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* The Netflix blurb for Kingdom of Heaven states that Orlando Bloom's character takes up his sword to free the Holy Land from the Turks. That would be true if the movie were about the first crusade-it's actually about Saladin's recapture of the Holy Land *from* Crusaders, who had been occupying it for almost a century. And that would still be wrong, because the conflict is between the Chrusaders and ''Arabs''. Turks were not involved, and only became a significant political power centuries later.
* The Netflix blurb for Kingdom of Heaven states that Orlando Bloom's character takes up his sword to free the Holy Land from the Turks. That would be true if the movie were about the first crusade-it's actually about Saladin's recapture of the Holy Land *from* Crusaders, who had been occupying it for almost a century. And that would still be wrong, because the conflict is between the Chrusaders and ''Arabs''. Turks were not involved, and only became a significant political power centuries later.
* The ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' films:
* The ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' films:
** In a ridiculously inaccurate negative review for ''[[X2: X-Men United|X 2 X Men United]]'' by Stephen Hunter of ''The Washington Post'' it quickly became clear that he [[Did Not Do the Research|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 (using Pyro's power) and makes Wolverine's wounds reappear (he let her borrow his [[Healing Factor]]. His wounds reappearing is [[No Ontological Inertia|another problem]]).
** In a ridiculously inaccurate negative review for ''[[X2: X-Men United|X 2 X Men United]]'' by Stephen Hunter of ''The Washington Post'' it quickly became clear that he [[Did Not Do the Research|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 (using Pyro's power) and makes Wolverine's wounds reappear (he let her borrow his [[Healing Factor]]. His wounds reappearing is [[No Ontological Inertia|another problem]]).
** Another review, this one appearing in the ''New Times Los Angeles'', blasted the first ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' movie for departing from the comic's signature yellow-and-blue costumes, and for giving Magneto, the "master of all evil", a sympathetic Holocaust-survivor [[Backstory]]. Which shows that he did actually read the comic... in the '60s, and not once since.
** Another review, this one appearing in the ''New Times Los Angeles'', blasted the first ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' movie for departing from the comic's signature yellow-and-blue costumes, and for giving Magneto, the "master of all evil", a sympathetic Holocaust-survivor [[Backstory]]. Which shows that he did actually read the comic... in the '60s, and not once since.
** A review of ''X2'' in the ''Irish Times'' complained that a character who had been killed in the first film was somehow alive in the second... except he wasn't: Mystique the shapeshifter had taken his place. This was not only pointed out explicitly in the first film (for those viewers too sleepy to notice the characteristic flash of yellow eyes) but was a ''pivotal plot point'' in the second, which makes you wonder if the reviewer actually bothered to watch the film.
** A review of ''X2'' in the ''Irish Times'' complained that a character who had been killed in the first film was somehow alive in the second... except he wasn't: Mystique the shapeshifter had taken his place. This was not only pointed out explicitly in the first film (for those viewers too sleepy to notice the characteristic flash of yellow eyes) but was a ''pivotal plot point'' in the second, which makes you wonder if the reviewer actually bothered to watch the film.
** A negative review of the first movie in ''People Magazine'', among other things, said, "Since when do superheroes have such traumatic backstories?" Oh, since about [[Batman|1939]]?
** A negative review of the first movie in ''People Magazine'', among other things, said, "Since when do superheroes have such traumatic backstories?" Oh, since about [[Batman|1939]]?
* A continuity announcer on ITV2 claimed that ''[[Goldeneye]]'' was about "Pierce Brosnan running around the Arctic with Famke Janssen trying to save the world (and his libido)." Famke Janssen's character is a villain from the start. 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.
* A continuity announcer on ITV2 claimed that ''[[GoldenEye (film)|GoldenEye]]'' was about "Pierce Brosnan running around the Arctic with Famke Janssen trying to save the world (and his libido)." Famke Janssen's character is a villain from the start. 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.
* A talking head on CNBC reported that the then-just released ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest'' movie had broken the opening box office record held by the movie "[[Aquaman]]". However, ''Aquaman'' was a [[Show Within a Show|fictional movie]] within the universe of ''[[Entourage]]'', and has never actually been made, to say nothing of breaking any box office records.
