Corrected entry: The famous shot of the question mark in the coffee makes no sense in the film. When the Riddler is caught in the diner, he's made a mark out of froth - but he's made the mark face to the right of himself. He's in front of it, the dining staff behind the cup, and the cops and Batman are to his left. Who did he make the mark for? Likely it was made to the right so the camera would have room to pan over it in the empty bar. So Riddler made it for...the audience?
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23rd Mar 2022
The Batman (2022)
Correction: The fact is, it has nothing to do with the Riddler making the "?" at any angle he wants. When we first see him, he's facing the mug and the handle is to his left, parallel with the counter's edge. During the scene, the mug moves because they slam him to the counter so that the handle is now perpendicular almost to the counter's edge. When the "?" is revealed, you see the handle to the left meaning he actually made the mark in front of him, not to the right of him. So the mistake is simply wrong.
Correction: This is not a mistake or "stupidity" in any way, shape or form. He's allowed to make a question mark any darned way he wants.
27th Dec 2008
Hancock (2008)
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the movie, Hancock is in bed without shoes on. Then when the attack starts, he goes outside to defeat the enemies wearing shoes.
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4th Dec 2013
Hancock (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Hancock is coming up on the SUV in the beginning, he has a bottle of whiskey in his left hand. When he lands and goes to rip off the roof of the SUV, you see his left hand empty (except for a handful of roof). After opening the vehicle, you see him fly backwards, and you see that he has the bottle in hand again.
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Suggested correction: If you watch it again, you see after he rips the roof off and goes flying backward, the bottle actually flies back with him, and he actually grabs it. So he tucked it away or set it somewhere while off-screen to rip the roof off.
22nd Dec 2008
Hancock (2008)
Continuity mistake: When Hancock gets inside the van with the first group of baddies, bullets impact on his face and glasses, yet make no damage. Angle focuses on the baddies and when back to Hancock his glasses are suddenly totally messed up.
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Suggested correction: When he's shot at, you actually see the glasses get hit at least 3 times. The right lens, then the left, then the top part of the frame on the left. When the camera is back on the shooters for an extended time, they're still shooting at him, causing more damage.
8th Apr 2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Trivia: Jon Watts is the first director in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to complete a trilogy of films.
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Suggested correction: The Spider-man trilogy aren't technically MCU films although Spiderman has appeared in MCU films and characters from MCU have appeared in this. As Spider-man is still own by Sony...at this point its just character cross-overs and little else. MCU still don't have full ownership of Spider-man yet.
That's incorrect. All 3 films were co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios and distributed by Sony. Tom Holland's Spider-Man IS part of the MCU because Sony shared the rights to the character and the films are not only set in the MCU, but part of the franchise. It should be noted that Marvel Studios and the MCU are two separate things. The MCU doesn't really own anything because it's the setting, not the company.
28th Dec 2016
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Episode #1.1 - S1-E1
Factual error: Ada is watching a movie and when asked "tell me the man's name" says "Rudolph Valentino." Valentino was largely unknown in 1919, only appearing in bit parts. She is also eating popcorn. This was not done in movie theaters until the 1930, unless you brought your own. Only street vendors sold popcorn.
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Suggested correction: This is from episodes #1.2 and two separate mistakes. But being "largely unknown" doesn't mean she couldn't know his name. And who's to say she didn't buy the popcorn from a street vendor? You don't see others eating popcorn, so there's no suggestion she bought it there.
He used the name Rudolph Valentino for the first time in 1921.
That's not true since he was credited as Rudolph as early as 1917.
8th Sep 2003
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Continuity mistake: Just after the hit man kills Bernie he proceeds to disguise himself and pulls a folded, floppy beach hat out of his pocket. Yet when we see him getting on the boat in the next scene the same folded hat is now a perfectly round, structured hat with a brim.
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Suggested correction: It's the same hat. That's the style, where it can be folded and open back up. Similar to a bucket hat.
8th Apr 2022
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
Corrected entry: In the beginning of the movie Mike calls Joe's office. Mike thought Joe was in Las Vegas, but he finds out he is back in LA. Joe comes back home to find out that Mike is having an affair with his wife. Mike had plenty of time to leave the house before Joe got there.
