Corrected entry: In the final battle scene, before a shot is fired, the Germans are seen marching along with many Panzerfausts over their shoulders, and yet they are seen unpacking them much later. A few well aimed shots at a disabled tank would have finished the battle very effectively much sooner. Panzerfausts were a very effective anti tank weapon.
Geggemann
28th Oct 2014
Fury (2014)
27th Aug 2001
True Lies (1994)
Corrected entry: When the bad guy is stuck on the missile on the rail of the Harrier, and Arnold shoots it, it carries the bad guy into the building and out the other side. Modern missiles accelerate at more than 2000 G's - the Sidewinder weighs less than 200 lbs, and thrust is more than 40,000. So he would have been fried by the backwash as it left without him. (02:11:55)
Correction: First, I think the numbers are a little bit off. According to http://www.easycalculation.com/unit-conversion/acceleration-converter.php, an acceleration of 2000G would indicate an airspeed of almost 44000 miles/h (or almost 71000 km/h), which is probably more than the explosion itself when the rocket hits. Second, the rocket is fired with a person weighing the same or more than the rocket itself hanging from it, which would severely reduce the acceleration (That the rocket would be able to steer and hit its target with all that extra weight is more improbable).
3rd Aug 2010
Predators (2010)
Corrected entry: At the end when Isabelle is pinned to the tree stump by the last predator's blade that was shot at her, when she breathes it moves in time with her chest, thus showing that she is not in fact pinned as she should be, but that the blade is only connected to her uniform.
Correction: Isabelle isn't pinned to the tree. She is leaning towards the tree because she is hurt, and gets hit by the predators blade in her shoulder after shooting the predator, but there isn't anything suggesting the blade going through her shoulder and pinning her. So the blade would therefore move when she breathes, as it's only lodged in her shoulder.
16th Mar 2012
The Darkest Hour (2011)
Corrected entry: In the scene where the 5 survivors come across the downed Airliner inside the hotel, there is not a single burn mark from a fire or explosion and seems as though the plane was just laid there for effect. Any airliner even one nearly out of gas that crashed out of the sky into a building would have burst into flames and exploded.
Correction: The main reason planes explode or burn when they crash is that you get electrical sparks (planes are filled with wires) combined with highly flammable fuel. In the movie the aliens "steal" all electricity, which is the reason the plane crashes. With no electricity in the plane it would just smash into the ground (sparks from metal against concrete _could_ ignite the fuel, but that depends on how the plane crashed into the building, so it's possible).
24th Aug 2009
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Corrected entry: Fredrick Zoller has a rank of "Oberschutze" (he has a 4-pointed star on his sleeve). This rank was in use only before the war to differ experienced privates from new recruits. Having such rank in 1944 is impossible.
Correction: The rank of Oberschütze was indeed in use during WWII, and would not be impossible in 1944. The following is taken from several sites explaining the rank: The use of Oberschütze reached its height in World War II when the German Wehrmacht maintained the rank as both an Army and Air Force position. The rank was also used in the Waffen-SS where it was known as SS-Oberschütze. Unlike its earlier counterparts, the World War II rank of Oberschütze was not bestowed based on leadership and ability but rather simply as recognition of time served in the military. Typically, a Schütze would be promoted to the position after six months to one year of military service. Generally, the rank was given to soldiers with little aptitude, as promotion to Gefreiter could normally be expected in the same time period. Oberschütze rank was generally given to those not expected to rise to non-commissioned rank (ie Unteroffizier or higher).
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Correction: The reason we see the Germans unpacking them is because the soldiers with the Panzerfausts were either killed or busy running away when the tank crew started to shoot. Rather than searching the area for the dropped or lost Panzerfausts, the Germans opted to wait for the cases to be carried from the rear. The German officer even says something like that they will win if they just get to fire them on the tank.
Geggemann