2012 spot the mistakes

Why didn't the bloke who filled up the light aircraft in LA fly off himself instead of waiting on the bloke to come back?, and he was holding the fuel pump in his hand, as if he was still filling it up, but was away from the plane.

BTW I did like the big Russian blokes voice & his demise :)

And saying the 2112 olympics were in london was very sloppy .Its only two years away ffs and everyone knows where it being held.

Factual errors: Aircraft flying to China from the continental United States fly north following the Great Circle route. This would especially be true if Sasha expected to make a fuel stop. Even from the western United States, flying via Hawai'i is the longer (and slower) route to China. A better fuel stop would be at Anchorage, Alaska (where many intercontinental flights do.)


Revealing mistakes: When Jackson shows his driver's license in Yellowstone Park, his name appears on the card as "Jackson, Curtis." It should be either "Curtis, Jackson" (Last name, First name) or be written without the comma.


Plot holes: The Antonov in which the main characters flee to China crashes because of empty fuel-tanks. But the explosion when it finally hits the ground after falling of the cliff indicates a large amount of fuel left.


Incorrectly regarded as goofs: It's explained that the events are happening way before schedule, so this was not taking place in December 2012, but earlier in the year (most likely the summer). Therefore the summer Olympics in London could indeed be happening at the time.


Plot holes: There is a brief glimpse of a news broadcast, showcasing a story about a Mayan mass suicide. The newscaster states they killed themselves because they apparently believe in the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012. The Mayans do not believe that the world will end, and in fact Dec. 21, 2012 is simply the end of a calendar cycle. The idea of the world ending on that day is actually a mistaken myth brought about by Western cultures.


Factual errors: Mutation is a biological process caused by errors in the duplication of genetic code. Neutrinos are non-organic sub-atomic particles, and therefore cannot mutate. Even so, the earth's tectonic disruption is blamed on "mutated neutrinos".


Plot holes: There was no need to make a fuel stop all - the flight range of the Antonov AN-225 Russian aircraft is 15400 kilometers, which is way more then enough to reach China.


Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Russians are Orthodox Christians, not Catholics - they don't cross themselves from left to right as Catholics do, they do it from right to left.


Factual errors: The aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) is seen capsizing and spilling aircraft off her flight deck as she crashes into the White House. In reality, the ship was decommissioned and mothballed in 2007 and is now tied up at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (about 130 miles from Washington, DC).


Factual errors: As the USS John F Kennedy capsizes onto the White House, the ship's name and number (CV-67) are visible on her flight deck. No US aircraft carrier has its name painted on its deck in this manner; only the number '67' was painted on the deck at the extreme forward end of the ship.


Plot holes: Sasha plans to refuel the Antonov on Hawaii, but since Hawaii is destroyed and they don't have enough fuel they have to do a water landing. Gordon mentions they lost the landing gear when they took off in Vegas so that won't be in the way. How, then, were they planning to land to refuel and take off again like originally planned?


Errors in geography: You cannot drive from Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, to Manhattan Beach, California, in a single day (as John Cusack's character does). Nor can you helicopter from Washington D.C. to Yellowstone National Park in less than a day as Chiwetel Ejiofor's character does.


Revealing mistakes: If you were looking out to the solar system from an orbit around the sun (as the film's opening shot depicts) you would not be able to see the planets as anything more than bright stars in the distance.


Factual errors: No aircraft could function with an atmosphere choked with volcanic ash, which would cause engine seizures.


Factual errors: Arnold Schwarzenegger's term as Governor of California ends in January, 2011.


Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Helmsely says that the world was saved because of an astrophysicist. An astrophysicist would not be able predict such phenomena. Only a seismologist or geologist who has knowledge about tectonic plates, earthquakes and seismic activity of earth would be able to predict them.


Continuity: When the decision to open the bays of the arks and let in the crowds of people, the scientist tell the captain to open the bay door, and the clock says 14:39 until impact. The camera then switches angles and the captain responds, the time then says 14:42 until wave impact.


Errors in geography: As the tsunami bears down on the Indian Subcontinent, it is reported to be 1500 meters high, which is about 5,000 feet. The water hits the three "Arks" at an undetermined elevation, but we learn the Ark is about to crash into Mount Everest at 29,500 feet. (Everest is only 29,029 feet in reality). The mile high wave, the 5.5 mile high mountain, and many hundreds of miles the wave would have to travel simply do not add up.


Factual errors: When a tsunami is formed the best place to be is in the middle of an ocean, because the water height whether increased or decreased is not noticeable, and nor are the effects of a massive tsunami felt in the middle of the ocean; therefore, the cruise liner would not have tipped over if it was a real tsunami. It would have only tipped over if it was very close to shore.