Corrected entry: When Leeloo escapes the lab by ripping through the wall, it's painfully obvious that the presumably "metal" wall is just made out of regular old tinfoil or a similar substance. It bends and breaks super easily, seems to be paper-thin, and tellingly, you can even see a bit sticking out at the end of the shot and the other side of it isn't painted... it's just the classic tinfoil "silver" color.
TedStixon
20th Jul 2023
The Fifth Element (1997)
29th Jul 2018
Lucy (2014)
Corrected entry: When Lucy begins to travel through space and time during the climax, she's physically appearing in the difference places - both the native Americans and "Lucy" the ape react to her appropriately with shock. but when she appears in Paris, New York, etc. in crowded areas, nobody reacts to her at all, runs into her, etc. even though she's simply and seemingly magically appeared in the middle of bustling streets around dozens and dozens of people. (Especially strange in New York, when she's in the middle of a massive crowd.) Obviously done on purpose to make the scenes flow quicker, but an oddity nonetheless.
Correction: C'mon. Stranger things happen in New York and Paris all the time. In this day and age, people costumed as Spiderman and Batman could be mugging each other in an intersection, and the passersby wouldn't even give it a second glance. A woman sitting quietly in a chair on a city street wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.
27th May 2018
Underworld: Blood Wars (2017)
Corrected entry: Michael is portrayed as having been killed by having his throat cut. This contradicts prior films, which portray him as being far too powerful to die by traditional means. (Ex. In the second film, he is repeatedly shot and impaled, sustaining far greater damage to his body, but returns to life upon going into a hibernation-like state for a short period.) Unless he is brought back in a future installment, the portrayal of his death makes no sense in the context of the series.
Correction: Not only was his throat slit, but all his blood was drained from his body, which is different than the other times he was nearly killed. The blood is the key. However, Selene had to intervene at least 3 times to save Michael. For example, she cut off Viktor's head as he was about to kill Michael. But, as you say, even though the audience is lead to believe he's dead, it could just be a cliffhanger and we may find out a drop of blood was left in his body, or through some other method he fully recovers.
10th May 2018
Gremlins (1984)
Corrected entry: The town of Kingston Falls is covered in snow the entire film. And it's established that water makes the mogwai and gremlins reproduce. but throughout the film, we see gremlins moving through the snow on at least several occasions without becoming wet and sprouting more gremlins. We even once see a gremlin submerged in snow, and still - no new gremlins. The film shows that only a few drops of water will sprout a new one, so it just doesn't add up. You could argue that gremlins might be cold-blooded, and thus wouldn't melt the snow enough to get wet, but this would contradict the several moments on-screen where gremlins go from inside warm houses and buildings directly out into the snow - where residual heat should melt the snow and produce more gremlins. Just another example of the whimsical rules not quite adding up under scrutiny.
Correction: In the original script it was mentioned they could only reproduce at certain temperatures, but it didn't make it into the final film. Just because the concept of why snow doesn't cause them to multiply isn't in the film doesn't constitute a mistake for fictional creatures. Even if the snow melted, the water could still be too cold to cause them to reproduce.
1st May 2018
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Corrected entry: "Spider-Man: Homecoming" stated it was set "eight years" after the events of the first "Avengers." Yet in this film - which takes place after "Homecoming", Tony Stark mentions that it's been six years since "The Avengers" in one scene.
Correction: The timeline error lies with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and not this film. I previously submitted a correction for the aforementioned film's 8-year jump and how it could fit in the timeline, given what we had been told about the timeline of events leading up to the first "Avengers" film, but after watching every MCU film leading up to "Infinity War," they do indeed make references to the first "Avengers" film taking place in 2012, so I had to retract the correction. Tony saying that it had been 6 years is correct. Co-director Joe Russo has even stated that the "8 years later" thing is incorrect.
1st May 2018
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Corrected entry: Thanos already had the Infinity Gauntlet in the post-credits scene of "Avengers: Age of Ultron," which is set several years prior to this movie. Yet this film implies that the dwarfs had just recently made him the gauntlet before he almost entirely wiped them out.
Correction: Just because "Avengers: Age of Ultron" took place a few years prior to this movie, it doesn't mean that the post-credits scene of Thanos putting on the gauntlet doesn't take place just before the start of this movie.
21st Sep 2009
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Corrected entry: If Poon-Dong is so important to the Triads, why would he be allowed to accompany a prostitute back to her room without protection? The ending makes very little sense considering how important he supposedly is.
12th Mar 2009
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
Corrected entry: Soon before the final battle, as the O'Connells are preparing, you see Rick and Evie emerge from behind a rock with guns in hand and cautiously watch over what is happening. In this shot, Evie is holding two pistols, and you can see that one of the pistols (should be on the the viewer's right) has a bent barrel, revealing it to be a prop.
Correction: Already submitted.
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Correction: It is not meant to be a metal wall. It's not the outer wall of the room, just encased around the regeneration tube. It's possibly equivalent to MLI (Multi-Layer Insulation) used in astronautics. That is also gold on one side and silver on the other.
lionhead
I did not know about MLI. Thanks for mentioning that. That actually would explain it very well. It always drove me nuts how cheap and flimsy it looked, but if it's meant to be something like MLI, it 100% makes sense.
TedStixon