Revealing mistake: Right before Sarah fires the second shot at Dyson at his home office, you can see a puff of smoke come from where she is at. The problem is, she doesn't shoot until a second or two after that and no sound is heard. What is the puff of smoke?
manthabeat
18th Aug 2024
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Suggested correction: After the first shot, there is only a brief close-up of Dyson and then one of Sarah before she fires the second shot. There is no smoke coming from her side before she fires the second shot, as that can't be visible. There is some smoke appearing after the second shot though, in the shot with the camera behind the desk and Dyson diving under it. But that's probably electronics flying and exploding from the second shot hitting the computer. A second or 2 later, she opens up full auto.
The puff of smoke is outside.
4th Aug 2024
Hot Shots! (1991)
Revealing mistake: When Topper is showing off on his bike near the beginning, there is a scene where he gets down from standing up on his bike. It's very obviously a stunt double. The man looks thinner than Charlie Sheen and his hair is different.
19th Jul 2024
The Quiet Man (1952)
Revealing mistake: During the courting scene as they're riding through the countryside, the man controlling the horse has a pipe in his mouth. It casts a shadow on the rear-projected background, making it very obvious. So does Maureen O'Hara's hat. John Wayne's shoulder does as well.
Revealing mistake: Han and Leia are arguing in the ice tunnels near the beginning. Han tells her she wants him to stay, and they stop and talk about it. Two people pass. Han moves back for the first person to come between them. The second alien-looking guy walks behind Han. His rubber mask gets caught on Han's right shoulder and bounces back into shape immediately.
29th Apr 2024
The Graduate (1967)
Revealing mistake: Benjamin pulls into a gas station to use the phone near the end. There are an awful lot of tire marks where the car skids to a stop. Likely practice marks from previous takes.
12th Apr 2024
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Indy is clinging to the side of the tank turret in the desert, to the right of the tank are tire tracks from the vehicle shooting the scene. They appear to just start at a set point. There was likely no way to hide this.
Suggested correction: There's no obvious moment in the film where tire tracks are visible while he's clinging to the side. A specific time or shot description is needed.
11th Mar 2024
The Terminator (1984)
Revealing mistake: Just before the tanker blows up near the end, there is a scene of it turning to hit a vehicle. The cable pulling the truck is visible.
9th Feb 2024
Spaceballs (1987)
Revealing mistake: In one of the shots of Dot in the "Mercedes" near the beginning, the outline of the blue screen is visible around her.
6th Nov 2023
Animal House (1978)
Revealing mistake: When Bluto first watches the sorority girls on his ladder, he moves to the left screen. As he is moving the ladder, the curtain in front moves too. The glass pane is not present, likely to prevent reflection of the camera.
27th Oct 2023
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Revealing mistake: About 40 minutes into the film, there is a shot of guys on horses going one direction. Before the shot cuts, a road sign pole is visible. This indicates the camera crew are on a dirt road.
26th Aug 2023
Speed (1994)
Revealing mistake: At the beginning, when they're talking about "shoot the hostage," the angle of Keanu Reeves is out of focus for a good five seconds. It drifts into focus.
11th Jun 2023
McLintock! (1963)
Revealing mistake: During the Native American raid, the town drunk puts a cart in front of a wall. Just before the cart blows up, the shot cuts. You can see the shadows of the cart slightly shift.
10th Jun 2023
The Rifleman (1958)
Strange Town - S3-E5
Revealing mistake: After Micah is badly beaten, he's leaning on a barbed wire fence. The camera pushes in from behind him as the wire grows closer to the camera. Someone off-screen pulls it down out of the shot.
18th May 2023
9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)
In Sickness and in Health - S4-E18
Revealing mistake: The baby is obviously a mannequin or doll when it's underwater.
24th Apr 2023
Field of Dreams (1989)
Revealing mistake: At Fenway, when Ray sees the scoreboard cycling through images, watch the crowd below the scoreboard. They jump as if the scene cuts or is looped.
6th Mar 2023
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Revealing mistake: When the Terminator, Kate, and John are escaping the cemetery, they come down a winding road and drive in front of the camera in a hearse. Both Kate and the Terminator have been replaced by stunt drivers.
3rd Feb 2023
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Revealing mistake: When Clouseau is floating out of his apartment in his costume, in several shots you can see the shadows of the chimney behind him in the sky, indicating this was shot in a studio.
27th Jan 2023
Revenge of the Nerds (1984)
Revealing mistake: The scene with one of the girls in the Pi house undressing on the TV was filmed with a handheld camera. Lewis tells Lamar to pan the scene right which it does. Cut to the scene of the woman undressing and the scene is shaking, like someone is holding the camera. These should be stationary shots. We even see the camera that is filming the shot and it's strapped down with a periscope.
19th Jan 2023
Quantum Leap (1989)
Piano Man - November 10, 1985 - S3-E15
Revealing mistake: When Sam is driving the truck through the fog/smoke, Al tells Gooshie to center him on Lorraine but Al doesn't jump out. The shot cuts to a front view of the fog. The road noticeably jumps forward because there is a dissolve transition in this shot, even thought its the same angle. It's likely it was done to lengthen the shot.
8th Jan 2023
The X-Files (1993)
Musings of a Cigarette-Smoking Man - S4-E7
Revealing mistake: As the smoking man sits on a bench after finding out his story was rewritten, there are mountains visible in the background. Atop one of the buildings in the background is a Canadian flag waving in the wind. This show was shot in Vancouver, but is set in Washington D.C. There are no tall mountains that close to D.C.
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