Corrected entry: There's no oxygen on Pandora, yet Jake is able to light a fire when he's in the forest. You need oxygen in order to make fire.
BocaDavie
20th Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
19th Dec 2009
Avatar (2009)
Corrected entry: So just how lethal is Pandora's air? Quaritch is exposed to the elements for almost two minutes and is just fine, yet at the end of the movie, when Jake comes out of his stasis pod, he is instantly suffocating and passes out.
Correction: Quarich is able to hold his breath for a long time, as shown in two scenes. It is particularly evident when he runs into the hanger with no face mask. He holds his breath the whole time that he is shooting at Jake's escaping ship. When an aide finally rushes a face mask out to him he takes a huge, deep breath; he had obviously been holding his breath for the whole two minutes. In the end when the cockpit of his armor suit is breached you can see him taking a deep breath before the toxic air pours in. He keeps fighting for several seconds holding his breath until he finally gets a chance to put his face mask on. Jake was not holding his breath when coming out of the stasis pod; the toxic gasses affected him immediately.
16th Dec 2009
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
Corrected entry: Lava solidifies when it touches air, so lava falls wouldn't be red and yellow; it would be brown and black, with traces of red.
25th Nov 2009
2012 (2009)
Corrected entry: In order to successfully seal off a hallway would you not need to seal off the ceiling too? If this is the case why build the sealed passageway under the animal enclosure that has a grated roof - as seen in the scene when the Russian girl drowns. With the rising water and the grated ceiling why did this water not spill over in to the adjoining sections. and furthermore, why was it only the middle compartment that had water that continued to rise?
Correction: The grated "ceiling" is there for the animal feces to drop through. They're not walking through a hallway, they're walking through a trough that holds the animal waste. In case of a hull breach the entire animal pen, living area and waste receptacle included, would be sealed off together as a unit.
2nd Jan 2007
Casino Royale (2006)
Corrected entry: Someone with Bond's training should know that to resuscitate a drowning victim, you first have to force the water from their lungs. Second, to perform CPR properly, you must tilt the head back, or you will just fill the stomach with air.
Correction: There is nothing in the American Red Cross CPR guidelines about forcing water from the lungs of a drowning victim. No matter what the circumstances are you check for respirations first; if they are absent then you give two deep breaths, then check for a pulse. Bond does not do a completely proper head-tilt before administering the breaths, but the guidelines also specify that you do not need to overextend (reposition) the head if you see the chest rise when giving ventillations. And minor deviations from proper CPR procedures could be caused by how distraught Bond was at the time. My job includes giving CPR instructions to people over the phone; it is much more difficult when the caller is trying to resuscitate a loved one.
2nd Dec 2009
2012 (2009)
Corrected entry: The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is shown falling over on its side on top of a tidal wave headed for Washington D.C. Aircraft are slipping off of the deck into the ocean. The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy has been decommissioned and is no longer in service.
Correction: As of November 2009 the ship was available for donation as a museum and memorial to a qualified organization. Like the Intrepid or any number of other aircraft carriers that have been turned into museums, the USS John F. Kennedy may become a floating musuem by 2012, complete with aircraft displayed on deck.
9th Mar 2006
Batman Forever (1995)
Corrected entry: When the Riddler is showing the scan of Bruce's brain to Two-Face, a bat appears where there wasn't one before (at, according to the time at the bottom of the scan, 20 mins 51 secs).
Correction: They are showing a patchwork collection of thoughts from Bruce Wayne's mind; there is no need for continuity - items could appear and even disappear at random.
28th Oct 2003
Batman Forever (1995)
Corrected entry: In a childhood flashback, young Bruce Wayne runs away holding his dad's diary. As he falls into a pit, he lets the red book go, but he lands holding on to the diary. (01:29:55)
18th Nov 2009
2012 (2009)
Corrected entry: During the LA escape sequence, the limo avoids the giant donut from Randy's Donut. After the limo passes the donut rolls through the pedestrian crossing and goes behind a stop sign facing the wrong way. Inside joke?
18th Nov 2009
2012 (2009)
Corrected entry: When Krakatoa blew in 1883, it ejected some 5 cubic miles of debris into the atmosphere, dropping the average global temperature by as much as 1.2 degrees Celcius for the next year. It has been postulated that should the Yellowstone supervolcano erupt, it would exceed the last eruption, which ejected 240 cubic miles into the atmosphere. In the 28 days that pass before the denizens of the arks are permitted to go outside, the ash and debris from not only Yellowstone, but the scores of volcanoes that erupted almost simultaneously would have blocked the skies world wide. Not only would the citizens have been forbidden to emerge from their cocoons, but satellite views of Africa would have been impossible, and whatever crops survived the earthquakes and lava would have already started to perish.
