Jennyred

Freddy Vs. Jason trivia picture

Trivia: In Lori's dream, kids teasing a young Jason place a burlap sack on his head, similar to the burlap sack Jason wore in Friday the 13th Part 2. Jason started wearing the goalie mask in Friday the 13th part 3. (00:08:00)

28th Sep 2007

Anchorman (2004)

Anchorman trivia picture

Trivia: Brick kills a rival reporter by throwing a trident in a scene lifted from the first gladiator fight in Spartacus (1960).

27th Aug 2001

Evil Dead II (1987)

Evil Dead II trivia picture Video

Trivia: There is a Freddy Krueger glove in the tool shed when Ash kills Linda. Look for it above the door. It's also on display on a wall in the fruit cellar.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail trivia picture

Trivia: Before the witch trial, you can see Sir Bedevere tying coconuts to a swallow, no doubt to test the theory people argue about elsewhere in the film.

Piemanmoo

8th Dec 2003

Aladdin (1992)

Aladdin trivia picture

Trivia: When Rajah transforms, if you watch it frame by frame, his head bears a striking resemblance to Mickey's head. There is a long-standing tradition for Disney to put 'hidden Mickeys' in their movies.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory mistake picture

Factual error: Dusseldorf does not, nor has it ever, looked like the quaint place shown in the film. The caption does get quite a laugh from German audiences, though. The place shown is the town of Gengenbach.

Ioreth

27th Aug 2001

Gladiator (2000)

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Deliberate mistake: In the fight scene with the chariots Maximus takes one of the horses from a chariot and jumps on it. The horse already has a saddle complete with stirrups despite the fact it was pulling a chariot and not carrying a rider. (01:23:30)

8th Feb 2019

Kingpin (1996)

Kingpin trivia picture

Trivia: The fans in the back row of the Reno bowling stadium are made of cardboard.

Jennyred

Terminator 2: Judgment Day trivia picture

Trivia: When the T-1000 emerges from the truck and is covered with liquid nitrogen, a stunt double who is an amputee was used for the shots where his limbs freeze and break off.

Jennyred

Terminator 2: Judgment Day trivia picture

Trivia: When the biker stubs his cigar out on the Terminator's chest, Arnie's protection was only a small block and piece of fake skin the size of a dime, so the actor had to be very careful to avoid burning him.

Jennyred

Terminator 2: Judgment Day trivia picture

Trivia: To create the effect where the smashed T-1000 liquefies and comes back together, frozen pieces of Mercury were put on a hotplate. They melted and ran together into a puddle.

Jennyred

3rd Jan 2019

Batman Returns (1992)

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Trivia: The Christmas ball scene is symbolic: since it is a masquerade party all the guests are in disguise. The only guests who aren't wearing masks are Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle. This implies that their real personalities are Batman and Catwoman respectively, and that their public persona is the real disguise.

Jennyred

27th Jul 2017

Dunkirk (2017)

Dunkirk mistake picture Video

Deliberate mistake: The Messerschmitts have painted yellow fronts, this wasn't done by the Germans until after Dunkirk. Christopher Nolan has admitted doing this deliberately so the audience could tell the difference between the Spitfire and the Messerschmitt during the combat scenes.

Mission: Impossible 3 mistake picture

Deliberate mistake: Bare shoulders are forbidden in the Vatican premises, so the sexy dresses in the party would not be allowed.

Sacha

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