Corrected entry: If Lucius had a abdominal wound and infection, then he needed an antibiotic. How was Ivy supposed to get antibiotics in 2004 Pennsylvania without a prescription?
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20th Mar 2006
The Village (2004)
23rd Jan 2004
The Godfather (1972)
Corrected entry: During the fight with Sonny and Carlo on the street, the actor who played Genco, Vito Corleone's old friend and business partner in Part II, is seen in the crowd (maybe a younger relative?).
Correction: If this is a mistake, it should be listed under "Godfather II", as it would be there the continuity error would have been noticeable. But as the submitter says, this can be explained by the person watching the fight being a younger relative that resembles Genco, so there is really no error.
16th Aug 2003
Friday (1995)
Corrected entry: On the back of the VHS case it reads 'Like Smokey who has 24 hours to pay back Deebo...' Actually, Smokey has to pay back Big Worm.
Correction: Pictures or text on DVD or VHS cases are not parts of the movie, and are not valid movie mistakes.
27th Aug 2003
Friday (1995)
Corrected entry: To elaborate upon the mistakes on the back of the VHS box, it says that Smokey has 24 hours to pay back the money. This is untrue, as Worm warned him about his money in the afternoon, and Smokey had to pay him back at ten o'clock that night.
Correction: Artwork and text on DVD/VHS cases are not parts of the movie itself, and are therefore not counted as movie mistakes.
27th Aug 2001
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Corrected entry: When Bolo goes to punish the guards for not doing their job, he intends to kill every one of them. He steps on the first guy's neck and snaps it. He then pounds on the second guy and breaks his neck by pulling back on his head as he lies on the ground. He then turns to smack the third guy and forearms him upside the head. He does some sort of spin move and this guy falls to the ground. Either someone forgot to add in a sound effect of a breaking bone or the third guard is faking as he lies on the ground. Perhaps in this case, it would be a good idea.
Correction: Like the submitter him/herself says, the guard could be faking in an attempt to save his life. It would be a character mistake by Bolo to not make sure the guard was dead, but it is not unlikely that this could happen.
27th Aug 2001
Enter the Dragon (1973)
Corrected entry: Pick any scene in the film that shows large groups of men standing in rows punching back and forth. You can easily pick out at least two or three extras who are not in time with the others. There's even one that is standing there doing his own thing punching wildly like no tomorrow.
Correction: Clearly a character mistake. I have also personally seen this happen many times in real-life karate classes. Occasionally, someone disregard the count and start doing things in their own pace, because they get impatient. It is disrespectful, but it happens.
23rd Oct 2003
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Corrected entry: At the end of the pile up scene, an instant right before the truck hits her friends, the fat kid's head disappears from the window, showing that the car is empty. You can see it in slow motion.
Correction: But since you can NOT see this in regular viewing, it is not valid as a movie mistake.
9th Apr 2006
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)
Corrected entry: Rambo's exploding arrowheads are only large enough to hold a couple of ounces of explosive. This is not nearly enough to cause the damage they do.
Correction: This is explained in the novelization of the film. The arrows themselves are hollow, and filled with high-power plastic explosives. The arrowheads are simply the detonator.
3rd Jun 2004
Timeline (2003)
Corrected entry: In the final shot of Kate and Chris, after they have read the inscription on Andre Marek and Claire's tombstone, they grasp each other's hand and hold it in the same position as Andre and Claire are on the sarcophagus.
Correction: This is not trivia, as it is extremely obvious to anyone watching the movie.
6th Apr 2006
The Incredibles (2004)
Corrected entry: When Helen jumps up and grabs hold of the pod thing on the overhead rail as she is sneaking into Syndrome's base, she is facing the direction the pod is coming from (naturally). She jumps up, and is suddenly facing the direction the pod is going.
Correction: Elastigirl has complete control of her body, and can stretch and contort it as she pleases. Turning around in mid-air should not pose much of a problem for her.
4th Apr 2006
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Corrected entry: The newspaper at the beginning of the movie says that the "Sticky" Bandits are seen lurking around NY. But afterwords, when they are hiding in the fish truck, Harry says "Here we are, Marv, New York City." So they just arrived?
Correction: New York is more than just the city, it is a fairly big state. The Sticky Bandits may have been doing a few jobs (or just 'lurking around') in upstate New York, before going to New York City itself.
1st Apr 2006
Scary Movie 3 (2003)
Corrected entry: When George is thrown out the window the second time,at Brenda's wake, play it in slow motion and you can see it's a a stunt double.
Correction: If you have to use slow motion to see this, it is not valid as a movie mistake.
27th Aug 2001
Renaissance Man (1994)
Corrected entry: The soldiers in Danny DeVito's class are far too unruly in a military class. Even though he is a civilian the soldiers act like animals. In actuality behavior like that would have been met with strict punishment by their Drill Sergeant.
