Corrected entry: They make a big scene that a virgin is needed to read the text from Van Helsing's diary in order to get rid of the monsters. After Patrick's sister fails because it turns out she isn't a virgin, everyone freaks out until they realize Phoebe could help them out. Not once is it mentioned the virgin had to be a female. So why couldn't the 12 year old boys read from the diary and get rid of the monsters?
lartaker1975
28th May 2007
The Monster Squad (1987)
12th Jan 2023
The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)
Factual error: Anne Frank received her diary on her birthday, and started writing on it 1 month before she went into hiding. In the movie however, she is presented with the diary on the first she arrives at the hiding place.
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Suggested correction: Since this movie is based on actual events and not considered a documentary, then the film-makers are allowed to change things to their liking.
While I feel like this sort-of correction could apply to certain elements of movies based on true stories like dramatized scenes (since there has to be some condensation of time and some elements boosted for drama, which can be chalked up to filmmakers changing things), I think a film based on a true story contradicting a known hard fact like this should 100% count as a mistake. Otherwise, you could just as easily argue that any factual error in any film is invalid because the filmmakers are "allowed to change it."
29th Jun 2016
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Corrected entry: When the new president talks to the world on shortwave radio, some kids are adjusting a TV antenna in one shot. Shortwave radios wouldn't work with TV antennas, they use two significantly different frequencies. Shortwave is a much longer wavelength and would require larger antennas to work.
Correction: As any shortwave listener will tell you, quality receivers will work with just about any length of antenna. I have $10 receivers which work just fine with the 24 inch built in antenna.
Correction: They are using alien technology to improve everything they use. Therefore, I'm sure that technology is enough in this situation.
1st Dec 2020
Final Destination (2000)
Continuity mistake: Alex buckles his seatbelt when he first sits down on the plane, before the girls ask him to move, making him have to unbuckle to move for them. When he wakes up after his premonition, he immediately jumps out of the seat, not buckled in.
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Suggested correction: Since we don't know exactly when he started dreaming the premonition, it's easy to assume putting on the seat belt was part of the dream.
11th Dec 2022
Freddy Vs. Jason (2003)
Revealing mistake: When Freddy drops the large boiler on top of Jason during their fight in the warehouse, the boiler is made of cardboard or some other lightweight material because it doesn't land very hard and it even bounces a bit.
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Suggested correction: It is also a dream which means anything can happen.
Freddy was trying to kill Jason. Why would he drop something on top of Jason that was too light to crush him?
8th Oct 2019
The Walking Dead (2010)
Character mistake: While Hershel is sitting at the bar talking about what happened at the barn, he tells Rick what he was thinking about as he watched Rick run across the field, carrying Carl, who'd gotten shot. But it was Maggie who'd witnessed this through binoculars, and then yelled for Hershel.
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Suggested correction: And he came outside to see Rick running across the field with Carl. No mistake.
7th Sep 2021
Lean on Me (1989)
Other mistake: When Mrs. Barrett spoke out at the parent's meeting after the expulsion of the bad kids, she shouted out 'he insulted the black football coach'. Joe Clark insulted him at a staff meeting, and she wasn't there. How could she have possibly known about it?
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Suggested correction: Because Clark demoted a black coach and replaced him with a white coach. Some black people would consider that an insult.
27th Apr 2003
The Karate Kid (1984)
Corrected entry: When Johnny and his team enter the locker room, Johnny has short hair. But later during the tournament, his hair is long again.
Correction: The guy with the short hair isn't Johnny, he's another of the Cobra Kais and this is evident when you see him knocked out of the tournament later.
Correction: That is Dutch you're referring to.
14th Sep 2005
The Karate Kid (1984)
Corrected entry: When Daniel is painting the fence, Mr. Miyagi walks out to go fishing, and Daniel has his right arm/hand on his hip, yet in the following shot from a distance it is no longer on his hip, but at his side. (01:09:50)
Correction: Need more clarification for this entry. When Daniel paints the fence, Mr. Miyagi does not go fishing, but works on his garden, as we see him doing when Daniel thinks he is done and Mr. Miyagi asks if he painted both sides. Mr. Miyagi had already left for fishing when Daniel came by to paint the house.
3rd Sep 2020
Cobra Kai (2018)
Other mistake: Hawk gets a mohawk, but his hair was too short to style it like that.
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Suggested correction: The mohawk was not a prop, but the actual hair of the actor they shaved off and mended together for him.
That is true, it was the actor's actual hair, but in the realm of the show, Eli's hair was not long enough to style that large of a mohawk out of it.
28th Jul 2022
Die Hard (1988)
Corrected entry: When Takagi is shot and killed, and John says "Argyle, please tell me you heard the shot" - not sure if he's saying it in jest or not, but if not, - there is no way that Argyle could have heard a single gunshot, with the music turned up, in the basement of a multi-story building, when they are 28-30 stories up.
Correction: There may be no way but that doesn't mean John can have wishful thinking, especially since he doesn't know the music is turned up.
15th Apr 2005
The Stand (1994)
Continuity mistake: When Stu and Glen are about to meet Fran and Harold, Glen gets up out of a hammock to go and see them. When it cuts to a shot of Stu rushing to meet them, in the background behind Stu, you see Glen getting out of the hammock again.
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Suggested correction: Glen at 1st sits up. Then he gets off the hammock.
I just rewatched that scene, and Glen does fully get up and out of that hammock twice.
22nd May 2017
Spies Like Us (1985)
Continuity mistake: When Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase are getting ready to take the FSB Exam, the test monitor angrily puts a test booklet on Dan Aykroyd's desk, then immediately returns to the front of the room without ever putting a test on Chevy Chase's desk. In the next shot, Chevy has a test on his desk.
