Corrected entry: At the end, when the woman's head is blown up, only her face is destroyed, without any damage to her neck. This makes no sense, as the explosives were around the neck.
wizard_of_gore
17th Nov 2006
Saw III (2006)
25th Oct 2006
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: There is absolutely no way that a ship the size of the Nautilus could navigate the Thames, as it does. From the hull to the top of the sail it is too tall to fit under any one of the many bridges that were on the Thames at the time without running aground, quite apart from the fact that there is no part of the Thames in London deep enough for such a huge vessel to be wholly submerged.
Correction: There is no way the sub could navigate the canals of Venice either, but it has been established that the 'universe' for the graphic novels and the film are not the same as ours, so the same rules do not apply.
25th Oct 2006
Judge Dredd (1995)
Corrected entry: While introducing his family to Dredd, Pa Angel sets Mean machine to level 1 by twisting his dial to the west position, however a few shots later Mean's dial is set to 2 (north) and Pa then sets him to level 3 (east) as Dredd escapes from his bindings. No-one is seen to switch mean from level 1 to level 2 in the interim.
Correction: This entry assumes that every character's actions are shown on-camera. Just because no one is seen doing it, doesn't mean the setting wasn't changed.
8th Sep 2005
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
Corrected entry: To avoid lawsuits the makers of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" put a piece of tape over the brand logo on the chainsaw that Leatherface used, and it is still a mystery what brand of chainsaw was used in the movie.
Correction: The chainsaw used in this film was a Poulan 306A, with a piece of black tape covering the Poulan logo in order to avoid a possible lawsuit. (Source: Interview with Tobe Hooper).
14th Sep 2006
Doctor Who (2005)
Corrected entry: Any security system worth its salt would stop accepting codes after too many incorrect ones have been entered. This is pretty much standard for security software, even today. No security system of the future would be written so badly as to just allow millions of combinations to be sent one after the other so quickly. The Dalek should really never have been able to get out as the door panel should have blocked after three or four invalid codes were entered.
Correction: Technically true, but Van Statten was so arrogant that he never thought that anyone could possibly hack the code anyway. Character mistake.
30th Apr 2003
Superman II (1980)
Corrected entry: When the 3 kryptonians leave the Moon, Non throws the 2 flags in the space module. Note that the gravity works normally when the flags fall, like it does on Earth.
Correction: That's because he's adding kinetic energy to the flags by throwing them.
3rd Jul 2006
Stargate (1994)
Corrected entry: All these scientists and military personnel have opened a gateway to the other side of the known universe using a technology that is a) completely foreign to them, b) the first time they can get it to work, and c) one that can send stuff back to Earth instantly. No scientist or military personnel would ever allow a Nuclear Device to be sent through the portal, as the properties of the bomb alone travelling at the speed of light or faster could have had catastrophic results.
Correction: Perhaps very poor military judgment, but a character mistake, not a movie mistake.
4th Aug 2006
Superman Returns (2006)
Corrected entry: Lex states that the crystals just need water to grow meaning that the new land must be somehow made from water molecules. In that case the land is effectively solidified water, lifted out of the ocean, meaning the worldwide water levels would drop, not rise. None of the flooding could ever happen.
Correction: Just because the crystals grow when placed in water, doesn't mean the resulting structure is made from water. When you water a seed, the resulting plant is not made from solidified water. The crystal probably expands in size exponentially when it hits water.
27th Jul 2006
Superman Returns (2006)
Corrected entry: In the scene when Superman pushes the Krypton continent into space his cape still has drops of water. Water freezes at high altitudes and in space.
Correction: It was established in the first Superman movie, and mentioned again in Superman Returns, that Superman's body is quite warm, which is how he can carry Lois above the clouds without her freezing. The water is being warmed by his body.
5th Jun 2003
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Bond fights Lippe in the health clinic you see the time is midday on a big clock but in a shot of a different clock in a different room the time has elapsed by hours.
Correction: It is entirely possible that the smaller clock either stopped, if it was on battery power, or was not set correctly.
4th Jul 2006
X-Men 3 (2006)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Rogue talks to Wolverine about going to get the cure, she reveals that her real name is Marie. In the first X-men film, Rogue introduces herself to Wolverine as Marie after he reveals that his real name is Logan therefore eliminating the need for her to reveal her name in the third film.
17th Jun 2006
The Shining (1980)
Corrected entry: A map of the hedge maze is shown on a signpost in one scene and it is quite small and symmetrical. Later when Shelly and her son are in the maze the camera pans up for a birds-eye view of the actual maze which is much larger and asymmetrical.
Correction: The signpost is not intended to be an exact map of the hedge maze. The hotel and maze are something of a tourist attraction, and the sign is pointing the way.
Corrected entry: If you look closely you can see the white witch's crown of ice shrink throughout the film. It is largest when she first meets Edmund and is almost nothing when she comes to Aslan's camp to demand Edmund's blood.
Correction: This is not trivia, but a plot point. As her power diminishes, so does the size of the crown.
27th Aug 2001
Hannibal (2001)
Corrected entry: In Hannibal, Clarice says that in Memphis, Lecter killed 3 police officers during his escape. However, in The Silence Of The Lambs, he is seen murdering 2 police officers, and is later mentioned killing 2 paramedics and a tourist. (01:09:51)
Correction: Just because he is only 'seen' killing two police officers, he may very well have killed a third, off-screen, during his escape.
2nd May 2006
The Sopranos (1999)
Corrected entry: Towards the end of the episode, when everybody is gathered at the Sopranos house, Tony opens a door which has a mirror on it. Watch closely as he is opening it, you can see Pussy in the reflection even though he was killed in Season 2.
Correction: This is not a mistake, but a plot point. Tony feels some remorse about having to kill Pussy, so he sees him in the mirror. He is not really there.
Correction: Exactly. He feels bad for killing him. He says you were like a brother to me. To all of us, before he shot him.
Corrected entry: When the beavers, Lucy, Peter and Susan are hiding in the cave and they see the shadow of Santa, the shadow is of a man. When they actually see Santa, though, he has a huge beard that would have been visible in the shadow.
Correction: Since the beard rests against his chest, there would be no way to distinguish the beard in the shadow.
30th Mar 2003
Death Wish (1974)
Corrected entry: When the cops are breaking into Charles Bronson's apartment, there is a Mezzuzah on the door jam. That signifies it is a Jewish household. But at his wife's funeral at the beginning of the film, there is a priest presiding.
Correction: It is entirely possible that the previous tenant was Jewish, and Bronson's family either didn't notice it or never bothered to take it down.
9th Apr 2006
Hostel (2005)
Corrected entry: At the beginning when the guys are in Amsterdam yelling to open the door to the hostel where they stay in. They are actually yelling in German rather than Dutch while they are in Holland. This happens quite frequently at the beginning of the movie.
Correction: These are Americans, in a foreign country, and as such, make a poor assumption. Character mistake.
27th Aug 2001
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Corrected entry: When the other boys drop the rock on Piggy if you watch in slow motion you can see that the rock collapses and springs back.
Correction: The rules of the site are clear. If you have to use slow motion to see it, it's not a mistake.
16th Jan 2005
Gothika (2003)
Corrected entry: When Dutton gives Downey a cigar and offers to "circumcise" it for him, Dutton snips off the wrong end of the cigar. You're supposed to cut the end farthest from the band, not the closer one.
Correction: He might have been distracted and not paying attention. Either way, this is a character mistake, not a movie mistake.
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Correction: I've seen the movie twice, and it certainly looks to me like everything from the neck up is blown away.
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