Movies that get real world facts wrong

Sakurachan · 12-06-2009, 01:27 PM

How does this make you feel? It is kind of dumb and it turns me off from even watching it again and again. :(

Solash · 12-06-2009, 04:35 PM

I don't mind it when a movie gets a fact wrong, It's when people think that fact is true and start trying to tell people who know the real fact that they're wrong is what ticks me off.

MicroRave · 12-06-2009, 04:48 PM

Sometimes the stuff is so subtle, or so over the average person's head that they might not catch it right away (the sneaky buggers xD). But usually there's somebody who questions something and sends it to Mythbusters.

Now if the stuff is obvious, that can be a turnoff. Unless it's a comedy, that usually doesn't bug people too much. Unless you're the type that debates the actual circumference in kilometers of the 'original' death star (before it was destroyed).

God is a cat girl · 12-06-2009, 05:03 PM

Depends on which wrong we are talking about. XD

Yuri · 12-06-2009, 05:20 PM

Whenever media gets their fact wrong, or just anything, it's annoying. xD

Sakurachan · 12-18-2009, 09:39 PM

When TV shows/movies get real world facts wrong, does it spoil your impression of the show or ruin your movie experience?

For example like 10,000 BC they like got some of the creatures in the wrong timeline. Terror Birds died out by the time man appeared. And also Sabre Tooth Cats shouldn't have the same coloring or hue as a Tiger.

Another famous example is like say Jurassic Park movies where some of the dinosaurs have biological issues. Like say pteranodon has such large teeth, by right it should be having a stiff neck or a broken neck becos the teeth are so large and heavy. Even my cousin was able to point this out.

We were watching Rambo last weekend (the second one, where he went to Vietnam and saved some POW's) anyway, at the end of the movie, there's a huge air battle between two helicopters.
Rambo's chopper is pretty beat up and they think they're going down. The Russian guy comes in for the kill, and sees Rambo apparently unconscious in the chopper. So he comes in close and Rambo jumps up, throws a RPG (rocket propelled genade) to his shoulder and hits the Russian, blowing up the bad guys, so the good guys can make their escape.
An RPG (if you don't know) is almost like a hand held cannon. It's a tube that is open on both ends, because as the grenade goes out the front, there is exhaust in the form of flames coming out the back (think about a rocket or the Space Shuttle being launched) Hubby is watching and says--I sure hope that noone is in the cargo hold behind him, (which is where the pow's were) because they just got blown up.

Yes, it's really irritating.