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Sat 30th Jan 2010
20 biggest mistakes in The Simpsons Movie
Some of the biggest bloopers in The Simpsons Movie - click for more!
When the family move to Alaska, the door to their cabin opens to the left (looking at it from the inside) when Homer escapes from Bart and Lisa's "avalanche". But later in the film it opens to the right (from the inside).

The second time Russ Cargill spreads out the five options on the President's desk, the name bar with 'President Schwarzenegger' on it vanishes and reappears on the desk twice.

When Bart is chained to the post, a large piece of grass used to cover him appears from nowhere.

When Nelson says "I'm using a red arrow so I know who I kill," the word "Springfield" appears on his sweatshirt. It wasn't in the previous shot.

When the mob is charging toward the Simpson's house, we see Nelson in his regular clothes. When he shoots the arrow at the Simpson's, he is wearing a Springfield T-shirt.

When Homer circles the dome on the bike, in the first two shots (close-up and wideshot) Homer's left hand is gripping Bart's left wrist, but in all of the following shots it is Homer's right hand that is gripping Bart's left wrist.

During the Green Day concert, the lyric displaying teleprompter sits onstage beside the mic stand, but then disappears, reappears and disappears again by the time the barge sinks.

In the scene where Lisa's boyfriend is trying to play "Lisa's song" from the other side of the glass, at first the guitar has an f-hole, and in the next shot of him, it's a solid body guitar.

The arrow that Nelson fires into Homer's head changes place between shots. It goes from on top to the side.

When Homer is dressed as General Marriot Suites he's wearing white gloves but after he punches the guard the gloves have vanished.

When Marge and Homer are watching the news about the silo being found, the '6' on Kent Brockman's microphone keeps getting smaller, the color of his belt buckle changes and the landscape in the background changes.

In the motel room, the poster of Alaska is not reflected in the mirror behind Marge. You can only see the little lamps next to the bed.

When Bart and Lisa are looking at the cabin from a hill, the cabin only has a shallow incline to the water, but in a later shot there's a significant slope.

When Marge is reconstructing Grampa's prophecy with magnets on the fridge, she moves the magnet saying" eyes" up a few inches to complete a sentence. When the shot changes to a wider angle, the magnet is back where it was before she moved it.

When "Emperor" Moe appears in front of Marge, after she and the kids return, the two cartridge belts swung over Moe's shoulders switch from his left over the right, to his right over the left.

At the end when everyone is congratulating Homer, Comic Book Guy is by Homer. Homer then rides down the street to Marge and Comic Book Guy is suddenly by Marge.

When Bart and Homer are up on the roof, Homer puts the hammer on the roof next to his leg. In the next shot when he dares Bart to climb the antenna, it's gone.

When Homer is climbing the dome, there is a shot of the rope. No-one is climbing it, yet a few seconds before people were climbing the rope.

When Homer is collecting firewood his footsteps start randomly in the midde of nowhere, with no tracks to the trees he came from.

When the Simpsons see the nooses in their backyard, you see two kids put a pacifier on Maggie's noose, but in the next shot where you can see the nooses, the pacifier is gone.

