Question: Why is your face blurred in pictures one you've seen the tape? Just a sign that you'll be dead soon?
Ral0618
12th Jan 2004
The Ring (2002)
12th Jan 2004
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Factual error: During the baseball game, the catcher's pads are extended to cover his shoulders. These type of pads were not available until the mid 80s.
12th Jan 2004
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Trivia: The NBC tour guide tells her tour group that her favorite NBC star is Rosemary Clooney, aunt of the movie's director, George Clooney.
12th Jan 2004
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Factual error: Chuck and Penny are seen drinking Rolling Rock beer in clear glass bottles. But Rolling Rock beer has always come in green glass bottles.
12th Jan 2004
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Continuity mistake: When Penny and Chuck are playing scrabble, Penny lays a "wrong" word horizontally on the board. But when Chuck corrects her, she removes playing pieces off the board that have been laid vertically.
6th Jan 2004
Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
Revealing mistake: When Jessica and Helen are arguing outside the dress shop, there are 2 girls crossing the street in the background who blatantly stop to watch the scene.
12th Dec 2003
Back to School (1986)
Revealing mistake: When Thornton and Lou are making the Bruce Springsteen sign, the student at the table is supposed to be writing on a poster but you can see that the marker is not touching the paper.
9th Dec 2003
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Question: Isn't it common knowledge that Nicole found Tom's mask and put it on his pillow? I always wondered why Tom freaked out so much when he finds it. Is he afraid that Nicole knows where the mask is used? Or that someone else placed it there? And unless I missed something, how come this was never discussed between the two? You'd think Nicole would be asking why he left this in his safe?
Chosen answer: I think someone from the freaky orgy broke in and put the mask on the pillow to warn Cruise's character to keep his mouth shut. That's why Cruise's character is so upset-they got into his home and his safe.
I always assumed that she was a member of the orgy party. She was letting him know that she was there.
No, she wasn't.
22nd Nov 2003
Trading Places (1983)
Question: Can someone please explain to me how Randolph and Mortimer get screwed at the end? I'm not good with the stock market...
Chosen answer: Mortimer and Randolph pay Beeks to bring to them the crop report (oranges) before it goes public. Akroyd, Murphy, Curtis and the butler scheme to get the crop report, before the brothers see it. Now that the 3 partners have the true results of the upcoming crops, before it becomes public, they buy as many shares as they can, which starts to create a frenzy, only to start selling off all their shares at a market high price. Mortimer and Randolph tell their 'floor guy' to "buy, buy, buy", (remember they have a fake crop report). Once the brothers buy many shares at the high price, assuming that they're cornering the market, an announcement is made public on the news about the real crop results for the coming harvest, then they realize too late, that their shares are quickly dropping in price and they yell for their 'floor guy' to "sell, sell, sell". By that time already the bell rings and the machines are turned off, and the brothers start yelling, "Turn those machines back on...." Just to add slightly, the fake crop report that the Dukes have suggest that the orange crop will be poor. That means that the contracts that their floor guy is buying will only go higher once that bad report comes out. However, when the report indicates that the orange crop will be plentiful, the demand for FCOJ futures decreases, causing the price the drop. So the Dukes 'bought high' and 'sold low', which is the absolutely worst thing you can do. Akroyd/Murphy/Curtis 'sold high' and then 'bought low', which netted them a significant profit on the transaction.
20th Nov 2003
Elf (2003)
Continuity mistake: Right before Buddy drinks the bottle of soda pop, the bottle is across the table, next to Michael. The next shot shows Buddy drinking (quick grab). In the next few shots, the empty bottle appears and disappears next to Buddy while he's belching.
9th Nov 2003
Doc Hollywood (1991)
Trivia: When Doctor Stone meets with Bridget Fonda and Woody Harrelson at the bar in Beverly Hills, Bridget says "Is that a movie star?" and Woody says, "Nah, that's just Ted Danson" (a dig at Woody's then costar on 'Cheers').
29th Oct 2003
Sex and the City (1998)
Ghost town - S4-E5
Continuity mistake: Carrie, Samantha and Miranda are at the opening of Steve and Aidan's bar. Carrie lifts her hair off her neck with her right arm, but then in the next shot, she is lowering her left arm.
21st Oct 2003
Showgirls (1995)
Factual error: After Nomi receives the rejection letter for the lead role, she confronts Zack: She's standing about 10 feet away from him, but somehow, the (single-sheet) letter she throws at him lands right against his chest, as if weighted down. (01:33:55)
29th Sep 2003
Friends (1994)
The One With Joey's Dirty Day - S4-E14
Revealing mistake: After Joey is caught in Charlton Heston's shower, he wraps a towel around his waist and sits on the arm of chair. You can see the line of the Speedo underwear under the towel. (00:15:55)
19th Sep 2003
The Color Purple (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Celie is shaving Albert, the "patterns" of cream on his face change from shot to shot.
16th Sep 2003
Friends (1994)
The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, part 1 - S8-E23
Continuity mistake: When the couple who has bad pet names for each other is sharing the maternity room with Rachel, the man is unpacking a suitcase that he closes, but in the next shot its open and he flips the top closed again. (00:09:10)
13th Sep 2003
Radio Flyer (1992)
Revealing mistake: After Mike has come home from being beaten up during a game of football, there are no longer open wounds by his mouth and nose, and the dried "blood" looks more like Kool-Aid stains.
6th Sep 2003
Sex and the City (1998)
Continuity mistake: When Carrie and the Vogue editor are drinking martinis in his office, the level of liquor in their glasses changes from shot to shot.
2nd Sep 2003
Stealing Home (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Billy steals home, he slides then quickly jumps up to reveal a huge dirt mark on his leg. But when the boys are running across the field to catch the train, the dirt mark is practically gone.
28th Aug 2003
Seinfeld (1990)
Continuity mistake: George has constructed a model of the boardroom when his briefcase was destroyed. Jerry thinks George should be represented by the Yellow M&M figure. When the camera shows a close up of the figure, Jerry is holding it in a different position than the far away shots.
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Chosen answer: Yes, the blurred faces do indicate that you've been cursed by the video. It has to do with Samara's face always being covered by her hair, which is also the reason behind infected people unconsciously scribbling over the faces of people in pictures. It also foreshadows the victim's fate (hence the distorted face) if they don't copy and send the cursed tape to someone else.
Shay