Corrected entry: At the beginning when Michael kills Judith, he puts on the clown mask and you can see that before he picked it up there were two eyeholes but once he put it on there was just a large space and the two eyeholes aren't visible.
Super Grover
22nd May 2005
Halloween (1978)
17th May 2005
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Corrected entry: The keys are flying right behind Harry. He'd never have enough time to fly into the next room, and have Ron and Hermione close the door in time.
5th May 2005
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: When King Priam is stabbed by Agamemnon in the temple at the end of the movie, the blade goes into his stomach. Priam falls to the ground, looks up and sees Agamemnon. In this shot, there is blood on the robes of Priam near his left shoulder. How can his blood defy gravity by going up his chest, let alone in five seconds?
Correction: In the first shot, when Agamemnon spears Priam from the back, the tip protrudes from his chest above his belt, Priam falls face forward with the spear still in him and Agamemnon violently removes the spear (causing even more massive damage to the wound) then tosses it aside. At the start of the next shot Priam is face-down flat on the ground, so the blood does not have to "defy gravity" in order to be easily absorbed by the very thin material towards his shoulder, as it pours out of the severe back entry wound and when he turns over there is also blood spilling from his mouth reaching the front of his shoulder.
28th Apr 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Corrected entry: How in the world did Sam rip the ring off Frodo even though he was covered with webs, pick up his sword that was far away from him, find a hiding space and run deeply into it in the four seconds or so that he had before the orcs came? Another thing is that hobbits are not very fast as they have very short legs and are fat, and Sam had pots and pans with him which would have made lots of noise if he was running quickly, and we hear nothing.
Correction: All Sam needs to do to get to the chain is reach with one finger between the web and Frodo's neck, pull out a bit of chain and unclasp it, very quick and simple to do. From the time Sam hears the Orcs, to the moment of their arrival, is longer than "four seconds", as it is not necessary (and very deliberate) to show Sam's (who is indeed quite fast on his Hobbit feet) actions onscreen - so the viewers would see and hear nothing. (The point is made in the films that despite Hobbit size, they are rather quick and nimble.)
27th Apr 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Corrected entry: When Frodo is departing the Fellowship, Sam catches him and attempts to swim to the boat. It switches between Frodo and Sam talking for a while and then goes to an overall view of Sam going under, here's where you check the boat. No Frodo anywhere in sight.
Correction: First shot Sam's head goes underwater, next shot Frodo shouts, "Sam!" and then the third is a long wideshot of Frodo leaning over the right side of the boat (viewer's right), as the water ripples in the foreground. The back of Frodo's head and cloak ARE visible in this shot, just zoom in if necessary.
26th Apr 2005
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: As Patroclus lies with his throat cut, there is a sword near his head. Then in the shot right before Hector stabs him again, the sword is gone. No one touched it.
Correction: When Hector removes Patroclus' helmet in the close-up, the black hilted sword that Patroclus dropped is lying on the sand (it is ONLY visible on widescreen DVD in this shot) beside the left side of Patroclus' head (his left) and Hector's sword blade is near Patroclus' right arm (his right). Four shots later (after Hector tosses the helmet to the side) in Patroclus' next close-up, the black hilted sword is still there but Hector's is gone - though it's plausible that Hector grabs hold of his own sword offscreen when he tosses the helmet. Then four shots later at the start of Patroclus' third close-up, the black hilted sword is again still there, and Hector holds his own sword at the hilt as it rests near Patroclus' arm. Visible on widescreen DVD.
Corrected entry: The fish that Elizabeth is served does not live in the Caribbean.
Correction: Barbossa and the rest of the pirates have just pillaged Port Royal, including the well stocked mansion of the wealthy Governor. The fish that is served need not have been caught in the Caribbean and it makes perfect sense to think that they stole it and the rest of the food that they now have aboard the Pearl, from the Governor's mansion. That fish and other delicacies would have simply been sent to the Governor's home in Port Royal from elsewhere.
Corrected entry: When the wooden-eyed guy and the fat bald one are practicing eating, and the little monkey lands head first on the cannon and gets knocked out and falls off the cannon. The monkey is immortal too and therefore can not be knocked out.
