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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull picture

Corrected entry: When Indy and company arrived at the temple containing the Crystal Skulls, they needed the key to access the stairs leading down to the temple (or whatever it was). As they descended the stairs, the steps disappeared into the wall, and they fell into the water but stayed perfectly dry. So, how did the bad guys get down with no stairs or other visible means, and also appear dry in their next scene?

Correction: The well-equipped Soviets could have used ropes to descend to the temple's entrance, which would also allow them to remain dry. As to Indy and company falling into the water and then reappearing dry inside the temple, that is a separate mistake which has already been noted.

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Quantum of Solace picture

Corrected entry: In the opening car chase, Bond's Aston Martin switches from silver to black.

Correction: No it's grey throughout the scene. Occasionally some paint gets scraped up to reveal silver underneath, or sunlight reflects on the surface so the black doesn't show, or it gets covered in parts by light colored dust/silt.

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Twilight picture

Corrected entry: In the last scene with Victoria, she's looking through the window at Bella and Edward at the prom. But if they were at such close proximity, Edward should have heard Victoria's thoughts, as he does near the end of Twilight: Eclipse.

Correction: Edward can hear thoughts of people around him, yes. But they were at a dance with hundreds of kids, so she was simply lost in the cacophony.

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Disaster Movie picture

Corrected entry: When Amy is holding the crystal skull, and they are talking about how they were destined to be together, look in the crystal skull, to the left. You can see the boom operator, the boom and its microphone.

flurb

Correction: All that is seen reflected in the Crystal Skull are unrecognizable objects.

Mortug

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year picture

Corrected entry: In the musical scene during graduation, when Gabriella is introduced there is a shot of her mom in the audience, but if we look at the text sent by Troy to Rocketman it appears that Troy drove all the way, therefore Gabriella's mom should still be in Stanford.

Correction: Yes, Troy drove through the night as the text message stated, and we actually see Mrs. Montez before the show even starts, when the audience is being seated - she is perfectly visible in quite a few shots. Go back to the moment at Stanford U., when Troy helps Gabriella realize that she was the catalyst to some nice changes at East High. Gabriella then decides to go back to Albuquerque and do the show. Though we don't see it onscreen, it is obvious that Gabriella tells her mom that she and Troy are going to drive back to Albuquerque in his truck and they have two days until the show. Knowing Mrs. Montez, she did not want to miss her daughter's last performance so she did one of two things. Either she drove her van, which makes much better time than Troy's clunky, over-heating prone truck or more likely, she simply took a flight back to Albuquerque the day of the performance. It is unnecessary to see everything onscreen.

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Untraceable picture

Corrected entry: One of the murdered men is described in news reports as being a "Vietnam vet" pilot, and then his birthdate on the website is shown as 1955, making him a little young to have been in Vietnam (which ended in 1975) as a pilot.

Correction: Why? There were plenty of 18 year old pilots in Vietnam, or he could have done like my father in WWII and lied about his age to get in a year or so early.

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The Dark Knight picture

Corrected entry: In the end of the chase for the armored car, when it leaves the tunnel, the left side of the car appears clean, without any of the bullet signs from the Joker's shots. They appear from inside when Dent is talking with a officer.

Correction: All through the chase sequence, exterior shots of the armoured car shows little sign of damage - the dark paint combined with the poor lighting means that the dents simply don't show up well. The light colour of the interior, combined with the better lighting inside the vehicle, shows up the damage better.

Tailkinker Premium member

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Cloverfield picture

Corrected entry: When he's walking in the subway, Rob's shirt has a dark triangle of sweat (and dirt) on the back. In one clip the triangle is barely visible and the shirt looks a lot cleaner than before. In the next clip, the triangle is very clear again.

Jacob La Cour

Correction: Rob takes his jacket off once they get in the subway station because he is hot and sweating a lot from running from the monster, thus the initial dark sweat spot on his back. They take a slow steady pace at first and since he is walking without his jacket, his sweat spot could have dried in between Hud's cuts. In the next cut they have obviously picked up the pace and the sweat spot appears darker from the long walk since after this cut they have a brief scuffle with the parasites and find themselves at 59th. South Brooklyn to 59th street near central park is not a short walk.

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Mamma Mia! picture

Corrected entry: In the shot in the bathroom, Tanya has a small diamond necklace but in the next shot in the bedroom the diamond appears larger.

