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** * An [[http://smokescreeners.org/downloads/animated_smoking.pdf article]] on depictions of tobacco and alcohol use in movies for children identifies [[{{Pinocchio}} Lampwick]] as [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Lamp]]''[[SpellMyNameWithAnS wit]]''.

* ''Film/IronMan'', starring Robert Downey Jr. as [[http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/57/1210171758386fy6.png Tony]] [[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=%22iron+man%22+%22tony+spark%22&rlz=1R2GGLL_en-GBGB376&aq=f&aqi=g-sx10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= Spark]]. If you think that's bad, Swedish ''Metro'' called him Robert Frost.

* One particularly scathing movie review for ''SilentHill'' derided the film for being based on a video game series, but praised the movie's composer for at least writing a unique cinematic score instead of relying on the video game's "[[PacManFever beeps and whistles]]". The music in the movie, of course, was taken directly from the games. Coming at this from another angle, a newspaper blurb on the game ''SilentHill: Homecoming'' described it as being based on the movie.
** There were in fact several [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to the movie in ''SilentHill: Homecoming'', so it's easy to see how they got confused. For example, The Boogeyman/Pyramid Head's design is based off his movie design, and the introduction of the Smog enemy looks almost identical to the introduction of the Armless Man in the movie.

* The book ''{{Disney}} Dossiers: Files of Characters From the Walt Disney Studios'' is full of glaring omissions and mistakes. For example, {{Disney/Aladdin}}'s fact sheet says "Parents: None (orphan)", completely neglecting the fact that him finding out his father was alive was '''the main friggin' plot of ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves''''' (which the book also claims came out a year earlier than it actually did). [[Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove Kuzco]]'s profile also seems to negate the existence of [[TheEmperorsNewSchool Malina]] by saying that Kuzco has no "significant other" (even though it ''does'' sound like something Kuzco would say about himself). Also, for some reason, DonaldDuck's filmography highlights includes the ''DuckTales'' movie (which he wasn't even mentioned in), Timon's last name (Berkowitz) and Scar's birth name (Taka) are forgotten, and some of the voice actors for the characters are glaringly omitted (''e.g.'', Cam Clarke for [[TheLionKing Simba]], April Winchell for [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Cruella de Vil]]).

** Plenty of mistakes are abound in the ''Disney Song Encyclopedia'' as well. The description for the ''TaleSpin'' theme claims that the show is "about the colorful Kit Cloudkicker, who flies his plane through various adventures in the tropics." Um, hello? Baloo was the pilot; Kit was his navigator. The book also claims that ''{{Doug}}'' retained its theme song from the original Nickelodeon series, but anyone who has seen both versions of the show can tell you that the theme songs sound nothing alike.

* At least one review of the first Tomb Raider movie complained of the sets of Angkor Wat and Lara's home being overdone, overdecorated, over the top, and just generally not credible. The scenes were shot on location, or on sets created to match the locations.

** Wee-eeeelll, this is... KINDA understandable, Frank always appears in stark white facepaint and he's clearly got cannibalistic tendancies, if the scene where he serves [[IncrediblyLamePun Meatloaf]] to the cast is any judge and, well, his famous intro song repeats that he is a 'Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania.' Dracula is about the only thing any Western audience can relate to as being from Transylvania, even if here, Transylvania is actually another galaxy, with Transsexual merely being a planet. (Spoiler, they're all aliens and this is a ''really weird movie.'') So it IS understandable, just not ''necessarily'' accurate.

** It's not uncommon to hear people talk about "Dark Vader" or "Hans Solo". [[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-01-22-james-earl-jones_N.htm Even James Earl Jones himself]].

*** Vader ''is'' called "[[DubNameChange Dark Vador]]" in most French versions. Bringing the business full circle, however, [[InconsistentDub both the English and French names are used in French Canada]] (with the French name no longer used in official material translated there), causing some people to mix up the two names, leading once again to the "Dark Vader" mistake or variations thereof.

