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Evolution (2001) - 33 mistakes

Directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Dan Aykroyd, David Duchovny, Julianne Moore, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott (add more)

Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi

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Continuity: When Ira sits down in the diner scene, the utensils in front of him are lined up knife then spoon. However at the end of the scene when they go to leave, they are reversed.

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Other: The puffy small burst explosions that occur within the cave do not exhibit how napalm would detonate, especially with the amount used, method they are detonating it and sheer scale of what they were looking to accomplish by destroying the alien habitat.

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Deliberate "mistake": The energy the meteor would displace upon impact would have created a crater of significant size compared to what was portrayed. It also didn't appear to have any impact to the structure of the cavern it crashed into either.

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Plot hole: Because humans have a layer of subcutaneous fat under the skin, the bug that travels under Harry's skin would have caused not only significant damage but an amazing amount of pain while moving around. There would have also been severe internal damage caused by the bug if it traveled into his colon where they ended up removing it from.

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Continuity: During the scene when the "blob" has an arm that crashes down on top of a house, we see in the very next aerial shot that it is isolated in the desert away from any homes.

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Character mistake: The acronym USGS (United States Geological Survey) is stated correctly at the beginning of the film, however, upon arriving at the military outpost, Dr Block says "United States Geological Society", not 'Survey'.

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Factual error: When the army starts blowing the napalm early, you see the tent explode. Ira and his group were standing next to the meteor and the tent was exactly over the meteor. They should be dead.

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Continuity: When Ira and Harry arrive at the impact site Wayne is desperate to get to his fireman training exam. Cut to the next scene Ira is working late at night and then shows Harry their 'discovery'. Cut to the next scene its daylight and Wayne is doing his test.

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Continuity: When Julienne Moore's character trips over, from the distant shot she gets up onto her hands and knees, then when her garter is seen, she is lying flat on the floor again.

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Continuity: When the heroes of our film are first running away from the growing napalm induced blob to their firetruck, there are a number of shots which show nothing over their shoulders where the alien lifeforms should be undulating as its emerging from the ground.

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Plot hole: It is highly unlikely that government branches of the CDC and Military would be so lax on the security, protocols and enforcement of containment for what is perceived to be an alien life form to allow as many of the mishaps to occur throughout the film.

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Continuity: At the end of the film when David Duchovny and Orlando Jones go up the ladder to squirt the Head and Shoulders into 'the hole', Orlando Jones gets sucked up into the alien and when he is pulled out he is covered in slime from head to toe, (including his glasses), as is David Duchovny. However, in the next shot of them going down the ladder there is no slime on them at all. In the next shot when they are standing at the bottom, while the truck pulls away, neither of them have much slime on them, and Orlando Jones' glasses are completely clean. The amount of slime they are covered in changes throughout the next few shots.

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Factual error: The movie is set in Arizona, and at the end they say that the army will drop the napalm at noon. Granted they go a little early, but it should still be pretty warm, but, you can clearly see their breath as they talk.

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