Corrected entry: Spoiler: At the end, Gally shoots Chuck, and Minho throws a spear through Gally's chest, killing him. A minute later, when Thomas looks at Gally, the spear is nowhere in sight.
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20th Sep 2014
The Maze Runner (2014)
1st Oct 2014
Apollo 13 (1995)
Corrected entry: When Ken Mattingly is watching the launch from a field, he is seen next to a gold and black corvette. The gold and black corvette was a paint scheme chosen for the astrovette which was leased to the Apollo 12 mission crew for a dollar for a year. There were three of these cars, leased to astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard F. Gordon, Jr., and Alan Bean, not Ken Mattingly.
22nd May 2014
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
Corrected entry: In the letter from Bella to Renesmee she says Jacob can teach her Ticuna legends, but he's not Ticuna. Jacob is a member of the Quileute tribe.
Correction: Bella did not make a mistake, The Cullens learn that there may be information about half-mortal, half-vampire children within the Ticuna culture. What Bella means (and she is assuming she and the other Cullens will be killed by the Volturi) is that Jacob, as Renesmee's protector, will be able to discover more about this and can then share that with Renesmee. It will help disprove the Volturi's accusation that she is an "immortal child."
They did not know about that at the time Bella wrote the letter to Renesme. She was preparing a backpack with money and passport with the thought Jacob would be taking her somewhere mid battle. They didn't know about Tacuna tribe until the very end of battle scene.
22nd Jul 2006
The Godfather
Corrected entry: The age of Tom Hagen when he moved in with the Corleones is never consistent. At the start of Book I, Michael says Tom was 12 when Sonny brought him home and demanded they take him in; later in Book I, Tom says both he and Sonny were both 11. Then, in Book III, when recounting how Sonny had taken part in an armed robbery when he was 16, Don Corleone says that Tom had been living with them for three years at this point, which would place Sonny and Tom at 13 when Tom moved in.
Correction: It's not really a mistake. For one thing you're being too precise about the timeline. People's recollections of exactly when something happened or how old a person was many years before, is often vague or generalized. (I often don't remember how old I was when certain things happened in my childhood.) Michael, being the youngest Corleone child would have been around five or six-years-old when Tom Hagen moved in and may simply remember it incorrectly. Also, Tom could have been just weeks shy of his 12th birthday, technically making him 12-years-old and just a little over one year after that he'd be turning thirteen. Also, the Don was getting older at this point and his memory was not as sharp as it used to be and he may have remembered Tom as being around 13 when he moved in.
22nd Mar 2014
Disturbia (2007)
Corrected entry: The cop has been shown the entire movie to have it out for Kale. Always showing up as soon as possible to catch him when he goes outside the boundaries. Then, at the end, the one time that Kale WANTS him to come ASAP, the cop takes his own sweet time. Of course, the cop has no idea that Kale wants him there to save him from a murderer. So it is very out of character for him to suddenly not care about catching Kale violating the house arrest.
Correction: Doing something that is out-of-character is not a plot hole. The cop could have had any number of reasons for not showing up right away. He may simply have gotten tired of responding all the time or felt that Kale was yanking his chain, expecting him to come running every time he stepped over the boundary.
6th Jan 2014
Alien (1979)
Corrected entry: Ripley has just seen Lambert and Parker dead, she has set the ship to destruct, so why does she go to the lower deck? The only reason is to show us, the viewers, Dallas and Brett still alive and cocooned and to show us the sticky secretion on the wall, which we see more of in "Aliens."
13th Jun 2010
The Lovely Bones (2009)
Corrected entry: In one scene where Suzie is falling (after the house charm is removed), her bracelet falls slowly - but the house charm is still attached.
10th Oct 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Corrected entry: Spock stated that Vulcans "embrace technicality" but there was nothing technical about the violation of the Prime Directive when the crew decided to stop the volcano from destroying Nibiru. Given Spock's insistence on following rules and regulations, there is no way he would have agreed to render the volcano inert, as doing so violated the Prime Directive (as stated by Pike, under the Prime Directive the Enterprise crew was "supposed to survey a planet, not alter its destiny").