Correction: Except Mike didn't think Joe was going to come home, especially if Joe was back in town but at his office. Plus Joe told Mike he'd meet him at Mike's office in an hour. So Mike took a shower to get ready. Not to mention he was sleeping with his friend's wife, so he wasn't making the best decisions to begin with.
I don't know about that. I just know that if you are having an affair with your friend's wife and your friend is Joe Hallenbeck and if there is a slight chance he might go home. You don't wait around to find out.
8th Apr 2022
An American Summer (1990)
Corrected entry: During the strip poker game, Kari says, "I'll bet you my thongs." Thongs are what flip-flops were called in the 80's but she was wearing tennis shoes the whole scene, you have to bet with the clothing you are wearing in strip poker.
Correction: Thong is a type of underwear. That's what she was referring to.
This correction is wrong. I remember this movie, so I found and watched it on YouTube and the girl definitely says "thongs", plural, so I'm inclined to agree with the original post that she was indeed referring to sandals and not underwear.
15th Jan 2003
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Spirit is a foal and he is drinking the water, he is lapping it like a dog. Horses don't lap water, they drink it normally.
Correction: My horse laps up his water all the time. They do it when they are playing, or just to moisten their tongue on a hot day.
That's odd because my horses have never lapped up water. Horses do not lap up water like a dog or cat, they suck/sip it up.
You can search YouTube for videos of horses lapping or licking up water. Although it should be noted that dogs and cats lap up water in different ways.
20th Jun 2010
The IT Crowd (2006)
The Haunting Of Bill Crouse - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: Bill Crouse is sitting at a desk talking to his colleague about Jen. The first two shots show him sitting back on the chair with his legs up on the desk. The next shot, he has instantly moved to sitting normally with his legs down and leaning forward. (00:14:20)
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Suggested correction: After he says he was the last person to sleep with Jen, the camera is off him for at least 4 seconds, enough time for him to sit up.
25th Aug 2008
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Character mistake: Sarah is a trained expert with predatory animals. But when her jacket is covered with blood (and not just any blood, the blood of the infant T-rex), and they're in a forest surrounded with carnivorous dinosaurs, and she knows that they need to pass through Velociraptor territory, and she thinks that the T-rex might follow them, she doesn't think to take the jacket off. And the others, who also happen to be hunters who would surely know that the blood would attract predators, don't say anything about it.
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Suggested correction: While you are right, it's still not that much of a mistake because not only does it tie into the Butterfly Effect from the first movie, but also maybe Roland used it to his advantage, meaning an opportunity to shoot the Buck Rex since using its baby didn't work.
You're really grasping at straws on this one. The top priority for everyone at this point is to find safe shelter. A bunch of dinosaur experts aren't going to jeopardize that by allowing someone in their group to walk through dangerous territory with blood-soaked clothing, and Roland isn't going to risk the lives of other people to hunt the T-rex. This is just bad writing by the filmmakers, plain and simple.
What butterfly effect?
He's talking about when Ian Malcolm was explaining chaos theory and used the term "butterfly effect." But like Phaneron said, the person was really grasping as straws and this scene has nothing to do with what Malcom was talking about.
Suggested correction: I don't think this is actually a mistake. Yes Sarah's jacket is covered in blood from the baby T-Rex, but as you say they've got to pass through Velociraptor territory. In JP3 it was noted that the T-Rex pee keeps smaller dinosaurs away but actually attracts the Spinosaurus. The scent of the T-Rex blood could actually also have the same effect as the pee at keeping the smaller dinosaurs away.
16th Jul 2016
So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Corrected entry: When Charlie is being pursued by Rose on the rooftop, at one point they both fall down near each other and Rose drops her axe. Charlie could have easily picked up the axe and defused the whole situation...but instead he gets up and just keeps running.
Correction: If he was calm and thinking, yes. But in this case he was running for his life. People frequently make mistakes and miss opportunities when they're terrified.
It's still a stupidity. Especially considering he just put himself at further risk.
People not behaving as you would, or even making stupid mistakes, doesn't qualify as a "stupidity" entry. Stupidity enters are basically minor plot holes. Just because Rose drops the axe doesn't mean Charlie would have gotten to it first or been able to defuse the situation just by having it. It's perfectly reasonable for him to take the opportunity to run away.
