Best movie factual errors of 2009

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Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder picture

Factual error: Leo says he smells potato, but he is in a space suit and in space, making it impossible for him to smell it. (00:33:00)

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Factual error: About 30 minutes from the end, the rodeo parking lot is shown, with the cars parked 3 deep (i.e., 3 cars parked nose-to-tail). Valet parking? At a Wyoming rodeo?

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Factual error: In the beginning of the movie, during the "news" clips, it is stated that the Dreads have reservations near major cities. They show a map of North America, and have indicated some places in Canada that have reservations. Unfortunately, most of the locations shown are not near any major cities, and in fact most shown are in the middle of nowhere. The vehicles throughout the movie are current to modern day, not even showing any new models that were released in 2010, so it is safe to assume the movie takes place in the near future. It is not at all conceivable that major cities in Canada would spring up in the next few years for the locations shown on the map.

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The Last Station picture

Factual error: In the dinner scene with Helen Mirren and James MacAvoy, she was playing a gramophone recording of "Un Bel Di" from 'Madame Butterfly,' and the year was 1910. The opera was not recorded until much later.

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Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li picture

Factual error: Chun-Li's father sets wine on fire. This is not possible because the alcohol content is not high enough.

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Factual error: When Esposito revisits the murder scene, he asks Morales whether he would prefer the culprit to receive the death penalty. Morales answers that he would not, claiming that to doze off and fall asleep (hinting at execution by lethal injection) would be too good for the man who raped and brutally murdered his wife. Execution by injection has never been practiced in Argentina - where the last execution was carried out in 1916, by shooting - and was legally enacted only in 1977 and practiced the first time in 1982 (in both cases by the state of Texas). Thus, it seems anachronistic that anyone would equate the method with capital punishment in 1974, when the scene is set. (00:24:00)

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