Corrected entry: The sick child Dr. Joe and Dr. Mike are examining is supposed to be fatally poisoned, but his head changes position twice during subsequent shots.
Tailkinker
17th Aug 2007
Emergency! (1972)
19th Aug 2007
Apollo 13 (1995)
Corrected entry: The scene showing the astronauts thrust towards the forward panels, and then violently back into their 'couches' is meant to show the massive thrust from the ascent and second stage engines. In fact, this sequence is inaccurate: The earlier Mercury and Gemini rockets did indeed create this massive 10 to 15-G load momentarily upon the astronauts, but the Saturn V did no such thing. The Saturn V never exceeded more than 2 Gs during any portion of lift off or ascent, and was in fact referred to as the "old man's rocket" by astronauts in reference to its relatively mild G-loads during flight.
Correction: This actually happened with the Apollo 13 mission. It wasn't supposed to, hence Swigert's sarcastic comment about "some little jolt", but a slight mistiming in the engine firing caused it.
I think the point of the entry is that Lovell tells them to expect the jolt, implying that it was a feature of a Saturn V launch and that Lovell would be aware of it since he had experienced a Saturn V launch before, with Apollo 8. The scene as written is meant, then, to demonstrate Lovell's experience in spaceflight, even though the jolt would have been a surprise to him too.
17th Aug 2007
The Simpsons (1989)
And Maggie Makes Three - S6-E13
Corrected entry: Another flashback mistake: When Homer remembers finding out that Marge was pregnant with Bart, he screams, tears out his hair and runs upstairs, past a picture of Lisa, aged 8, in the pink hat she wears to church. The mistake being that in this flashback neither Bart nor Lisa have been born. This mistake re-occurs seconds later: when Homer remembers finding out Marge was pregnant with Lisa, he runs upstairs past the same picture of Lisa aged 8.
Correction: Sure, like Homer's memory is going to be a paragon of perfection and accuracy. Character mistake, nothing more.
18th Aug 2007
The Lion King (1994)
Corrected entry: When the wildebeest are stampeding, they appear to defy gravity by running straight down the side of a near-vertical side of the valley.
Correction: Watch some real-life footage of wildebeest stampedes - they run down some astonishingly steep slopes that look near-vertical in the footage. Strange as it looks, this is actually quite authentic.
6th Aug 2007
The Office (2001)
Corrected entry: At the start of the Christmas specials, writing comes up to say that the first series was filmed in Jan 2001. But in episode 6, Keith says "It's the end of the financial year!" which would indicate some time in late March. As each episode only follows a single day, these days would need to be spaced quite far apart for this to work, which makes no sense.
Correction: When the financial year starts and finishes is up to the individual company; there's no legally mandated year end. To end in July would be somewhat surprising; few companies would choose to start their new financial year at a point when many employees would be going on holiday. Finishing in January or February would not be at all unusual.
3rd Aug 2007
Band of Brothers (2001)
The Patrol - S1-E8
Corrected entry: When Webster reports back to Easy Company, he asks about Sgt. Malarkey. Someone tells him that Malarkey was being made a Lieutenant and that he's on the "fast track". However, Sgt. Lipton was the noncom promoted to Second Lieutenant. Malarkey remained a sergeant.
Correction: Try watching a bit closer. In practically the next scene, Lt Jones congratulates Malarkey on his promotion, only to be corrected. Clearly an example of a character mistake, and an intentionally scripted one at that.
17th Aug 2007
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Corrected entry: Thomas Crown puts the Monet back at the ceremony when he first meets Catherine. It isn't until even later that he mentions her not being allowed to play poker. Yet the "ghost" underneath the fake painting she steals from his house is "dogs playing at cards." This makes no sense - unless he had a second fake made, from the first one?
Correction: So where's the mistake? As a gag, he had the fake painted over the dogs picture, then later made another cards reference (not the only one in the film, either). Really not at all sure what the mistake is intended to be here.
17th Aug 2007
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Corrected entry: Moaning Myrtle floods the bathroom in one scene by turning on the taps, but ghosts can't touch solid objects.
Correction: Ghosts are frequently portrayed in fiction as being able to affect the world around them to a greater or lesser extent, depending on mood, inclination and the whim of the author. Myrtle being able to do so is entirely reasonable.
29th Jul 2007
Transformers (2007)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Sam's great-great-grandfather and his crew are freeing their ship from the ice, several of the sailors are speaking modern English; they talked rather similar to how the Americans talk now. There was no modern English back in the 1800's.
Correction: As is absolutely standard with historically set films, present day language is used to make the scene accessible to modern day audiences. This is a standard movie convention and, as such, is not considered a mistake.
29th Jul 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Corrected entry: In the Room of Requirement, Neville tells Harry that Bellatrix Lestrage is the Death Eater who tortured his parents. However, in the previous film, Dumbledore's pensieve shows that Barty Crouch Jr. did it (and was sent to Azkaban for it.).
Correction: The Longbottoms were tortured by a group containing both Crouch and the Lestranges.
23rd Jul 2007
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Corrected entry: Before the final battle at Ramelle, the Jewish soldier is explaining to Upham what his upcoming duties are. He is to be "Johnny on the spot" with providing ammo to the different locations of soldiers set up around the town.Why not just equally divide up all the ammo amongst the soldiers? Is Upham really supposed to be a walking ammo-store for each group of soldiers? What if he gets shot? No ammo.
