Corrected entry: In the scene with the G8 meeting the American President is talking to the G8 members. The Russian President turns to his translator and speaks in clear Serbian language (not Russian!) 'do not go out, stay' (nemoj da izadjes, ostani). Then in the next moment the Russian President tells his translator in clear Serbian 'You can go now' (mozes da izadjes).
Corrected entry: When they leave Southern California, they are dressed in summer clothes. but when they are walking in China after getting off the plane, they are all wearing winter coats. Where did they get them from?
Correction: In the extended version, they are rummaging through luggage.
Corrected entry: When Charlie shows Jackson his video of the 1958 Earth Crust Displacement theory, it states that Einstein agreed with Charles Hapgood's theory, this can't be possible, since Einstein died 3 years earlier in 1955.
Correction: Hapgood worked on his theory for years before his book was published and spoke to Einstein about his theories. Einstein even suggested one of his theories was incorrect. Hapgood's book "The Earth's Shifting Crust", published in 1958, includes a foreword by Albert Einstein.
Corrected entry: Jackson accidentally pushes Gordon's Porsche into a hole, however, in the overhead shot of the limousine leaving, there is no sign of the hole the Porsche fell into. (00:45:45)
Correction: I thought this as well at first. But he was backing into the driveway when he hit it. The second photo was him already driving away on the road. The hole was further up the driveway.
Corrected entry: When describing the LA quake, the seismologists indicate that it is a 10.2, which is impossible on the logarithmic Richter scale.
Correction: A 10.2 earthquake is not possible on earth because a large enough fault slip is required to generate such energy. The fault line would have to be bigger then the earth it self.
Correction: This is false. A logarithmic scale is simply an exponential scale with no limit.
Factual error: The scene where Yuri starts the car with his voice has two mistakes in it. The first one is that to use voice activation in any kind of car you have to push a button to let the car know that you're talking to it and secondly no car manufacturer would make the voice recognition the only way to start the car, there would always also be the option to start the car via a button or with the key simply because of safety reasons.
Suggested correction: I'm fairly sure a billionaire oligarch could afford to pay for a custom job like that considering a pop star from the 2000s paid Ferrari a solid gold engine and a lawnmower.
Other mistake: They go into the world's deepest copper mine to an underground computer office with windows lit from outside.
Suggested correction: That is probably exactly how it would look. Most underground facilities are conventional buildings, trailers, or modular units arranged in a large lighted tunnel or cavern. This is the arrangement in Cheyenne Mountain Complex, the previous U.S. Antarctic base (under the geodesic dome), and for offices and data repositories in salt mines. The buildings have windows, and the caverns are lighted to facilitate movement between buildings.
Corrected entry: Supposedly they fly from Las Vegas to Hawaii. The Antonov only has a 2200 mile range.
Correction: The Antonov An-225 has a range of 15,400km which is almost 10,000 miles.
Correction: The An-225 at its maximum payload could fly 2,500 miles. Since in the movie it's carrying more than a dozen cars, it's well below its maximum payload, so it could carry much more fuel. Las Vegas to Hawaii would be achievable and then some.
Other mistake: When Tamara Is trapped in the middle section it's flooding. It is impossible for the middle section to flood before the end section.
Suggested correction: It would make sense that the door is designed to close much faster than it opens as it is a sealing door and needs to close quickly to form a water tight seal.
Corrected entry: At the end of the movie, "the waters are receding". Where would they be receding to? The only land mass is Africa.
Correction: Receding back to the oceans. When a big wave comes ashore, it will travel a long way inland, especially a 1500m wave as depicted in the movie. There is a limit to how far the wave can travel inland, and once it reaches that limit, if the land is above sea level, the water will drain back to the sea. A bit like a hurricane storm surge floods the land but drains back to sea after the hurricane has passed, but on a much larger scale. There is more land than just Africa, the Himalayas and other bits of land are still there but lower in altitude. It is stated in the movie the Drakensberg mountains are now the roof of the world because Africa has risen, not that Africa is the only land mass in existence.
Corrected entry: When the plane takes off from Yellowstone after refueling, it begins its takeoff roll on runway 15. This means the heading is 150 degrees (South southeast). As it lifts off and clears the other end of the runway, we see it is runway 32 (320 degrees). The opposing ends of runways are 180 degrees apart. So the opposite end of runway 15 (150 degrees) should be 33 (330 degrees), not 32.
Correction: Runways names are rounded to the nearest 10, so if the runway headings were 147 and 323, it would round to 150 and 320, explaining the unusual markings.
The correction is incorrect; assuming one end is marked as Runway 15, its reciprocal would be Runway 33.
Corrected entry: When John Cusack picks up his family (plus the new husband) to escape from the ensuing mayhem, there is a scene where the limo uses a piece of broken concrete in the street as a ramp, so that the whole car is airborne for one or two seconds. In that shot you can see that the front tires are not moving at all.
Correction: The front wheels ARE moving but stop rather quickly a second after the car gets airborne. Since the back wheels are turning normally, however, one might suggest that the car has a rear wheel drive.
Correction: It is a rear wheel drive. The limousine is a Lincoln Town Car, which according to Wikipedia, is RWD.
Correction: It's not uncommon for people to be able to speak multiple languages. If the Russian president thought someone could understand Russian, he could easily have decided to speak in Serbian. His choice to change his orders to his translator is not a mistake.
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