Correction: Spock is half-human and that part is often at odds with his Vulcan side. Despite following the Vulcan way of life, this internal conflict at times causes Spock to do things other Vulcans would not. He is also affected by his friendship with Jim Kirk and his loyalty to him, and can be swayed by that. Spock may have agreed to go along with Kirk's plan as long as they remained unseen by the indigenous people, though the plan went awry. It would also go against Spock's logical nature to let a civilization die when it could be saved without altering its destiny.
4th Jun 2013
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Corrected entry: During its fall to Earth, the Enterprise rotated wildly out of control, which tossed people and machinery throughout the ship. Yet after the ship was stabilized the dead tribble is sitting in the exact same spot on McCoy's table as before.
Correction: There was enough time after the ship was stable for someone, maybe McCoy, to have picked up the tribble. Considering he was conducting an experiment on it, its reasonable that he'd put it back on the table. There were a number of other objects that presumably had also fallen off that were sitting on the table as well.
27th Aug 2006
Red Eye (2005)
Corrected entry: After Lisa kicks Jackson, her shoe gets stuck in his leg. In the next scene (in the bathroom), she is barefoot and has had no time in between these shots to take the other shoe off her left foot.
Correction: She had plenty of time to take it off. As Jackson is coming up the steps, Lisa kicks him, stabbing his leg with her stiletto heel. Then you see her falling to the floor as Jack tumbles down the staircase to the bottom. He then goes to the front hall and gets the knife from his dead associate. During that time, Lisa, either while still on the floor or right after she got up, could have quickly slipped off the other shoe before going barefoot out the window and onto the scaffolding then into the bathroom where she locks herself in.
21st Jan 2004
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Corrected entry: As Annie walks toward Sam and Jonah she is holding Howard the bear and Jonah's backpack. Annie returns only the bear to Jonah; as the trio walks to the elevator Jonah is seen carrying both the backpack and the bear. (There wasn't enough time lapse between shots for the backpack to be handed over, either.)
Correction: I just watched this scene, and during the time that Annie and Sam are talking, just after Annie gives Jonah the teddy bear, the camera pans up to Sam and Annie's shoulders and faces. Annie is still holding the backpack in her left hand, and Jonah, who cannot be seen at this point but is standing next to Annie, could have taken the pack from her then and she just released it to him.
Correction: Annie does not hand the backpack to Jonah, as he does not have it when they're leaving and going to the elevator. It just disappears, as it appears she did not drop it.
Correction: Jonah can be seen stuffing his teddy bear Howard into something (I assume it is the backpack) as the trio move through the doors of the viewing back toward the elevator.
28th Jun 2013
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Jem is in the bed and the doctor is checking his arm, after his encounter with Bob Ewell, Calpurnia is holding the door shut. When Scout is in the room she spots Boo hiding behind the door. Calpurnia and the doctor should have seen Boo when the door was being held shut.
Correction: Both Calpurnia and the doctor know that Boo Radley is there and that he is extremely shy and introverted to the extent he is totally reclusive and mostly remains indoors. He only occasionally goes out into his yard late at night. Only Jem's life being in danger forced him to leave his home and brought him to the Finch's house. Cal and the doctor are simply respecting Boo's privacy by purposely ignoring him because they know he is incapable of interacting in any type of social setting. The entire story is mostly from Scout's and Jem's viewpoint, and Boo has been an enigma to them. Scout is seeing him for the first time.
28th May 2013
Flight (2012)
Corrected entry: When Whip first returns to his family farm, he collects the alcohol bottles next to the stereo, one of which is a Hennessy bottle, and dumps all the liquor. Days later when he is drunk in his chair watching home videos, there, next to the stereo behind him, lies the same bottle of Hennessy.
14th May 2013
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: Edward Cullen has a consistent accent in the beginning of the movie while in biology class, but does not have an accent for the rest of the movie (or series).
Correction: I would have to disagree that Edward has an "accent." When he first talks to Bella in biology class, he's struggling with his overwhelming desire for her blood, so his speech is a bit strained and deliberate as he attempts to control himself. Bella affected him so much that he was absent from class for about a week. He gradually becomes more comfortable around her and is able to talk more normally.
When he said, "So you're not worried because you'll be in a house full of vampires, but because they won't approve of you?" it does sound like he has an accent of some kind.
