Visible crew/equipment: When D-Fens runs out on the pier, the movie lights are shown in plain sight on each side. (01:37:35)
manthabeat
19th Feb 2003
Falling Down (1993)
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Suggested correction: I just watched this scene. It's shot in broad daylight. There are no big "film" lights on either side of the pier, rather regular light posts you'd normally find on a pier. On the DVD timestamp listed, it's a shot of Robert Duvall looking for D-Fens. The shot cuts forward to a tracking shot of him running. I don't see film lights at all. Shots like this wouldn't need film lights. Maybe diffusers and reflectors but not huge film lights.
3rd May 2025
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Other mistake: At the library in Venice, Brody and Jones point out the Roman numerals in the library, wondering what they mean. Elsa comes over, and they show her. In front of her, behind the rail, is an obvious plate of glass. You can see her reflecting in it. The plate disappears in the next shot and never returns. The plate is not there in the longer shots. Where did it come from?
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Suggested correction: I just watched the scene about five times and could not find any glass or reflections. All I saw was their shadows against the wall. Furthermore, it would make no sense for them to set up a big glass plate for one shot and only one shot.
I re-wound it several times. It's right at the beginning of the shot when Elsa comes from the right. It's brief but there. This was on a TV version. You may be watching a fixed version on DVD or Blu-ray. I'm sure the mistake has been corrected in later releases.
I think you are mistaking a shadow for a reflection. Or possibly it's just a video artifact. As the previous correction stated, why would there be a sheet of glass there?
I'm standing by my correction in this case. It just patently makes no sense why they'd set up a big pane of glass on their set for one shot then remove it. It wouldn't serve any purpose other than to catch light, and it would have also lightly messed with the way the background looked and the shadows the actors are casting. If it was a TV version, there's no way to tell what master they're using, how old it is, how it was stored, etc. It could have video artifacting or damage that caused the "reflection." (Probably just a light "ghosting" effect.) Heck, sometimes even your TV settings can cause issues like that. If you use any sort of motion smoothing or frame interpolation, those can create weird double images sometimes because the software doesn't always work properly.
18th Aug 2024
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Revealing mistake: Right before Sarah fires the second shot at Dyson at his home office, you can see a puff of smoke come from where she is at. The problem is, she doesn't shoot until a second or two after that and no sound is heard. What is the puff of smoke?
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Suggested correction: After the first shot, there is only a brief close-up of Dyson and then one of Sarah before she fires the second shot. There is no smoke coming from her side before she fires the second shot, as that can't be visible. There is some smoke appearing after the second shot though, in the shot with the camera behind the desk and Dyson diving under it. But that's probably electronics flying and exploding from the second shot hitting the computer. A second or 2 later, she opens up full auto.
The puff of smoke is outside.
2nd Jan 2023
Sudden Death (1995)
Stupidity: The secret service officer near the elevator gets shot right in the middle of his head by the Penguin mascot, and she drags his dead body into the elevator. Suddenly he's able to moan and groan and she shoots him again. The guy was very shot in the head, as in graphically. How is he suddenly alive enough to moan?
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Suggested correction: A bullet to the head is not guaranteed to kill someone. Movies and video games have taught us that being shot in the head is instant death, but that just isn't the case.
Pretty sure you wouldn't wake up in seconds after a bullet to the head.
Correct. You probably would just lay there stunned while moaning and groaning... exactly like the scene depicts.
He didn't "wake up", he moaned. Which is 100% possible and actually happens quite frequently.
Someone I know shot himself in the head. He was making sounds when found and "lived" for another three months, though there was no higher brain function anymore.
14th Jun 2016
Sudden Death (1995)
Revealing mistake: When McCord climbs to the top of the arena he fights with a guy patrolling the rooftop. He then kicks the guy over the edge, but the way the guy falls back shouldn't have sent him sliding down the roof.
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Suggested correction: He pushes the guy with enough momentum to slide down the roof.
