# Movie flaws that ANYONE should notice... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939 "2006-10-26T03:26:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/61 "2006-10-27T02:48:05Z")
The following glaring mistake is obvious to anyone who lives in Chicago. The movie **When Harry Met Sally** begins at the University of Chicago, located in Hyde Park, which is on the south side of Chicago. They are heading to NYC. As their car leaves the city, there is a wide shot of them travelling south on Lake Shore Drive, heading into the city, which makes no geographical sense. What makes this even sillier is if they had just set the opening scene at Northwestern University in Evanston, then the LSD scene would make perfect sense. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/62 "2006-10-27T03:52:36Z")
Oh wait, I’ve got one. I can’t give a specific reference because it seems to happen in EVERY SINGLE MOVIE AND TV SHOW, when someone is driving they act like children pretending to drive, turning the wheel in a way that woulds put them in the the wrong lane or on the curb. For god sake, 99% of these people must know how to drive. Why do they still do this? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/63 "2006-10-27T07:30:17Z")
In _Strange Days_, there’s a shot of the limo driving down an alley with bullet holes in the trunk, a few seconds later, they cut to a shot of a gunman in the car pursuing the limo firing his machine gun and the bullets hitting _an undamaged trunk!_ ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/64 "2006-10-27T08:29:04Z")
In Terminator 2, the semi that T-1000 uses to try to run over John Connor gets badly damaged when it first lands in the storm canal, but then it’s fine a few frames later. > [@ivylass](#): > > Later, while trying to locate the cloaked Klingon ship, Uhura suggests they attach some of their equipment to catalog gaseous anomalies onto a torpedo, since “The thing’s gotta have a tailpipe.” > > Problem was, Uhura was on the Enterprise, not Excelsior, when she said that! They didn’t even meet up with Sulu until after the space battle! I don’t see the problem here. It’s been a while since I’ve seen ST VI, but the way I remember it was that everyone except Sulu was on Enterprise, and that Enterprise was the ship attempting to track the rogue Klingon Bird of Prey. It was Spock and McCoy who modified a torpedo to do the tracking. ---
**Author:** ![shizaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@shizaru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shizaru)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/65 "2006-10-27T08:43:49Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] In _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:_ 1. The Venetians celebrate Carnival in July, unlike the rest of the Catholic world which usually celebrates Carnival/Mardi Gras in February, on the last day before Lent. 2. A submarine the size of a modern aircraft carrier can not only fit into the canals of Venice but sail invisibly beneath the surface. [/QUOTE] I turned the movie off when I first saw the Venice scene. Ever been to Venice? Theres no way the Nautilus could fit in the canals, let alone be submerged. Also, there aren’t any “roads” in Venice, since there are no automobiles there even NOW. Driving through Venice like that would be impossible since its practically made off alleyway built for foot traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/66 "2006-10-27T10:17:27Z")
From Blade Runner: > [@](#): > > _Bryant: There was an escape from the off-world colonies two weeks ago. **Six replicants, three male, three female.** They slaughtered twenty-three people and jumped a shuttle. An aerial patrol spotted the ship off the coast. No crew, no sight of them. Three nights ago they tried to break into Tyrell Corporation. One of them got fried running through an electrical field. We lost the others. On the possibility they might try to infiltrate his employees, I had Holden go over and run Voight-Kampff tests on the new workers. Looks like he got himself one._ One dies before we meet it. Deckard takes care of Roy, Pris, Zhora and Leon. What happened to the sixth replicant? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/67 "2006-10-27T10:18:05Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] \*Mouse\_Maven:\*Am I being wooshed? When you show somebody using a telescope in the 1190’s, an extraneous sound effect is the least of your problems. (Later, they use gunpowder.) [/QUOTE] Another Robin Hood one, the Sheriff calls Robin and his men a gang of thugs.That particular word came out of India a lot later. (yeah, I know the film is in modern English, not proper period dialog, but this particular word was jarring) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/68 "2006-10-27T11:38:02Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] In _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:_ … A submarine the size of a modern aircraft carrier can not only fit into the canals of Venice but sail invisibly beneath the surface. [/QUOTE] Well it was jolly thin. :eek: Anyway, provided I remember correctly, they only showed screws on the back of the submarine. So having sailed up the narrow canals, how did it get back out? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/69 "2006-10-27T11:39:11Z")
