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26th Sep 2022

Reminiscence (2021)

Deliberate mistake: The angle of the light coming from the film projector (which was up high on the back wall) was too high to actually project onto the screen across the room. Also, people were standing in front of the screen and should have been blocking part of the projection and have light on their backs but did not. The screen operated more like a DVD player on a TV. (00:35:20)

KeyZOid

7th Sep 2022

The Forgiven (2021)

Deliberate mistake: David's reflection was shown in the dresser mirror when he was sitting at the foot of the bed. When Jo moves around David, the foot of the bed and the corner of the dresser, though not touching, form a 90° angle and the mirror does not span to the edges of the dresser. Therefore, David's reflection could not be in the mirror as shown. (00:03:25 - 00:30:38)

KeyZOid

7th Sep 2022

The Forgiven (2021)

Deliberate mistake: David and Jo, each wearing sunglasses, are riding in the boat. When David says, "L'Afrique", buildings along the upcoming shore are reflected in his sunglasses. The camera shifts to Jo, also facing the shore, and buildings with more lights are reflected in her sunglasses. The camera then shifts to a rear view of David and Jo and it is obvious that what was reflected in their sunglasses was not possible. (00:01:40)

KeyZOid

31st Aug 2022

Paradise Cove (2021)

Deliberate mistake: Driving to Malibu, Knox's truck is going the wrong direction on the road - the solid double yellow lines are on the passenger's side and the solid white line is on the driver's side. (The driver is on the left side of the vehicle.) There is no solid white line on the opposite side, indicating it is a one-direction road. The truck quickly crosses over the yellow lines and goes off-screen, after which it can be seen there's a wide paved shoulder that tapers to the edge near the intersection. (00:03:20)

KeyZOid

20th Aug 2022

X (2022)

Deliberate mistake: While walking bare-footed in the barn looking for RJ, Wayne does not raise his feet very high - that is, until he is about to tramp on the nail that is perpendicular to the floor. If Wayne had kept walking like he had been, he might have bumped into the nail or object holding it up, but not got punctured by the nail. (01:06:40)

KeyZOid

11th Aug 2022

Memory (2022)

Deliberate mistake: The large round blood spot Alex left on the side of the building was where his right hand would have been (or made to appear) and did not seem possible. Later, it was revealed that Alex had been shot below his stomach on the left side, seemingly explaining the large blood spot on the building - except Alex did not have that part of his body close enough to that area of the building. (01:10:07)

KeyZOid

11th Aug 2022

Memory (2022)

Deliberate mistake: Due to some unknown factors (e.g, time of night), the doves' or pigeons' behavior in the boarded-up building falls short of "factual errors." Doves respond to sound and movement, so would have flown to higher spots when Alex was at the door. Doves typically roost up high, so it is questionable why they were at floor-level. If/when doves do sleep on/near the ground, they do so in a lighter mode (one eye open) and, when spooked, would have flown away at roughly the same time, not at intervals. (00:51:15)

KeyZOid

8th Aug 2022

Family Camp (2022)

Deliberate mistake: While roasting marshmallows, Henry's marshmallow caught on fire with the flame shooting about 6", then a foot+ high. A marshmallow subjected to such intense heat/flame for many seconds would not be stuck to the stick and stay stuck with repeated forceful flicking or "whipping" of the stick like Henry did. When the marshmallow finally flew off the stick and landed on a camper's head (higher than would be expected), it would be small/hard/charred, not large and still soft/white in the middle. (00:35:03)

KeyZOid

5th Aug 2022

The Take Down (2017)

Deliberate mistake: The front passenger's side mirror [driver's side is on the right] is parallel to the screen/camera yet there is a perfectly clear image of the passenger's face looking into the mirror. (00:00:38)

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Deliberate mistake: It is unlikely that Kimmel shoving/ramming the beer bottles on the table using his dish and piece of steak in his right hand would shatter the beer bottles into such small pieces (or at all) like he did. (00:36:55)