Correction: Firstly, Grapple and Mallet are the ones sitting at the table, to be as Mallet puts it "ready when the time comes" to eat, not Pintel (bald) and Ragetti (fake eye). Jack (the monkey) hits the hard cannon (Elizabeth threw him overboard), he shakes his head from the jolt, then loses his balance and falls off into the water - he is never even 'knocked out'.
20th Apr 2005
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Frodo, Sam and Smeagol crawl past the dead city of Minas Morgul, a huge green ray of light issues from the top of the tower, followed by a zillion and a half orcs marching out. In the shot where Gandalf and Pippin are watching this event from Minas Tirith, the green beam appears to be on the right (our right) of Orodruin (Mt. Doom) erupting. However, check out Tolkien's maps of Middle Earth and you will see that, from Minas Tirith, the green beam should be on the left of Orodruin.
Correction: When looking at the map of Middle Earth, Minas Tirith, Osgiliath, and Minas Morgul are, from west to east, on the same line of latitude, and Mount Doom is northeast of Minas Morgul. When Gandalf and Pippin stand in Minas Tirith, facing Osgiliath, beyond it lies the Mountains of Shadow (Ephel Dúath) and within that mountain range, directly behind Osgiliath, is Minas Morgul, where the green beacon is emitted from. While still facing the same way, to the left of Minas Morgul, farther in the distance is Mount Doom (Orodruin). The scene with Gandalf and Pippin is geographically correct.
12th Apr 2005
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: When Paris confronts Aeneas at the secret tunnel all of the arrows in his quiver are white, when he gets to Glaucus they are all brown, and when he takes an arrow out to shoot Achilles they are all white.
Correction: When Paris speaks with Aeneas, the arrows' fletching is white, of which there are only a few in his quiver. Then there are a few shots of Odysseus and other Greeks, making their way to the palace doors. When Paris meets up with Glaucus, some time has gone by, so Paris had the time to place more arrows in his quiver and not all are brown, there are arrows with white fletching as well. By the time Paris reaches the courtyard to see Briseis and Achilles, even more time has gone by and he could have spent the arrows with brown fletching, leaving him with all white ones.
30th Mar 2005
Just Married (2003)
Corrected entry: When Tom and Wendy go up to Tom's room, Wendy forces him onto the bed, takes her top and bra off and chucks them both away. When Tom tells Wendy he is on his honeymoon, she gets angry and goes to pick up her top and bra. You can see her grab her top and you can also see her red bra being picked up. But later when Sarah comes in after kissing Peter, she FINDS the red bra, which was picked up by Wendy.
Correction: Wendy grabs her one red slinky shoe, not the red bra - the red bra remains at the chair. Then as she wears the other red shoe, she stomps unevenly out of Tom's hotel rooom.
26th Mar 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: During the DADA lesson with Snape, the students' books are open to different pages. Some are near the front; others towards the back. Snape's book is more towards the middle, but he turned Ron's book closer to the back.
Correction: In any normal class environment many students have their textbooks open to pages other than the assigned lesson, as is seen in Ron's case. Then Snape takes quick notice of Ron's textbook, because of his severe dislike of him and his friends, so he opens it to the proper place. As for Snape's book, the teacher's textbooks are often distinctly different than the students' books, so that difference is quite plausible as well.
26th Mar 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Corrected entry: During the DADA lesson with Snape, Hermione's hairstyle keeps changing. In some shots, she's wearing it partially up, and in some shots, it's completely down.
Correction: During the DADA class with substitute Snape, Hermione's hair is partially swept up only on her right side, in one large barrette at the back of her head - though she still has loose hair framing the right side of her face. In the thirteen shots where Hermione's hair is seen, there are five shots of the right side of her face and the barrette visibly holds her hair. In the two shots of the left side of her face her hair is always down, as it should be, and in the six shots facing the front of her face the hair on her right is pulled towards the back of her head, where her barrette is.
7th Mar 2005
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: When Achilles is first shown on his ship, after he decides to go to Troy, the ropes along the sails behind him are brown. But in every further shot of the ship, the ropes are white.
