Corrected entry: Marv is walking up steps covered in tar in the basement. He gets some tar on his feet and we see it in the nail scene. When he falls and grabs his feet, his feet are clean from then on.
manthabeat
30th Nov 2019
Home Alone (1990)
1st Aug 2017
Ghostbusters (1984)
Corrected entry: When Ray pulls up in the Ectomobile (before it has been painted), Peter is walking over to the car and the camera is following him. In the reflection of the window, a piece of equipment can be seen (possibly a boom mic). (00:20:30)
9th Jul 2020
The Mask (1994)
Corrected entry: When Stanley wakes up to the dog licking his ear, the shot pulls back and we can see a jar of peanut butter next to the bed on the nightstand. The peanut butter was used to aid in the effect of the dog licking Stanley's ear. It was accidentally left in the shot.
Correction: We see a jar of peanut butter and a half empty bag of saltine type crackers. The scene is consistent with a person who eats peanut butter on crackers while in bed. The presence of the crackers shows its inclusion in the scene was deliberate and not an accident.
29th Jun 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Corrected entry: When the new president talks to the world on shortwave radio, some kids are adjusting a TV antenna in one shot. Shortwave radios wouldn't work with TV antennas, they use two significantly different frequencies. Shortwave is a much longer wavelength and would require larger antennas to work.
Correction: As any shortwave listener will tell you, quality receivers will work with just about any length of antenna. I have $10 receivers which work just fine with the 24 inch built in antenna.
Correction: They are using alien technology to improve everything they use. Therefore, I'm sure that technology is enough in this situation.
9th Apr 2018
San Andreas (2015)
Corrected entry: The helicopter appears to crash into the store in Bakersfield sideways (the rotors chop through the roof vertically), however in the interior shot, the helicopter is horizontal.
Correction: The helicopter crashes into the store at about 20-30 degrees off its vertical axis. This means that the helicopter was still in a somewhat upright position as the blades hit and it came to rest at about 5 degrees off axis.
17th Apr 2019
Wayne's World (1992)
Corrected entry: When Benjamin is holding the snake at the video shoot, a large film light is reflected in his glasses.
26th Feb 2019
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Corrected entry: The doors are locked in the school preventing the kids from getting out. Couldn't the kids just unlock the door from the inside?
Correction: Not necessarily, a lot of locks can't be opened on the other side when locked with a key. Besides, the kids panicked and didn't know what to do.
6th Jan 2019
The Wedding Singer (1998)
Corrected entry: During the "Love Stinks" song, Robbie has the first man sing the main line and he tries to grab the microphone. In the next shot, he is eating something.
Correction: He tries to grab the mike with his left hand. The food is in his right hand even before Robbie comes over. He was about to eat it.
24th Apr 2018
Rampage (2018)
Corrected entry: Near the beginning, they say part of the space station crashes into southern Wyoming. They then show a title card that says "Casper, Wyoming." Casper is in central Wyoming.
Correction: Parts of the space station crashed in several places. Later on, the wolf is discovered in Casper. A wolf that size and speed could easily travel a large distance in a short period of time.
30th Jan 2018
Spaceballs (1987)
Corrected entry: When Lonestar and Helmet are fighting near the end, Helmet takes Lonestar's ring. In one scene after this he is standing near the self destruct button. The camera operator is visible in the glass of the button. It is clear enough you can see that he is wearing a "Spaceballs" shirt.
Correction: Most likely intentional since we see the crew during the fight.
30th May 2017
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Corrected entry: When the Waco Kid supposedly steals the king from the sheriff as they are playing chess, the real king falls out of the sheriff's hand as he pretends to grab it. It still lies there throughout the rest of the scene.
Correction: It's not the king lying on the chess board. Bart knocks over a pawn.
Correction: The king didn't fall, he knocked a different piece over.
21st May 2016
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Corrected entry: Professor Frink says he has a machine that will burn through anything but it happens to be on the outside of the dome. Why didn't the Simpsons use this to make a hole in the dome when they found a way out?
Correction: Even if the drill was still there for the using, there is nothing in the movie that suggests if they even remembered it was there. They could have easily forgotten about it.
Correction: There is nothing to suggest the Simpsons even know how to use Frink's superdrill.
Correction: The EPA came to capture the family so they had to run away. By the time of return, there would have already been the security seen near the end of the film.
1st Sep 2015
Independence Day (1996)
Corrected entry: Unless everyone uses satellite receivers, the local news feeds would likely still come from terrestrial broadcast towers. The interference on the local TV stations wouldn't be present like it is, especially in the scenes with Russel being on the news.
Correction: Most satellite and cable companies carry local stations as part of their basic programming.
3rd Dec 2004
UHF (1989)
Corrected entry: When Terri visits R.J. in his office to tell him about U62, the door to R.J's office says "General Manager." However, when Stanley goes in there a few minutes later in the film, the door says "R.J. Fletcher." Both are definitely going into the same office. (01:10:40 - 01:13:45)
Correction: Toward the end, when Stanley is going into Fletcher's office to get away from the thugs, he shuts the door, and you can see the left door says "General Manager" and the right door says "R. J. Fletcher."
25th Dec 2009
Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
Corrected entry: Right before Ernest shows the girl he can reach into the bag, he is calling her over to show the bag off. He says "come here son." Gender error.
Correction: Ernest says "Come over here a second."
26th Dec 2006
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Corrected entry: Leaves can be seen on several trees around the Griswold house, which is supposed to be in Chicago and its obviously supposed to be wintertime.
Correction: We sometimes have leaves on some of our trees all the way through winter. They only fall off with extreme winds.
29th Dec 2013
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
Corrected entry: During the car chase in Rome, they pass a wedding photo shoot. The camera that would be taking the wedding photo disappears after one shot.
Correction: No. It doesn't. You can see when the first car drives towards the crowd that the photographer grabs the camera so it doesn't get damaged (something a normal person would do in the situation). And in wide shots you can see he's still holding the camera.
18th Feb 2009
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)
Corrected entry: When Paul knocks the bad guy over in the sporting goods store, he falls flat on his back. The crash mat is visible right where he lands and is a different color to the surrounding tiles.
Correction: In the prior scene before the bad guy is tripped with a hockey stick, when Paul is in front of store and decides to go in, you can see that the red mat is actually a carpet runner on the floor in front of the hockey gear (New Jersey Devils) Paul winds up in. It's also the same color and theme of the sports gear displayed and hockey uniform Paul is wearing.
2nd Nov 2006
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Corrected entry: After Clark sees the beautiful woman and almost loses control of the car, Ellen is asking him what is wrong. In the windows an orange Jeep can be seen starting to pass their car. When Ellen hugs Clark, the same jeep is now behind their car, not passing them.
Correction: When Ellen leans over to Clark near the end of the shot, that is not the orange jeep behind them. It looks like a reddish truck with a white camper or trailer.
12th Feb 2012
Chronicle (2012)
Corrected entry: The three characters are playing with Legos near the beginning of the film. They are sitting next to a mirror, and we see Andrew building his Lego structure. Andrew is reflected in the mirror but the Lego structure is not, indicating the use of CGI.
Correction: Matt is sitting in front of the mirror in the position where the reflection of the Lego would be, and therefore obscures the view at that position.
Join the mailing list
Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.
Correction: His feet are not clean from then on. Although the shot referred to is not clear the next scene shows him leaving the basement barefoot with tar on the soles and sides of his feet. He even leaves black footprints on his way out.