Corrected entry: Miranda says that Arabic word for yes is "Haanji". But the correct words for yes is "Aiwa/na'am". "Haanji" is the Punjabi(is an Indian Languge)for yes.
raywest
14th Jul 2010
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
20th Aug 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Corrected entry: When Harry Potter is stunned by Malfoy and covered in the invisibility cloak, Luna Lovegood is able to remove it with a spell. However, it has been stated that this cloak, being one of the three hallows, cannot be summoned or moved by magic.
16th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Draco Malfoy attacks Dumbledore, Bellatrix Lestrange walks in wearing dark lipstick. The camera switches to a side view of Draco, and Bellatrix kisses him on the back of the head, and she is wearing no lipstick. The Camera goes to Dumbledore, then back to Draco and Bellatrix, and her lipstick has reappeared.
Correction: Bellatrix is always wearing lipstick. From a front camera angle, her lipstick appears dark. When her face is seen in profile, a bright light source shining directly on her face highlights her features, including her lips, making them only appear lighter, but we still see its shine.
18th Jul 2009
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)
Corrected entry: When Harry first gets the old Book of Potions, he opens the front cover and sees the name Half Blood Prince. Later when Ginny pulls the book from him and reads the name to Hermione, she has opened the back cover and is reading the name from there. Later on Harry is again looking at the book, and once again the name Half Blood Prince is at the front of the book.
7th Aug 2003
Elizabeth (1998)
Corrected entry: Elizabeth knighted Walsingham in 1573. At the time depicted in the film he was still plain Francis Walsingham.
Correction: This movie is considered "historical fiction," and many events depicted in it are deliberately inaccurate using artistic license. For example, Robert Dudley (the Earl of Leicester) was loyal to Elizabeth until his death and was never involved in a plot to dethrone her; he also did not convert to Catholicism as shown in the movie. And there is no evidence whatsoever that the "Virgin Queen" slept with Dudley. Nor did Elizabeth ever meet Henri, the Duke of Anjou, (it was actually his brother who proposed to her) and there is nothing to support that Henri was homosexual. Also, Walsingham was actually much younger than the older man he is depicted as in the film (he was in his mid-twenties when Elizabeth was crowned), and so on. Cherry-picking one incident from among the many fabricated or altered events should not be considered as a "factual error."
10th May 2009
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Corrected entry: During the Herbology lesson with the mandrakes, Professor Sprout issues the class earmuffs, obviously to block out the screams that would follow. In order to do so, the earmuffs must block out all sound entirely, lest they all pass out, assuming the slightest sound from the mandrake causes ill effects. The plot hole is with the earmuffs. When the first mandrake is pulled, the rest of the class quickly press their earmuffs tightly over their ears. This action (and their faces) show they can hear the screams to an uncomfortable level. A moment later, Neville faints but more or less out of fright. Sprout states afterward that he's neglected his earmuffs, Seamus then replies that he's just fainted. Seamus heard what Sprout had said, given he had the earmuffs on and the distance between he and the teacher. They all should have fainted after Sprout pulled the first mandrake (this can also be said for after they all pulled up some 10 or so afterwards) as they could all hear the cry through their earmuffs.
Correction: These are only juvenile mandrakes (in the book they suffer from acne and misbehave), and their screams are much less powerful than fully-grown plants, which the students probably would not be allowed to get near. (It is mentioned that these plants have to be mature before they can be used for the petrified antidote, and it's never stated that their screams must be completely blocked out, only that ear protection is needed.) Therefore, the students only need to wear the ear muffs to deaden the sound, not entirely eliminate it, allowing them to hear Professor Sprout speak. As you pointed out, Neville did not faint from the sound.
7th May 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: On Bella's first day of school in the cafeteria, Mike sits down beside her and when Tyler pulls the chair out from under Mike it is thrown several feet away from the table. Mike chases after Tyler. Then, Jessica makes a comment about Bella being a shiny new toy and slides over into the chair that should no longer be there.
7th May 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: When Edward drops Bella off at the prom - she sits on the bench and Jacob approaches her. Edward first begins to walk off in front of the car and in the next shot he is driving it away.
