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Movie Mistakes
« on: 28 December 2006, 12:47:33 »

For those of you who are into this sort of thing...

http://www.moviemistakes.com/

(Just ignore the annoying adverts)

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Re: Movie Mistakes
« Reply #1 on: 28 December 2006, 13:01:12 »

And someone sits and watches all these films looking for mistake? What a boring job
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Re: Movie Mistakes
« Reply #2 on: 28 December 2006, 13:43:41 »

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And someone sits and watches all these films looking for mistake? What a boring job


Some are really obvious - such as jet contrails in historic films, or fillings.

Railways are the favourite screw up - different trains used for the same train in the film - like totally different - (ie different colours and everything)

But they usually do the wrong era like British Rail coaches before the war.

However most people try now to get it right - there were complaints about the vinyl roof in Life on Mars car, but it was the right age!!!!
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Re: Movie Mistakes
« Reply #3 on: 28 December 2006, 16:31:25 »

I guess such mistakes are noticed by people with similar hobbies, eg, the Poker issues with Bond, or trains by someone like Martin....

Its normally simple continuity errors I notice....
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« Reply #4 on: 28 December 2006, 16:38:54 »

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I guess such mistakes are noticed by people with similar hobbies, eg, the Poker issues with Bond, or trains by someone like Martin....

Its normally simple continuity errors I notice....

True... I’d notice car-related mistakes, but no way would I notice if Keira Knightley wore a different laces on her dress in Pride and Prejudice...  ;D

I would have definitely noticed Keira Knightley if she didn't wear a dress though  ;D
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« Reply #5 on: 28 December 2006, 17:18:53 »

evry year i look for the red sports car in the chariot race scene in ben hur ............?????
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« Reply #6 on: 28 December 2006, 18:00:58 »

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evry year i look for the red sports car in the chariot race scene in ben hur ............?????

and have you found it?
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« Reply #7 on: 28 December 2006, 19:32:27 »

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I guess such mistakes are noticed by people with similar hobbies, eg, the Poker issues with Bond, or trains by someone like Martin....

Its normally simple continuity errors I notice....

True... I’d notice car-related mistakes, but no way would I notice if Keira Knightley wore a different laces on her dress in Pride and Prejudice...  ;D

I would have definitely noticed Keira Knightley if she didn't wear a dress though  ;D


Any vehicles - just that trains are favourites for getting it wrong.

Anyway I have seen a good transport related film - Cars by Pixar
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Re: Movie Mistakes
« Reply #8 on: 28 December 2006, 22:08:37 »

This is one that I remember spotting at the time when watching the original movie in the cinema many year ago:

James Bond - A View to a Kill – 1985: In the Paris chase, Bond (Roger Moore) drives the front half of a Renault 11 Taxi which apparently still runs. This is impossible even with front wheel drive because the petrol tank would be in the back.
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Re: Movie Mistakes
« Reply #9 on: 28 December 2006, 22:16:45 »

Biggest is either Battlefield Earth, Thunderbirds the Movie or Thomas and the magic tramway
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« Reply #10 on: 28 December 2006, 22:17:38 »

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This is one that I remember spotting at the time when watching the original movie in the cinema many year ago:

James Bond - A View to a Kill – 1985: In the Paris chase, Bond (Roger Moore) drives the front half of a Renault 11 Taxi which apparently still runs. This is impossible even with front wheel drive because the petrol tank would be in the back.

Petrol in carb bowl?
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« Reply #11 on: 28 December 2006, 22:22:27 »

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This is one that I remember spotting at the time when watching the original movie in the cinema many year ago:

James Bond - A View to a Kill – 1985: In the Paris chase, Bond (Roger Moore) drives the front half of a Renault 11 Taxi which apparently still runs. This is impossible even with front wheel drive because the petrol tank would be in the back.

Petrol in carb bowl?

Not enough to last the length of the chase when its just the front section.

Can't remember which bond it was, think it was the one were they are in Las Vegas, and bond tips the car on 2 wheels and goes though a thin gap... but comes out the other way around...
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« Reply #12 on: 28 December 2006, 22:24:52 »

No point listing there are hundreds.

One more Battle of Britain used SPanish licence built 109s and they are obviously fitted with Merlins!
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« Reply #13 on: 28 December 2006, 22:28:23 »

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...Can't remember which bond it was, think it was the one were they are in Las Vegas, and bond tips the car on 2 wheels and goes though a thin gap... but comes out the other way around...

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« Reply #14 on: 28 December 2006, 22:30:37 »

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No point listing there are hundreds.

One more Battle of Britain used SPanish licence built 109s and they are obviously fitted with Merlins!

Another one I often see is in war movies where the Germans or Russian trucks etc are all USA-made GMC trucks painted in the ‘enemy’ colours… they just don’t bother with proper Opel, Mercedes, or Zil trucks….
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