** In a ridiculously inaccurate negative review for ''[[Film/{{X-Men}} X2: X-Men United]]'' by Stephen Hunter of ''The Washington Post'' it quickly became clear that he [[DidNotDoTheResearch did not bother to watch the movie]], or was distracted for most of its length. At one point, he said that Rogue had the power to ''reverse time'', even going so far as to call her "the Mistress of Rewind." He was apparently confused by the scenes in which she extinguishes flames and makes Wolverine's wounds reappear.

** In defense of [[http://www.kids-in-mind.com/ kids-in-mind.com]], the site isn't geared toward "parent reviews", but "parent guides". [[CompletelyMissingThePoint The entire purpose]] of the site is to list every instance of even remotely offensive material, along with severity ratings in those categories. They don't even do traditional reviews.

* The MovieGuide.org review of ''[[SouthPark South Park]]:Bigger, Longer, and Uncut'' refers to Big Gay Al as being black. [[ItGotWorse and]] claimed that and I quote "the whole point of SOUTH PARK is that the children in the movie should have been allowed to see the Terrance & Phillip movie, just as the world's children should be allowed to see SOUTH PARK, [[AnimationAgeGhetto even though it is rated R.]] [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Furthermore, the message of the movie is clear]]: that adults should let children engage in depraved actions and foul language, and that all this is just part of growing up. "

* A review for the GIJoe [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra movie]] states "Formerly a Real American Hero, G.I.Joe is no longer a hero (it's a group)..." Funny... [[IAmNotShazam G.I.Joe has almost always referred to a group (the almost is there is because there was actually a namesake) and not a single person, even before the '80s (when they were first called Real American Heroes).]]. The original action hero was titled like that, but the toyline (and TV series) that inspired ''Rise of Cobra'' most certainly wasn't.

* Armond White (a film critic who is infamous for panning acclaimed movies and acclaiming panned movies) wrote in his negative review about ''{{Toy Story}} 3'': "The toys wage battle with the daycare center’s cynical veteran cast-offs: Hamm the Piggy Bank pig, Lotsa Hugs and Big Baby." Hamm is not from the daycare center: he's one of Andy's toys, and he appeared in the previous two films. Oh, and most even more important: HE'S NOT A VILLAIN! Also, Lots'''o''', not Lotsa, but he probably just mis-heard that.

* ''1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die'' has a few mistakes, the worst of which is probably claiming, in its review of ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' that Michael Biehn played John Connor in ''TheTerminator'', as opposed to Kyle Reese.

* For a time, Hulu described the scene from ''BackToTheFuture Part II'' where Doc whisks Marty and Jennifer off to 2015 as "Doc surprises Marty and Lorraine with an urgent request to come into the future to save their kids." Lorraine is the name of his sister. Ironically, the two actors do appear as husband and wife in the third film as their original characters' ancestors.
** Speaking of not paying attention! Lorraine is his mother's name, not his sister's.

* An Israeli mainstream news site reported about a new trailer for ''[[ShowWithinAShow Medellin]]'', starring Vincent Chase, the star of [[ShowWithinAShow Aquaman]], which is all plot from the show ''{{Entourage}}''. The article had a link to the [[{{Defictionalization}} de-fictional]] website created for the fictional movie, along with the trailer itself embedded in the page. Shortly after the virtual [[FacePalm facepalms]] began appearing in the comments section, the article was removed.

* Box summaries of movies are great for this (see also the Anime examples above). From the back of the DVD of ''A Christmas Story'': "(Ralphie) also endures all kinds of childhood calamaties from snowsuit paralysis to the yellow-eyed Scotty Farkus affair to the dreaded tongue-on-a-frozen-flagpole gambit." Ralphie's brother had the snowsuit paralysis (which was never called as such,) his friend Flick did the flagpole (which was not a gambit,) and the yellow-eyed bully was actually named Scut Farkus.