* A talking head on CNBC reported that the then-just released ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: Dead Man's Chest'' movie had broken the opening box office record held by the movie "[[Aquaman]]". However, ''Aquaman'' was a [[Show Within a Show|fictional movie]] within the universe of ''[[Entourage]]'', and has never actually been made, to say nothing of breaking any box office records.
** An Israeli mainstream news site reported about a new trailer for ''[[Show Within a Show|Medellin]]'', starring Vincent Chase, the star of [[Show Within a Show|Aquaman]], which is ''also'' 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 [[Face Palm|facepalms]] began appearing in the comments section, the article was removed.
** An Israeli mainstream news site reported about a new trailer for ''[[Show Within a Show|Medellin]]'', starring Vincent Chase, the star of [[Show Within a Show|Aquaman]], which is ''also'' 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 [[Face Palm|facepalms]] began appearing in the comments section, the article was removed.
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* The local Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN) paper's movie review of the 2007 ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' movie repeatedly referred to the Autobots' human buddy as "Spike". Spike was the equivalent human in the [[Transformers Generation 1|original comic and cartoon]].
* The local Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN) paper's movie review of the 2007 ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' movie repeatedly referred to the Autobots' human buddy as "Spike". Spike was the equivalent human in the [[Transformers Generation 1|original comic and cartoon]].
** For Transformers 3, we have Movie Juice's negative review that tells us that you can disguise the fact you didn't watch a film with a series of jokes about it. The reviewer called Megan Fox a Decepticon, made jokes about Rosie Huntington Whitely wearing tight dresses and high heels during battle scenes including the scene with the colapsing building, and made several jokes about how silly a lot of the character's names are. To those who haven't seen the film, let me explain these problems: Megan Fox was a human girl in the first film who sided with the good guys, the Decepticon's are ''aliens'' and ''bad guys''. RHW did wear a form fitting dress and high heels in one scene that you could call a fight scene, but that was between humans, consisted of two holding one down while a third punched him, and her involvement in the scene was her leaving a party and being abducted by a Decepticon before she's even left the premisis. The collapsing building scene is right after she's been rescued, to which she's already changed into more casual clothing. The characters with funny names are all ''alien robots'', it would be weird if they ''didn't'' have alien sounding names. This was, of course, not helped by the reviewer basically trolling anyone who called them out on it.
** For Transformers 3, we have Movie Juice's negative review that tells us that you can disguise the fact you didn't watch a film with a series of jokes about it. The reviewer called Megan Fox a Decepticon, made jokes about Rosie Huntington Whitely wearing tight dresses and high heels during battle scenes including the scene with the colapsing building, and made several jokes about how silly a lot of the character's names are. To those who haven't seen the film, let me explain these problems: Megan Fox was a human girl in the first film who sided with the good guys, the Decepticon's are ''aliens'' and ''bad guys''. RHW did wear a form fitting dress and high heels in one scene that you could call a fight scene, but that was between humans, consisted of two holding one down while a third punched him, and her involvement in the scene was her leaving a party and being abducted by a Decepticon before she's even left the premisis. The collapsing building scene is right after she's been rescued, to which she's already changed into more casual clothing. The characters with funny names are all ''alien robots'', it would be weird if they ''didn't'' have alien sounding names. This was, of course, not helped by the reviewer basically trolling anyone who called them out on it.
* 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''' Hugg'''in''' Bear, not Lotsa Hugs.
* Armond White (a film critic who is infamous for panning acclaimed movies and acclaiming panned movies) wrote in his negative review about ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|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''' Hugg'''in''' Bear, not Lotsa Hugs.
* In Armond White's 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, who has a distinctive voice to anyone who watches movies. 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.
