Corrected entry: During the 24 hour race, it is made to look as if The Stig reaches the end of the pit lane with seconds to spare. But as he sets off, there is a yellow car behind him, which wasn't there in any shots of him driving down the pit lane.
Tailkinker
20th Aug 2009
Top Gear (2002)
1st Apr 2010
Shogun (1980)
Corrected entry: When Blackthorne is steering the Japanese galley duing a storm, Rodrigues goes forward to tell him how to steer around the rocks ahead. At one point, Rodrigues yells, "Hard a-port!" At the time, the term for the left side of a ship was "larboard." The term was replaced with "port" in the mid-1800's because "larboard" was easily confused with "starboard."
Correction: As is standard in historically-set movies, present-day language and terminology have been used so that a modern audience can understand what's being said. This is a standard movie convention and is not considered a mistake.
2nd Apr 2010
Creation (2009)
Corrected entry: When Darwin finally gets down to writing, he heads each chapter in Roman numerals - IV, V - etc., but the filing cabinet he puts the chapters in are labelled in Arabic numerals - 4, 5 - etc. (01:30:25)
Correction: So what? There's no reason why the filing cabinets and the chapter heading are required to be identical.
22nd Apr 2010
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: In the scene where the Phantom is in Germany, it shows a close-up of his face before he fires the rocket. It appears that he has a contact lens in his eye.
Correction: Which, as the first contact lenses were developed in 1887, twelve years before the setting of the film, is hardly unreasonable. Particularly in a fictional world where technology appears somewhat in advance of our own.
5th Apr 2010
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Corrected entry: In the beginning scene where Mr. Keating is giving his initial "carpe diem" speech in front of the trophy case, he mentions something to the effect that these students "are now fertilizing daffodils." In 1950, while some of the students would be almost 50 years out of Welton, some of those students would be only 20 or 30 years removed from Welton, and nowhere near the age to be "fertilizing daffodils."
Correction: This is semantics. Keating's being poetic and, yes, while some of the individuals on the wall will still be alive, quite a number of them won't be. Keating is trying to inspire his pupils - going into technical detail about how some of their predecessors are alive and some aren't wouldn't exactly paint the picture that he's trying to create in their minds. He's using artistic licence, if you will, and that's not an error.
30th Jan 2010
The Invention of Lying (2009)
Corrected entry: A major part of the movie is that religion is a lie that this world never had. Why then do they use the Gregorian calender? Mark writes movies about the 13th century; 13 centuries after what? If no one has ever believed in God or any god, then the life of Jesus becomes historically insignificant. Certainly not important enough to use the year of his birth as the starting point of the calender.
Correction: This is entirely based on opinion. While, no, religion doesn't exist, it cannot be stated that therefore they cannot use that calendar. Maybe, in their universe, Jesus, while not considered a religious figure, is revered as a great philosopher, hence the decision to base their calendar on his birth year. As no information exists in the movie about why they chose it, but an absence of information does not automatically make a plot hole. At best, this is a question. It's certainly not strong enough to be a mistake.
6th Mar 2010
The Hangover (2009)
Corrected entry: Baby "Carlos"/Tyler, is two different babies. When they get to the stripper's house and Alan is carrying him, you can tell that it is a different baby than before.
Correction: How can you tell? Be specific. If there's a notable change, what is it? Don't just say "you can tell", give people something concrete to look for, because something that's obvious to one person can readily be overlooked by another.
It was actually six different babies throughout the movie.
8th Feb 2010
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Corrected entry: Just after the beginning of the movie see Camellias are growing in front of the Salmon home and that they are not roses. Towards the end of the movie, Jack Salmon is smelling the camellia. Camellias have no fragrance. It is not a rose.
Correction: There are a number of species of camellia that have a notable fragrance.
It's still not a rose.
3rd Mar 2010
Hellboy (2004)
Corrected entry: When Abe shows Broom what happened in the library you see Kroenan crawl down the wall and stand up. In the next shot you see him already halfway over to the glass cabinet but he didn't even start to walk yet when we last saw him.
Correction: Perfectly standard cinematic technique of time compression. We don't need to physically see Kroenen walk the whole distance, it just wastes time.
3rd Apr 2010
Casino Royale (2006)
Corrected entry: In an early scene, the setting is listed as Uganda. As Bond chases his target through a construction site, one can see the ocean. Uganda is a land locked nation.
Correction: These are completely different scenes. The Ugandan scenes involve Le Chiffre visiting the terrorists to discuss handling their money. The sequence with Bond chasing the bomb-maker across the construction site takes place in Madagascar, which is an island.
19th Mar 2010
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Corrected entry: In the opening scene, Alice's father talks about opening a trading post in Jakarta. Jakarta was known as Batavia until 1942.
Correction: As is absolutely standard with historically-set movies, present day language, names and forth are being used in order to be comprehensible to the modern viewer. This is a standard movie convention and is not considered to be a mistake.
3rd Mar 2010
Iron Man (2008)
Corrected entry: Tony has a news conference after his escape and is handed a burger as he gets out of his Rolls Royce. As he walks into the room he eats the last bite of the burger.We can tell that there's nothing left in the paper bag. When he sits on the floor in front of the podium he pulls a burger out of his pocket and eats it. The second burger appeared out of nowhere. This mistake can not be explained by saying he bought more than 1 burger because when Obediah asks him if he brought a burger for him Tony says it's the last one left.