* RogerEvert mixed up the characters of Brodie and Banky in his review of ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''. However, as they are both played by Jason Lee, have similar names, appeared as snarky sidekicks in previous Kevin Smith films, and have a comparatively minor role in this one, it is probably understandable.

* A reviewer of The Last Airbender (one of the few who gave it a positive review) describes how "Aang and friends travel on a flying six-legged albino beaver." The "beaver" in question is actually a bison, and not an albino. Not surprisingly that a positive review came from someone who likely never saw the movie and certainly never watched the TV show on which it is based.

* The ''[[Film/{{X-Men}}'' films:

* In a ridiculously inaccurate negative review for ''[[Film/{{X-Men}} X2: X-Men United]]'' by Stephen Hunter of ''The Washington Post'' it quickly became clear that he [[DidNotDoTheResearch did not bother to watch the movie]]. At one point, he said that Rogue had the power to ''reverse time'', even going so far as to call her "the Mistress of Rewind." The same review also repeatedly referred to "Dr. Jane Gray" (not as ridiculous, but she's better known as Jean Grey to the rest of us).
** The Rogue thing may be explained by misinterpreting the one time in the movie she uses her power, when she takes Pyro's power at Bobby's house to put out the fires he started. It's still a critical research failure though.
*** [[NeverTrustATrailer This means that he probably just saw the trailer...]]
*** Either that, or he saw the "Wolvie's wounds reappear" scene in the first movie without context and went kind of mad from that.

*** In the first movie, not only there was a quite noticeable flash of yellow eyes, but the X-Men were watching the video, paused it, rewinded (IIRC) and said ''Mystique's name out loud''. Cyclops was so angry about her taking the dead character's place, that he even went as far as call her bad names.

*** Or, if you prefer, since about 2500 BC -- Heracles didn't exactly grow up in a happy and stable home.
* A continuity announcer on [=ITV2=] claimed that ''Film/GoldenEye'' was about "Pierce Brosnan running around the Arctic with Famke Janssen trying to save the world (and his libido)." The whole sentence is a research failure, especially considering that ''Famke Janssen's character is a villain from the start.'' Also, the Arctic NEVER appears within the entire movie; it's set in Siberia.
** Part of Siberia is above the Arctic Circle.
** Also, part of the St. Petersburg tank chase was filmed on site. They faked all of the relevant statutes and treasures and smashed replicas on a UK Backlot, but that didn't stop a few breathless "They're destroying our art!" newscasts in Russia.

** On the ''Entourage'' note, a music news soundbite on a local radio station talking about how Vincent Chase, star of ''Aquaman'', had been chosen to play Joey Ramone in a Ramones biopic. We're ''still'' not sure whether they were kidding or not.
*** For those not in the know - no, Chase's actor isn't playing Ramone in a real biopic... ''all this is the events of the show.''
** On the same ''Entourage'' note, an Israeli mainstream news site reported about a new trailer for a movie called [[ShowWithinAShow Medellin]], starring Vincent Chase, the star of [[ShowWithinAShow Aquaman]]. The article had a link to the [[{{Defictionalization}} de-fictional]] website created for the fictional movie, along with the trailer itself embedded in the page. Shortly after the virtual [[FacePalm facepalms]] began appearing in the comments section, the article was removed.
* One article about the fifth ''HarryPotter'' movie showed a picture of Harry and Cho about to kiss, but the caption read that he was puckering up for Hermione Granger. The canon shippers were not amused.

** HilarityEnsues when the cast and crew are interviewed by people who know little or nothing about the series. A particular standout is {{Emma Watson}}'s 2009 appearance on ''The Late Show'' in which, among other things, DavidLetterman seemed to be under the impression that the movies were shot in New Zealand, apparently confusing them with ''LordOfTheRings''.
*** Letterman, though, [[RuleOfFunny often intentionally says things everyone knows to be untrue]].
*** It's not exactly this, but the trio's appearances on ''Regis and Kelly'' over the years are hugely fascinating as it's always very obvious that Kelly is a big fan who has read all the books while Regis is completely clueless about the series. HilarityEnsues.