Correction: Only if the Drill Sergeant a) found out about it, and b) cared. In this movie, it is clear that Rago does not know anything about military procedure and protocol, so he never knows what to expect, and never complains about them. And the only time the sergeant is made aware of this, he is listening in secret and decides not to interfere because the soldiers are giving Rago such a hard time. He wants Rago to quit, and the best way of doing this is to allow the soldiers to run amok in his class.
28th Mar 2006
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Corrected entry: At the beginning of the movie in 1955, Marty has Einstein with him and left him with Doc of 1955. At the end of the movie Doc from 1885 went back to 1985 to see Marty and said he had to come back for Einstein, but wasn't Einstein with the Doc of 1955. So how did Doc get him back, is there some kind of explanation?
Correction: Marty never has Einstein with him. The dog in 1955 was named Copernicus. Einstein had first been in 1985 (first movie), then travelled into the future with Doc, where he was cryogenically frozen in a kennel while Doc and Marty tried to straighten things out (second movie). Doc was then sent to 1885, made a new steam-powered time machine and went to the 21st century to "come back for Einstein", before dropping in on Marty in 1985 and say goodbye.
17th Nov 2001
Hamlet (1996)
Corrected entry: In the scene where Hamlet first talks to his father's ghost, we can easily conclude that the intention was to edit this scene in a way that we wouldn't see the ghost blinking his eyes, but he does while he disappears.
Correction: There are no set rules as to how supernatural creatures should act, so there is nothing wrong with the ghost blinking his eyes. He did it for several years while alive, maybe the habit is hard to shed? In addition, there is no certain way to conclude what the film makers' intentions were in this scene, or how this conflicts with what is shown on screen.
18th Apr 2005
Saw (2004)
Corrected entry: The Dr and Adam must be at least 6 meters (6.5 yards) away from each other (both completely stretching out not touching the body in the middle). However, they easily throw pictures back and forth with unflinching accuracy.
Correction: There are only two instances in the movie where a single photo is being thrown. The first time photos were exchanged Lawrence threw his entire wallet to Adam (who returned it), the second time Adam threw the single polaroid to Lawrence, the third time Adam flung a stack of large, stiff photos at Lawrence (and only a few made it all the way across), and finally when Adam throws the picture of Zep to Adam. To throw one single piece of cardboard or stiff, flat plastic that distance is not so difficult as you may think. It requires a certain technique, but it is easy to learn and can be done. And both times he does it, Adam has far from "unerring accuracy". Lawrence has to lie down and reach with his full length to get the photo.
8th Oct 2004
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Corrected entry: When Eddie, Benny and Roger are being chased by the weasels, Benny drives into an alley backwards. If you freeze as the shot changes, Eddie is not in Benny - it's a CGI model of Eddie.
Correction: If you have to use freeze-frame or slow motion to see something, it is not a movie mistake.
17th Jun 2004
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Corrected entry: If you go frame by frame on the DVD (because this happens rather fast) at the part when the Weasel's shoot off the lock and knob to Eddie's apartment, you can see that the wood where the bullets come through (before they actually do) is a slightly blacker colour. This means they're actually mini-explosives being set off on a track in the wood. More to the point, the bullets are not only shot in a perfect square from a 1930's Tommy gun, but when the knob and lock fall off when the weasel's enter, the space where it falls out of is a pre-cut perfect square. Not likely if it has been taken off with a machine gun. (00:41:10)
Correction: If you have to go frame-by-frame or slow motion to see this, it is not a movie mistake.
7th Apr 2002
Blade II (2002)
Corrected entry: Nyssa, daughter of the head vampire tells Blade she is a pure breed vampire - born a vampire - yet she has a scar above her lip on the right. If she is a pure breed, she would have no scars because vampires heal themselves and don't scar. (00:22:56)
Correction: Not necessarily, it depends on how the movie makers interpret the vampire myth, and the nature of the wound she received. The vampires in the "Blade" saga are vulnerable to silver, garlic and ultraviolet light, and as we can see from Reinhardt's half-burned face in the end, injuries from these sources leave clear marks that the vampires do not heal instantaneously. It is not unlikely that injuries like these could leave scars.
27th Jan 2003
Blade II (2002)
Corrected entry: After Blade detonates the UV bomb he finds Nyssa lying near a pool. In an attempt to save her he slits his wrist and invites her to feed on his blood. Watch as he does this: no blood ever appears on either him or the sword he uses. (01:20:40)
Correction: This is because of the angle of Blade's hand; his hand is bent at the wrist and pointing upwards, as well as being held between the camera and the sword, so you can not tell if the sword is bloodied or not. And he immediately turns his wrist (and the wound) towards Nissa's mouth, away from the camera, so you have no chance of seeing the cut itself.
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Correction: From the Ranger station. As we can see in the end, the Ranger station has loads more medicines and first-aid material than necessary, and the older Ranger (Shyamalan) seems to know about the people living inside the wildlife reserve. All this hints to that the Ranger stations were set up by Mr. Walker, and equipped with modern-day supplies the villagers may need in a crisis. Apart from this, certain plants and fungi have been used since the Bronze Ages to cure infections. It is not unlikely the villagers had a supply of these.
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