Stupidity: When Elena first sees the huge honeycombs in the giant beehive, she tells Herbert that they cannot possibly be honeycombs as they are much too big. Considering she spent the morning watching pitched battles with a crab the size of an elephant and a five meter tall baby bird, don't you think she might have grasped the concept of giant animals, birds, and insects by that stage?
Mysterious Island (1961)
1 stupidity
Directed by: Cy Endfield
Starring: Joan Greenwood, Michael Callan, Michael Craig, Gary Merrill
Visible crew/equipment: When the five men are going up the mountain, a crew member is seen beside a big rock, at the bottom left of the screen. (00:33:50)
Elena Fairchild: I'm going to ask Captain Harding to marry us.
Herbert Brown: That'd be wonderful, if he were only a minister, but he's not.
Elena Fairchild: He's a captain, and captains can marry people at sea.
Herbert Brown: He's a land captain, not a sea captain.
Elena Fairchild: Well, we're on land, aren't we?
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