Sacha

25th May 2010

Splash (1984)

Splash mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Hanks drives through the city escaping form the MPs, the guy driving is a very obvious stuntman.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When Indy's car is about to crash against Mac's, there's a wide angle where the car is seen totally black inside, revealing it's empty.

Sacha

7th May 2010

True Lies (1994)

True Lies mistake picture

Revealing mistake: During the bathroom scene, all the backshots of Arnie taking a pee are of a very obvious stand-in, not the real actor. (00:30:05)

Sacha

1st Apr 2010

Cyborg (1989)

Revealing mistake: The bad guy that Nady punches and falls through a hole is a very obvious mannequin. Watch for the close-up of the hand.

Sacha

19th Mar 2010

Lost (2004)

7th Mar 2010

Friends (1994)

Revealing mistake: During the shooting in the motel, when Luc goes through the second wall it's an obvious cardboard prop.

Sacha

28th Feb 2010

Universal Soldier (1992)

Revealing mistake: When Van Damme punches the cook at the diner, a waitress is inches away laughing and totally distracted, but she manages to duck in perfect sync in a tenth of a millisecond when the punch is coming, revealing the fight is a choreography.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: During the Toon Patrol chase, before the cab enters the alleyway there's a wide shot of the cab making a fast turn. Valiant has his head down, with his hat covering his face and his body totally motionless, opposite to what he looks like in the close-ups where he is grabbing the steering wheel, his head up and controlling the car, thus revealing that the actor was replaced by a dummy in some of the shots. (00:58:40)

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When Barbara is smashing the car, her SUV is standing on a very obvious ramp covered with grass.

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Ghostbusters 2 (1989)

Revealing mistake: When Oscar is standing backwards on the ledge, he moves frame by frame like a robot, revealing it's a stop motion effect and not a real baby. (01:15:00)

Sacha

1st Feb 2010

Superman (1978)

Revealing mistake: All the footage of the missiles being launched is of a poor quality and grainy, which is inconsistent with the good quality of the rest of the shots, revealing that it's stock footage.

Sacha

22nd Jan 2010

Superman (1978)

Revealing mistake: Superman has just saved Jimmy at the dam and is holding him in the air. Jimmy's fringe is standing up thanks to some hair fixer to achieve the effect of wind blowing (though it's a green screen effect). When Superman sets him on the floor his hair remains up giving away the trick, until the angle changes and it looks all combed and nice.

Sacha

27th Dec 2009

The Family Stone (2005)

Revealing mistake: Everett talks to Julie at night by the bus stop and the snow flakes stay on his hair forever, revealing it's paper or similar material.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When a baddie in a red jacket repeatedly punches Hightower, who's in the water, the fist always stops about 15 cm from his face.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: Jimmy and Millie are sitting on the ledge of the building and stand up. When Millie is about to fall and waves her arms the left one becomes semi transparent and merges with the background.

Sacha

26th Aug 2009

Superman II (1980)

Superman II mistake picture

Revealing mistake: After the Marlboro truck scene, Superman throws Zod and he goes through an office window. The harness to make him fly is visible on his back.

Sacha

25th Aug 2009

Deception (2008)

25th Aug 2009

Dr. Dolittle (1998)

Revealing mistake: Dolittle's daughter is in the woods holding the cell phone talking with his dad about the dog he is bringing, but the phone screen is off all the time.

Sacha

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