johnrosa

29th Jul 2005

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: When Lewis And Fuller pull up at the motel both of the headlights are working, but when the man reverses his car, in the long shot, the left front headlight is out. (00:15:15 - 00:16:35)

The-Immortal

Correction: Not so. The grille and lights of the Newport are recessed into the front of the car. The shot mentioned shows the car from far to the car's left so that the left light isn't visible (blocked by the car's fender/bumper). However, the glow of this headlight is quite obviously showing that it is working. No mistake.

johnrosa

29th Jul 2005

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: When Fuller decides to get rid of the CB radio, he chucks it out the window, you can see a road guard, that was not there in previous shots. (00:46:10)

The-Immortal

Correction: The guard rail is lower than the height of the car door, so it can't be seen from inside the car at the angle used, and our view is from inside the car for at least 20 seconds before the exterior shot - plenty of time for the rail to start.

johnrosa

29th Jul 2005

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: Close to the end when Fuller is hotwiring the Ford, the guy who offers to help, comes up to the truck, and Lewis is talking to him, in a far away shot, you see Lewis look at Fuller when the truck starts, then it cuts to a shot inside the truck and Lewis looks at Fuller again. (01:14:15)

The-Immortal

Correction: Lewis repeatedly turns from Fuller to the bystander over and over, and there is a close-up shot of Fuller twisting the wires together that is long enough for Lewis' head to turn back to the bystander in time for us to see him to turn to Fuller again. No mistake.

johnrosa

29th Jul 2005

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: Just after the ice truck gets smashed through by Rusty Nail, you can see Lewis and Fuller zoom away in their car. Rusty Nail's truck passes under the wooden frame with ease, but in the following shot when Fuller looks behind, you can see the truck destroy the wooden frame. (00:41:15)

The-Immortal

Correction: Not so. The earlier shot shows that the tractor passes under the frame, and the frame becomes obscured somewhat by the exhaust smoke, but just before the shot ends, the frame is hit by the forward edge of the trailer. Then the shot changes twice and we then see the frame coming apart due to this hit. No error.

johnrosa

27th Aug 2001

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: The brothers get their tail light bulb replaced at the service station (after the truck smashes them into the tree). Later on, when they are turning onto the dirt road to go to the cornfield, the light is out again. (01:08:05)

Correction: The bulb was out, then replaced, then went out again. Considering the age of the car, it isn't surprising that there is an electrical short blowing the same bulb over and over.

johnrosa

8th Jul 2002

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: In the scene where the police drop Lewis and Fuller back off at the Lone Star Motel, Lewis and Fuller are in the back. They then proceed to open the doors from the inside. In reality, police crusers do not open from the inside. If they did, prisoners would be able to escape from the car.

Correction: This is untrue. Many jurisdictions have police cars that are nothing more than standard four-door sedans, with no added police gear at all. Prisoner partitions, inoperable locks and other items are and aren't used, depending on the needs and budgets of a specific police organization. I personally owned a retired Ford patrol car from a town in Pennsylvania, and it had no partition and the rear windows and locks all worked normally.

johnrosa

19th Oct 2002

Joy Ride (2001)

Correction: Not so. The power is controlled by the rotary volume knob, not the switch above it (which is for the NB/ANL function, shown turned off).

johnrosa

27th Aug 2003

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: During Lewis and Fuller's first driving scene, the lock on Lewis' car door changes from locked to unlocked many times.

Correction: This never happens. Lewis' shoulder moves around so that we see more or less of the knob from moment to moment, but its height is never different (compare it to the top edge of door behind the knob to confirm this).

johnrosa

25th Apr 2004

Joy Ride (2001)

Corrected entry: After Fuller has his leg impaled by the pipe, only the very tip of it has blood on it. If an object goes through your body, the tip is not going to be the only thing with blood on it.

Correction: Fuller is also wearing pants, and as the pipe passes through the fabric, it is wiped clean.

johnrosa

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