Some things in the chamber of Russ change from the scene where you see the grandfather in the bed and Clarke passing through the floor. [That's not very specific. Does the bed change positions? Are there different posters on the walls? Is the wallpaper a different color? At least give one example of something that changes between the two shots.] Corrected by Twotall
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) - 10 corrections
Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik, starring Beverly D'Angelo, Chevy Chase, Diane Ladd, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Juliette Lewis
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Some things in the chamber of Russ change from the scene where you see the grandfather in the bed and Clarke passing through the floor. [That's not very specific. Does the bed change positions? Are there different posters on the walls? Is the wallpaper a different color? At least give one example of something that changes between the two shots.] Corrected by Twotall Watch in slow-motion when Eddie's dog passes through the door to chase the squirrel. The door is actually broken before. [As per the rules of this site, watching in slow-mo does not qualify this as a valid mistake.] When Clarke is hiding the gifts in the attic, he finds an old pink one but the shot later, it is blue. [Actually, it starts out as grey, then Clark blows the thick layer of dust away, and reveals the blue wrapping paper underneath the dust.] Corrected by Twotall When Rusty drops the reindeer on the lawn, the legs break off the one closest to him but later all the deer are intact until Clark loses it and beats them up. [There is a significant time that passes from when Rusty drops it to when Clark "loses it." There is no reason he couldn't have glued everything back on.] Corrected by Zwn Annwn When Clark is sliding on the saucer, he shoots out a shower of sparks when he crosses the street. Those old saucers were made of aluminum,and aluminum can't create sparks like other metal does. [Clark is extremely anal and a bit of a geek.given he's using his experimental lubricant, he's probably using a special saucer too.] Corrected by MovieGuy Throughout the movie there is an Advent Calendar that is opened from time to time, revealing what day of December it is. However, in the scene where the grandmothers are sitting in the den and one of them is decorating a gingerbread house, they are watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, which takes place in November. [The grandmothers are watching a Christmas parade that takes place in Chicago; the announcer states that a parade float in a previous parade had knocked the 3rd floor windows out of the Marshall Field's Department Store. Marshall Field's doesn't have a New York City location so this parade isn't the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.] When Santa Clause's sled passes in front of the moon at the end, why is the sea so dark? It wasn't in previous shots. [Because when the moon is in a shot and they want to see the details on the moon's surface, they have to lower the exposure on the camera, which darkens the sky.] In the original "Vacation" and the "European Vacation" movies, Russ is older than Audrey. In "Christmas Vacation," Audrey is older than Russ. [Chevy Chase has said in interviews that the changing of the kids appearance as well as their age in Christmas Vacation was always part of the joke about how Clark forgets his kids names and never knows where they are etc.] We later learn that Eddie's RV makes a lot of noise when driven. How did they ever make it into the Griswald driveway without anyone noticing when they first arrive? [Eddie explains later that they "coasted in on fumes"; therefore, no loud engine noise.] When Clark was trapped in the attic and fell through the ceiling in the bedroom, why didn't he just crawl out through the hole he just made onto the bunkbed? [It would be impossible for him to fit through - the bed is too close to the ceiling.]