27th Aug 2001
True Lies (1994)
Revealing mistake: During the hotel scene where Arnold is on the horse chasing the bad guy on the motorcycle, keep your eye on the carpet. As the bike clears a path through the lobby, you can see tyre marks all over the carpet where this shot has been practised many times. (00:36:00)
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Suggested correction: I watched a few times but I'm not convinced. I did see "tracks", but they were not the same (or as obvious) as the fresh tracks. I also saw lines running perpendicular in spots. Some of the lines may not have been "practice tracks", but indentations from the food service carts on wheels and others appeared to be from foot traffic. Still others could have been left from vacuuming. At times, I could not see any tracks that might/should have been left. Another opinion would be nice.
I see the tracks the poster is referring to. Right before the band gets interrupted, and again in the lobby of the other building (with the elevator) when the bike is turning. This is right before Tasker's team shoots a single shot at him. There are definite practice marks on the floor. The tracks in the first hotel are harder to see but far more obvious in the second building.
Thanks.
26th Oct 2022
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Visible crew/equipment: During the Broadway Melody, the shadow of the hanging boom mic becomes visible. This happens during the sequence filmed in the large sound stage. Kelly is dancing with a woman with a long fabric flowing behind her. The shadow is on the right side.
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Suggested correction: I can see no shadow at any point in this scene. Could you provide a time stamp or screen capture? Besides, there is no spoken dialog or even any natural sound in the scene. Why would they be using a boom mike?
It's on the right, center side of the screen when the lady with the long flowing dress is further away and the shot cranes up. This is a musical number, Kelly is singing. They would still use a microphone.
Are you talking about the fantasy sequence between Kelley and Cyd Charisse? If you mean the faint shadow at 1:25:18, that is a shadow from the flowing cloth. And no, they would not be using a microphone. 1) There is no singing in that sequence. 2) In musicals at the time, all singing was pre-recorded and the actors lip-synced to a playback on stage.
8th Apr 2002
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Corrected entry: When Elliot and his brother are searching in the garage for items to help ET create his "phone", the garage door is obviously closed, and they are using flashlights to see what they are looking around for. However, right outside, the government agents are spying on an open garage that has all the lights on. They go back and forth to the kids (dark garage) and agents (open, lit up garage) a few times.
Correction: The van is in front of the house where Elliot lives. This is still a mistake, however I don't believe the garage is "closed", rather the lights are off in the shots inside. This explains why they need the flashlights as the original post said. I still believe this is a continuity error. The garage at Elliot's house is brightly lit when we see exterior shots of it at night. Also, regarding arousing suspicions, moments later the agents are full on parked across the street from Elliot's house. They come out of the car when Mary leaves. I doubt the government van was worried about suspicions.
27th Aug 2001
Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995)
Corrected entry: When John and Zeus use the cable to get down onto the boat the cable hits one of the guards and kills him - as it does that he fires his gun, but when Zeus picks up the gun and tries to use it later, the safety is on.
30th Jun 2020
Beethoven (1992)
Other mistake: George should be dead or at least seriously injured after he falls from the roof of the warehouse.
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Suggested correction: George falls onto the two thugs, breaking his fall. Granted, he would still likely be injured, but the distance of the fall is probably no more than 15 feet. Likely not fatal and the fall is broken.
11th Dec 2020
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
Audio problem: The ghost of Christmas past says "these are but shadows... they are what they are - do not blame me." Her mouth keeps moving after she stops speaking.
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Suggested correction: No, it doesn't. When she finishes this speech at 45:16, there is an immediate cut to Scrooge. We can only see the back of the ghost. Her mouth is not visible.
Suggested correction: A mouth can move without speaking, not an audio problem but a puppeteering problem that is not a mistake.
A puppeteer problem would still be a mistake.
Maybe for the puppeteer, but in the movie it is no problem because a mouth can move without sound coming out. So what exactly went wrong?
But practically speaking people (or puppets) don't just flap their mouth open and closed with no reason. The overwhelming probability is simply that there was a dubbing error or a line was cut and the dialogue didn't fit with the mouth movement.
The mouth opens 1 extra time. That's all.
But it's glaring enough to be noticeable. Regardless of how or why it happened, it's a mistake.
In the version on Disney+, there is an immediate cut to Scrooge as the spirit finishes her speech. We only see the back of the spirit's head. Are you seeing something different on other versions?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBDqCFyugW0. I got the scene right here, it's at 1:50. Judge for yourself. I can repeat that part over and over again, but to be honest, sometimes it looks like there is an extra movement. Sometimes I can't see it. Even if it was, muppets move their mouths without speaking all the time.