25th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: In the ballet studio scene, where the heck did the lights come from? It's night and there's no way that it is the moon's light. It's bright just like a sun's light.
Correction: Actually, some of the windows remain dark, indicating that it's night. The light streaming in the other windows is apparently from outside street illumination. True, it's brighter than it normally would be, and that appears to be deliberate artistic license on the filmmakers part to set the scene, but it is not sunlight.
17th Feb 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: In the cafeteria after Edward picks up the apple, when he's asking Bella 'what if he's the bad guy' his ear is reddened flesh colored as if he just came in from the cold, not white like the rest of his face.
25th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: Bella tells Mike she won't be able to go to prom because she has a non-refundable ticket to Florida. (In the book there are two dances, and she declines everyone's invitation to attend the first one, and Edward takes her to prom by surprise.) In the movie, nobody questions why she suddenly is able to go to prom.
Correction: How do you know no one questioned her about it and wasn't given an explanation just before the prom? And why would anyone need to ask? She is "officially" with Edward now, and she is going because he wants to take her. Bella also just had a serious accident and broke her leg. That alone is sufficient reason for her to have cancelled or postponed her (fake) trip to Florida.
25th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: In some scenes, you can notice Edward blushing or colour in his face. Vampires are meant to have pale white faces.
Correction: This issue has been addressed several times on the site now. It is stated in the books that although Edward's skin is pale, he (and presumably other vampires) is capable of appearing flushed under certain circumstances; there's nothing in the movie that contradicts this. Can this be dropped now?
25th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: Edward hasn't been at school after meeting Bella for the first time. During the lunch scene, Rosalee is seen putting a carrot into her mouth. She doesn't eat. (00:14:45)
Correction: How is that a mistake? It's been pointed out several times here already that the Cullens only give the "appearance" that they eat normally to avoid suspicion. At school, the "siblings" always have food on their trays at lunchtime. They either nibble at it, or just go through the motions of eating, such as Rosalie is doing by putting a carrot in her mouth. The food is either un-chewed and un-swallowed and then removed discretely, or, if it is eaten, it is "voided" later (vampire bulimia).
10th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: Make up flaw: After Edward 'sparkles' and is telling Bella about his special diet while sitting in the tree, the palms of his hands are blood red with cold or from the lack of makeup. (00:54:25)
5th Mar 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: When Edward and Bella are talking in the forest after he has shown her what he looks like in sunlight, his ears are red from the cold. As vampires are already cold, his ears wouldn't change colour.
3rd Jan 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: In the very last scene where Edward & Bella are at the prom and he kisses her neck, you can see that Bella is whiter than Edward, when Edward should be unbelievably white.
15th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Bella is being attacked after the bookstore, there are two people in the background. Later there are four attackers. Who are the other people?
10th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: When Bella storms into the house after the baseball game, she says, 'Robert, I said just leave me alone.' She was meant to call him Edward, which is his character's name.
Correction: Sorry, but you are incorrect. I've listened to this at least half-a-dozen times, and Bella definitely says, "Edward," not "Robert" when she storms into the house. Movie scenes are filmed multiple times to get the best version, so it's highly unlikely a mistake like that would make it into the final cut.
10th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: Vampires don't eat human food; but in the scene in the cafeteria after the greenhouse scene, the camera zooms in on Edward picking at his food. Look to his left and you will see Emmett chewing on a rice crispy treat he was playing with in the shot before. (00:29:25)
Correction: Vampires can ingest food but are unable to digest it or receive any nourishment from eating. Edward and the other Cullen kids only nibble at or pretend to eat food or leave it untouched while at school so they can appear to be (as much as possible) "normal." Anything they do eat, must be regurgitated later.
7th Apr 2009
Twilight (2008)
Corrected entry: When Bella gets out of her car you can see a crew member on the glass window.
Correction: Which time is Bella getting out of her truck (not a car) can you see this? If it's at the school, it's certainly possible that the reflection could be a student, a teacher, or some other staff person rather than a film crew member that is reflected. How can you tell it's a crew member and not some random person standing nearby? Is he/she wearing technical gear or holding film equipment that identifies them as a crew member? Sorry, but you need to be more specific for it to qualify as a mistake.
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