Corrected entry: Peter Lyman's secretary thought he had poisoned her because she was finding out that he was the Tarot Murderer. He wasn't, and hadn't yet committed his only murder. So she could have been wrong about having been poisoned, but what could she possibly have found out about him, if he wasn't the murderer at all?
Ioreth
25th Nov 2006
Scoop (2006)
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."
21st Dec 2004
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Corrected entry: We first see Carlotta in a rehearsal for the opera "Hannibal," that is supposed to open that same night. The directors request her to sing the aria from the third act, then the accident occurs, and Carlotta storms out. Christine takes over the aria, and it is decided she will perform on the first night. Then there is a cut to that first night, Christine singing the aria in question, but in a costume and in sets that have obviously nothing whatsoever to do with "Hannibal."
8th Jul 2003
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Corrected entry: Count Adhemar claims he commands a Free Company in the south of France. The Free Companies were mercenaries who refused to disband when they were "de-mobbed" and then marauded the country. They were called "Free Companies" because they had no leader.
Correction: This is not true. One of the best known of the free companies was the "White Company" who were led by Sir John Hawkwood. They weren't sworn to a feudal lord, but had their own leader.
2nd Dec 2003
Finding Nemo (2003)
Corrected entry: Darla comes to see her uncle on her eighth birthday. She is wearing braces. They shouldn't be fitted until after all the milk teeth are out (I know, because an orthodontist messed up on mine).
Correction: My daughter had her "phase one" braces around that time. They can be done early (and on baby teeth) if they are messed up enough.
8th Oct 2003
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Corrected entry: Not only does Quatermain sometimes need glasses to shoot and sometimes not, on the Nautilus he puts on the same pair of glasses to look at the Venice blueprints. There were no bifocals in 1899, and if they were bifocals, you would be able to tell.
Correction: Bifocal glasses were invented in the mid 1700's. They were around more than long enough for Quartermain to have used them.
Corrected entry: When Jack first sails into Port Royal, he passes a gallows with three corpses and an sign that says "Pirates be Ye warned". "Ye" is not an old way of writing "you", but the old form of "the", the y-looking character being derived from the rune for the "th"-sound.
Correction: Assuming this movie takes place sometime later than the sixteen hundreds, the use of the word "ye" was used for the modern "you". For reference, check the King James Version of the Bible, written 400 years ago, obviously uses "ye" for "you". While possible uses of the word further back in history may have been different, the language has changed since the days of runes.
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Correction: The secretary read in the papers that a rare cuff link was found at the scene of a murdered prostitute. She phoned someone, telling them this AND that her boss Peter Lyman happened to be missing that exact cuff link. Peter was listening in on this phone conversation. Peter had visited this prostitute and he didn't want THAT information leaking out. Therefore he DID poison the secretary to prevent that.