** Ironically enough, he wasn't "Spike" in the original comics. He was Buster.

** Mis-hearing it is not an excuse (well, not a good one). Reviewers get press kits from the studios with lotsa information about the film they're reviewing, including a cast list.
** Another White example, which is somehow crazier: In his review of {{Inglourious Basterds}}, he identifies Marcel, the black film projectionist/Shoshanna's lover, as the narrator of the penultimate chapters. There's a LOT wrong with that statement:
*** 1. The brief narration is done by Samuel L. Jackson
*** 2. The narration is in English, where Marcel appears to speak only French.
*** 3. There is no narration in the penultimate chapters. The two times Jackson narrates are near the center of the film
** There are many reasons to dislike White as a critic, but it's this insane lack of attention to even basic details that have caused many people to label him a troll, [[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/08/in_defense_of_armond_white.html including Roger Ebert]].
* A review for the ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'' films decried the fact that Arwen gets such a small role (whereas in the books, she has all of ''one line'', near the end of ''Return of the King''), and another which assumed that Eowyn's killing of the Witch-king was an [[AffirmativeActionGirl expansion of her role in the books]] (whereas there is very little difference apart from her lines).
** Eowyn's role in the film is ''limited'' as opposed to the book. In the film, she kills the Nazgul Lord and sort-of-generally pines for Aragorn. In the book, she slays the Nazgul Lord ''and'' delivers a badass speech on how men get all the glory and heroism, whereas women's right is, once men fail, "to be slaughtered at the threshold of our own home."

** A newspaper reviewer of ''The Return of the King'' made a complaint that the movie included a giant spider and wondered why Peter Jackson felt it was needed.
*** To be fair, Shelob the spider isn't in the book - it actually appears in the previous book, ''The Two Towers''. Jackson moved it to the third film for dramatic reasons.

** He also mixed up the characters of Brodie and Banky in his review of ''Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back''. However, as they are both played by Jason Lee, have similar names, appeared as snarky sidekicks in previous Kevin Smith films, and have a comparatively minor role in this one, it is probably understandable.
* During the long, ''long'' [[ANewHope summer of '77]], one TV-news reporter referred to Chewbacca as "Choobie", and another referred to the ''Millennium Falcon'' as "Darth Vader's ship".
** This sort of thing still happens in journalism. People, especially on television, love to call the main villain "Dark Vader", and use the title in the singular, as in, "Here are a group of Star War fans." This is spoofed on ''ArrestedDevelopment,'' wherein Lucille Bluth tells her adopted Korean son, "Here's some money. Go see a Star War."
*** Don't forget "Hans Solo" and, the mother of all blasphemies, "Wookie" with one "e".
*** Incidentally, Darth Vader ''is'' officially known as Dark Vador in most French-language versions, leading to another straight example of the trope: the universal French dub of the original trilogy uses the aforementioned DubNameChange for Vader (as well as for other characters). However, in [[CanadaEh Quebec]] a local dub of ''RevengeOfTheSith'' was produced that used the original name, and all subsequent French-Canadian material followed suit (presumably making the French name non-canon in the area). This has led some French-speaking Quebecers to mix up the two names, calling him "Dark Vader" (as above) or "Darth Vador".

* The whole kerfuffle that erupted over the film ''{{The Last Temptation of Christ}}'' was because people were informed about scenes of Jesus settling down, getting married, and having sex. What they ''weren't'' informed about was that said scenes were a hallucination caused by the Devil in order to try and convince Jesus not to fulfill his destiny, walk away and have a normal life, a temptation Jesus rejected. You know, as sort of described ''in the name of the film''. Nobody listened, however, and due to staunchly Catholic MediaWatchdogs, the film wasn't premiered in Mexico ''until 2005!''
** Staunchly Catholic MediaWatchdogs who [[JustifiedTrope might've had a right to be a little nervous]] about how the constitution was explicitly anti-clerical until 1992, four years ''after'' the film came out (no, [[RealityIsUnrealistic not kidding]]: Mexico was officially anti-Catholic, though it usually went unenforced). Catholicism was ''brutally'' persecuted under the Calles regime (with US backing!) in the 1920s, culminating in a civil war; basically, Mexican sensitivity about religious depictions is like a milder form of NoSwastikas, which can be just as unreasonable and is just as understandable.

