Corrected entry: Even though the oxygen level of the library is kept at a low level to preserve the books, the room was very large and it would take a long time - even without ventilation - before they would black out.
Corrected entry: In the third Illuminati church, Langdon asks which way a statue points. As a scholar of religious symbols, he should have known all churches are oriented east, and easily deduced the direction from that.
Correction: He may have known which way the church is facing, but after making a turn or two inside the church before getting to the statue he may have lost his bearings. Also, the statue is not at a perfect right angle or parallel to the entrance of the church and the statue's arm is pointing outward at an angle from the wall. Remember, Langdon is asking which way the statue is pointing, not which way the church is facing. It's very likely that he would ask someone much more familar with the church about which direction the statue is pointing.
Corrected entry: Boca Davie's comment was interesting and I have an addition to that scene. When Dr. Vetra placed her chin in the cup for the eye scanner and subsequently discovered blood on her chin, she was on the outside of the lab door. When she proceeded, she found the eyeball and the dead scientist inside the lab. If the assassin was let into the lab by the scientist, why did he need the eyeball to get out and if he did need it to get in, how did he get it in the first place if the scientist was inside? All irrelevant: if he somehow gained access and ripped out the eyeball to get out undetected, then the blood should have been on a scanner on the inside of the lab, not the outside.
Correction: Submitted and corrected - the body isn't found inside the secure area.
Corrected entry: Contrary to what the movie suggests, cold temperatures improve battery life. The correct storage temperature for batteries is a cool temperature.
Correction: It is true that batteries hold their charge longer when stored at cool temperatures. However, when a battery is discharged at a cool temperature, it is used up much faster than at a warmer temperature. This is noticeable with cell phones and digital cameras, which have a markedly shorter battery life when used in cold environments. In the movie, the battery was being discharged at a cold temperature, so it was used up more rapidly than usual.
Corrected entry: After the cylinder is stolen from CERN, Vittoria explains that it is filled with a "highly combustible material": antimatter. Combustion is a chemical reaction, whereas matter/antimatter annihilation is a much more basic sort of quantum mechanical interaction. A layperson might make the mistake of referring to it as combustion, but a professional physicist never would. A more accurate word would be "volatile".
Correction: However, she is trying to explain this material to lay people. I believe she meant combustible as explosive. As in if the battery died then the resulting explosion would be catastrophic.
Correction: The room is not very large at all, and the oxygen is nearly depleted to begin with (so that the records are preserved). With the two of them breathing heavily they would use up what little oxygen was in the archive room very quickly.
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