Corrected entry: When Cleavon little says good morning to the elderly woman, she responds with a nasty "Up yours n*gger" comment. Later on, the woman apologizes for the incident and gives him an apple pie. But the woman who apologizes is not the same actress who insulted him earlier even though it's meant to be the same person.
Gavin Jackson
9th Apr 2012
Blazing Saddles (1974)
10th Feb 2013
Man on the Moon (1999)
Corrected entry: In one scene we see Tony Clifton performing on a stage (played by Carrey). And then Andy suddenly shows up on stage next to him dancing. We later learn that Tony that night was portrayed by Andy's friend Bob Zmuda. Trouble is Zmuda looks nothing like Andy. He is much shorter, overweight and has a double chin.
Correction: And yet, this actually happened. Zmuda did perform as Tony Clifton.
3rd Nov 2012
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
Corrected entry: This film portrays Australia's top-end as desolate and uncharted. In reality, it was very tourist heavy (even back in the 80's), and chances are Mick and Sue would have been constantly bumping into tourists during their hiking trip. Especially in the kakadu.
Correction: Australia is one of the largest countries in the world. The outback is one of the most treacherous environments to go 'walkabout' without someone who knows the place. You could get lost very easily and if you do, your chances of survival is very thin. This wouldn't be true if it were bustling with tourist at every turn. The fact is, it is quite the opposite to what you have stated. Besides, this was "Mick's Place" a fictional land which would not be on the regular tourist route.
5th Jul 2012
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Corrected entry: There's no way Riggs could have got to Rudd's building before Rudd did. Given that Rudd had a head start (after running the red light), Riggs somehow managed to not only beat him, but find a parking spot, steal a sign and be there waiting, while Rudd was doing a straight drive there. There's simply no way.
Correction: Riggs drives like a madman, has a flashing light to get past traffic, and a badge to get a parking spot and sign. He could do it.
Correction: Who said he went straight there?
9th Apr 2012
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Corrected entry: When Ferris rings Rooney to asks if his sister can bring any work assignments home, he's speaking with a healthy, cheerful voice. Seems weird that someone as smart as Ferris completely forgets that he is meant to be sick that day, especially when he is speaking to the Dean.
22nd Jun 2010
Harry Brown (2009)
Corrected entry: How could Harry have possibly known where the pedophile heroin dealer would park his car when he later finds him and shoots him? Harry was in his unit when the guy drove off, and Harry doesn't even own a car so there isn't any way he could have known (or even gotten there).
Correction: Harry didn't just up and decide over night to go after every gang member in town. He's been watching these people; studying them to find out where they go, when they go there, and what they do once they get there. So that explains how he knew where to find the pedophile heroin dealer. He got there by walking, obviously, so they weren't very far away. They had just concluded what they were doing in the car too. This indicates that they'd been there for a good while and it took Harry that whole time to get to them.
2nd Jan 2010
The Naked Gun (1988)
Corrected entry: Victor Ludwigs beeper device was designed simply to temporarily hypnotize the wearer and make them carry out whatever command he had inserted. It was not designed to turn them into full on villains. So the reaction of the Doctor at the Hospital (after being distracted, fighting off frank and fleeing halfway across town in a fully conscious state) is totally ludicrous.
18th Apr 2006
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Corrected entry: The amount of blood which pours out of Johnny Depp's bed near the end is a ridiculous amount for just one human being.
Correction: It's obviously a supernatural death taking place, so the amount of blood that erupts from the bed does not have to match the volume of blood that one human body contains.
15th Nov 2009
2012 (2009)
Corrected entry: On many occasions we see whole cities give way and fall into gigantic holes in the earth. So how can there possibly be a Tsunami that covers the whole planet? Much of the water would have poured into the enormous holes and and made it completely impossible.
Correction: Not so. Actually much of Earth's water is underground. In other words, the underground water is more than enough to replace the area left by cities sinking into the Earth. Which could actually contribute to the tsunami, not detract from it.
Most of the Earth's water is not underground, the oceans hold about 96.5 percent of all Earth's water, aquifers account for a small percentage of available water.
Recent studies have suggested that the amount of underground water can be 3 times as much as what is in the oceans. However, this water is trapped in damp ringwoodite, so it's not flowing water like you would find in aquifers.
27th Oct 2009
Backdraft (1991)
Corrected entry: The opening of the film is set in 1971 and when we see a young Kurt Russell (flipping off his brother), he looks to be about 6 or 7. The film then fast forwards 20 years later (1991) and Kurt Russell is looking all of his then 40 years. Certainly not someone in his mid to late 20's.
