Revealing mistake: When Allen is in the park and drives backwards to avoid the MPs, there's a closeup where the pigeons fly backwards, revealing the angle is the previous one with the birds taking off but played backwards.
Sacha
29th May 2010
Splash (1984)
29th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: When the Lion runs out of the Wizard's room, the group disappears because it is an obvious backdrop.
27th May 2010
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Revealing mistake: When Dorothy's bedroom is flying away to Oz, there's wind blowing everywhere and bits of hay falling. However, the hay is coming from inside the room, instead of outside, and the papers on the table next to the window don't blow away nor move an inch.
26th May 2010
Lost (2004)
The End (1) - S6-E17
Revealing mistake: When Desmond moves the rock, Smoke-Locke and Jack fight outside the cave while an earthquake shatters everything. Watch the leaves around and you'll notice that they don't move at all, giving away the camera effect. This also happens later on when Hugo, Ben and Jack are about to fix the cave of light.
25th May 2010
Splash (1984)
Revealing mistake: When Hanks drives through the city escaping form the MPs, the guy driving is a very obvious stuntman.
Revealing mistake: When Indy's car is about to crash against Mac's, there's a wide angle where the car is seen totally black inside, revealing it's empty.
7th May 2010
True Lies (1994)
Revealing mistake: During the bathroom scene, all the backshots of Arnie taking a pee are of a very obvious stand-in, not the real actor. (00:30:05)
1st Apr 2010
Cyborg (1989)
Revealing mistake: The bad guy that Nady punches and falls through a hole is a very obvious mannequin. Watch for the close-up of the hand.
19th Mar 2010
Lost (2004)
Lighthouse - S6-E5
Revealing mistake: 6-05 - The Lighthouse: While Sawyer and Locke are climbing down the ladder, Sawyer's stunt is noticeable because his shirt's colour is different, his hair is darker, and the sweat stains on his shirt disappear.
7th Mar 2010
Friends (1994)
The One Where The Stripper Cries - S10-E11
Revealing mistake: During the 80s flashback, Monica and Rachel's cups are obviously empty.
4th Mar 2010
Universal Soldier (1992)
Revealing mistake: During the shooting in the motel, when Luc goes through the second wall it's an obvious cardboard prop.
28th Feb 2010
Universal Soldier (1992)
Revealing mistake: When Van Damme punches the cook at the diner, a waitress is inches away laughing and totally distracted, but she manages to duck in perfect sync in a tenth of a millisecond when the punch is coming, revealing the fight is a choreography.
18th Feb 2010
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Revealing mistake: During the Toon Patrol chase, before the cab enters the alleyway there's a wide shot of the cab making a fast turn. Valiant has his head down, with his hat covering his face and his body totally motionless, opposite to what he looks like in the close-ups where he is grabbing the steering wheel, his head up and controlling the car, thus revealing that the actor was replaced by a dummy in some of the shots. (00:58:40)
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Barbara is smashing the car, her SUV is standing on a very obvious ramp covered with grass.
1st Feb 2010
Ghostbusters 2 (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Oscar is standing backwards on the ledge, he moves frame by frame like a robot, revealing it's a stop motion effect and not a real baby. (01:15:00)
1st Feb 2010
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: All the footage of the missiles being launched is of a poor quality and grainy, which is inconsistent with the good quality of the rest of the shots, revealing that it's stock footage.
22nd Jan 2010
Superman (1978)
Revealing mistake: Superman has just saved Jimmy at the dam and is holding him in the air. Jimmy's fringe is standing up thanks to some hair fixer to achieve the effect of wind blowing (though it's a green screen effect). When Superman sets him on the floor his hair remains up giving away the trick, until the angle changes and it looks all combed and nice.
27th Dec 2009
The Family Stone (2005)
Revealing mistake: Everett talks to Julie at night by the bus stop and the snow flakes stay on his hair forever, revealing it's paper or similar material.
25th Oct 2009
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Revealing mistake: A thick cheap makeup appears over Mauser's eyebrows to simulate they're missing.
25th Oct 2009
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Revealing mistake: When a baddie in a red jacket repeatedly punches Hightower, who's in the water, the fist always stops about 15 cm from his face.