Corrected entry: When the guys are in the police station Phil calls Tracy to tell her they got comped an extra night at the hotel but it's never explained how they actually managed to get the room for another night. They're never kicked out and housekeeping never comes to clean the room. So how did they manage to stay another night if they didn't pay for it?
Bishop73
3rd Feb 2023
The Hangover (2009)
27th Aug 2001
Valentine (2001)
Corrected entry: In the beginning, Katherine Heigl is working on a cadaver and has surgical gloves on. When she thinks someone is after her, in the close up of her squeezing the surgical knife, the gloves are gone.
Correction: When she has both gloves on and hears something, she takes both gloves off. When she returns to the cadaver, she only puts one glove back on and it remains that way until end of the scene.
I agree, there is no mistake in the scene. Either the person didn't recognize the glove was on or missed her switching the scalpel to the non-gloved hand. Incidentally, this mistake is listed on IMDB and was possibly copied from there without verifying the scene.
27th Nov 2020
Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001)
Character mistake: When Sav asks Ali if she wants people to think she's not good enough for their family, Ali accidentally calls Sav "Ray" when she responds: "Yes, Ray, that's exactly what I want." Raymond "Ray" Ablack is the name of the actor who plays Sav. (00:17:31)
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Suggested correction: Actually she says: "Yes. Right, that's exactly what I want." Not "yes Ray."
I know the subtitle says "right", but I hear "Ray" as well. Plus, it fits better in the line for her to use someone's name. Usually when someone is sarcastically agreeing they'll say "yeah, right" or "yes, [person's name]."
Yeah, it doesn't really make sense for her to say, "Yes, right" like that, and neither the intonation of her voice nor movement of her mouth match it either. The subtitles most likely said "right" to cover up the mistake.
25th Jan 2023
Night Court (1984)
Undressed For Success - S9-E14
Corrected entry: In this episode, Harry is putting together an unpainted plastic model of Frankenstein's monster. In the previous episode, 'A New York Story,' the model is put together and he's almost finished painting it.
Correction: That's because the episodes were aired out of order and not a mistake in the show. Episode 14 (production code 18741) was produced before episode 13 (production code 18744).
27th Aug 2001
Arlington Road (1999)
Corrected entry: When Jeff Bridges is researching Tim Robbins, he goes to the Kansas City Star as his source. The web page says the Star is the leading source of news in Kansas. However, the Kansas City Star is published in Kansas City, Missouri, not Kansas City, Kansas.
Correction: It may be published in KC Missouri, but it doesn't mean that the paper isn't read in Kansas. Where I live is a very small town, but we get newspapers from Vancouver, 300 miles away, and Calgary, 250 miles away, and in another province. Both are far better news sources than the weekly newspaper we have here.
I agree that it is totally plausible that the newspaper could be read in Kansas. However, I believe the original entry is pointing out that it is a little odd for a newspaper published in Missouri to state on its website that it is the best source of news in Kansas.
I agree the mistake seems valid and probably created by someone who doesn't know there are 2 different "Kansas City" cities. Just like there's probably a lot of people who don't know the Kansas City Chiefs play in Missouri. And a Calgary newspaper probably wouldn't say they're the leading source of news in British Columbia just because people from there might read their paper.
18th Feb 2013
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Corrected entry: When Grandpa is freaking out in church, Milhouse's dad Kirk is sitting directly behind Homer. But when Homer is looking through the Bible to try and help Grandpa, there is no sign of Kirk at all. (00:05:45)
Correction: Due to the angle of the camera he will not be visible when Homer is flicking through the bible.
19th Jan 2023
Monk (2002)
Other mistake: Mr. Monk is solving his 100th case, but in Season one Episode 3 Julie gives him 100 trophies, saying they rounded down from 104 to make an even number.
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27th Aug 2001
Major League (1989)
Corrected entry: When Cerano hits the home run to tie the game versus the Yankees at the end of the movie he carries his bat with him around the bases - an automatic out.
Correction: Nowhere in the rulebook of baseball does it say that carrying a bat around the bases is an automatic out. As such, he would only be called out if he were to use that bat to his advantage. But since the ball was out of play (over the fence), no advantage would be gained and he would NOT be called out.
Correction: It absolutely is an out.