Correction: Tony claims that it's the last one left. That doesn't have to be the truth. He's been craving cheeseburgers for months - hardly unreasonable that he wouldn't want to share.
16th Feb 2010
The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
Corrected entry: Bruce Willis plays Colonel Masterson and in the credits Bruce is not mentioned at all nor the character he plays. (01:38:25 - 01:40:00)
Correction: Actors sometimes choose not to be credited, particularly in cases where an actor who would normally play lead roles is playing a relatively minor role. This is by choice and thus is not a mistake.
17th Feb 2010
Stardust (2007)
Corrected entry: In scenes, where Tristan is a mouse, it's actually not a mouse, but a dormouse. Both these are rodents, but from a different family. A dormouse looks a lot like a mouse, but it has a furred tail (I'm not sure about the exact species used in the movie).
Correction: So what are you claiming as the mistake? If people refer to him as a mouse, then that's not a movie mistake - nobody in the film is portrayed as a rodent expert, so confusing the two is hardly unreasonable.
12th Feb 2010
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Corrected entry: When Anakin and Obi-wan are fighting Dooku, Dooku pushes Obi-wan. When Obi-wan lands you can see a shadow of his lightsaber, when lightsabers don't have shadows.
Correction: As has been corrected many times, it can be seen throughout the series that lightsabers cast visible shadows. A lightsaber blade is not transparent, therefore it blocks light, therefore it casts a shadow.
4th Feb 2010
The Lion King 1½ (2004)
Corrected entry: At the end of the movie, Simba is seen swimming with Timon and all his meerkat friends at his waterfall home. However, at the end of the first movie, Simba takes his place as King and Nala gives birth to Kiara. Timon and Pumbaa stay with them, as they are seen in the second movie as well. Simba would not leave after becoming King or after his mate having a cub.
Correction: The Lion King 1½ is a prequel and semi-retelling, dealing with Timon and Pumbaa's life prior to and during the events of the first film. As such, it's not unreasonable that the pre-King Simba could appear in the final scenes.
2nd Feb 2010
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Corrected entry: At the beginning of the movie, John Connor is dumbfounded at the sight of the new terminator prototype. Why? After all, he had seen that and subsequent models as a child in the 3 previous movies.
Correction: Because he knows that it's too early. In the first film in the series, Reese, who came back in time from 2029, eleven years on from the events of Terminator Salvation, specifically states that the T-800 is a new model. The T-800s shouldn't be coming online for several more years, hence Connor's surprise.
1st Feb 2010
28 Days Later (2002)
Corrected entry: There is a shot when they are driving the taxi from London to Manchester and it shows them on a 2 lane dual carriageway with wind turbines in the background. This shot is on the A30 near Truro, Cornwall (I drive it every day).
Correction: Locations in films are very frequently used that do not correspond with where they're supposed to be. Unless something actually appears on-screen that would indicate to a viewer with no knowledge of the area that the location in question is not what it claims (say, in this example, a roadsign for Truro), then this cannot be considered a mistake.
31st Jan 2010
Troy (2004)
Corrected entry: When the Trojans invade the shores at daybreak to initiate the second battle, it is quite obvious that Brad Pitt was playing the role of Patroclus until his throat was cut. First, you can see Pitt's face in Achilles' helmet in the close-up shots when he is about to start fighting with Hector. Second, you can see the significant change in Patroclus' physique before and after Hector cut his throat. Now i know that in The Iliad He was disguised as Achilles but that wasn't shown in the movie nor anything (other than Achilles' mother) connected to god interference.
Correction: Sorry, but it's Garrett Hedlund playing the role throughout. Any shot where it's possible to make out his face, it's quite clearly not Brad Pitt - the easiest tell is the eyes, as Hedlund's are noticeably lighter than Pitt's. There's also no physique change; it can be seen in the scene that introduces Patroclus earlier in the film that Hedlund and Pitt have similar builds. Any apparent difference is simply due to Hedlund moving from a compact fighting stance to being bent backwards in an unnatural position, then lying limply on the floor.
30th Jan 2010
Public Enemies (2009)
Corrected entry: Pretty Boy Floyd was killed in East Liverpool, OH, by a Deputy Sheriff on October 19, 1934, not by Pervis.
Correction: Three different accounts of Floyd's death (which occurred on October 22nd, 1934, not the 19th), exist, so, as all parties concerned are now deceased, the truth of the situation will likely never be determined. The film is not intended as a documentary and, as such, is under no obligation to stick rigidly to factual events, particularly as no concrete facts exist in this case. Only one of the three accounts claims that Floyd died at the hands of local law enforcement, the other two both state that Floyd was killed by FBI agents with Purvis present. Given his status as the ostensible "hero" of the film, it's entirely allowable under dramatic licence to present Purvis himself as the shooter.
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Correction: The Stig reaches the end of the pit lane as described - as he drives down the pit lane, one shot shows the cars on the race track coming into the finish straight, so he did indeed reach the end of the pit lane with very little time to spare. Just because another car arrives after the Top Gear car does, it doesn't invalidate statements that they were only seconds from being disqualified. As for the yellow car, we don't know exactly where it comes from - it may have been from a garage close to the pit exit, in which case it would not have been seen in the shots of the Stig driving down the pit lane and would have had time to get into position before time ran out.
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