* In Armond White's 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, who has a distinctive voice to anyone who watches movies. 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.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Lord of the Rings]]''
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Lord of the Rings]]''
** A review 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''). Another assumed that Eowyn's killing of the Witch-king was an [[Affirmative Action Girl|expansion of her role in the books]], but her role in the books was actually reduced for the films. 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 review 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''). Another assumed that Eowyn's killing of the Witch-king was an [[Affirmative Action Girl|expansion of her role in the books]], but her role in the books was actually reduced for the films. 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."
** At least one review of the ''Lord of the Rings'' movies put forth the opinion that the reason the filmmakers put so much painstaking effort into Gollum's portrayal was simply because CGI is a new toy and they wanted to show it off as much as possible.
** At least one review of the ''Lord of the Rings'' movies put forth the opinion that the reason the filmmakers put so much painstaking effort into Gollum's portrayal was simply because CGI is a new toy and they wanted to show it off as much as possible.
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** One TV-news reporter in 1977 referred to Chewbacca as "Choobie." Another referred to the ''Millennium Falcon'' as "Darth Vader's ship".
** One TV-news reporter in 1977 referred to Chewbacca as "Choobie." Another referred to the ''Millennium Falcon'' as "Darth Vader's ship".
** When ''[[Star Wars]] Episode I'' hit the cinemas, an Austrian magazine attempted to introduce uninitiated readers to the film's universe. There was mention of the fan outcry about the small green Jedi Master named Ewok being too cute, and confused the Neimodian Trade Federation mooks with Sith Lords.
** When ''[[Star Wars]] Episode I'' hit the cinemas, an Austrian magazine attempted to introduce uninitiated readers to the film's universe. There was mention of the fan outcry about the small green Jedi Master named Ewok being too cute, and confused the Neimodian Trade Federation mooks with Sith Lords.
** It's not uncommon to hear people talk about "Dark Vader", "Hans Solo". Even the actors are prone to such mistakes: [[James Earl Jones]] made the [http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-01-22-james-earl-jones_N.htm "Dark Vader" mistake] when referring to his character, and [[Carrie Fisher]] referred to Padmé as "Princess Amidala" in a Newsweek interview.
** It's not uncommon to hear people talk about "Dark Vader", "Hans Solo". Even the actors are prone to such mistakes: [[James Earl Jones]] made the [http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-01-22-james-earl-jones_N.htm "Dark Vader" mistake] when referring to his character, and [[Carrie Fisher]] referred to Padmé as "Princess Amidala" in a Newsweek interview.
*** Also, using "Darth Vader" to refer to pre-Vader Anakin is a common mistake.
*** Also, using "Darth Vader" to refer to pre-Vader Anakin is a common mistake.
*** Vader ''is'' called "[[Dub Name Change|Dark Vador]]" in most French versions. Bringing the business full circle, however, [[Inconsistent Dub|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.<ref>A French-Canadian movie site, for example, has many reviews referring to the character as "Darth Vader", "Dark Vader" or "Darth Vador" but never "Dark Vador".</ref>
*** Vader ''is'' called "[[Dub Name Change|Dark Vador]]" in most French versions. Bringing the business full circle, however, [[Inconsistent Dub|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.<ref>A French-Canadian movie site, for example, has many reviews referring to the character as "Darth Vader", "Dark Vader" or "Darth Vador" but never "Dark Vador".</ref>
** Italian magazines sometimes get to call Darth Vader "Death Star". Or with the Italian dub name, Dart Fener.
** Italian magazines sometimes get to call Darth Vader "Death Star". Or with the Italian dub name, Dart Fener.
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* An ''Indiana Daily Student'' review of ''Last Man Standing'' noted it was a remake of [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''Yojimbo'' but said, "It may seem strange to remake a Kurosawa film as a Western." [[The Magnificent Seven|Not that strange.]] Oh, and speaking of ''Yojimbo''? Four words: ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''.
* An ''Indiana Daily Student'' review of ''Last Man Standing'' noted it was a remake of [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''Yojimbo'' but said, "It may seem strange to remake a Kurosawa film as a Western." [[The Magnificent Seven|Not that strange.]] Oh, and speaking of ''Yojimbo''? Four words: ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]''.
