2012

Factual error: Several scenes in the movie show the tidal waves and tsunamis sweeping people and objects away, which is utter fantasy. The air pressure wave that is in front of the tidal waves and tsunamis would blow people and objects away long before the water did.

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Factual error: After taking off from Las Vegas for Tibet, our heroes try to refuel the Antonov in Hawaii, only to find the islands devastated. The route from Las Vegas to Tibet takes you nowhere near Hawaii. In fact, Hawaii is only 500 km (300 miles) closer to Tibet than Las Vegas. Also, they expect to go down somewhere in the South China Sea, but the route from Hawaii to Tibet would take them just north of Japan and nowhere near the South China Sea, which is 3000 km (1900 miles) further south.

Factual error: When Adrian is looking at Jackson's license, it shows his first name, last name. As in: JACKSON, CURTIS. Should be last name first, first name last. As in: CURTIS, JACKSON.

Factual error: In the beginning of the film, when they are in India, the scientist says the temperature could reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. India uses the metric system, not imperial.

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Mistakes

Plot hole: During the later parts of this movie there is much talk about 'continental displacement' and this appears to be happening in the film. The Earth's crust is falling apart because of the heating of the inner core, and all the cities seems to be falling apart since the ground can no longer hold them. When our cast finds themselves surprised to be already over China when they figured to be over the ocean, it is explained that Asia has actually moved from where it was. If this phenomenon is taking place globally, how come the monks in China don't seem to have been disturbed at all? In fact the bell the monk rings as the ocean approaches hasn't even been shaken. The arks are built in between the mountains, but the mountains are apparently fine. Shouldn't they be falling like the rest of the crust?

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Quotes

Jackson Curtis: When they tell you not to panic... That's when you run!

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Trivia

Trivia: The frequency for the radio station 745 is not an error. It's like having a phone number start with '555' to prevent people from dialing or harassing the person who owns the number. Same with the radio station. They don't use real ones for good reason.

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Questions

Question: If all this happens on the 21-12-2012 why do we not see one Christmas decoration throughout whole film?

Answer: Because it's the 21st December in the MAYAN calendar. In the calendar most people use, it was actually July.

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