Absolutely incorrect. There is no rule that prohibits a batter from carrying his bat around the bases as long as he does not use the bat to interfere with the play. In fact, Alex Bregman carried his bat passed first base in game 6 of the 2019 World Series, and Juan Soto carried his almost to first later in the game. Neither suffered any out, penalty, or ejection.
There is no penalty for violating an "unwritten" or informal rule, so this would not be an automatic "out" according to the "official" rules. Cerano may have gone against the status quo by not conforming to what is considered appropriate or good sportsmanship, so might be viewed negatively by his peers or opposing teammates. Cerano was not "out", but his show-offish behavior was more along the lines of an "outcast."
14th Jul 2008
Predator (1987)
Corrected entry: Towards the end of the movie, when Anna is now trusted by Dutch and the team, Anna tries to help by wanting to carry a weapon. Dutch warns her not to carry a weapon because he's figured out that the Predator does not think it's sporting to kill an unarmed person and said this why the Predator did not kill her before. Since Dutch believes this, he should have ordered his men to drop all their weapons and then they all could simply walk out of the jungle safely.
Correction: Billy puts this theory to the test and proves it to be false. He chucks his rifle and all of his ammo and gear away, and faces the Predator with just a knife. Even though he technically disarmed himself, the Predator still considered him fair enough sport to kill and take his skull as a trophy.
11th Feb 2013
The Expendables 2 (2012)
Continuity mistake: When Vilain has the gun to Billy's head he has it in his right hand. However when he is squeezing the trigger, it's his left finger. (00:36:00)
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Suggested correction: It seems to me that it's still his right hand but the camera angle changed for the close up for a better reveal of the trigger pull. So in real life, the camera would have been to JCVD's right side during the scene, but then the camera switches to his left side for the close up. Watching it in real time, it can look like the camera just does a zoom in and now the hand has switched.
21st Apr 2013
Remember the Titans (2000)
Factual error: In the championship game, the Titans kick off to start the first half, then they kick off to start the second half. Teams kick off the first or the second, not both.
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Suggested correction: Actually it's possible for a team to kick to start both halves. The team winning the coin toss will typically choose to defer their option to the second half and the vast majority of the time the other team will choose to receive. If a team, either by choice or by mistake, chooses to kick rather than defer it's likely the other team will choose to receive the second half and they will kick again. The team winning the toss could also choose to defer and then decide to kick again to start the second half if they have a reason to do so. It's rare but it does happen sometimes either by a team making a mistake when telling the ref what option they want or if for some reason they'd rather be on defense. So what was seen in the movie could happen.
It should be noted that there wasn't an option to defer in the 70's. (Not even in 2000 when the film came out). So as wordy as your correction is, it's way off base since that's not close to how coin tosses worked back then.
13th Jan 2023
Young Sheldon (2017)
Legalese and a Whole Hoo-Ha - S6-E8
Corrected entry: This episode takes place in approximately 1992, but the video store has a copy of The Passion of the Christ. That movie was released in 2004.
Correction: No, it's "The Last Temptation of Christ". Connie even says this on the phone while ordering movies.
Correction: I watched all the scenes at the video store and never saw "The Passion of the Christ." The closest thing that came close was ordering "The Last Temptation of Christ." I would suggest you submit a screenshot of the video.
Mandy is on the phone ordering some more movies. She lists "Passion of the Christ."
Connie was on the phone, not Mandy. And she orders "The Last Temptation of Christ", which came out in 1988. Unless you're talking about a different episode.
No, she lists "Last Temptation of Christ," released in 1988. https://youtu.be/gbFkKuUQJcM?t=119.
16th Mar 2012
The Pink Panther (2006)
Continuity mistake: When Dreyfus is holding the ice-pack to his eye, the angle changes to show Clouseau entering. In this shot Dreyfus removes the ice-pack, but in the next shot he is still holding it to his eye.
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Suggested correction: Look again. He picks it back up off his desk.
The mistake is valid. He lowers his hand, with the ice pack and in the next shot it's back up, meaning no time has elapsed for him to do so. And this happens before he ever sets the ice pack down.
7th Jan 2023
Beetlejuice (1988)
Stupidity: Barbara and Adam can obviously interact with physical objects (the statue horse, holding the door shut, etc.) but when trying to scare the Deetz's they tried visual stunts rather than throwing or moving objects.
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Suggested correction: Barbara and Adam are not aggressive, intimidating people. Maybe they could have thrown and moved objects, but that would be almost violent. They would rather try a few visual stunts, instead of possibly hurting someone and/or damaging something in the house.
