X-Men: First Class Is The #1 Mistake Filled Movie Of 2011 So Far; THOR is 12th!

X-Men: First Class Is The #1 Mistake Filled Movie Of 2011 So Far; THOR is 12th!

Remember last year when it was revealed that Iron Man was the most mistake filled movie? Well, yet another CBM has now gotten the same recognition thanks to some pretty dodgy errors, while THOR isn't too far behind...

By JoshWilding - Jul 03, 2011 04:07 PM EST
Filed Under: X-Men

X-Men: First Class is top of the list for errors over at Movie Mistakes, and while some of these are a little petty (the continuity errors for example, when this movie is believed to only be very loosely linked to Bryan Singer's X-Men and X-2 rather than The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine) most are pretty bad mistakes! Personally, I only noticed a couple of these, none of which ruined the movie for me or took me out of the moment.

Visible crew/equipment: In the scene where Sebastian Shaw is reveling the Magneto helmet to Emma Frost in the submarine, you can see the microphone in the helmet's reflection through the entire scene.

Factual error: When the US & Soviet navies attack the mutants on the beach they fire a large volley of surface to surface missiles. This is supposed to be 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and ship launched surface to surface missiles had only just been introduced and weren't very common. But what makes this a technical error is that in the barrage we see RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, introduced in 1977, and RGM-109 Tomahawk missiles (could be anti-ship or land attack) developed in the 70s and first entering service in 1983.

Plot hole: *Spoiler* At the end of the film Xavier is shot, which leaves him paralysed, but in Wolverine and X-Men: The Last Stand we see a much older Professor X walking.

Continuity: The position of the pig farmer's hand moves after Erik stabs it to the table towards the end of the scene.

Factual error: In the beginning of the film, Shaw gives young Erik a coin. This coin is a 5 mark Nazi coin dated 1934, yet the coin was only produced from 1936-1939.

Other: After Prof. X has been shot and is in Moira's arms, he moves his own leg in the background of Erik's recruiting speech.

Other: The knife used in the Argentina pub scene never has any blood on it, despite being driven into one man's stomach and another man's hand-twice.

Continuity: In First Class, Professor X is made handicapped in 1962 at the end of the movie. In the previous X-men movie, he was walking when he visited the girl (Jean) in the mid 70s with Magneto.

Continuity: In a scene where Xavier is pointing a gun at Magneto the distance between the gun and Magneto's head changes between shots.

Continuity: In the original X-Men film, Xavier mentions that he met Magneto when he was 17. In this film, he doesn't meet him until well into his 20's, even after he becomes a professor.

Factual error: The establishing shot of Shaw's boat says they're in Miami. Yet in the scene, we see a very large suspension bridge in the background. That's the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, not Miami. It also helps to know that that bridge was built in 1982, not 1962.

Factual error: Erik arrives in Argentina at a place called Villa Gesell, shown to be a town in middle of mountains. Villa Gesell is a beach town on the Atlantic Ocean coast, with no mountains.

Factual error: A Westland Bell 47G helicopter with the a registration of G-CHOP is seen to land at the Russian army camp/military headquarters when Charles, Magneto and the X-Men are approaching. The registration denotes it is a British aircraft, so unlikely to be in the middle of Russia, and this particular model was built in 1966 - four years after the Cuban missile crisis

Continuity: In this movie, Emma Frost is seen as an adult woman (roughly around the same age as Professor X and Magneto). But the character is also in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, set years later when Professor X and Magneto are much older, but she is much younger.

Factual error: In the scene where they first pull up to the mutant research facility, they are in a 1972/3 Cadillac when the movie is set in 1962.

Continuity: In the scene where Erik confronts Shaw on the boat, Emma's hairstyle changes from being down to being in a half updo right after Shaw chastises her for harming their own kind.

Factual error: When sitting in Xaviers mansion there are cushions on the sofas made from a Sanderson fabric, Dandelion Clocks, this fabric was designed in 2009 but the film is set in 1960.

