Corrected entry: When the Statue of Liberty makes its entrance in the streets of New York, close observation shows that the statue actually steps on a bunch of people.
wizard_of_gore
9th Apr 2007
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
21st Sep 2006
Hollywoodland (2006)
Corrected entry: In the scene where George Reeves is drinking from a Coca-Cola bottle, the company logo is painted in white on the bottle. In the 1950's, the logo was actually molded into Coca-Cola bottles and clear.
Correction: The white logo bottle was widely available in the 1950's, as confirmed by the Coca Cola webiste and several other sites about the history of Coca Cola.
6th Apr 2004
Nine to Five (1980)
Corrected entry: The warning on the box of rat poison says "Caution: keep out of reach of small children." Any sort of poison would say "Danger" and have a much more serious warning.
Correction: There is no way to know what brand of pesticide this is. In addition, in the time period that this movie is set, product warning labels were MUCH more lax than they are today.
15th May 2007
Dreamgirls (2006)
Corrected entry: In the montage showing the release of the various "Dreams" albums, the cover art on several of them is based on Supremes records in the '60s. Most prominiently, "Meet the Dreams" is almost identical to "The Supremes A Go Go."
Correction: It's well known that the entire movie, as well as the original Broadway musical, is based upon the history of Diana Ross and the Supremes.
8th May 2007
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Corrected entry: When the prosecutor meets Vinny in court for the first time he asks him "Is your attorney present?" This would make no sense considering (3) things. (1) He would have had a photo identification of any suspects prior to trial. (2) The sheriff was right behind him in court when they met so the sheriff should have interceded and told the prosecutor that Vinny wasn't the person on trial. And (3) he should have know that he was prosecuting 2 teenagers, not a single grown man.
Correction: This statement is intended as an insult. He is mocking Vinny's ability to represent anyone.
30th Apr 2007
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Corrected entry: During the fusion process, all metal objects are drawn to the energy source, yet Octavius' wife's earrings aren't affected at all.
Correction: Not all metals are subject to magnetism. Gold and silver are not.
27th Apr 2007
Lost (2004)
Corrected entry: In episode "Doc": When Sun is talking to the blackmailer in the park in the beginning of the show, she demands 100 thousand dollars. Being in Korea, wouldn't she have asked for Won, which is the monetary unit of Korea?
Correction: Not necessarily. She might have wanted the money in U.S. dollars for any of a number of reasons (for example, if she was thinking of leaving the country).
27th Mar 2007
House, M.D. (2004)
Corrected entry: Chase tells the two boys that he's a doctor treating Gabe Riley. That's a direct violation of his confidentiality, which no doctor would make.
Correction: This show requires some suspension of disbelief, as all of the doctors, including House, routinely violate protocol, not to mention the law, as when they break into peoples houses.
22nd Nov 2006
Borat (2006)
Corrected entry: In the map used for the road trip, it shows that they traveled on Interstate 95 through the center of North Carolina. In reality, this is where Interstate 85 runs.
16th Feb 2007
Wayne's World (1992)
Corrected entry: When Wayne goes to get Cassandra, he manages to find the video shoot quite easily considering that Cassandra only told him that she was going to Chicago, not where in Chicago she was going to.
Correction: Not everything that occurs between characters is shown on camera. Just because we didn't see her tell him, does not mean that she didn't.
13th Feb 2007
Casino Royale (2006)
Corrected entry: In the "You Know My Name" intro sequence, there comes a point where the Seven of Hearts card flies up, to have two bullet holes in it to make 007. This is unlikely as the numbers and letters on most playing cards are marked in the top left corner, making it difficult to spell "007".
Correction: This is a stylized opening credits sequence, and is not meant to portray real life.
28th Jan 2007
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Corrected entry: Enterprise hits the prototype Bird Of Prey with a torpedo they build with the equipment they're carrying for categorizing gaseous anomalies. At the beginning of the film, we hear that its actually the Excelsior that is out on a mission categorizing gaseous anomalies. Considering Enterprise was at dock and the crew decommissioned, its unlikely they would have had the equipment on board.
Correction: There are any number of reasons why the Enterprise could have had this equipment on board. Perhaps it was there for a long time, and they were waiting to transfer it to another vessel. Also, the crew was not decommissioned at the beginning of the film, considering they were sent to escort the Klingon ship through Federation space.
23rd Jan 2007
Heroes (2006)
Corrected entry: When Hiro stops time to fix the result of the roulette, he grabs the roulette's ball in mid air. The roulette's ball can't bounce that high and most likely the ball was still spinning around the roulette.
Correction: I am an gambler and avid roulette player, and the ball can definitely jump that high. I have seen the ball "pop" completley over the partition and onto the floor.
8th Mar 2004
The Princess Bride (1987)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Buttercup and Westley are rolling down the hill, go into slow mo and pause it on their faces. The same stunt double played both parts.
Correction: The rules of the site are clear. If you need to use pause or slow-mo, it's not a mistake.
29th Dec 2006
Borat (2006)
Corrected entry: When Borat leaves the bus with the partying students, and he stands alone on the road, you can see the shadow of the cameraman.
Correction: Since this is supposed to be a documentary (although a mock one), the fact that there is a cameraman following Borat around is not a surprise, or a mistake.
8th Nov 2005
Elf (2003)
Corrected entry: In the scene with the snowball fight, as Buddy and Michael are running under the bridge there are only two kids standing on the bridge. However, when they duck behind the rock, it shows the bridge again and there are three kids throwing snow balls. (00:52:30)
8th Nov 2005
Elf (2003)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Buddy redecorates Gimble's, he is shown only making one building out of Legos (The Empire State Building -which is made of light Legos on top). However, when the store opens the next morning, there are 3 buildings and the Empire State Building is made of dark Legos. (00:32:00 - 00:35:00)
Correction: Just because we are not shown on camera everything Buddy does that night, doesn't mean he didn't do it.
18th Jul 2006
Superman Returns (2006)
Corrected entry: Why does gravity seem to be either on or off while on the airplane? Just leaving the atmosphere would not suddenly cause things to start floating as they do.
Correction: The weightlessness occurs when the plane hits the top of a parabolic arc and starts to head back down to earth. This is how they films zero-gravity scenes for movies.
14th Dec 2006
The Santa Clause (1994)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Santa is getting his new equipment for his run, the elf giving him the stuff is named Quentin. This is a reference to the James Bond films - the guy who issues Bond's equipment is named simply Q.
Correction: Without any evidence that the filmmaker's deliberately intended this, it could also just be a coincidence.
17th Nov 2006
Saw III (2006)
Corrected entry: When the woman is frozen, the ice forms way-too-thick a layer around her too quickly to be realistic.
Correction: Depending upon the temperature of the water being sprayed, and the temperature of the room, the ice could certainly form that fast. Having lived in Norway, I have seen ocean spray freeze instantly on cars.
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Correction: How is this a mistake? The guys cannot see exactly where the statue is going, and she is stepping on cars and other objects, so why not a few accidental people?
wizard_of_gore ★
Oh so it's not a poorly placed optical effect; the movie wants to tell us that the Ghostbusters are actual mass murderers. Just great.
Sammo ★