Goofs for Spider-Man (2002) Continuity: While Norman Osborn is in the chamber, the electrode wires jump about between shots. Continuity: When the general is taking to Norman Osborn about the project being the creation of his predecessor, the background behind Norman changes from a wall with a railing above it, to him standing in front of the test chamber, between shots. Continuity: Mary Jane's jacket collar changes when she's talking to Peter outside the diner the first time. Factual Errors: We hear a dial tone coming from Harry's cell phone after Mary Jane hangs up. Cell phone systems have no dial tone. Continuity: Mary Jane's hand disappears briefly from Peter's face at the cemetery. Continuity: Peter's hair in the cemetery scene Continuity: When Norman and Peter talk before going into the science lab, the same girl with bright red hair and purple sweater walks by in different directions five times. Continuity: The hole which Spider-Man punches in the roof of a car disappears and reappears between shots. Continuity: Although Spider-Man is supposed to have perfect vision after his bite, Tobey Maguire's contact lenses are visible at various points throughout the movie. Perhaps Peter Parker took to wearing "blank" contact lenses to account for the fact that he no longer needs to wear glasses. But perhaps not. Continuity: A blonde woman walks past twice in the same direction when Peter finds out from Mary Jane that she is dating his best friend. Continuity: Norman's hand jumps on and off Peter's shoulder during the graduation ceremony. Continuity: The Green Goblin's arms are up, down, then up again between shots when he calls his jet glider. Continuity: The morning after the field trip, as Peter is following Mary Jane, we see the car that is going to pick her up drive past Peter. When we switch to Peter's point of view, the car is nowhere to be seen. Then we go back to Peter, the bus drives up, and the car suddenly appears. Revealing mistakes: When Peter wakes up after getting bitten he puts on his glasses and the entire screen become blurred not just the part looking through the glasses. Continuity: When Peter is in the newspaper office talking to the secretary, his camera disappears and reappears between shots. Errors in geography: An establishing shot shows us that the wrestling match is the Armory on 26th Street at Park Avenue South. The carjacking happened near the NY Public Library on 41st and 5th Avenue. The robber apparently ran nearly mile before committing a carjacking, only to drive downtown again. Continuity: When Peter is talking with his uncle in the car the background is completely different than when he gets out of the car. Continuity: When Peter is talking to Mary Jane outside the diner, cars and a motorcycle that we see drive behind Mary Jane disappear when the shot cuts to Peter. Continuity: During the Thanksgiving dinner when everyone is seated at the table, MJ's arms jump about between shots. Audio/visual unsynchronised: In several scenes, the Green Goblin's mouth (which is clearly visible through the mesh in the "mouth" of his mask) does not move while he is talking. Continuity: The right-handed Peter Parker always used an average right-handed camera, but in one take during the balcony scene, we see a reversed image of the scene and it appears that he is holding a left-handed camera. Continuity: Peter is learning how to shoot his web in his bedroom and he breaks the green lamp. His Aunt comes to the door roused by the noise. Then when the conversation between them is over, Peter closes the door and the lamp is fixed. Later it disappears altogether. Continuity: When Peter is visiting Aunt May in the hospital, the sweater on the back of his chair changes position. Revealing mistakes: When smashing the Green Goblin against a wall during the final fight scene, the brick wall flexes noticeably. Continuity: Goblin destroys the exoskeleton test bunker with a single missile (huge explosion). Goblin destroys the tram car complex with a single missile (huge explosion). Goblin shoots a missile at Spidey during the Expo fight scene that barely scratches the sidewalk. Revealing mistakes: When Mary Jane is trapped on the balcony you can clearly see the metal mechanical supports that hold the wall. Boom mike visible: After Parker wakes up the morning after getting bitten, a boom mike is seen at the top of the mirror as he is looking at himself. Revealing mistakes: When Spider-Man first rescues Mary Jane at the Unity festival and swings her to safety, they are moving to the right but her hair is flowing that way, too, instead