24th Mar 2022
Young Sheldon (2017)
A Free Scratcher and Feminine Wiles - S5-E14
Corrected entry: Dr. Lee says that she worked on IBM's Watson. The episode takes place in the 1980s or early 1990s. The Watson program was from 2004 to 2011. It won on "Jeopardy" in 2011.
24th Mar 2022
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
Character mistake: When Carrie tells her friends she accidentally left her passport behind while buying shoes, she mentions she left it behind because she saw Aidan... but in reality, she left her passport behind because of the "call to prayer" sound she heard on the loudspeaker and then walked away towards the sound - THEN saw Aidan. Carrie's own story was incorrect to her friends (as Aidan initially had nothing to do with it).
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Suggested correction: Even by the mistake's own entry it still sounds like seeing Aidan is why she forgot her passport. Just because she went to investigate the sound didn't mean she forgot her passport, meaning she could still have had the intention of going back for it. When she saw Aidan, going back for the passport slipped her mind.
23rd Mar 2022
West Side Story (2021)
Corrected entry: Near the end in Doc's store there are Marvel superhero comics on the rack. The earliest Marvel Comics (Fantastic Four) appeared in 1962. This is supposed to be mid 50's.
Correction: I didn't see any Fantastic Four comics in the scene. It was hard for me to see any titles, but Marvel Comics came out way before 1962. In fact, the first Marvel Comics superhero was Human Torch which debuted in 1939 (Marvel Comics #1). Maybe that's what you saw. It should be noted that the original Human Torch is not Johnny Storm and wasn't part of the Fantastic Four. If there was a shot of a comic from the 60's, perhaps a screenshot is needed with the name of the title.
23rd Mar 2022
The Golden Girls (1985)
Other mistake: In the 1954 flashback scene, it is Dorothy's 10-year anniversary, so she got married in 1944. In another episode, Dorothy said Stan impregnated her in the back seat of a car by saying he's going to the Korean War, which began in 1950. Also, viewers know that Dorothy went to college. A pregnant newlywed in 1944 with a husband off to war would not have gone to college but stayed home awaiting the birth of her child. And in 1945, after the war, she would have been a housewife, not a college student.
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Suggested correction: First off, I don't remember the show every showing or saying Stan did serve in the military. Dorothy said the only reason she went out with him was because he claimed he was being shipped off to Korea and would probably die. Stan was shown not to be faithful and probably not very trustworthy. But there's no reason an intelligent woman with a child could go to college even if her husband was in the military.
5th Apr 2017
187 (1997)
Corrected entry: In the opening scene Samuel opens Dennis' text book which says '187 Garfield' on every page. When he brings the same text book to the principal and opens it, it only says 187.
Correction: Even during the first scene where Garfield is looking through the book, you can see two pages without his name on it.
9th Aug 2004
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
Continuity mistake: When Father Thomas tells the Sisters that Delores is a Las Vegas show girl, Sister Mary Robert puts her hands up to her face, but in the next shot she has her hands down by her side.
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Suggested correction: The camera cuts back to Father Thomas before it goes back to Mary Roberts. Plenty of time to lower her hands.
No it doesn't. When he says she's a show girl and it cuts to two Sisters, Mary Roberts has her hands up. The next shot is of all four of them and her hands are down.
21st Jan 2018
Once Upon a Time (2011)
Corrected entry: Hades states that Zeus is his older brother when actually he was the youngest among the first twelve gods. So Hades is older than Zeus. (00:27:55)
Correction: In Greek mythology, yes, but not in Once Upon a Time: The show freely adapts the source material, with numerous drastic changes to the original: The Queen of Hearts is the mother of The Evil Queen from "Snow White" and the Wicked Witch of the West, The Crocodile is the son of Peter Pan, Red Riding Hood and the wolf are one and the same, Peter Pan is a villain, etc.
Not only that, but it comes from the 1997 Disney film "Hercules" in which Zeus is the older brother. Which only compounds the mythology problem since Hercules is the son of Jupiter and Heracles is the son of Zeus. So Disney is just continuing its own mythology story.
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Correction: How is this a mistake? He can orient a question mark any way he wants, it doesn't have to be specially lined up for anyone to "see." It is perfectly in character for him to draw a question mark in the coffee askew from his own perspective. There are literally thousands of question marks the Riddler has drawn throughout the character's history and many of them are not lined up with anything in particular, and would be askew from where he must have been standing to draw.
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