Sacha

6th Aug 2009

The Illusionist (2006)

Revealing mistake: Uhl talks about Eisenheim's childhood, and about the vanishing tree. Problem is that not only the tree disappears, but also his very own shadow, making him look as if he's floating in a landscape, thus giving away the green screen effect. (00:06:50)

Sacha

Revealing mistake: The doctors who are beating up the patient at the Ronald Reagan hospital are actually hitting the mattress. One of them on the left keeps waiting for the patient to move away to avoid hitting him.

Sacha

19th May 2009

Angels & Demons (2009)

Revealing mistake: When Langdon and Victoria walk towards the Pantheon, the first two angles show them walking alone with some stunt-women behind. But in the third angle, a couple of seconds later, a huge line of people appears, lining perfectly in the back, watching the camera. Obviously a group of real tourists standing behind a security line watching the shooting.

Sacha

16th May 2009

Angels & Demons (2009)

Revealing mistake: When the reporters say that the second black smoke is showing, an aerial panning shot of the Vatican is shown, yet the smoke remains fix as if it were a painting.

Sacha

16th Jan 2009

In Bruges (2008)

Revealing mistake: During the final shooting, a bullet hits a lamp post, causing a spark. A grey tape glued over the original metal surface is noticeable to help produce the spark.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: When Vicky and Cristina arrive at Barcelona they walk towards the camera, and the people behind who are real passengers waiting for a taxi stare at the actresses and film crew and even take pictures of them.

Sacha

5th Oct 2008

Red Dragon (2002)

Revealing mistake: When Will stabs an arrow and shoots at Hannibal, a white vest underneath Hannibal's shirt is coming out on the right, to allow for the stunts.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Mac and Me mistake picture

Revealing mistake: In McDonald's when Mac stretches his arm, notice that it's separated several inches from his body and much thicker, and is really a big sleeve coming form under Eric's armpit. In fact, you can see Mac's real arm next to his body, hanging down.

Sacha

29th Sep 2008

Mac and Me (1988)

Revealing mistake: Supposedly Mac makes the unplugged TV work with his energy, and Eric looks at it in awe and inspects its loose cables. But if you look at the right side of the TV, you'll see there's another black cable coming out of it hidden among the cardboard boxes, which makes the whole trick work.

Sacha

26th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: The huge wind blows the plastic cups from the trolley, but the stuff next to it remains stills.

Sacha

25th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: After Yaffi is about to be killed by the scorpion queen, an airport controller is seen typing, but the computer screen is off.

Sacha

25th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: After the door's been open while on air, a huge wind starts inside the plane and the actors move as if they were being suctioned. However, the hanging oxygen masks stay motionless.

Sacha

25th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: At the end of the film, when the Captain says he's about to land, the exterior shot of the plane is the same image used at the beginning when the plane took off, only it's being played backwards, with the wheels coming out, and even worse, the tail of the plane is moving backwards.

Sacha

24th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: After the old man is blown away, together with dozens of papers and other stuff, there's a brief shot of the door and some debris remains close to the open door, but don't move an inch.

Sacha

24th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: After Jennifer saves Milhouse, the scorpion is seen running around the plane, and the shots are reversed and repeated.

Sacha

24th Sep 2008

Tail Sting (2001)

Revealing mistake: After Ben picks up the lobster and the shark tooth, he gets in a boat that starts to turn around. The close-up of him shows the background still.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: While the shark eats the raft with the people in it, the whole raft, including its inside, has been deleted except for its border.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: The shot of the shark opening its mouth to eat the politician from the yacht is the same one used for when Ben and Cat where climbing the rope to get on the helicopter.

Sacha

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