Continuity: When Mystique is on the exercise table and Erik lifts the bar off her, her right leg changes from stretched out to bent from the different camera shots.

Continuity: Hank McCoy transforms into his beast form in X-Men First Class. However, in X-Men 2 when Mystique meets the guard in the bar, Hank McCoy, without fur, is speaking on a live talk show on a TV in the background.

Continuity: When Xavier freezes Levene in the hallway he has a jet of water against his lips. In the next shot the jet of water is against his nose even though he didn't move.





As for THOR, Marvel Studios were clearly a lot more careful than they were back in 2010 with Iron Man 2. Again, nothing too awful, but these are definitely some real blunders in terms of film making rather than the factual errors seen above. Again, this certainly didn't ruin yet another fantastic movie for me, but here's the considerably shorter list in full.

Continuity: At the end when Loki goes to lock the Bifrost on Jotunheim, he's carrying Odin's staff and wearing a helmet. He slides the staff into the machinery to open the Bifrost then freezes the electrical streams (with the staff in the middle of it) and his helmet is gone. Thor comes in to stop him and he's got the staff back from inside the ice and his helmet is back.

Other: On one of the SHIELD monitors, "perimeter" is spelled "perimiter".

Continuity: In the cafe near the beginning of the movie, Thor is told that Mjolnir has landed west of the cafe. When he walks outside to go to the hammer, if you look carefully, the shadows of the surrounding scenery show that Thor is actually walking East instead of West.

Continuity: When the Destroyer arrives amidst the Shield agents, a coffee cup sitting on the dash of one of the vehicles spills over. The next shot it can be seen lying on its side. The reverse angle shot then shows it upright again.

Continuity: After S.H.I.E.L.D "borrow" Jane's research and Darcy says that they took her iPod, her hair can be seen blowing in the wind in the shots facing her left and not blowing in the shots facing her right.

Revealing: Just before Thor returns to Asgard, he and Jane are talking before they kiss, and in this continuous shot they are virtually the same height. However, in the rest of the movie, Jane is significantly shorter than Thor whenever they are pictured together.

Continuity: In the scene at the crater when Thor breaks in and then is fighting the giant SHIELD guard, the fight ends up outside, and it is pouring rain. Thor and the guard are both soaking wet during the entire fight. However, when the camera cuts to shots of Hawkeye, who is watching the fight from an open platform above them, Hawkeye is completely dry. The scene shows him out in the open with no covering and there are several clear shots of Hawkeye's face, but there is not a single drop of water on him.

Continuity: When Thor and friends first arrive on Frost Giants realm, rocks tumble and create debris - which disappears between shots.





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PaulRom
PaulRom - 7/3/2011, 4:39 PM
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/3/2011, 4:48 PM
I'm with you there tea! However, do you realise how tough it was not to insert a joke about Green Lantern's only mistake being that it was made? :D The whiners on that TF3 article yesterday would've loved that, lol.

Only things I noticed were the lack of blood when Magneto used that knife (but I wasn't at all surprised as this is a PG-13/12A movie) and the gun thing. Neither of which are a big deal. These sorts of things are entertaining enough to read, but some moviegoers need to get out more.
mbomb22
mbomb22 - 7/3/2011, 4:50 PM
i didnt think historical references meant much in movies like this...? and anyway, didnt First Class screw with the continuity when it was revealed what characters were in it?
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/3/2011, 4:50 PM
apart from the movie continuity,you can also add the blackbird sr71 wasn't used by the us until 1964-1978 but the film is set in 1962.
Blackvoid
Blackvoid - 7/3/2011, 4:51 PM
lol paulrom...perfect
RockNRollCC
RockNRollCC - 7/3/2011, 4:52 PM
CONTINUITY! boom

siddhant1138
siddhant1138 - 7/3/2011, 4:55 PM
OH NO NOW THESE MOVIES ARE COMPLETELY RUINED FOREVER
Luther
Luther - 7/3/2011, 4:56 PM
wow..seriously? haha..I think some people can't get over that Hollywood didn't make the movie THEY wanted.

