Corrected entry: Dr. Chase's password to get into the preservation room was "Valley Forge." With an irreplaceable, extremely important document symbolizing American history and the Founding Fathers, one would think that a high-ranking government official with free access to this room would have his password changed frequently and have it be a random series of numbers and letters, not a real word or phrase - especially one as easy to guess as "Valley Forge," the famous resting place of the Continental Army during a long, horrible winter in the Revolutionary War.
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27th Nov 2004
National Treasure (2004)
24th Nov 2004
National Treasure (2004)
Corrected entry: When Ben Gates is arrested by the FBI, the FBI agent takes the glasses that can reveal the code on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Later, the FBI uses him as bait to catch the other villain. After Gates escapes, he has the glasses back. The movie does not show the FBI giving him back the glasses, and why would it let him carry them while he was being used as bait, since the glasses were evidence?
26th Oct 2004
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Corrected entry: Kyra's hand can be seen under the bed just before reaching out for Cole.
Correction: She was under the bed, he couldn't see her, and the fact that we can see her hand just moments before really isn't a mistake. She is there waiting for him.
3rd Oct 2004
The Mummy (1999)
Corrected entry: According to Ardeth, the Egyptians took out Imhotep's vital organs and placed them in five sacred canopic jars. How could he then be moving and moaning when they poured the scarab beetles on him and shut the lid?
Correction: It was Anch Su Namoon who had her organs placed into the canopic jars. Imotep was buried alive.
28th Jun 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Corrected entry: In the whole movie, no mention is made of Tom Baker ever leaving to play an away game. Does Illinois just not play away matches?
Correction: Just because this detail isn't talked about doesn't mean that they didn't occur. They never specifically say all the matches are home games, either.
17th Sep 2003
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Corrected entry: This film was controversial at the time because it depicted an interracial couple.
Correction: Does re-stating the plot really constitute a "Trivia" entry?
26th Jun 2004
Men in Black II (2002)
Corrected entry: When Serleena frees the criminals of MIB, she tells them to check deneuralizers, because K needs to get his memory back. Since she hasn't presumably seen him in roughly 25 years, she would have no knowledge of the neutralization or consequently where to start looking for him.
Correction: Serleena is aware of what MIB is, and may have been monitoring its activities. She knows if K is gone, he would have been neuralized, because she knows how the organization functions.][She was actually told by her assistant that Kay was there to get deneuralized that day. She is told this just after MIB headquarters is locked down and well before she releases the prisoners.
27th Aug 2001
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Corrected entry: When Katherine arrives at the heliport and is rushing to the landing pad, the heliport employees tell her that she cannot go on the pad without an escort. She ignores that warning and goes out anyway, where Crown's representative is standing. The heliport employees apparently allowed him on the pad without an escort and made no effort to go get her after she ignored their warning.
Correction: They told her that because they probably didn't know who she was, and wouldn't let just anyone wander out to the landing pad. It is probable that perhaps someone then told him (the employee who told her to stop) to let her go, as Crown was expecting her, but probably didn't broadcast it to everyone there. The man who was out there, was obviously an employee of Crown's and had permission to be there.
27th Aug 2001
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Corrected entry: At the beach house, she goes out back with a towel around her neck as though she is going to get wet, but where? The beach house is on top of a mountain, far from the beach and there is no swimming pool. How did Crown and Catherine get to the beach?
Correction: There is a stairway down the hill to the beach.
1st Sep 2003
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Corrected entry: While dancing in a see-through dress, the frontal view shows she is wearing full-sized panties but when she twirls around, they're gone .
Correction: A thong would give the same look, coverage in front, and bare in the back.
Correction: Except the thin dress was literally the only thing Russo was wearing. The director and lighting techs took great care to not show off too much of her body.
26th May 2004
Days of Our Lives (1965)
Corrected entry: Why are Sami and Belle such close sisters, or even friends? Around 1992 or 1993, when Belle was an infant, Sami tried to sell Belle on the black market, and was caught by the family. Such a big event, yet Belle never heard about it?