[QUOTE=Seven] What happened to the sixth replicant? [/QUOTE] I always though that we’re meant to suspect it was Deckard. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/70 "2006-10-27T11:53:01Z")
[QUOTE=sturmhauke] I don’t see the problem here. It’s been a while since I’ve seen ST VI, but the way I remember it was that everyone except Sulu was on Enterprise, and that Enterprise was the ship attempting to track the rogue Klingon Bird of Prey. It was Spock and McCoy who modified a torpedo to do the tracking. [/QUOTE] The problem is _Excelsior_ was the ship cataloging gaseous anomalies, not _Enterprise_. So Uhura’s suggestion they attach the gaseous-anomalies-tracking-equipment on the torpedo makes no sense, because _Enterprise_ was not the ship tracking the anomalies. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/71 "2006-10-27T11:57:32Z")
Does “spotted by 40 million people, only not so many watched the movie” count? In one of the Mission Impossible movies, there’s a scene at the beginning that takes place in Seville during the Holy Week processions. Lots of pretty women in gorgeous typical dresses. Only, the dresses are typical… from Valencia. About as realistic as having a scene with 1000 blonde, blue-haired, 6’-tall Spaniard chicks, you know? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/72 "2006-10-27T12:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] In _League of Extraordinary Gentlemen:_ 1. The Venetians celebrate Carnival in July, unlike the rest of the Catholic world which usually celebrates Carnival/Mardi Gras in February, on the last day before Lent. 2. A submarine the size of a modern aircraft carrier can not only fit into the canals of Venice but sail invisibly beneath the surface. [/QUOTE] Carnival is the whole week before Lent, actually. “Mardi Gras” would, originally, have been its last day. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/73 "2006-10-27T12:10:39Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] The problem is _Excelsior_ was the ship cataloging gaseous anomalies, not _Enterprise_. So Uhura’s suggestion they attach the gaseous-anomalies-tracking-equipment on the torpedo makes no sense, because _Enterprise_ was not the ship tracking the anomalies. [/QUOTE] Or maybe it’s standard equiptment carried by all research/ exploration vessels. Showing another ship using it makes it a more believable plot device than simply announcing that we luckiliy just happen to have a device to solve this particular problem. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/74 "2006-10-27T12:21:55Z")
Hannibal Lechter, the man who has spent the last seven years in a cell, can suddenly open a handcuff with a pen tube and paper clip lock and then overpower two cops with guns? PLEASE! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/75 "2006-10-27T13:08:49Z")
It’s entirely possible to open an old fashioned handcuff with a pen tube and paper clip. I can’t do it, but I’ve seen it diagrammed. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/76 "2006-10-27T13:48:18Z")
Any time they show different locations in the world supposedly reacting to the same thing at the same time it is daytime… all across the globe (I’m looking at you Independence day!!) Casablanca… why would the Nazis be powerless against letters of transit especially signed by DeGalle?? If they thought Victor Laslow was a threat why not arrest him right away. ---
**Author:** ![Mouse\_Maven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@Mouse\_Maven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mouse_Maven)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/77 "2006-10-27T14:53:24Z")
[QUOTE=Baldwin] \*Mouse\_Maven:\*Am I being wooshed? When you show somebody using a telescope in the 1190’s, an extraneous sound effect is the least of your problems. (Later, they use gunpowder.) [/QUOTE] This movie is full of anachronisms. The sword scene I mentioned grates on my nerves more than the others. _shrug_ (I had forgotten about the “thug” comment that **Peter Morris** mentioned. This bothered me when I first saw the film, in _middle school_.) ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/78 "2006-10-27T17:02:13Z")
In the _Star Trek_ movies – all of them – spaceships routinely travel _faster than the speed of light_. (This error also appeared in almost every episode of the various TV series.) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/79 "2006-10-27T17:17:41Z")
[QUOTE=whitetho] In the _Star Trek_ movies – all of them – spaceships routinely travel _faster than the speed of light_. (This error also appeared in almost every episode of the various TV series.) [/QUOTE] What, warp technology can’t handle this? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939/80 "2006-10-27T19:15:29Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] What, warp technology can’t handle this? [/QUOTE] No, it’s been established in the ST universe that even warp speed is a linear mode of travel, and has an upper speed limit. I believe it’s 1000X the speed of light, but someone will likely come in and correct me soon. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-flaws-that-anyone-should-notice/377939.md?page=5)