Let's go ahead and try our best to make movies that aren't bad, look bad. In hopes to sway SOMEONES mind out there.

Smh...I've said this once, I'll say it again. If you think these movies suck so much, and apparently know everything there is about film making..be our guest and savior, if you may, and write/direct you own. That simple
Dob702
Dob702 - 7/3/2011, 4:57 PM
I don't know about everyone else, but I stopped thinking of the FOX movies as actual "X-Men" and think of them now as movies that happen to have those characters names...in that respect I really don't care about the continuity, I just like seeing people with mutant powers do things and blow crap up.

As far as Thor goes here...the worst you can find is a misspelled name on a monitor in the background along with hair blowing in one scene and not the next, your looking too hard really.
peeandvagee
peeandvagee - 7/3/2011, 5:00 PM
WHO GIVES A [frick].
Mrcool210
Mrcool210 - 7/3/2011, 5:02 PM
Wow someone must have been really [frick]ing board to look for these
shroud
shroud - 7/3/2011, 5:02 PM
yo what kind of no life person sits and look for all that crap lol damn they need a woman or man or both asap
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/3/2011, 5:04 PM
Lol, I can't help but laugh at the people who think this list is some sort of attack on either X-Men: First Class or THOR! Movie Mistakes covers every genre of film and exists to point out things like this...pretty sure neither they, or me for that matter, have some sort of agenda. This simply makes for an entertaining read on an excruciatingly slow news day. I know I said the people who find these petty errors need to get out more, but the same could probably be said for some of the people on this site. :)
MoonDoggyX
MoonDoggyX - 7/3/2011, 5:05 PM
The x-men ones were really bad, but kinda funny... The ones where they conflicted with the other movies were the worst. They really did take me out of the moment. I call them "wait, what?" Moments 'cause that's what i'd say to myself every time... lol...
Luther
Luther - 7/3/2011, 5:08 PM
"When Mystique is on the exercise table and Erik lifts the bar off her, her right leg changes from stretched out to bent from the different camera shots. "

hahaha..I'm sorry, I can't get over reading some of these things.

Legs can't even bend with this guy! Seems like none ever open either :P

Seriously, this article's intentions are to "damn" these two films. But all it really does is "damn" the writer. Someone's butt hurts over Transformers 3 and it's errors galore and Green Lantern. It can't be anymore obvious.
JediJoker515
JediJoker515 - 7/3/2011, 5:21 PM
I personally love stuff like this *shrugs*
LFANCH
LFANCH - 7/3/2011, 5:22 PM
LOL who ever spotted the shadows on the east/west thor mistake needs to get smacked in the balls.
ironpool007
ironpool007 - 7/3/2011, 5:24 PM
Most of X-Men: First Class was a mistake in the 1st place.
Starlight
Starlight - 7/3/2011, 5:25 PM
I'm from Argentina, so I cought the "Villa Gesell" mistake right away, everyone from the audience complained about it and laughed.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/3/2011, 5:25 PM
wow,these guys have A LOT of free time :P

"Factual error: In the beginning of the film, Shaw gives young Erik a coin. This coin is a 5 mark Nazi coin dated 1934, yet the coin was only produced from 1936-1939."

seriously? how am I supposed to know that anyway? "ZOMG,movie ruined forevah!",yeah right :P

@Starlight
I'm from Argentina too,I was like "Villa Gesell,WTF? o.O" :P
Rodimus9
Rodimus9 - 7/3/2011, 5:26 PM
I didn't notice any of these. Cause I'm not an a$shole who looks for mistakes in a F'n MOVIE! Less than 60 years ago you were lucky to see a moving picture in color. Enjoy it for what it is, art.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 7/3/2011, 5:27 PM
Josh, lol I don't give a damn what the purpose of Movie Mistakes is, these guys really need to find something else to do. I realize there is no agenda here, but still, I'd rather spend my time standing on my head than to scrutinize ANY film in such a manner. No wonder some people can't enjoy a film for what it is when they spend the whole time going through it like this. I wouldn't be surprised if this list were made by a few fanboys from this site, I won't name anyone but you know who you are ;P

