Final Destination 3 (2006) - 15 mistakes
Deliberate "mistake": There are a number of things wrong with the roller coaster scene (besides the obvious impossibility of a crash like this actually occurring):
1) The restraints use ratchets to lock, not hydraulics. A coaster of this type wouldn't even have any hydraulic lines.
2) No roller coaster has restraints that lower by themselves.
3) The attendants didn't check all the restraints. This is ALWAYS necessary, on ANY ride.
4) On any roller coaster, the Dispatch button (or "Start" in the movie) must be held down until the train is clear of the station. This is a safety feature to make sure the attendants are clear of the moving train. If the button is released before the train is clear of the station, it will stop.
5) At the bottom of the lift, the lift chain curves to follow the track into the station. This is impossible, a lift chain cannot curve horizontally, only vertically (normally at the top of the hill).
Continuity: In the scene where Kevin and Wendy are talking outside of the school, Kevin's hair change positions depending on the shot. At the same time, each time the shot goes back to Kevin, not only does his hair change, but the people behind him. It switches from Julie and Perry to random people, then back again.
Plot hole: This mistake can only be appreciated if you allow Frankie to live on the 'Choose Their Fate' version of the film. Later on in the film, after Erin's death, Wendy and Kevin discover that if you intervene in one's death, then death skips on to the next person in line. However, surely Wendy and Kevin would have already realised this having saved Frankie from his death, hence death skipping on to Lewis.
Revealing: The roller coaster used for the Devil's Flight is really the Corkscrew at Playland in Vancouver, where all three movies were filmed. If you look during the opening credits, you can see the name "Corkscrew" up in the lights above the coaster. After this, it says Devil's Flight during the rest of the roller coaster scenes. Submitted by Jazetopher
Deliberate "mistake": When playing "Choose your Fate" and pick Julie to take another look, Julie and Kevin just walk straight into the locker room. Lois says, "What the F*** are you doing here?" then the weights fall. The swords that cut the wire holding the weights are still upright when they should have fallen to cut the wire. Submitted by Movieman123
Plot hole: When Wendy and Kevin are grabbing lunch, just before Frankie Cheeks dies, the guy asks to take their orders (via the microphone). Wendy and Kevin never reply throughout the rest of the scene, and they are at the restaurant for at least another 2-3 minutes (during the whole of Frankie's death sequence). The guy working at the restaurant must be extremely patient not to ask for their orders again.
Continuity: At the beginning of Wendy's vision, when the rollercoaster starts to leave, the camera goes on Erin and Ian. Erin is in the left seat, and Ian is in the right seat next to her. As the ride goes on, the seating remains the same. But in the scene when they both fall, Erin is in the right seat and Ian is in the left seat.
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