Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Revealing mistake: Jack is on a platform next to the burning stage. In the close-ups it's Michael Douglas, but in the wide angles it is a skinny stuntman with light hair who looks nothing like him. (01:34:10)

Sacha

21st Aug 2010

Jewel of the Nile (1985)

30th Jul 2010

Knight & Day (2010)

Revealing mistake: Inside the tunnel, Roy is on the car's hood, with the car swerving all the time. When the angle changes to a POV of the baddies he doesn't move, as if he was glued to the roof, revealing the security trick.

Sacha

23rd Jun 2010

Mary Poppins (1964)

Revealing mistake: After the credits all the smoke coming out of the chimneys remains still, revealing it's a painted set.

Sacha

23rd Jun 2010

Mary Poppins (1964)

Revealing mistake: Mary takes a huge mirror out of her bag and the kids stare in awe. Problem is that Michael's view points in a different direction, giving away that they were looking at the void and Mary was a superimposed image to achieve the effect.

Sacha

13th Jun 2010

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Revealing mistake: When the kids are playing around with the plane and make it move along the grass field, tracks from previous takes are visible in front of the plane. When the angle changes the tracks are gone.

Sacha

13th Jun 2010

Speed (1994)

Revealing mistake: The whole structure surrounding the elevator appears shiny and spotless, with the wires lacking a single spot of grease, revealing it's a set. (00:04:25)

Sacha

29th May 2010

Splash (1984)

Revealing mistake: When Allen is in the park and drives backwards to avoid the MPs, there's a closeup where the pigeons fly backwards, revealing the angle is the previous one with the birds taking off but played backwards.

Sacha

29th May 2010

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Revealing mistake: When the Lion runs out of the Wizard's room, the group disappears because it is an obvious backdrop.

Sacha

27th May 2010

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Revealing mistake: When Dorothy's bedroom is flying away to Oz, there's wind blowing everywhere and bits of hay falling. However, the hay is coming from inside the room, instead of outside, and the papers on the table next to the window don't blow away nor move an inch.

Sacha

26th May 2010

Lost (2004)

The End (1) - S6-E17

Revealing mistake: When Desmond moves the rock, Smoke-Locke and Jack fight outside the cave while an earthquake shatters everything. Watch the leaves around and you'll notice that they don't move at all, giving away the camera effect. This also happens later on when Hugo, Ben and Jack are about to fix the cave of light.

Sacha

25th May 2010

Splash (1984)

Splash mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Hanks drives through the city escaping form the MPs, the guy driving is a very obvious stuntman.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When Indy's car is about to crash against Mac's, there's a wide angle where the car is seen totally black inside, revealing it's empty.

Sacha

7th May 2010

True Lies (1994)

True Lies mistake picture

Revealing mistake: During the bathroom scene, all the backshots of Arnie taking a pee are of a very obvious stand-in, not the real actor. (00:30:05)

Sacha

1st Apr 2010

Cyborg (1989)

Revealing mistake: The bad guy that Nady punches and falls through a hole is a very obvious mannequin. Watch for the close-up of the hand.

Sacha

19th Mar 2010

Lost (2004)

7th Mar 2010

Friends (1994)

Revealing mistake: During the shooting in the motel, when Luc goes through the second wall it's an obvious cardboard prop.

Sacha

28th Feb 2010

Universal Soldier (1992)

Revealing mistake: When Van Damme punches the cook at the diner, a waitress is inches away laughing and totally distracted, but she manages to duck in perfect sync in a tenth of a millisecond when the punch is coming, revealing the fight is a choreography.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: During the Toon Patrol chase, before the cab enters the alleyway there's a wide shot of the cab making a fast turn. Valiant has his head down, with his hat covering his face and his body totally motionless, opposite to what he looks like in the close-ups where he is grabbing the steering wheel, his head up and controlling the car, thus revealing that the actor was replaced by a dummy in some of the shots. (00:58:40)

Sacha

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