19th Jan 2019
Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996)
Corrected entry: Bob's car is a 1991 Jeep Cherokee briarwood (XJ) but when they're in Canada it turns into a 1995 Chevrolet Blazer (S-10).
Correction: Because they flew to Canada. It's probably a rental.
9th Jul 2020
The Mask (1994)
Revealing mistake: Dorian and his men are watching what we're assuming is a live feed from Tina at the bank. At one point the "video" stops as you can see a guard freeze. From that point on the video is a still picture.
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Suggested correction: If you look at the top of the screen showing the bank video, you can see a multicolored distortion. This shows that they paused the video feed.
We don't see them pause the video.
We also don't see their hands, so one of them easily could have paused it.
20th Apr 2005
Joy Ride (2001)
Factual error: In the scene where Lewis dials the police at the gas station, he says "Rawlins County Sheriff's Department please." There is no such county in Wyoming (where this particular scene is) named Rawlins County. He should have said Carbon County. Also, Table Rock is in Sweetwater County, and there are no police services there. (00:36:50)
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Suggested correction: Many films and TV shows make up their own places.
Except in this film they're using real town names and they show a real map.
23rd Jan 2015
Breakdown (1997)
Character mistake: When Barr denies giving Jeff's wife a ride, Jeff says this was in the last half hour or so - but considering the time it would take the truck to go to Belle's (5 miles away), the wife to call a tow truck, back from Belle's, then Jeff waiting extra time, then fixing the jeep, heading to Belle's, the time he spent inside, then driving along the road until he saw the truck would in no way be only a half hour...more like an hour or two at best.
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Suggested correction: Jeff is obviously in distress because he can't find his wife. Is it not possible that because of the stress he's under, the amount of time that has passed is different for him? Besides, we know the wife never made it to Belle's. Later, we see she's been transferred to another vehicle.
1st Feb 2007
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Corrected entry: When Homer leaves the orphanage the trees along the drive are in their October colours - yet just a bit farther on, the trees that should have autumn colours, are fully green. The first Fall Homer is away the season seems to go on and on with very little sign of leaf turning. It's also highly unlikely that anyone would be driving around much at night in a convertible at that time of year in Maine. It would be extremely uncomfortable.
Correction: Just because it's fall doesn't necessarily mean it's cold. Also, leaves turn at different intervals depending on a number of factors. Throughout the first part of the film, trees are turning.
27th Dec 2017
Deepwater Horizon (2016)
Visible crew/equipment: Near the end when Mark is walking into the hotel, the reflection of the camera operator can be seen to the left in the door. (01:34:00)
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Suggested correction: There is also the world media outside filming the survivors entering the hotel. To say it is a camera operator, while statistically true, can't be classed a mistake as we don't know if it's a member of the media.
This is the actual camera filming the shot. That's a mistake.
12th Dec 2002
The Naked Gun (1988)
Corrected entry: During the scene when the stadium usher has spoken with Enrico Palazzo and Frank Drebbin enters his dressing room, if you look to the end of the corridor you can see the shadows of two people talking even though no-one should be there. (01:02:05)
Correction: Why do you think nobody should be there? Not everybody leaves the sub levels of a stadium during a game. Also the real head usher comes almost immediately after this to talk to Frank. Isn't it possible the shadow is the real head usher? We also later see umpires down there too.
15th Sep 2008
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Plot hole: Since they took down the telephone network, it would have been impossible for Justin Long to even be speaking to the emergency response woman for the car, much less send a signal to start the car up.
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Suggested correction: Is it possible this is a satellite phone call akin to Onstar?
No, the BMW system requires a cell signal to work, which was taken down earlier in the movie.
8th Nov 2002
Cliffhanger (1993)
Corrected entry: Throughout the entire movie you never see their breath even though it is cold.
Correction: Yes you do see breath. See the scene with the night vision.
Correction: If the air is very dry you don't see the breath. Depending on the saturation of the air you can see breath or not, it is even possible to see the breath in rather warm temperatures if the air is saturated enough.
Once the temperature drops below a certain degree, around 42°F, you'll always see your breath, no matter how dry it is. Although, as you stated, if combined relative humidity is 100%, you'll be able to see your breath at any temperature.