Corrected entry: We all know that Martin (the real son of Monica and Henry) has been dead and frozen for 5 years before he is brought back to life. How is it that after only 1 month of being home and alive, Martin manages to have 15 friends at his birthday party who all seem to know him pretty well? How and when did they meet him?
Matty Blast
2nd Jul 2003
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Correction: Martin wasn't dead. He was in a coma.
10th Jun 2004
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Corrected entry: When George plays a clarinet during the bar mitzvah, the mouthpiece that holds the clarinet reed in place is backwards. The screws that are showing in the front should be on the other side of the mouth piece.
Correction: The object you're referring to is called a ligature, and screw-configurations of both types exist. It depends on the brand you buy.
2nd Jun 2004
The Waterboy (1998)
Corrected entry: When Henry Winkler is describing the play to Bobby when they first meet, he says that he makes the players move left. However, when he draws this on the chalk board, he moves the O's(O's represent offense, X's represent defense) to his left, which would be their right.
Correction: As the ongoing description of the play illustrates, Henry Winkler's character was on the verge of insanity. It's perfectly understandable that he would forget left from right.
28th May 2004
Minority Report (2002)
Corrected entry: John would not be in the situation where he could have killed Crowe if the premonition was never made because he only went there to see why he would have killed him.
Correction: This paradox has been discussed at length. My theory is that the setup was arranged in such a way that if John *didn't* see the previsions, he would have received an anonymous phone call or some kind of tip leading him to Leo Crow's room and saying that that's where Anderton will find his son. That way, whether John sees the previsions of his own act of "murder" or not, the previsions nonetheless would be the same (images of the building, the numbers 9 and 6, the confrontation, etc.).
28th May 2004
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Corrected entry: Brandy and Julie win a Caribbean trip after answering the question, "What is the capital of Brazil?" Their answer is "Rio de Janeiro". The capital of Brazil is "Brasilia"; it was moved from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia in 1960.
Correction: The person doing the phony contest wanted the gang to come to the island so he could terrorize them, so he lied and said their answer was correct. This intentional misstatement is pointed out later in the movie.
2nd Dec 2003
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Corrected entry: When Han strikes Boba Fett's jetpack and it goes off, note the trajectory of his flight: When the pack fires, he is standing only slightly bend over, so the jet should carry him upward, not straight forward.
Correction: The pack fires, but since it is damaged, it is only strong enough to keep Boba from falling. Since Boba was hit from behind, and gravity is cancelled out by the weak firing of the backpack, it's logical that he would simply drift forward.
5th May 2004
Airplane (1980)
Corrected entry: Why on earth does Stryker land the plane with the wheels up?
Correction: He doesn't. He puts the landing gear down before landing, but the harsh impact causes the wheels to collapse.
8th Jul 2003
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Corrected entry: The fuel problem for the DeLorean is a non-issue. Internal combustion engines can and do run on alcohol, and there was plenty of alcohol available in the Old West.
Correction: The problem wasn't the fuel; it was the damage done to the car from their attempt to use alcohol as fuel. As you know, they tried using alcohol (some booze of some kind), and it caused an explosion that Doc said would take a month to fix. Since the photo of the headstone said Doc was going to be shot on Monday, they didn't have time to fix it. Perhaps if they would have used the right kind of alcohol, the explosion wouldn't have happened...
27th Aug 2001
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Corrected entry: What high school lets students enroll without giving their last name? (01:17:00)
Correction: Rob probably used a last name to get into school, but purposely had his last name omitted from the ballot for prom court. He probably figured it would be more "cool" that way.
21st Apr 2002
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Corrected entry: When Adam Sandler is depressed because Linda did not show up for the wedding, the little boy comes in with a picture of Linda and Robbie that he has drawn on. When you see it, it is white but in the next shot the picture is on it.
Correction: Isn't that simply because the kid was holding the poster away from Sandler until he got close enough to show it to him?
26th Aug 2003
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Corrected entry: When Andy makes his way through the sewer he takes Norton's clothes with him in a small bag tied to his ankle. It's hard to believe that on the next morning the same clothes are in clean mint condition when empties out Norton's accounts. (01:54:00)
Correction: Andy probably ran a lot of errands that morning, including the cleaning of the Warden's suit. He very easily could have bought some street clothes, had the suit cleaned, and even picked out the convertible he wanted, all before visiting the banks to clean out the cash.
26th Aug 2003
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Corrected entry: During the search for Andy a guard finds the rock hammer. While he is holding it up a reporter takes a photograph. In the picture the guard is holding the hammer in a totally different way than we had seen before. (01:48:00)
Correction: The movie camera first shows the man holding the rock hammer, then moves to the photographer, who takes the picture a few seconds later. That's enough time for the man holding the rock hammer to switch positions.
27th Apr 2003
Minority Report (2002)
Corrected entry: When John and Agatha are at the front desk of the hotel where Leo Crow is staying, Agatha says Anderson instead of Anderton.
Correction: I've listened to this numerous times, and it sounds like "Anderton" to me.
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Correction: They are probably his new classmates, who can easily get to know him after a whole month.
Matty Blast