Episode 12 Great Movie Mistakes

Hello, I'm Robert Webb and welcome to another Great Movie Mistakes.

In this show, we'll be reviewing the top movies released since

the last Movie Mistakes and pointing out the continuity disasters.

And, by the way, to everyone that wrote in about The King's Speech,

he doesn't keep fluffing his lines.

I always thought that box office number ones

were what the staff at the multiplex did when they had too many fizzy drinks.

It turns out I was just wrong about that.

Anyway, the mistakes you're about to see are all from movies which raked in the most money

and were top of the pops in the week of their release.

Rumours that Fast Five only got there through charging £250 a ticket are unsubstantiated.

It's the mawkish Due Date, and Robert Downey Jr's looking cool.

Peter... OK, listen.

He's even got those light-sensitive sunglasses.

Though this scene must have been filmed on a very changeable day,

as his glasses go from very dark to...

-I just didn't want to go...

-..completely gone.

Proof that the director also needed specs.

We say a deathly hallow to Harry Potter and chums

in this lively scene where they're transported from a fiery tent...

to the safety of...

oncoming traffic.

But look again.

Harry's is on Hermione's left and Ron on her right.

But when they reappear, it's the other way round.

In this gory scene from the disappointing Little Fockers,

Ben Stiller slices straight through his finger,

making Bobby De Niro Bloody De Niro.

THEY ALL SCREAM

But there's blood on the right side of his face when earlier it was all over his left.

That's not just blood on your face, Bobby. There's egg on it too.

The Expendables, and Sly Stallone's got a gun ready to use

in an exciting escape from some bad men.

BRAKES SCREECH

I worry that these days Sly's mind is not what it used to be.

Look, he's forgotten that he should be holding the gun,

not having it in his belt.

But once Statham shouts the magic words, the gun's back...

for Sly to throw away.

A clever scene from Transformers

with real footage of President Nixon on the TV.

And they've carefully recreated the set to match it.

However, was it too much of a push to get a lamp?

It's here but not here.

No, that would've been a giant leap too far.

Fast paced sci-fi thrills in Limitless,

and for a man with no limits,

Bradley Cooper really struggles with the little things.

Like sitting down on a chair properly.

Oh, come on, don't cry. Look, the chair's back up again!

You can have another go!

My mother always used to say,

"Never fly-kick a man with a massive hammer in the face."

Sadly, Milla's mum didn't, which is bad news,

because this man is going to hit Milla with the massive hammer.

However, it's not all bad, because at least he hit her into a nice, soft bouncy wall.

See? Every hammer has a silver lining.

Now this girl's in pursuit.

She slides underneath, shooting him as she goes.

But wait.

Look, that hammer's going to land on her!

Phew. Saved by a continuity error.

MC Hammer snuffs it and she's not even there.

Adrenalin-pumping Fast Five now, and when robbing a bank,

attention to detail really counts.

Here the safe's unlocked with a right-hand print.

Young Mia then goes to extreme measures,

grabbing his print on her bikini.

But it's the left hand.

That shouldn't work, then. Caught you red-handed AND red-faced!

So did he just slap that BLEEP or did he grab and hold onto it?

The only thing that keeps me on the edge of my seat more than

watching a good thriller is a really, really small seat.

I love a good thriller - it's my favourite genre of film.

It's also a Michael Jackson album title.

I also like films that are bad, dangerous or simply off the wall!

HE LAUGHS

Now the fraught and claustrophobic Buried.

Here, Ryan Reynolds unties his hands and removes the gag around his neck.

But then out of nowhere...

..the gag's back around his neck!

For a film full of gags, it's just not funny.

Now Ryan grabs a pen and writes with his left hand.

But when the shot changes, it's suddenly his right.

So as well as being a big Hollywood star, he's also ambidextrous!

Talk about buried talent!

It's the gripping and gritty film The Town.

The thing about towns nowadays is that businesses can change

so quickly, can't they?

Look at the bar across the road from this flower shop.

-It's called Fitzgerald's, right?

-I'm in.

I have this.

Well, not any more, because we see the bar is now called The Junction.

Sounds like a naff gastropub to me.

Matthew McConaughey in the solidly crafted Lincoln Lawyer.