Correction: First of all, how someone looks is a matter of personal opinion, not a mistake. To me young Stephen (the older brother) looks to be 12, which is the age the character is credited as being. Older Stephen (Kurt Russell) is depicted as a disgruntled alcoholic, this plus the stress of the job could make him appear more hardened and "older" than his actual 32 years of age.
2nd Jan 2005
Drop Zone (1994)
Corrected entry: When Don Jagger is being dragged into the power lines by Gary Busey's character whilst they are sky diving, why doesn't he simply detach and use his spare. For a professional sky diver, he should have known this.
Correction: Yes, professionals in desperation would pull their spare, however because of the lack of altitude it would have been just another way for him to die. It takes several hundred feet for the spare parachute to deploy, and they were just a few hundred feet above the ground in that scene.
7th Oct 2004
Logan's Run (1976)
Corrected entry: When Logan and Jessica decide to return to the city, they go down to the bottom of a fountain where there is a little pool of water and jump in. When they and all the people from the city arrive back at the fountain, they arrive at the top where there is no way of exiting.
28th Jun 2004
Iron Eagle (1986)
Corrected entry: After Doug has finished moaning to his friends about not getting into the air force, his girlfriend can be seen in the background smiling. This is a bit out of character I would think. (At first I thought she might have been smiling at the voice on the PA but the voice is obviously Knotchers, whom she despises).
29th Jul 2005
Blue Thunder (1983)
Corrected entry: When Roy Scheider's partner is run over and killed, we later see him being zipped up in the body bag. If you look closely, you can see him slowly lower his own head to the ground after being zipped. Hardly the actions of a dead man. (01:11:20)
Correction: The man in a dark suit uses his right hand to lift Lymangood's head, then slips the back of his left hand under and slowly lowers it into the bag, and then pulls his hand out. No error.
7th Oct 2004
Logan's Run (1976)
Corrected entry: When Logan and Jessica escape from the city, we see them run down a huge staircase. Later on they take an elevator up to the Earth's surface. But the elevator (on which they rode up) doesn't appear to be travel much higher than the distance they already ran down. They should still be on the level of the city, or not much higher above it.
Correction: That's because the city is on the Earth's surface. They started at ground level, went down the stairs, then came back up to ground level...no mistake there.
11th May 2006
Blue Thunder (1983)
Corrected entry: When Alf Hewitt first introduces himself to Candy Clark at the TV station, look at the first shot where him, Clark and the evil government agent are standing together. You can see the front of a camera lens at the far right.
Correction: Arguable. Since they are in a TV station it could be one of their cameras and not one used for making the movie.
22nd Jun 2004
Freaky Friday (1976)
Corrected entry: When Annabelle (as Ellen) Ben and Boris get in the car at the end, Annabelle accidentally puts the car into reverse and drives backwards into the neighbours yard and in the process scares a whole bunch of party guests making them fall into the pool. If you look at the last guy who falls in (the one with the grey suit), he seems to be falling in for no reason other than simply it's what he's been paid to do.
Correction: Maybe the shock made him jump for anywhere that could be safe, hence him jumping in the pool.
13th May 2006
Blue Thunder (1983)
Corrected entry: At the end when Blue thunder is being destroyed, the distance that Murphy is from the helicopter is totally ludicrous. Even an Olympic sprinter would be hard pressed to get that far in such short time. And Murphy didn't look like he made any effort to run at all.
Correction: It is not a continuous sequence. We don't see him get out of the helicopter, just walking away from it, and we have no idea how long it was between his exit and the first time we see him walking. Films don't show every second in real time - we'd have some long, boring films if they did.
Correction: You saw Murphy in the helicopter staring straight at the oncoming train. No way he could have made that distance so quick. The mistake is correct.
4th Aug 2004
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Corrected entry: When David first transforms into the werewolf in Alex's lounge room, we see him after the transformation roaring at the camera and we get a good look at the wolf's face. Yet for some reason when David turns into the wolf at the end, his face looks completely different and nothing like before. Guess the makeup guy couldn't decide.
Correction: That's because the transformation wasn't done yet. Note that his fur hasn't completely grown in yet in the slow pan before the scene change. He just finished becoming the werewolf off camera.
18th Feb 2006
Octopussy (1983)
Corrected entry: When Bond is taken prisoner in the opening sequence, all we see in the background is flat ground and some hills. But when Bond flies the mini jet back to the base, he seems to be flying over what looks like a canyon. Talk about changing geography.
Correction: The AcroStar (Bede BD-5J) microjet Bond is flying can do 600km an hour - if we was in the air for ten minutes he'd be 100km from the Air Force base from which he escaped. Plenty of space for a major change in the geography.
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Correction: I just watched the two scenes and they are the same person. she just appears different due to the low light and angled position of her head. If its her voice that makes you think they are different people, remember she was yelling when they first interacted.
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