Corrected entry: Lightning McQueen unveils his new "Radiator Springs" look, with white wall tires and a retro paint design. But a few minutes later he's reverted to his old look. He keeps the old look for the entire tie-breaker race, and then the "Radiator Springs" look comes back, and stays for the rest of the movie. (01:24:20 - 01:47:10)
Tailkinker
29th Mar 2009
Cars (2006)
18th Mar 2009
X-Men 3 (2006)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Juggernaut is attempting to catch Kitty Pride and Leech, he runs and ends up hitting his head on the wall and knocking himself unconscious (due to the fact that Leech has the ability to nullify other mutants' powers). However, Juggernaut is not actually a mutant, as his power is derived from the suit he wears (an alien suit). Therefore, in reality he would have still bashed through the wall and Leech's power would have had no effect on him at all.
Correction: Incorrect. In the film, Juggernaut is a mutant and thus Leech can affect him. The fact that his origin is different in the comics (it's nothing like what you suggest, by the way) is irrelevant.
17th Mar 2009
The Abyss (1989)
Corrected entry: During the scene where Bud is falling into the abyss to disarm the warhead, Hippy states that he's 12,000 ft below. Just a few seconds later, Catfish says he's now at 17,000 ft. There is no time in between the 12,000 and 17000 ft that makes you think it's been more than a few seconds of him falling. It's not possible for him to fall 5,000 ft in just a few seconds. If it were, then it would have taken Bud less than a minute to get to the warhead. Later, Hippy says that it took Bud 30 minutes to get down there. So it doesn't add up.
Correction: The sequence is obviously not in real time. Just because the film doesn't make it obvious where the breaks are, it doesn't mean that they aren't there. It's sloppy editing, sure, but that doesn't make it a mistake.
13th Mar 2009
Watchmen (2009)
Corrected entry: In the TV Show "Heroes" it is a nod to the epic graphic novel Watchmen that Gabriel/Sylar is a former watch repairer as was Jon Osterman/Dr. Manhattan.
Correction: This is irrelevant to this film. The homage to the graphic novel occurs in Heroes and thus should be noted in a trivia item for that TV series, not here.
8th Mar 2009
Watchmen (2009)
Corrected entry: During the course of the movie, Archie the owl ship seems to change size. Most of the movie it is barely big enough for two people, however in the scene during the building fire rescue, 20 people are taken to safety in one transport.
Correction: External shots of Archie throughout the film show that it is far larger than "barely big enough for two", as do many shots from within. There is nothing inconsistent with being able to cram in the people they rescue from the fire.
10th Nov 2008
Changeling (2008)
Corrected entry: Towards the end of the movie, Gordon Northcott is referred to as a "serial killer." This term was not coined and put into usage until the 1970's. From Wikipedia, it's "commonly attributed to former FBI Special Agent Robert Ressler in the 1970s. Serial killer entered the popular vernacular largely in part to the widely publicized crimes of Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz in the middle years of that decade."
Correction: The term "serial killer" may only have entered the common vernacular after its usage by Ressler in the 1970's, but that does not mean that it could not have existed prior to that. "Serial" is a common word often used to refer to an individual who performs an action repeatedly and "killer" is obviously an age-old and popular descriptive term. While Ressler popularised the phrase, it is entirely unreasonable to suggest that nobody could possibly have put those two common words together to describe a multiple murderer before he did.
16th Jan 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Corrected entry: The Joker kills one of Gambol's henchmen with a pencil in the kitchen scene. Later, when the Joker goes to kill Gambol, the henchmen is alive, with a gun to his head, on the right.
Correction: Comparing the two individuals in question, it's clear that they're not the same man. See here.
3rd Feb 2009
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003)
Chapter 11 - S2-E1
Corrected entry: Assajj Ventress' fighter escapes into hyperspace, and Anakin follows her on the spot. But the type of Jedi fighter used here has no hyperdrive and is thus unable to enter hyperspace on its own; this model has to rely on special hyperspace rings to make a jump, as previously seen in Attack of the Clones.
Correction: Anakin, as a talented mechanic and general tinkerer, has installed a hyperdrive on his personal fighter.
28th Jan 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Corrected entry: It shown that the only entrance to the makeshift 'BatCave' is on a platform which lowers down from a cargo crate. The night after Batman apprehends Scarecrow, Alfred comes down and unlocks a padlock to enter the crate, goes down and finds Bruce stitching himself up, making it clear Bruce has been there all night. Therefore it's impossible that the crate is padlocked, as you'd need to be outside to do it and there's no other way to get into the underground lair.
Correction: The only entrance shown to the underground lair is via the cargo container, but that doesn't mean that there isn't another access point. When Alfred unlocks it, it is a very standard model of cargo container - the maximum width for such containers is eight feet. Given that the Tumbler is nine feet four inches wide, it is clear that another entrance must exist.
25th Jan 2009
Iron Man (2008)
Corrected entry: When Pepper Potts is in Obadiah's office going though his files, she stumbles upon the video filmed by the terrorists when they captured Tony Stark. Obadiah Stane's name is mentioned by the terrorist in his read-out in the presence of Stark, so shouldn't that raise Stark's suspicious that Stane is somehow involved with his capture? (01:32:00)
Correction: Not really, no. Stark doesn't speak the language, so he has no idea of the context of what's being said. He's an extremely rich industrialist, so it's entirely reasonable that he would simply assume that they were making the video as a ransom demand. Stane, as his number-two at the company, would be the obvious receipient of such a demand, as Stark has no living family, so hearing Stane's name mentioned would be unsurprising.
