Sing

Sing (2016)

8 mistakes - chronological order

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Plot hole: After Moon gives his first pep talk about working harder than ever to the contestants, Eddie asks loudly "What about the hundred grand?!" in earshot of most of the contestants. The contestants (especially Johnny or Pete) would have heard that question and started asking their own. (00:24:50)

Plot hole: There's no way that Eddie and Nana left the flooded theater without getting a single drop of water on them. The water flooded up to the ceiling and there's no other way to exit besides the front doors, and Moon's secret exit, which also floods. They do not leave through either way.

ryderpoints

Deliberate mistake: The morning after the flyers are spread, Buster is sleeping in a drawer. When his alarm clock goes off, he hits his head at the top of the drawer, but later on, he can be seen standing up in it, easily visible when he is putting his coat on. The drawer obviously became wider for him to stand up in it.

Continuity mistake: When the gang arrived for their first day of closed rehearsals the clock on the front of the theater says about 8:30, but just a few minutes later when Buster goes to get the power back on the clock now says about 11:50.

jbrbbt

Other mistake: When Buster Moon is calling out the solo acts for final selection he calls Daniel's name with no megaphone and Daniel can hear his name fine. Then when Buster is making the selecting the solo finalists, Daniel cannot hear him, requiring Buster to use a megaphone to talk to him.

Other mistake: Considering how famous Nana Noodleman is it's odd that everyone is surprised that she's still alive.

jbrbbt

Other mistake: When Mike finishes his song and the audience begins applauding him, you can see the microphone cord dangling from somewhere above the sets, despite it previously having its stand on the stage. This is obvious when he's swinging from it. What is it hanging from, thin air? There was nothing he could attach it to while swinging; the cord should've snapped rather than holding.

Factual error: The police are circling the theatre to find out where Johnny's escaped father is. During this, you can see that Mike is getting pulled upwards towards the copters like a piece of metal getting attracted to a magnet. Helicopters create downdrafts - Mike should've been blown away from the stage rather than being pulled up.

Buster Moon: When you've reached rock bottom, there's only one way to go, and that's up.

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Trivia: The way Ash stops playing her guitar and looks at the audience resembles the way Marty does in Back to the Future. Other references: When Buster Moon is trying to connect the wires but they won't reach, this happens in BTTF when Doc is trying to reconnect the wire to the top of the clock tower. The moon theatre even resembles the theatre in the Hill Valley town square (the one near the car park in 1985). The theatre in Sing even has a clock on it.

oswal13

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Question: In the trailer it shows a pig singing "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga but this song is not on the soundtrack. Why is that? Also "Anaconda" on the soundtrack is "Oh.My.Gosh" instead of its proper title. Again, why is that? It doesn't make sense for one song to be in the movie but not on the soundtrack and for another song to not have its proper title.

Answer: It would have to do with paying royalties to the artists if the songs were included on the soundtrack album. The artists would be paid a one-time flat fee for their songs to be used in the movies or the trailers, but for albums being sold would mean some of the profits would have go to the artists. The movie studio can make just as much on the soundtrack album without certain songs being included. Regarding the title, it may be the artist wanted it changed for some reason, or the filmmakers felt it didn't fit in.

raywest

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