KeyZOid

1st Aug 2022

The Contractor (2022)

Deliberate mistake: A camera situated behind a front passenger seat of a vehicle could not capture a clear image of the front seat passenger's face (James') in the rear view mirror and then slightly alter its angle to capture the driver's (Mike's) face in the same rear view mirror. (00:21:25)

KeyZOid

31st Jul 2022

Fallen (2022)

Deliberate mistake: Abraham is sitting to the right of and slightly behind the cross he hammered into the ground, but is about 3' away. When there is a close-up, Abraham is much closer to the cross - the end of the crossbar to the right is directly above his shoulder and his knees appear to be close to the vertical bar. (00:45:15)

KeyZOid

13th Jul 2022

The Poison Rose (2019)

Deliberate mistake: Carson's [John Travolta] cat Raymond did not appear to be in the pet carrier when he was running out of the building to his car or when walking to his office and placing the carrier on the desk. (00:02:15 - 00:03:30)

KeyZOid

11th Jul 2022

The Mule (2018)

Deliberate mistake: Earl attended the "2005 National Daylily Convention." The wording is not accurate, perhaps for purposes of brevity. There is no "National Daylily Society", but there is an "American Daylily Society." Likewise, there is no "National Daylily Convention", but there is a "National Convention for the Daylily Society." (Incidentally, the dates for 2022 are/were July 6 - 9). (00:03:43)

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Deliberate mistake: The mother jumped through the window, shattering the glass, but did not get cut or tear her clothes. (01:28:55 - 01:31:10)

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Deliberate mistake: Puppy Clifford engaged in a "tug-of-war" with a Rock Dove over a French fry and the Rock Dove WON, yanking away the French fry. Overlooking for the present purposes that the French fry did not even appear to be into animated Clifford's mouth, a Dove weighing maybe 13 ounces is no match for even a 5-pound puppy. Clifford probably weighed closer to 10-15. (00:10:40)

KeyZOid

7th Nov 2021

The Iron Mask (2019)

Deliberate mistake: The prisoners in the dark dungeon would not be able to read the letter (to Miss Dudley from Jason Flemyng that the carrier pigeon had) or see such a clear reflection by pouring water on the stone floor and holding the letter (written backwards) by the water. The room was suddenly lighter when doing so, but it wasn't clear where the light was coming from. Also, sunlight coming through the small window would not beam straight down along the wall. (00:07:23)

KeyZOid

5th Nov 2021

Vanguard (2020)

Deliberate mistake: Zhang crushed and smeared several long red-hot peppers (cayenne?) in his hands to use as a makeshift weapon against thugs when rescuing Mei Mei. After Zhang smeared and pushed peppers into one thug's eyes, it is unlikely he would have been able to retain as much of the crushed peppers in his palms as he did. Also, holding the peppers in one or both of his palms would have interfered with grasping the second thug and redirecting his gun (without sliding off). (00:08:00 - 00:08:50)

KeyZOid

2nd Nov 2021

Take Back (2021)

Deliberate mistake: The "Sixth Street Coffee" surveillance video footage of Zara disarming the barista's determined ex-boyfriend was different from the actual event when shown on Audrey's cell phone (recorded from TV news). The most obvious difference was that Zara never held the gun with both hands behind her and making a circular motion over her head before aiming at the man she had kicked to the floor. (00:08:10 - 00:09:45)

KeyZOid

14th Oct 2021

Common mistakes

Deliberate mistake: When food is served, little (if any) is eaten - even if people are starving. Instead, the diners play with their food, pretend to be cutting it or getting it onto a fork/spoon, and might raise food to their mouth but not actually put any in (which might be followed by "fake chewing"). Frequently, ONE bite is taken out of a sandwich or slice of pizza and the rest goes uneaten. As a variation, when the family is just about ready to "dig into" a holiday feast, there's an emergency = no-one eats.

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