Correction: Just because you think that something should be done differently, it doesn't make it a mistake. To divide ammunition equally between the soldiers makes little sense if you don't know precisely where the enemy will attack from. With no backup supply available, those soldiers facing the assault could swiftly run out of ammunition, leaving them vulnerable, while those soldiers not facing the direct assault have a good supply of ammunition that's of no use. Far better to have a central supply that can be doled out as required, despite the inherent risks.
23rd Jul 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Corrected entry: When Will has survived the Kraken attack and swims back onto the Flying Dutchman, we see him holding onto the side of the Flying Dutchman to see the survivors being killed. Shortly afterwards, as the Flying Dutchman sails to the Isla Cruces, the ship goes underwater. Will is still on the side of the ship, and even if he was on board the ship, surely he would drown, as the whole ship is now submerged in water.
Correction: The Dutchman is never seen to go underwater during the journey to Isla Cruces, only once it arrives. At which point Will simply jumped off and swam to shore.
23rd Jul 2007
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Corrected entry: When Nicholas is at the firing range after he shoots down the six figures it goes to a larger view and the figures are standing again.
Correction: It can be seen in the first shot of the booth as Nicholas and Danny approach it that there are two of the figure boxes visible, one in the centre, one on the right, with what appears to be the frame of a third box on the left behind the doctor. The box seen with the standing figures immediately after Nicholas shoots is on the left hand side of the booth (the one previously obscured), while, from where the doctor is looking, Nicholas shot at the central box.
5th Jul 2007
Blackadder (1986)
Corrected entry: Blackadder speaks of Sir Thomas More being burned at the stake; in reality, More was beheaded.
Correction: Character error.
23rd Jun 2007
Heroes (2006)
Corrected entry: Peter Petrelli got the power to heal when he saved the cheerleader, as seen when he is stabbed by the glass from Syllar, However in this episode it shows that five years in the future he has a large scar across his face. This would not be possible as any cut he received would have completely healed.
Correction: Without knowing the details of how Peter got the scar, it cannot be stated categorically that Peter would be able to heal it.
Correction: In a different timeline, Peter loses his healing ability. Completely possible it happened in this timeline as well.
27th Jun 2007
The Mummy (1999)
Corrected entry: At the start of the film Imhotep has his tongue cut out, so therefore he should still have no tongue when he is resurrected. Shouldn't this mean he is unable to talk, even in Ancient Egyptian?
Correction: He takes the tongue from the first man he attacks.
26th Jun 2007
Star Wars (1977)
Corrected entry: The original title for Episode VI "Return of the Jedi" was "Revenge of the Jedi." Mr. George Lucas changed it because he found that this adjective was contradictory to the Jedi way. (Older film posters can be found bearing this title.)
Correction: This is not trivia for this film.
11th Jul 2004
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Corrected entry: Michael Moore states that the NRA shows up in Littleton, Colorado for a large pro-gun rally. This is not entirely true. The NRA is a New York corporation and a non-profit organization that is regulated by law. New York law requires the NRA to have annual meetings (to allow members to debate, pass resolutions, amend by-laws and choose officers). This NRA pro-gun rally at Littleton originally included the annual meeting and other activities and was scheduled well before the shooting. This event was to occur over several days. The New York statute requires a minimum of ten days notice to change an annual meeting date. The Columbine shooting occurred 11 days before the NRA meeting. It was determined this was too short of a time frame to notify all its members of any possible meeting change. However, the NRA in sympathy with the shootings cancelled all other activities and events relating to this big pro-gun rally. So the event was shortened to one day rather than several and basically only included the NRA annual meeting. So the NRA tried to be sensitive to the residents of Littleton, considering the circumstances.
Correction: This 'mistake' appears to be entirely based on personal opinion. The annual meeting of the NRA is obviously pro-gun and has a sizeable attendance. As such, Moore's description of the event being a large pro-gun rally is not unreasonable. The cancellation of the side-events, subjective claims of NRA "sensitivity" and irrelevant legal aspects do not invalidate this description.
16th Jun 2007
The Terminator (1984)
Corrected entry: It is mentioned in the extra commentary that a production error caused the Endoskeleton to be made of STEEL - extremely heavy - causing Special effects shots to require multiple puppeteers. This is partly the reason why the Endoskeleton moves so slowly while the T800+organic skin moves so quickly.
Correction: Movie mistakes are about on-screen errors, not foul-ups in prop fabrication. While this did happen, hence the citation in the commentary, it cannot be said to count as a movie mistake. Even the disparity in movement speed between the flesh-covered cyborg and the exposed endoskeleton is adequately explained within the film as being due to damage sustained, so that cannot really be considered error-worthy either. I suggest that you resubmit as trivia.
31st May 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Corrected entry: In the hanging scene at the beginning, as an East India Company officer approaches a seated EIC officer and says "the pirates are singing", there is a distance shot of the pirates on the scaffold behind him. There should be a boy standing on a keg among the pirates on the scaffold. He is not there.
Correction: The boy is present in all shots, albeit rather blurry and indistinct due to being in the background. It's definitely him, though.
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Correction: If the child is only sick at the time, then, even if incurably poisoned, it doesn't stop them moving their head until they're actually dead.
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