I respectively disagree with this. One of the visual tricks Barbara and Adam tried was her holding a bloody knife over his decapitated body, that in itself would have been violent and aggressive if they had been seen.
But they weren't violent and aggressive. They weren't threatening violence or aggression to anyone. They didn't commit an aggressive or violent act in front of anyone. They were just trying to scare them, just like wearing the sheets earlier.
Suggested correction: They first off didn't really understand how to interact with the physical world and secondly they didn't realise yet they were invisible.
I'm not sure the point of this correction because we see none of this is true. Barbara picks up a physical object and moves it without thinking about it. Then she looks at herself in the mirror with the horse and sees she doesn't have a reflection.
I have to agree. Even if Adam and Barbara couldn't be seen, the noose that Barbara "hanged" herself with or even the knife she was holding still should have been seen as they are physical objects and a knife, to the Deetz's, would be floating in midair and would probably scare them off.
8th Jan 2023
The Batman (2022)
Corrected entry: When Bruce arrives at City Hall there is the sound of an engine rumble, which stops with his car. But from the logo on the hood he is driving a Tesla, which is an electric car. It should be silent, or quiet hum. (01:00:00)
25th Feb 2011
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Continuity mistake: When they call for a stretcher for Blackburn, the stretcher is half folded up. The camera does an instant cut and it is now fully open. They don't unfold that quickly. (00:45:40)
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Suggested correction: The scene shows them opening it that quickly.
The stretcher changes from partially opened to fully opened between shots. Meaning no time has elapsed to finishing opening it, which is why it's a continuity mistake.
27th Aug 2003
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Continuity mistake: When Randy Shugart and Gary Gordon arrive to defend the downed chopper, Shugart is shooting his rifle as a right-hander, but in one short sequence as they're pulling Mike Durant to cover he is shooting as a left-hander. The shot has obviously been reversed as the bolt of the M14 and the height adjustment knob on the aim point optic are on the wrong side of the rifle. (01:29:00)
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Suggested correction: You can see him change shoulders as he goes back into the building.
The mistake is valid. He's shooting with the rifle against his right shoulder and you can see the flag patch on his right shoulder. In the next shot, after the guy is pulled out, the rifle is against his left shoulder and he turns, he doesn't change shoulders as the rifle is still against his left shoulder after he turns. However, there is no longer a flag patch on his right shoulder, meaning the shot was flipped as indicated.
17th Dec 2013
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Other mistake: Grand-Santa has made 70 missions, and Santa (Malcolm) has just completed his 70th mission, totaling 140 years. Yet Grand-Santa is only 136 years old.
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Suggested correction: Grandsanta's portrait is shown in the halls of the North Pole with the dates 1902-1941 (with Malcom having done 71 missions from 1941). Therefore he did 39 missions. That makes for a total of 109 years, meaning he was 27 when he took over from his own father.
4th Jan 2023
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Continuity mistake: Mr. Krank is wearing a black overcoat going to give away the cruise trip. After the burglar falls off the roof his coat is tan.
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Suggested correction: That's not what happened. Mr. Krank is wearing a tan coat to start with, you see him wearing it when he's in the house. When he goes outside, he puts on a black overcoat over his tan coat (which you can even see). When he's coming back, he finds Ned has been stuck on the roof and after helping him get down, he has given Ned his black overcoat, which you see Ned wearing. So Mr. Krank is back to wearing just the tan coat.
20th Dec 2022
Black Adam (2022)
Other mistake: When everything is moving in slow motion, to indicate how fast Black Adam is supposed to be moving, one of the mercenaries throws a grenade from a distance that is shown moving faster than the lightning moving through the bodies. It reaches Adam before the truck he just ripped apart starts to fall.
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Suggested correction: The grenade isn't moving faster. Black Adam is moving towards it, he closes the distance. You see it only turns twice before he grabs it and gets to ground level, shove it in the guy's mouth, and then he's back in mid-air in the next shot.
Watch the scene again. Black Adam isn't even in the shot when the grenade is moving faster than everything else. The grenade is moving away from the guy that threw it. He's even moving as fast as the lightning.
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Correction: Your mistake contradicts itself. You ask how they managed to stay another night if they didn't pay for it but you already acknowledge they got comped an extra night. "Comped" means the hotel gave them a an extra night for free.
Bishop73