Correction: Tanya's diamond solitaire pendant is never "small" in the bathroom scene, and it's the same large size during the bathroom and bedroom scenes. There are even a couple of nice closeups of the necklace in the bathroom scene, such as when Tanya says, "Donna Sheridan, you shady lady."

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27 Dresses picture

Corrected entry: At the bar/club for the co-worker's engagement party, after Kevin asks Jane if she likes the flowers he sent, Jane excuses herself and goes outside to the back of the bar and starts screaming. When Jane exits she leaves the heavy metal door open so you are able to see inside the club. You also see boxes and other misc. things lying around. Then after Jane hits the wall with her purse, the camera is facing towards her, and you see the scenery change. The door is now a nice wooden door, the misc. scenery is gone and the door is also closed. (00:24:55 - 00:25:25)

Correction: The scenery changes because Jane turns to her left after smacking her purse and that's when she notices the anniversary party. She then turns to her left again to re-enter the club, thus making a 180 degree turn during that scene.

cardinalgee

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Iron Man picture

Corrected entry: When Stark needs to have his power cell replaced by Pepper, the fake chest used for the effect moves up and down to simulate breathing. But watch him closely and you can see that his real breathing doesn't match what the chest's doing.

Correction: That's not likely as the top part of the opening was a physical prop attached to RDJ's chest during the scene. The "hole" was the added special effect.

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Correction: Given the highly stylized nature of the film, in this case the all-out psychedelic final moments of the race, it's impossible to determine how far Speed actually traveled after crashing the GRX, and therefore impossible to tell whether or not the parts even should be visible.

Phixius Premium member

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Vantage Point picture

Corrected entry: When Howard Lewis is recording killing of Enrique through the fence on the bridge, none of fence's wire is seen on the screen of camera.

Correction: When photographing/videotaping through fences, the fence itself often doesn't show up. This isn't a mistake, but a common occurrence.

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Taken picture

Corrected entry: When his daughter is about to get taken, he plugs his cell phone to a recording device. Right after the kidnapping, he disconnects the phone to speak to the kidnapper, yet when the guy says "Good Luck", it gets recorded even though the device was no longer plugged in.

Correction: He disconnects the speaker the phone was connected too, not the recording device. The two devices were separate.

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First Sunday picture

Corrected entry: Bernice Jenkins was there when the church was first taken hostage but disappeared part way through the movie.

Correction: Yes, but right before Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan take the church hostage, Bernice Jenkins tells her son that it is time to go. This is all before the doors were chained.

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The Ruins picture

Corrected entry: In the scene where Amy and Stacy go down into the pit with the torches, they are chased out by the plants. While they are down there, Amy is wearing her glasses, but by the time they get back up, her glasses are gone meaning she had to have lost them in the pit. A couple of scenes later, Amy is wearing her glasses again which would be impossible to do if they are still down the pit.

Correction: It's hardly uncommon for those who wear glasses to carry a spare set when travelling.

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Eagle Eye picture

Corrected entry: When Agent Perez gets out of the cooling pool at the end of the movie, she grabs a metal rod and shoves it into the eye of Eagle Eye. When she does this all kinds of electrical sparks fly, and even though she is completely sopping wet, including her hands, she is not electrocuted.

Correction: Sparks do not cause electrocution, electrical current does. The electrical current moved back up the devices arm, causing a series of explosions.

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Sex and the City: The Movie picture

Corrected entry: In the scene where Carrie and Big are fighting about the size of their wedding, you can see boom mikes hovering over their heads for practically the entire scene. You can also see black reflective paneling above Big's head in the same scene.

Correction: The person reporting this mistake may have viewed an improperly matted print of the movie. The print shown in theaters doesn't contain these particular errors.

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Jumper picture

Corrected entry: When David first enters his hotel room near the beginning of the movie, the numbers on the door are 3 number stickers where the black number is printed on a metallic sticker. Later, when he returns to the room, the room numbers have changed to large, black, screw-on numbers.

Correction: That is something that could have been done at any point in time by the hotel management. Not a mistake.

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Meet the Spartans picture

Corrected entry: When Margo is on the massage bed and after she is told she needs Traitoro's help, as she goes to lie back down, you can see the plaster covering her nipple.

Correction: The only way to see the plaster is to pause, and advance frame by frame. Not visible in normal viewing, therefore, not a valid mistake.

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