace doily), change positions repeatedly between shots, and also note the wand on the floor. (01:35:50)
12th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Continuity mistake: After Sirius falls through the veiled archway, when Lupin grabs Harry he first holds him over his right arm, then under and once again over, between shots. (01:52:20)
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