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Wed 20th Jan 2010
Movie Banter podcast 57
Golden Globes, The Book of Eli, The Road, Exam, Nine, Sherlock Holmes, and ways an agent could annoy Colin Salmon all come up for discussion from Jon, Paul and Jen this episode, plus In This Week In Movie History, your emails and tweets, and Desert Island Flicks looks at the best post-apocalyptic movies of all time.
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Mon 4th Jan 2010
Movie Banter podcast 56
Happy New Year! It's the Movie Banter review of 2009 - Paul, Jon and Jen go through their best and worst films of 2009, with occasional diversions into a debate on films vs theatre, Paul getting Shaggy and Murdock confused, and more of our interview with Andrew Collins.
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Mon 28th Dec 2009
Movie Banter podcast 55
Avatar Yourself A Merry Little Christmas! An epic Christmas special, featuring our very own Nativity acted out for you, dear listener, praise for Avatar, aka, Dances With Smurfs (or is it 'Smurves'?), plus a mammoth discussion of the best Christmas films of all time as voted for by you, the podcastees, and latest reviews of recent releases Nativity! and A Christmas Carol. All that, plus a festive special of the quiz In This Week In Movie History. And Christmas greetings from us all!
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Wed 23rd Dec 2009
The 15 biggest movie mistakes of 2009
Star Trek
When Captain Robau enters the bridge of the Kelvin he is wearing his Star Fleet insignia. When he sits in his chair it is missing. It re-appears through all of his subsequent scenes.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon
After Bella awakes from the first nightmare, we see her Romeo and Juliet book on the pillow beside her. When Charlie brings in her presents the book is gone, but then reappears on the pillow between shots.
Terminator Salvation
The four-door Jeep Wrangler used in the movie wasn't made until 2007, three years after the date of Judgment Day as established in Terminator 3 (Saturday 24th July 2004).
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
When Harry is kneeling beside Dumbledore at the foot of the Astronomy Tower, Ginny joins Harry and holds him at his left side (viewer's right). In the last close-up of Professor Dumbledore's face, Harry is visible in the background with a space to his left and Ginny has suddenly gone. That same angle was shown before Ginny joined Harry.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
When Sam is at the Frat party just after he has written the code on the table with cake, he goes and gets a drink. The glass is full, the camera cuts to the girl talking and then cuts back to Sam and the glass is nearly empty, cuts to the girl again and then back to Sam, with a full glass again.
Zombieland
After Tallahassee and Columbus find the yellow vehicle, Tallahassee paints the number "3" on the sides. The style that the "3" is painted in changes throughout the movie.
Angels & Demons
The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, where the fourth cardinal is taken to be executed, is nowhere near as deep as it's depicted in the film. In reality it's only little more than a foot deep.
Public Enemies
Early in the movie, during a bank robbery, there is an FDIC sign beside the teller. Dillinger's bank robberies were mostly in 1933, he was arrested in January 1934. The FDIC was not enacted until January 1934, making it impossible for the bank to have been insured by the FDIC during the 1933 robberies.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
When the old couple who give Wolverine clothes are first driving towards their house, there is an aerial shot of them driving over a bridge. This is supposed to be set in Canada (where they drive on the right) but it was filmed in New Zealand (where they drive on the left). They are driving on the right but the arrow on the road is on the left side.
Bride Wars
When Emma goes to crash Liv's wedding ceremony, as she crashes through the glass doors you can see film crew reflected in the glass panes.
2012
As the heads of state decide to open the gates, we see the countdown timer in the background go from 14:40 remaining to 14:39. We cut to a different angle, and it's back up to 14:41.
Knowing
In the last couple of scenes, when John is driving through the city from the gas station, the back door of his truck is constantly changing from open to closed and to no door at all.
17 Again
On the bridge, when Mike topples into the water headfirst, the distinctive treads on the heels/soles of his shoes, as well as the light colored brand logo on the heels, are visible. After the newly transformed Mike appears at Ned's home wearing the same clothing, when Ned pulls the rug out from under Mike, his shoes' soles are completely different.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
When Paul knocks the bad guy over in the sporting goods store, he falls flat on his back. The crash mat is visible right where he lands and is a different color to the surrounding tiles.
Coraline
During Coraline's first meal with her Other Mother and Father, just before Coraline says "I'm real thirsty." there are two drinking glasses to her right, the one she uses a couple seconds later and a smaller one. After the cut to the chandelier lowering, it goes back to Coraline and the smaller glass has completely vanished.
The most mistake-ridden movies of 2009
| Rank | Film | Mistakes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Again | 94 |
| 2 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | 71 |
| 3 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 71 |
| 4 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | 29 |
| 5 | The Twilight Saga: New Moon | 29 |
| 6 | 2012 | 27 |
| 7 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | 26 |
| 8 | Angels & Demons | 26 |
| 9 | Knowing | 25 |
| 10 | Fast & Furious | 22 |
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