Correction: True, if you only take the volcanic activity into consideration. But this is multiple volcano eruptions (one even turning Hawaii into a field of flowing magma) coupled with tsunamis that cover the land masses immediately afterward. The tsunamis would severely supress the effects of the volcanos (they won't do as much damage when submerged) and all the precipitation caused by the interraction between the magma and seawater would help clear the atmosphere of ash and debris.
21st Nov 2009
2012 (2009)
Corrected entry: Just after the 5 people take off from Yellowstone Park, the earth beneath them caves in. A huge mass like that falling down would create an enormous downdraught and suck the rather small plane with it.
Correction: True, but remember the premise of the movie. The continents are breaking apart because the earth's mantle is heating up. The huge land mass falls into the heated mantle; the heated gasses would rise rapidly, counteracting the effects of the downdraught. Indeed, the plane does lose some altitude immediately after the collapse, then is able to climb again shortly after.
22nd Nov 2009
Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Corrected entry: When the female doctor strips out of her wet suit to shock the shark, she grabs the flexible metal tubing and yanks it off the wall with no problem. Two problems here. It would take more than a struggle to rip that of the wall. Second, the wires should be in "non-flexible" metal tubing. (However, I am not accustomed to electrical codes for underwater oceanic bases and perhaps the code calls for flex.) Either way, though, it would be impossible for her to simply pull the wires out without much struggle.
Correction: These are both assumptions. It is unknown how well secured the flexible tubing is to the junction box or how strong Dr. McCallister is. Remember that people in extremely intense situations can muster more strength from the adrenalin rush than they could under normal circumstances. Flexible metal tubing is an acceptable alternative to non-flexible tubing; unknown why the submitter would even think that it could not be used - especially in an oceanic base operating in international waters.
18th Nov 2009
For Your Eyes Only (1981)
Corrected entry: When Bond throws the knife into the hitman atop the hill-top monastery, his body does not hit the ground anywhere near hard enough. The body would have certainly bounced with huge damage occurring to it, rather than a few cuts on the face.
31st Dec 2008
The Dark Knight (2008)
Corrected entry: Upon seeing a burning fire truck blocking the road, the police convoy taking Dent diverts to the sub-street, effectively trapping them and rendering the helicopter useless. The convoy could have just used the on-coming lanes above ground since they were closed to traffic. A layman can make such an error and it would be plausible. An entire team of SWAT professionals, using an airborne spotter, would not make such a blunder. The helicopter crew would instruct them to take the oncoming lanes so that they remain in the helicopter's view.
Correction: It was not an entire team of SWAT professionals making the blunder; just the one person on the microphone telling everyone to divert below. He only had the two choices and had only seconds to make the call; he just made the wrong decision. Since he was in the police car leading the convoy, the rest of the convoy had no choice but to follow him.
3rd Nov 2009
The Sting (1973)
Corrected entry: In the final scene, Kid Twist arrives at the betting parlor, whispering to Lonnegan, "Sorry, I couldn't wait." This furthers the plot as Twist can then inform Lonnegan that the wrong horse is going to win. But it would also blow the entire con because Lonnegan would expect Twist to have been downtown at his Western Union office just four minutes earlier when they talked on the phone.
5th Oct 2009
Zombieland (2009)
Corrected entry: When Witchita and Little Rock are on the "Swinging Ship" ride at Pacific Playland, how exactly did they start the ride once they were on it? Even if they rigged it, how in the world did they stop it to get off? These types of rides require an operator at the controls to start and stop the ride.
Correction: It is a timed ride that stops on its own after a set amount of time, an operator is not required to stop it. As for starting it, the Swinging Ship ride takes a while to build up momentum. Little Rock is much smaller than her sister, she could easily press the start button, then hop on the ride and slide under the restraining bar.
I'm watching it right now and that was my exact question!
11th Oct 2009
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Corrected entry: In the final scene of the movie, you see Johnny and his friend put on a record (for "I Had the Time of My Life"). Even though it is the same song continuing, the manager later asks the band leader "Do you have sheet music on this?" even though it is a record and there are no singers present.
Correction: The band joins in playing along to the record aka why you can hear drums and Kellerman is surprised he has sheet music to the song.
3rd Oct 2009
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Corrected entry: Austin goes back in time 10 minutes and meets his past self. However, Austin From 10 Minutes Ago did not repeat the events of Regular Austin and also did not go back in time to 10 minutes ago, so therefore Regular Austin should have just disappeared, because of no Austin going back in time to repeat the infinite loop.
30th Sep 2009
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Corrected entry: Axel arrives in Beverly Hills by car, but it's a 2,000-mile drive from Detroit. Wouldn't that have eaten up most of his vacation time, if indeed that old Chevy Nova could have made the trip?
27th Sep 2009
Con Air (1997)
Corrected entry: Pinball's body would have exploded when it landed on the hood of the car in Fresno.
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Correction: There's plenty of oxygen on Pandora, but it's mixed with a gas that is toxic to humans.
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