* For a time, Hulu described the scene from ''BackToTheFuture Part II'' where Doc whisks Marty and Jennifer off to 2015 as "Doc surprises Marty and Lorraine with an urgent request to come into the future to save their kids." Marty and ''[[IncestIsRelative Lorraine]]''[='=]s kids? [[{{Squick}} Ick]]!

** TV Guide's blurb for ''Godzilla vs Megalon'': "Godzilla and giant robot Jet Jaguar team up to fight a giant cockroach (Megalon, a stag beetle) and a big black chicken (Gigan, a bluish-green and gray reptilian cyborg with a beak and mandibles) sent by Seatopians."

* One particularly scathing movie review for ''SilentHill'' derided the film for being based on a video game series, but praised the movie's composer for at least writing a unique cinematic score instead of relying on the video game's "[[PacManFever beeps and whistles]]". The music in the movie, of course, was taken directly from the games.
** Another negative review noted that the monsters look like they're from some video game...
*** Coming at this from another angle, a newspaper blurb on the game ''SilentHill: Homecoming'' described it as being based on the movie.
** [[http://newsblaze.com/story/20061024181628acos.nb/topstory.html "I do have one question, however, who plays a video game like this? And what the heck is the object of the game."]]
*** [[PacManFever "A long way from the Pac Man of my day."]]

* An article on a magazine about ''QuantumOfSolace'' stated that JamesBond allied with the exiled General Medrano from Chile to destroy the Quantum Organization. Medrano is actually a CompleteMonster and part of Quantum's plan (he's to be installed as dictator). Oh, and it's Bolivia, not Chile.
** Although it was shot in Chile, explaining part of the confusion.

*** Eowyn's role in the film is ''limited'' as opposed to the book. In the film, she kills the Nazgul Lord and sort-of-generally pines for Aragorn. In the book, she slays the Nazgul Lord ''and'' delivers a badass speech on how men get all the glory and heroism, whereas women's right is, once men fail, "to be slaughtered at the threshold of our own home."

** An amazing number of film critics, including RogerEbert, described the ending of ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' as involving a duel with a dragon, whereas the creature Harry fought was actually a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilisk basilisk]]. This may be rather nitpicky, but the fact that the creature was a snake was a bit of a plot point.

* The author of ''The New York Times''' [[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/14/movies/14dvd.html review]] of some remastered RodgersAndHammerstein [=DVDs=] expressed disappointment when he read the back cover of ''{{Carousel}}'' saying that it came with a film adaptation of its predecessor, ''Liliom'', assumed this referred to the 1930 adaptation, but then found himself watching FritzLang's 1934 movie. One must wonder why he felt surprised, since the back DVD cover and the insert listing production notes and DVD features and chapters clearly list the 1934 adaptation among the bonus features. (Granted, other people anticipated the inclusion of the 1930 movie, but they did so ''before'' obtaining the DVD.)

** Wee-eeeelll, this is... KINDA understandable, Frank always appears in stark white facepaint and he's clearly got cannibalistic tendancies, if the scene where he serves [[IncrediblyLamePun Meatloaf]] to the cast is any judge and, well, his famous intro song repeats that he is a 'Sweet Transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania.' Dracula is about the only thing any Western audience can relate to as being from Transylvania, even if here, Transylvania is actually another planet. (Spoiler, they're all aliens and this is a ''really weird movie.'') So it IS understandable, just not ''necessarily'' accurate.
*** Transsexual is the planet, Transylvania is the galaxy.