-Get the hell out of my house.

-Take that, M Dog!

I told you my son didn't kill...

Lucky it was his left arm so he can shoot right back at her.

Oh, hang on, that's his right arm in the sling.

Sue the doctors for malpractice, Matthew,

and then get a better lawyer than yourself to represent you.

I thought I told you to be careful.

Onto the intriguing Adjustment Bureau

and Matt Damon has a phone in his coffee.

Personally I prefer milk and sugar.

-'You won't believe who I just ran into?'

-Who?

-'The girl from...'

But what's this? Moments later, he's talking on a different phone.

The one you kissed?

-However, keep watching as during the same conversation...

-Whatever, dude.

-It won't work again.

-..he's back on the BlackBerry.

And you didn't write it?

Now Matt's looking at an article so good they've printed it twice.

See, it's the same chunk of text here and here.

How lazy to just repeat the same thing over again.

How lazy to just repeat the same thing over again.

It's torturous suspense flick The Resident.

And weirdo Max has snuck into Juliet's bedroom to get some

kind of creepy thrill from not quite touching her.

However, the really odd bit is Juliet lying on her side...

then instantly she's on her back.

You've been out-weirded, Max!

Go back home and count your toenail clippings collection.

ALARM BEEPS

Oh, no! It's 8:27am and Juliet's overslept.

Hurry up, Juliet, get your trousers on. It's awful when you oversleep.

You just can't get your brain into gear.

And Juliet's not got her brain into gear as she's making a call

when her phone is clearly still locked.

I seriously overslept.

Now, an abysmal film,

The Roommate, where the roommates in question take a photo of themselves.

That shot will look great on the shared house wall.

Shame they get a different picture from the wrong angle then.

And if they can't agree on that, it'll be murder

when they do the cleaning rota.

It's the contrived mystery movie Unknown.

And here's a quick science lesson - what happens when you use something

that gives out an electric shock on something that's soaking wet?

A nasty electric shock for everyone concerned.

However, concern is not something these ambulance men seem to have.

In Unknown, Diane Kruger gets knocked unconscious with chloroform.

But when one of her eyes is opened to check she's out, the other one opens as well.

Blink and you'd miss it.

Wink and you'd be better for the part than Diane.

Comedy now. People have a lot of theories about comedy.

They say tragedy plus time equals comedy.

But Bambi came out years ago and every time I watch it,

I bawl my eyes out. But then my mother was a "dear".

They also say it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile.

No wonder I felt so exhausted watching Cheaper By The Dozen 2.

But most importantly, they say the secret of comedy is timing.

Knowing the exact moment to say something hilarious.

Actually, thinking about it, timing isn't quite as important as having something funny to say.

Sorry.

Junior Suite...

It's quirky and unusual Cedar Rapids where Tim is staying in 112.

It's strange then that when Dean arrives, he says...

Double stock my minibar, please, 1019. Thank you.

Because, look, he's also staying in 112 with Tim and also Ronald.

Someone in 1019 is going to get a nice surprise.

Now notice all the climbers on the wall with Tim are securely

tied on with ropes and harnesses to avoid falling off.

Or suddenly inexplicably vanishing.

Low brow and proud of it, it's Hall Pass

and I do wish that that guy would stop flashing his chest about.

His shirt agrees and has taken it upon itself to button up.

It's one of those self-fastening shirts.

The trouble with those is that they've got a habit of...

-Yeah, it's unbuttoned again.

-I gotta get going.

We have a team meeting in 20 minutes.

Best do it up yourself, yeah, fella.

Sam Jackson and The Rock are wearing no ordinary medals

in this frantic comedy, The Other Guys, they're mood medals.

And we'd do it again and again.

They disappear when they get angry.

If we want to hear you talk, I will shove my arm up your BLEEP

and work your mouth like a puppet! You hear me?! You hear me?

And reappear when they're happy again. See?

Either that or someone's been "medalling" - thanks - with the props.

A police officer must always know where his gun is.

However, Will Ferrell has forgotten this golden rule -

he's rolling around on top of it.

Only for it to return to his holster moments later.

Here, Will Ferrell is in a violent rage with Alan Partridge.