21st Jan 2009
Wanted (2008)
Corrected entry: When Wesley translates the piece of cloth it says 'Sloan', whereas every other name is the person's real name with the codename written above it.
15th Jan 2009
The Dark Knight (2008)
Corrected entry: In the end of the chase for the armored car, when it leaves the tunnel, the left side of the car appears clean, without any of the bullet signs from the Joker's shots. They appear from inside when Dent is talking with a officer.
Correction: All through the chase sequence, exterior shots of the armoured car shows little sign of damage - the dark paint combined with the poor lighting means that the dents simply don't show up well. The light colour of the interior, combined with the better lighting inside the vehicle, shows up the damage better.
16th Jan 2009
In Bruges (2008)
Corrected entry: The character Eirik gets shot in the eye with a blank by Ray. From this point on he is blind on one eye. Later in the film (at most one day later), he sees Ray sitting with Chloe on a terrace. He then runs to the tower where Harry is and jumps over a rope that hangs 40 cm high. For someone who was shot in the eye a day before, he could see pretty well and was fairly agile.
Correction: How does being blinded in one eye affect your ability to jump over a rope? It doesn't. As for the rest, he still has one functioning eye - he'll have to be more careful in what he does, but he can still see.
13th Jan 2009
Revolutionary Road (2008)
Corrected entry: OK, this is arguably not an error, but here goes: The car Frank drives in 1955 is a brand new (in the year of the film), spotless 1955 Buick Roadmaster, their most expensive, largest 4 door sedan. The car is missing an essential body part that would never be missing from a brand new car: There are no fender skirts.
Correction: Never start a mistake with "This is arguably not an error". If even you aren't sure about it, then you have no business submitting it. In any case, this is not a mistake.
2nd Jan 2009
Knocked Up (2007)
Corrected entry: When Alison is interviewing the celebrities near the end of the film, it is at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards (the year the movie was being shot). However, earlier in the film, the character's mention going to see "Spiderman 3", which came out in 2007.
Correction: The 2006 MTV Movie Awards deal with films released in the year 2006, but the award ceremony takes place during the following year for obvious reasons. The 2006 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held on June 3rd 2007, a month after Spider-Man 3 was released, making it entirely reasonable that they could have seen it.
31st Dec 2008
Armageddon (1998)
Corrected entry: The shuttles sling-shot around the moon to gain speed. This is a manoeuvre undertaken to save fuel. Nevertheless, we see the shuttles using full after burners on the ride around the moon.
Correction: They don't have time to waste simply allowing gravity to accelerate them, so they combine a gravitational slingshot course with the full acceleration from the engines. Allows them to get up to the required speed faster and using less fuel than using the engines alone, but, given the time pressures that they face, they can't afford to shut the engines down and coast on gravitational acceleration alone.
27th Dec 2008
Independence Day (1996)
Corrected entry: In the opening scene, the alien craft slowly flies over the Apollo 11 placard on the moon, and there are footprints in the soil. The spacecraft causes vibrations that disturbs the soil around the placard and the footprints. There is no sound in space (or on the moon), and the moon's atmosphere is almost a vacuum, so the soil should not have been disturbed in such an extreme manner. This is deliberately done for the dramatic effect.
Correction: The propulsion field that the ship uses is what's disturbing the soil.
3rd Jan 2009
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Corrected entry: Richard Nixon to Frost: "I didn't see them (the interviews) when they went out." TV programs "going out" is a purely British TV industry term. Nixon instead would have referred to the interviews as not having seen them when they "were on" or "when they aired."
Correction: This appears to be entirely based on your opinion of what phrases might or might not be used by a given individual. Opinions are not considered valid sources for mistakes. Please provide evidence that no American individual, particularly an experienced, media-savvy international politician like Nixon, would ever use such a phrase.
3rd Jan 2009
Valkyrie (2008)
Corrected entry: In the movie, Tresckow retrieves the box of Cointreau that does not explode. It was actually Schlabrendorff, Tresckow's adjutant, who retrieved it.
Correction: Artistic licence - this is not intended to be a documentary.
3rd Jan 2009
Quantum of Solace (2008)
Corrected entry: The film was obviously not shot in Bolivia. Neither the scenes of the airport nor the chase by the Bolivian policemen are filmed in Bolivia. La Paz is a big city and with all the modern facilities a big city has.
Correction: Many films are not shot where they claim to be set. Unless there is solid evidence on screen that it is not where they claim it to be (like, for example, a road-sign in the wrong language, or a readily identifiable landmark from the place where they actually filmed), this is not considered a mistake.
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Correction: A few minutes later? Hardly - McQueen's has time to travel to California, got set up for the race and so forth. Plenty of time has passed. He would have to revert to his original look for the race - he has contractual obligations to his sponsors, their logos will have to be visible, as will his racing number, he'll have to use race-specification tyres rather than the showy whitewalls and so forth. Once he returns to Radiator Springs after the race, again, some time will have passed, probably several days given the likely media frenzy over how the race finished. He's simply been to see Ramone to get resprayed back to his retro look before finding Sally.
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