Correction: Belle knows about it, but it happened when she was an infant. Is Belle supposed to hold a grudge forever about something she can't even remember? Belle is a sweet and forgiving person. She's moved on, and has forgiven Sami.
7th May 2004
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Corrected entry: Throughout this movie, Mel Gibson slips in and out of his Australian accent.
Correction: I don't think Mel ever tried to hide his accent. As he moved back to the states later in life, his accent started to fade over the years. At that point in his life his accent wasn't as pronounced, but you could identify it when he said certain words or phrases. Given his chequered past though, a certain hint of a non-American accent isn't entirely inappropriate.
6th Jan 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Corrected entry: When Bonnie Hunt is getting in the cab to go to the airport for her trip to New York, her hair is in a perfect bob. When she gets there and is talking to her publisher in her hotel room, her hair is in a flip.
Correction: Enough time has passed that she could have re-curled her hair after her flight, and before her publisher showed up.
18th Apr 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Corrected entry: When the family is moving, the trucks seen from the air are different to those seen at the new house. (00:20:35 - 00:21:35)
Correction: The style of the Bekins trucks are the exact same. There is also an additional Crate and Barrel Truck, but it is a separate delivery truck with their new furniture, and not a moving truck that came from the house.
27th Aug 2001
Meet the Parents (2000)
Corrected entry: When Ben Stiller is getting ready to board his flight back to Chicago, you notice that the computer screen the gate agent is standing directly in front of is not real, you can tell by the red tape stuck to the screen.
Correction: It is not entirely clear that it is tape, it could simply be a red background navigation bar across screen.
Corrected entry: At the Council of Elrond, Gandalf starts to speak the language of Mordor. When we see the wide shot of the council, Elrond is seen putting his hand to his forehead. There is then a close-up of Elrond putting his hand on his forehead again. You can tell it's different and not one continuous motion because the finger positions on Elrond's hand are different in each shot. Extended DVD. (01:35:00)
Correction: There are enough shots between these two shots to have Elrond move his hand and even touch his forehead again.
15th May 2004
Spider-Man (2002)
Corrected entry: The scene where Spidey saves the baby from the fire, why is the "mother" in the street when her baby is in the apartment unattended? The baby appears to be only a few months old and if she had been out, wouldn't she have taken it with her? Her clothes and face are clean and not smoke smudged so it's unlikely she was forced out by the fire.
Correction: It is possible that both the baby and mother were in places that were fairly safe from immediate danger, (like the mom in the living room, the baby in its crib down the hall) however there could have been a hallway that was too smoke or flame filled for the mother to get through to the child.
18th Apr 2004
Love Actually (2003)
Corrected entry: Once Sam has met with Joanna at the airport, he is carried back to Daniel by security guards. After that Joanna sneaks up behind him and kisses him. How did she get back through security?
Correction: You can walk the other way through security, she will just have to go back through the metal detectors again on her way to the gate.
25th Apr 2004
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Corrected entry: Belle runs out of the castle after 'trespassing' in the west wing, but why is Philippe still standing outside, next to the gate? Wouldn't he have been put in a stable or something like that, since it's cold outside?
Correction: Think about the state that the castle is in, and the mindset of the Beast. I doubt truly if he gave another thought to the horse. The Beast didn't care much about himself, let alone if the animal was uncomfortable.
14th Apr 2004
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Corrected entry: How is it possible for only the dad to work, coaching a local football team, and earn enough money to support 12 kids? This would be impossible in real life, but in the movie, they live comfortably, and appear to have no financial strain other then the daughter asking for no more hand-me-downs.
Correction: They live in a small town, where the cost of living is lower, they own very old cars, they cut coupons, they have hand me downs, they have old furniture, they buy only what they need, and only on sale. Apparently early on they learned to economize and get the best bang for their buck. The mother was a journalist for some years, we can assume she possibly did some freelance writing which she could do from her home, etc.
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Correction: For all we know her password does change frequently. Because of that she may use words or phrases that she can easily remember. But that was the password she was using that very day when they put the ink on the button they gave her earlier. Her password last week could have been different. We just don't know.
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