One continuity thing that kills me about X-Men every time it's mentioned is the issue of Beast appearing normal on the bar scene in X2. In the comics characters like him and Nightcrawler had devices called "Image Inducer" that allowed them to go out in public unnoticed. I realize general audiences aren't expected to know this but any comic fan whose read enough X-Men comics should know it.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/3/2011, 5:28 PM
Luther: Yes, I'm trying to damn the two movies I rewarded with 5* in the reviews I wrote for them. Despite calling Thor the most epic comic book movie ever and saying X-Men: First Class is up there with The Dark Knight, I've now decided to make them look bad by posting this article. You have got to be one of the biggest idiots I've ever seen on here, and as someone who remembers supermike, that's saying A LOT.
Wildaniel
Wildaniel - 7/3/2011, 5:31 PM
LOL @JoshWilding, I guess you had nothing else to post, another slow day. Good find though, I didnt really notice all this stuff when I watched the movie.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 7/3/2011, 5:32 PM
@gUaSoN
I agree.
LibertySeaOtter
LibertySeaOtter - 7/3/2011, 5:33 PM
Not to mention First Class was just horrible anyways
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 7/3/2011, 5:36 PM
TheMyth: I personally enjoy reading these sorts of things (and love the TV shows where they point out such blatant errors by showing actual clips) but am happy in the knowledge that I'm not sad enough to notice them. :) As for the "continuity" errors, I personally think it's silly to include them as I pretty much view X-Men: First Class as its own separate thing.

ELgUaSoN: Ha, your comment is awesome. You win these. :D

95
95 - 7/3/2011, 5:41 PM
These mistakes are lame, but still very interesting. 'Star Wars' {'77} and 'The Dark Knight' had the funniest and most "how the [frick] did you miss that?!?!" mistakes. And they were both great movies.

@JoshWilding

"Green Lantern's only mistake being that it was made".
LMFAO!


mattster25
mattster25 - 7/3/2011, 5:45 PM
what about in x-men when they kept on saying "Russians" or the country "Russia". They weren't called russians back then, they were called "soviets" and the country was called USSR. Even Watchmen knew this.
My dad was annoyed to hell about that.
TheMyth
TheMyth - 7/3/2011, 5:54 PM
Pothead, you know, for a smoker, your pretty [frick]in hostile man... just sayin, maybe you should smoke one... or three before visiting this site to comment lol.

Josh, and we all know what happened to Supermike ;)
itashy
itashy - 7/3/2011, 5:57 PM
also remember when they got the costumes and i think havok said...do we really have to wear these? and xavier says "not unless you want to be riddled with bullets and physical force"...if its bulletproof,how did xavier get shot in the back
EditNinja
EditNinja - 7/3/2011, 5:58 PM
oh, picky picky, but interesting.

I try not to read these things, because next time I try to enjoy that movie, all I'll see is the goof!
EditNinja
EditNinja - 7/3/2011, 6:00 PM
@itashy - ahh, yeah, good point.
Luther
Luther - 7/3/2011, 6:15 PM
..soooo..why am I an idiot, when others on here are saying the exact same thing sir? For one..I'm aware you're the POSTER, not necessarily the writer and FOUNDER of each flaw. THAT PERSON, is who I (and others on here) are referring to as the person who has too much time on his/her hands.

I've actually respected everything you usually say, being it's usually fair. But..yeah, I'M the idiot. Not the others. haha..fair enough.
Jefferys
Jefferys - 7/3/2011, 6:18 PM
Is this the full list of what this mistakes thingy site pointed out? They pick out the most oddest things to find and miss things like Mattster25 said. Who has that time to stare at every frame and go 'Now is there anything wrong here?'. I swear the writer of that sites deaf....
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