Correction: After Achilles speaks with his mother, Thetis, in the first close-up as he stands at the bow of his ship bound for Troy, the lines that are actually attached vertically to the front of the black sail behind him are the same as the rest of the shots. Due to the dark shadow and angle of the close-up looking up at Achilles, they only appear darker, than the next bright overhead wideshot of the ship. In later shots, when those particular lines are visible, such as when the Myrmidon jumps off the boat and lands on his back on the sand, those lines appear lighter cream color at the top of the sail, yet darker (just as the earlier shot) at the bottom, where the black sail is furled.
22nd Mar 2005
Mulan (1998)
Corrected entry: At the end when Granny Fa says, "She brings home a sword. If you ask me she should've brought home a man." The voice says "Man" but the lips say Ma. The lips don't say the N.
Correction: She actually cut herself off when she heard Li Shang's voice - she said "Ma..." It was a comedic effect.
Correction: When she says, "...man.", you should not even see her lips form the letter 'n', as she speaks, it is her tongue that creates the 'n' sound. Try it yourself.
4th Mar 2005
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: Inside Troy, Achilles is not wearing his normal silver armor; he's wearing some kind of black armor. But then at his funeral, he's back in his normal silver armor.
Correction: Though the pyre scene is shown directly after the death of Achilles, considerable time has gone by and there are a number of things that happen in between off screen, that are unnecessary to show. When the Greeks find Achilles, he is first washed and prepared, then he is clothed - in his usual armour, before his body is burned on the pyre. Also note that it is dark and the city is aflame when Achilles dies, yet it is daybreak and the fires have ceased when Achilles is being burned on the pyre.
2nd Jan 2004
Peter Pan (2003)
Corrected entry: When Wendy is shot down by the lost boys and they build a house around her, the house does not have a floor, but when Captain Hook's men carry the house to the pirate ship, the house must have a floor or Wendy wouldn't be able to remain inside. (00:35:50 - 00:59:45)
Correction: When Wendy is shot down, she lies on an all green grassy area, before the house is built. When Wendy wakes up, she is not only surrounded by a dense amount of very large colorful leaves, those leaves are also directly under her. While she was unconscious, obviously Peter and the boys moved her onto the bed of colorful leaves and it is entirely plausible and feasible that the leaves lie atop a floor, just like the walls that they built.
7th Feb 2005
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: Paris shoots Achilles in the heel, as this is his only vulnerable spot. Yet after Achilles dies and the camera rises above him, you can tell the arrow is more up his foot, near his ankle.
Correction: First of all, his legendary vulnerable heel is never mentioned in the film. Besides, when he walks with the arrow (in the wideshot) and when he collapses, the arrow is at an angle, with the point of entry (at the outer part of his leg) higher up near the ankle than the exit (at the inner part of his leg) which is lower by the heel. When the arrow first hits, in the wide shot the arrow tip nears his ankle and in the close-up it comes out closer to the sole of his shoe.
5th Dec 2004
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: When Achilles takes Hector's body past the walls of Troy, you can see all the dirt and filth all over him. When Achilles arrives back home, if you look closely, there is hardly any sand on the body at all. Then, when Achilles goes to prepare Hector's body for Priam by wrapping it in a blanket, the sand is all over Hector.
Correction: When the chariot drags Hector's body past Priam the dirt ground's dust flies up and around the body, followed by sand at the shore. Achilles then pulls the body beside his tent in a wide shot, there is no close-up on the face. Since Hector's body is very bloody all over, undoubtedly from turning over while being dragged (also causing the spear to snap), the light colored dust and sand would not be easily apparent in this wide shot. The red blood would have congealed with the dust and sand, however his dark clothes do appear dirty. Later, when Achilles prepares Hector's body, at no point is the body visible, only Hector's bloody sandy face.
18th Nov 2004
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: Menelaus swung his sword into Paris' leg, but why is there no scar later?
Correction: After Helen sutures Paris' wound, his right thigh isn't visible in the following shots. His thigh is only visible at the end, when he reaches Briseis, before firing the arrows, then when he leaves with her and he wears a cloth around the wound in these shots.
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Correction: This is a widely accepted filming technique, that properly and correctly shows the POV of the person behind the mask, that has two distinct eye holes. If you wear a mask you won't see two separate images.
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