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Suggested correction: More than likely he gave Dan 2 booklets. 1 to give to Chevy.
6th Feb 2010
Dracula 2000 (2000)
Corrected entry: When Solina is pinned against the wall after Van Helsing shoots her with a silver nail, as she crashes into the wall, you can see that the large nail is not there (play in slow motion for confirmation). In the next shot, it's suddenly stuck in her shoulder. (00:41:55)
Correction: Per site rules, if you need slow motion in order to verify something, it's not a mistake.
27th Aug 2003
Demolition Man (1993)
Other mistake: During the scene where Phoenix is questioning the leader of the future society in his office, he says at least one word (hell) that he should have been fined for, and isn't. We see that there is a ticket printer in the room in a later scene, when Savage sets it off during his own confrontation. (01:06:50)
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Suggested correction: Maybe it's because Phoenix isn't coded, so the swear printer doesn't know who to fine, and for that matter, because of it, it may not even register that it actually is being said by a human (it might be assuming it is a recording) since there is no voiceprint/coding match to attach the fine to.
False correction as when Simon was using the computer on the street (the "damn I'm possessed" scene) he curses there and it gives him a violation there. So therefore the machine in the leaders office should have given him a fine as well.
True, but it may also be a technological limitation based on proximity, (when Phoenix is in the booth, it knows that the person who violated the rule is right there, as it can easily "triangulate" his position based on there being multiple microphones in the booth for better background noise rejection, vs in a room where there are potentially multiple people in the same room.
This is too much of a stretch to justify a mistake in the film. You're making stuff up about non-existent technology that isn't fully explained in the film. The mistake stands, whether it was deliberate to keep the flow of the scene or a slip in dialog by the actor.
22nd Oct 2019
Casino (1995)
Character mistake: At their wedding reception when Ginger is talking to Lester on the phone he reminds her of when he watched her as a young "long legged colt." As a juvenile female horse she would have been a long legged filly.
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Suggested correction: No mistake. Not many people know the terms of young and old animals. I myself don't often hear a juvenile horse called a filly, so I don't remember that when I see one.
17th Sep 2009
Goodfellas (1990)
Trivia: The entire "How am I funny?" scene was improvised by Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta.
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Suggested correction: False. Joe Pesci told the anecdote to Scorsese in the earliest stages of the movie. Scorsese asked him to add it during previous script readings and further rehearsals while notes were being taken by crew members. Then it was finally shot following those rehearsals and notes. In this video all the actors involved tell how Scorsese works and even he himself says he rewrote that scene 4 times. Minute 13:04: https://youtu.be/_bbzUZuxEB8.
I have actually seen interviews where they admitted it was improvised. The reactions from the other actors was genuine.
3rd Jun 2019
Village of the Damned (1995)
Continuity mistake: When Mara is one year old she has dark eyes. When she is older in the next clip she has blue eyes.
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Suggested correction: She is also an alien. We don't know if those things work the way the human body does.
24th May 2022
Creepshow 2 (1987)
Revealing mistake: When the elder Indian (Native American) with the black hat steps out of the yellow car at the beginning, and says hi to the shop owner, then Hi to the wooden Indian chief. You can see the Indian chief move slightly, indicating it is not a wooden statue, but a real person under the getup. (00:04:52)
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Suggested correction: The scene where he moves is intentional. In fact, Old Chief Wood'nhead is played by Dan Kamin, and he moves a lot more later on.
Suggested correction: He does give a shocked look when he see's the statue move its head a bit.
17th May 2022
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Corrected entry: When Marty gets the Western Union letter from 1885 Doc it is raining but if this is at the same moment we get the recap of the 1955 Doc from the first film on the clock tower it wouldn't be raining, just thunder and lightning.
Correction: A great observation, but rain can last anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours so a rain shower at this time is not impossible.
Correction: Also, different areas. It can be pouring rain in 1 spot, while sunny just a few feet away.
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Correction: First: 4 out of 5 definitions listed for "virgin" refer to females. http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/virgin Second: In all of mythology and folklore, virgin always refers to females. The gods asked for a virgin to be sacrificed, the women/girls were gathered not the people that have never had sex. When some bit of folklore needs to be read aloud by a virgin, odds are they are asking for a girl.
Rlvlk
You would be correct in the correction, however that doesn't explain how Scary German Guy can summons the vortex. And yes I will say that because when Dracula was going after Phoebe, Scary German Guy was still reciting the text yet Phoebe wasn't repeating it, just whimpering. Yet the vortex still showed up.
lartaker1975
But Phoebe repeated the exact phrase the peasant girl did in the opening scene, those seem to be the key words that unlock the vortex.
I understand where you're coming from, but I'd disagree. Looked up a couple clips of the scene on YouTube, and they make a point of showing Phoebe repeating most of the words near-perfectly (at least as close to perfectly as a small child under distress could do) between whimpers. And I think you could make a compelling argument that even if she doesn't say them all 100% perfectly - say she's just barely whimpering some of them out between cries - it'd still count for the spell.
TedStixon
I disagree. I've watched this movie hundreds of times. All we hear is her whimpering because she's scared. No indication is given that she's still talking.
lartaker1975
I just looked up the scene again. They show her repeating the words perfectly and completing the spell after Frankenstein throws Dracula away from her. There's really only a few seconds in the entire scene when we hear her whimpering instead of saying the words perfectly. I still think it's within reason to argue that she did enough for the spell to work, but we'll just have to agree to disagree.
TedStixon