of blowing in Spider-Man's face. Continuity: When the Green Goblin is menacing him, Spider- Man's left eye cover, which had been torn off earlier in the fight, momentarily (re)appears, then is gone in the next shot. Continuity: The windows beneath the balcony at the World Unity Festival are destroyed by the Green Goblin's pumpkin bombs, but they are intact when Spider-Man dives off the balcony to rescue Mary Jane. Continuity: The extras at Columbia University are wearing cold weather clothing, appropriate for the seasonal setting. Students in the background wearing shorts and t-shirts blow the illusion and reveal that the scene was shot on a warm day. Continuity: While Mary Jane is talking to Peter Parker behind her parents' house, her trousers repeatedly move up, then down, then up again, hiding, then revealing her underwear. Factual Errors: The General's medal ribbons are in the wrong order and are missing devices that should be placed on some of them. Revealing mistakes: When the Green Goblin is trying to stab Spider-Man with his Trident, one of its points bends. Audio/visual unsynchronised: When Flash comes by to show MJ his new car, we clearly see it is a Plymouth Prowler. The sound used for the car is that of a V8 engine from a '60s or '70s muscle car. Errors in geography: The tropical orange flowers behind Peter and Norman at the graduation scene are native to California and couldn't possibly survive in New York. Continuity: When Mary-Jane is attacked in the rain in the alley Peter is shown running along the roof changing into his costume, you can clearly see he is already wearing his mask, but when he fights the thugs he has no mask. Continuity: On the morning Peter does a little web practice, he talks to his Aunt at the door. After closing the door, we see that there are webs all over the room, even in the path he just walked to get to the door. Continuity: When Parker grabs Flash's arm during the school hall fight, his hand jumps from Flash's wrist to near his elbow between shots. Revealing mistakes: After depositing MJ on the green lawn at the church, Spider man obviously jumps off of a mini-tramp over the hedge. As MJ runs behind to follow, she clearly has to step around the mini-tramp to approach the hedge. Continuity: All evidence of the gigantic explosion the Green Goblin creates at the Queensboro Bridge disappears soon after the explosion occurs. Continuity: When Peter spills the tray of food on Flash and runs out of the cafeteria, Flash has food on his shirt. Once in the hallway, the food disappears, reappears (but it's a smaller amount), and then disappears altogether. Continuity: When Spider-Man is learning to jump between buildings, his shoes change from dark shoes to the Nike sneakers he is shown wearing prior to testing his web skills. Continuity: When Peter boards the bus for the school field trip, the shots from inside the bus show a completely different background than we saw when he was waiting for the bus. Continuity: When Spider-Man is being announced at the wrestling arena, he is pushed from behind by a right hand, but in the next shot the stagehand is pushing him with his left. Continuity: Mary Jane opens her trench coat to reveal her uniform, but in the next shot (the front view) it is still closed. Audio/visual unsynchronised: At Columbia University, one of the two girls say "Hey MJ!", yet neither one's lips move. Continuity: When we see an exterior view of the Oscorp office building, just before Norman Osborn's meeting with the board, the main sign is for Oscorp. However, at each corner of the building, the ING logo with its distinctive lion can clearly be seen. Audio/visual unsynchronised: When the Green Goblin says "Hello, my dear!" to Mary Jane, he's clearly mouthing something else. Continuity: When MJ is attacked in the alley, Spiderman throws two of the attackers through the windows behind her. However, in the next shot of MJ the windows are whole again. Continuity: When the car-jacker walks into the deserted warehouse, he has the gun in his left hand and the money bag under his right (flipped image). Next cut is to him reloading, and the gun is back into his right hand. Continuity: When Peter gets out of his uncle's car on the way to the fight, his uniform is visible poking out of his trousers. A moment later, when he turns to go, it is no longer visible. Revealing mistakes: During the Montage scene, after Peter foils the robbery of the convenience store, the newspaper article detailing his exploits is the same set of text repeated twice to fill up the space. From www.imdb.com - o -