They say you can't reproduce truly great art,

but when Will takes this mediocre squiggle off the wall,

an exact reproduction immediately takes its place.

The very raw comedy Horrible Bosses.

Jamie Foxx is given a suitcase full of money.

Well, a bit of money.

Anyway, he'd best latch the suitcase all the same. Good man.

But spool forward a bit...

and the latches are undone again.

With all that cash, you'd think he'd be able to buy a better suitcase.

One of my favourites, Big Momma 3, with an angry woman

covered in white foam making a mess of the door.

-Never mind. Here's Big Momma's peerless acting skills.

-Me?!

-Well, thank you, sure.

-But who's cleaned up that door?

What a shame. This silly blunder ruins an otherwise perfect film(!)

Films about true life next.

Films like 127 Hours, a true story of a man stuck in a canyon for days.

I got stuck on the M25 for what felt like 127 hours once.

I didn't chop off my own arm, did I? No, I did not!

I did, however, wee in a Coke bottle,

eat a family bag of Wotsits and openly cry,

but apparently, that story's not Hollywood material!

Tch!

It's super nerd Mark Zuckerberg, although he can't be that nerdy.

He's mates with Justin Timberlake.

Oh, good catch, Justin.

Sharon?

SMASH!

-Oh, no!

-I'm so sorry!

-Mark!

-Girls can't catch!

-Here you go.

-No, wait!

Luckily, it was one of those completely empty beer bottles

kept for situations like this.

-I'm so sorry.

-Look, no stain on the wall.

Or maybe Zuckerberg's so rich,

he can afford beer that tidies up after itself.

Here's sweaty Christian Bale in the honest and hard-edged The Fighter.

Look at his T-shirt. Drenched!

But after a long walk in the sun, the sweat seems to have disappeared.

What's his antiperspirant?

Not one with 24-hour protection, as he's drenched again.

Look at Mark Wahlberg's fit bod as Micky Ward in The Fighter.

Not a tattoo in sight.

But cut to him in bed and what's this?

It's Mark's tat of Bob Marley, which Micky never had in real life.

Eddy Grant on the inner thigh, though? That's a possibility.

A young John Lennon with his nasal singing voice

in the unsentimental Nose-where Boy.

-Sorry, Nowhere Boy.

-# You're my little girl! #

But when he stops singing, we see the tape is at the start of the reel

and the song couldn't have been recorded.

Which is lucky, as it sounded horrific.

We had great success...

A scene from the so-called documentary I'm Still Here

and look at the glasses hanging off the shirt of Joaquin Phoenix

or whatever he's called.

-Look, they've vanished.

-I have a little studio, d'you know?

Puffy Combs, or whatever he's called, doesn't notice.

I'm excited to hear this stuff. I want to hear if you...

And now they're back. Mo sunglasses, mo problems.

More than seven square miles...

Harsh realities from Made In Dagenham now,

a British film harping back to the glorious era

where 55,000 men worked in a car factory with only 187 women.

That's because the men knew they were talking about back then.

-Are you threatening me?

-Let's listen.

I'm trying to stop 40,000 people from losing their jobs, Mrs Castle.

That's how many people work as Ford employees in this country, not to mention...

I thought it was 55,000, you berk? Let the women take over, I say.

It's raining in Dagenham.

Look at that poor old guy outside with his brolly.

He can't wait to get inside in the dry.

I'm lucky you weren't getting the lads to hold out for a full house.

Get yourself home, man!

All over the country...

Later on and now he must be somewhere nice and warm.

Oh, no, no. There he is again. Maybe he likes the rain.

You'll always be fighting over the scraps on the top table...

And again.

Get equal pay, yeah.

And again.

He just can't get enough of it. Get inside, man, you'll catch your death!

What I don't get is why it's so important to you.

Compelling drama from Conviction and Kenny's been freed from jail,

but maybe he should be banged straight up again for crimes against continuity.

-His offences are many. No hat, your honour.

-Will you thank your sister?

And now, a hat.

-Holding his scarf, your honour.

-Is this for us?

-Yes, it's for you.

And now suddenly wearing it again. The prosecution rests.

That's all for tonight. See you next time.

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