Revealing mistake: In driving scenes, the driver of the car usually has very over exaggerated movements of his or her hands on the steering wheel. When in reality you're not moving it that noticeably except a few micro corrections every few seconds or taking turns.
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16th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
15th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Deliberate mistake: Especially in action movies and westerns, people in gun scenes often go through way more ammo in their weapons than possible and never reload. Especially the heroes.
14th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Deliberate mistake: Characters in super hero movies commonly wearing only a small mask over their eyes which somehow keeps people from identifying them. Despite the fact that most of their facial features and hair styles are visible and recognizable. Great examples being Robin, Green Lantern, The Lone Ranger, and The Incredibles. And of course Superman just takes off his glasses.
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Suggested correction: They use this to obscure people's faces in newspapers, etc., so maybe it actually works well enough for the average person. I have a mild form of face blindness, where I recognize people mostly by details of their faces (e.g. the mouth shape), not the face as a whole, so I always found that ridiculous, but it seems to work on others if they are not familiar with the person.
14th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Factual error: Hearing a dial tone after someone hangs up a phone - that wouldn't be heard unless you hang up and pick it back up yourself.
14th Oct 2018
Common mistakes
Character mistake: People almost never say goodbye when hanging up phones, even at times any normal person would 'sign off' in some way.