14th May 2013
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Corrected entry: When Picard returns to the Paxxan planet, Data begins to replay the incidents that led to the "lost day". During the narrative that Data gives, he explains that Captain Picard asked the Paxxan representative, who is using Counselor Troi's body to communicate, who (meaning what species) they belonged to. The alien possessing counselor Troi never answers this question. Instead the alien informs Picard that because the Enterprise crew is aware of the Paxxans (who are xenophobes and isolationists) and the ship and its occupants must be destroyed. Picard asks the alien to allow the Enterprise safe passage through their space, and to erase the entire crew's memory of the incident, however the Paxxan representative says that Data is immune to their technology to erase memories (which would have been required in order for the plan to work). Captain Picard says to Data, "You will conceal your knowledge of the Paxxans for as long as you exist". However the species was never identified. This happens in the last 6 minutes of the episode.
Correction: As I recall, it was Data who explained to Picard that the aliens were Paxxans and xenophobes after it was discovered that Data's "cover story" about the missing day was untrue. Picard's question to the alien about who they are, could be interpreted a number of ways, and not just to identify what their species is called.
13th Feb 2013
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Corrected entry: While Joan & Betty are in the kitchen, we see a phone hanging on the wall. The girls are called out of the kitchen & Spencer says he just got a call and has to be in NY the next morning for a meeting. At no point during the time the girls are in the kitchen do we hear the phone ring and there was no such thing as cell phones at that time.
Correction: There were no cell phones at that time, but it was certainly possible to have more than one phone line installed in a house. Spencer may have had a second phone line put in on the pretense that it was for his "work" but to cover up his extra curricular activities, and to keep his wife from listening in on an extension. It is also possible to turn the ringer off on phones, even back then. They may just have preferred not to have the kitchen extension turned on.
15th Feb 2013
The Hunger Games (2012)
Corrected entry: During the bloodbath, the District 6 girl is seen on the ground looking up at Marvel while he stabs her with his spear. Throughout the rest of the bloodbath, the same girl is seen battling to District 3 boy. (01:08:45 - 01:09:30)
Correction: It is not the same person. The girl from District 6 is the one who is killed. The girl battling the District 3 boy is Glimmer. Both girls have long blonde hair worn in a somewhat similar style that is pulled back, but the District 6 girl has tighter braids and Glimmer's hair is a looser pig-tail style.
5th Mar 2008
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)
Corrected entry: When Meryl Streep opens the letter from the lawyer, she removes the cross from the envelope twice.
Correction: She doesn't remove it twice. She takes it out and keeps it tucked in her palm while looking at Robert's book, then removes her glasses. When she goes to put her glasses back on, the envelope is still in her hand, tipping downward. She slightly shakes the glasses once to flip open one arm that is folded down so she can put them back on, although it looks like she's shaking something out of the envelope, but she is not. The cross is still in her hand the entire time.
15th Feb 2013
The Hunger Games (2012)
Corrected entry: When Caesar Flickerman interviews Katniss on the night before the Games, you can see the edge of Stanley Tucci's wig right behind his ear. (00:56:25)
Correction: Of course you can see the edge of the wig, because Caesar is wearing a wig. The citizens in the capital dress in outlandish costumes, use garish make-up, have strange hair styles often dyed in bright colors, and wear all kinds of odd hats, ornate jewelry, embellishments, hair pieces, and elaborate wigs. It's not meant to be Caesar's real hair.
15th Feb 2013
The Hunger Games (2012)
Corrected entry: When Katniss is hallucinating from the tracker jacker stings, she sees and hears Caesar (the announcer) describing the effects of the venom, which he had just done for the television audience. However, as she is inside the arena, she could not have seen him do this and would thus not 'remember' it in her vision.
Correction: Katniss would not have to "remember" it. She is hallucinating it. Like everyone else, she's watched past televised Hunger Games and knows that Ceasar describes in detail everything that happens during the games. Tracker jackers have probably been used in previous games. It is hardly a stretch that she would hallucinate him explaining about the tracker jackers to the audience, or in this case, to her personally.
Correction: I had to watch this several times on DVD, but the spear is always there. As Gally falls to his knees, dying, the end of the spear, which was at a slight angle away from his body can easily be seen because light is on it. As he turns more to the camera, the shaft is covered in shadow and blends into his dark clothing and can barely be seen, but it is there the entire time.
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