Men in Black 3

Revealing mistake: When the movie starts and J is about to neuralyze the people, the skyline on the background is a blatant backdrop. (00:06:10)

Sacha

Other mistake: When J is falling from the Chrysler building, the soles of his CGI shoes are completely black, brand new and spotless, which is impossible unless he got up there flying or changed his shoes in mid-air. (00:36:00)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the alien cuts Boris' shackles, chains and shield, their position on the floor changes between shots. (00:03:35)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When J lands back in time, the people behind him walking inside the building are not continuous between shots. (00:37:05)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When K grabs the remote to lift the library wall, the remote is facing a 9 o'clock direction, but in the close-up it's facing a 6-7 o'clock. (00:23:20)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When K sees the dead Chinese manager pinned to the wall, the manager's facial expression and position of his head changes between shots in a mere half second. (00:15:45)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the cops are frisking J, the small cop on the left's left hand keeps changing position in every shot, with no logic whatsoever. (00:41:00)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When K tells J he's suspended, J moves his right hand away, yet when the angle changes it's back in its original position and he's moving it away again. (00:19:35)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: As K is asking the little boy what his name is, the boy's arms are down at his side. As the camera cuts and he says his name is James, his hands are suddenly fiddling with his shirt tail. (01:33:35)

Quantom X

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Continuity mistake: When the 60's cops stop J by the billboard sign, he pulls over by the left end of the sign. In the close-up, the car is parked right by the middle of it. (00:40:20)

Sacha

Audio problem: When the alien cuts Boris's shackles they hit the floor and make a metallic sound, yet when the chest armour falls it sounds like the foam object it really is made of. (00:03:40)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the Afro-American military man lays dead, his cap changes positions between shots. (01:33:10)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the cop is about to dip his finger in the cake, its position and distance to the cake keeps changing in every single shot, with no logic whatsoever. (00:03:00)

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When J chases Boris in 1960s New York he exits The Factory and runs on the sidewalk past a black car and a lamppost. A frame later, the car is gone and he's running on the pavement, on the space left, to allow him to step on the green car. (01:01:30)

Sacha

Factual error: When Boris jumps out of Lunar-Max, you can see a complete Apollo Lunar-Module (LM). The LM consists of a Descent Stage and an Ascent Stage. We can see both, obviously the Ascent Stage was never used. That doesn't make any sense, because the Apollo Astronauts need to use/"consume" (climb in and "fly" away) the Ascent Stage to leave the moon.

Goekhan

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Suggested correction: It could just be a copy of the original. For all we know the lunar landing was staged in this world.

lionhead

This is far too much of a stretch to be a valid correction. What reason would there be to put a copy there? Also, the Apollo 11 mission to the moon absolutely having to happen is literally a plot point.

TedStixon

The men in black have shown to use alien technology for many of the things they do. This could include the Lunar-Max prison. I agree the lunar landing is a plot point and thus probably true, but why not make a replica in front of the prison as a monument? It doesn't have to be built right next to the site of the first lunar landing. Seems a bit silly to me.

lionhead

Remember, one of the site's rules is "don't just try to think of an excuse" when correcting entries. Nothing in the film suggests it's a monument, therefore suggesting it's one to try and correct the entry is not valid.

TedStixon

I look at if it's plausible. I guessed since in this universe humans have access to advanced technology the moon landing seems to be more of a coverup for something secret or simply a staged thing. I think this because in MIB 1 they show the world expo observatory towers were in fact real spaceships and they had been there since 1964, so they already had spaceships before ever going to the moon. Again, though, its not relevant to the mistake. It's also obvious with the prison on the moon that they have been there multiple times and thus changed a lot. Building the prison in front of the landing site is again a bit strange so therefor I think it's just a replica, to show visitors. It's not impossible so it can hardly be called a mistake, just something that isn't explained. I'm not making excuses, there may not be actual evidence that it is a replica, but there is no evidence it is the real landing module either.

lionhead

I don't understand how the Men in Black using alien technology has anything to do with this entry. Regardless, nothing in the film suggests that the capsule is a monument. It's even roped off, much like museums often rope off actual artifacts.

TedStixon

Continuity mistake: At the 1960s HQs, K places his hand on a notebook. A shot later it has jumped next to a typewriter. (00:44:40)

Sacha

Other mistake: J exits the Flatiron building and a woman in a yellow dress starts walking behind him. He looks at the street ahead and the same woman is walking from right to left. (00:38:35)

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: When J is being swallowed by the fish, the floor around him swaps from very dirty, to slightly dirty, to spotless between shots. (00:16:15)

Sacha

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Continuity mistake: When J is in the car with young K, about to head for the bowling alley, the way J holds the matchbox changes between shots. (00:49:55)

Sacha

Factual error: The ArcNet deploys after the Apollo 11 jettisons its launch escape system tower. This is the white tower at the top of the Saturn V stack attached to the white launch escape cone that covers the command module capsule that houses the crew. The idea is that if there is an emergency the LES will leave the crew capsule from the rest of the rocket and ferry it away so it can deploy parachutes and land during an abort. The tower connects to the cone through metal trellises. At some point during the launch when an LES abort is no longer an option, the ship will jettison the LES tower, which fires its rockets to pull the cone away from the capsule. As shown in MIB3, the tower with the ArcNet detaches at the trellises, leaving the white cone in place with no way to detach from the command module. The launch also shows spent debris falling over the middle of North America when it would be falling over the Atlantic Ocean. (01:32:30)

Vader47000

Agent J: Is this thing off? Hey, I don't think it's all the way off, K! It's whirring and buzzing. I don't know if I don't know nothing.

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Trivia: Even though Frank the pug doesn't appear, there are a couple of references to him. The first one is a big picture of him over J's bed and when J gets pulled over by the cops, there is a billboard advertising for "The Amazing Talking Pug." (00:22:35 - 00:40:25)

Rydersriot87

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Question: When J is in the elevator after his time jump and asks the guy with the news paper about the date, you can faintly hear elevator music playing. It sounds extremely similar to the song Back In Time written by Pitbull for this movie, which plays as the credits start. Is it supposed to be like a tribute to this song as an elevator version or something?

Quantom X

Chosen answer: The name of the song is "Love is Strange," recorded by Mickey and Sylvia, and released November 1956. Pitbull sampled it in his song "Back in Time."

Chanteuse66

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