** Let's not forget that Yojimbo itself was already sort of a remake of ''Red Harvest'' by Dashiell Hammett.
** Let's not forget that Yojimbo itself was already sort of a remake of ''Red Harvest'' by Dashiell Hammett.
* A review of ''[[Dragon Ball Evolution|Dragonball: Evolution]]'' opened with the following informed lines.
* A review of ''[[Dragonball Evolution]]'' opened with the following informed lines.
{{quote|Another Japanese manga bites the dust with its cinematic adaptation: in this case, the "Dragonball Evolution" series.}}
{{quote|Another Japanese manga bites the dust with its cinematic adaptation: in this case, the "Dragonball Evolution" series.}}
* Ted Baehr's review of ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' is littered with this sort of thing: by far the most hilarious is the lament that Rorschach is seen as a psychopath because he "believes in good and evil" and "truth and justice." Really? I'd have thought hurling a fake supervillain down an elevator shaft would have been more convincing evidence. Oh, and the review ends with a bilious rant on how the film "strongly affirms humanist, socialist, anti-American values promoting a socialist utopia where liberty, justice and goodness are destroyed for the sake of a totalitarian peace."
* Ted Baehr's review of ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'' is littered with this sort of thing: by far the most hilarious is the lament that Rorschach is seen as a psychopath because he "believes in good and evil" and "truth and justice." Really? I'd have thought hurling a fake supervillain down an elevator shaft would have been more convincing evidence. Oh, and the review ends with a bilious rant on how the film "strongly affirms humanist, socialist, anti-American values promoting a socialist utopia where liberty, justice and goodness are destroyed for the sake of a totalitarian peace."
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** While this is a perfect example of the trope, it should be mentioned that writers do not, in most journalism, have anything to do with the pictures or the captions thereof. So if a picture is mislabelled, that's on the editor, not the writer.
** While this is a perfect example of the trope, it should be mentioned that writers do not, in most journalism, have anything to do with the pictures or the captions thereof. So if a picture is mislabelled, that's on the editor, not the writer.
* When the film adaptation of ''[[Discworld|Hogfather]]'' was aired on Finnish TV on Christmas 2009, the review stated that in the movie they "fight bad guys, including the Reaper Man himself". Anyone who knows even the basics of Discworld should know that Death is nearly always (and especially in Hogfather) one of the ''good'' guys. Obviously the reviewer hadn't either watched the movie or failed to comprehend it.
* When the film adaptation of ''[[Discworld|Hogfather]]'' was aired on Finnish TV on Christmas 2009, the review stated that in the movie they "fight bad guys, including the Reaper Man himself". Anyone who knows even the basics of Discworld should know that Death is nearly always (and especially in Hogfather) one of the ''good'' guys. Obviously the reviewer hadn't either watched the movie or failed to comprehend it.
** It is within the realm of possibility that the reviewer thought he was preserving an important spoiler concerning Death's role; he does seem rather sinister up until he starts to talk.
** It is within the realm of possibility that the reviewer thought he was preserving an important spoiler concerning Death's role; he does seem rather sinister up until he starts to talk.
* When ''[[Star Wars]]: The Phantom Menace'' came to theaters in Spain, a small weekly publication that was given free along with one of the Spanish people's most relevant newspapers, including several incorrect statements about the original saga, it was said that "... Darth Maul, so fully evil, he kills Qui Gonn (played by Liam Neeson) when he's sleeping".
* When ''[[Star Wars]]: The Phantom Menace'' came to theaters in Spain, a small weekly publication that was given free along with one of the Spanish people's most relevant newspapers, including several incorrect statements about the original saga, it was said that "... Darth Maul, so fully evil, he kills Qui Gonn (played by Liam Neeson) when he's sleeping".
* The photo caption in [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20010624/REVIEWS08/106240301/1023 this review] of ''[[Schindler's List]]'' on [[Roger Ebert]]'s website. It incorrectly identifies Liam Neeson as Ralph Fiennes, and indirectly implies that [[Nazi|Ralph]] [[Axe Crazy|Fiennes']] [[Complete Monster|character]] was in the business of ''saving'' Jews.
* The photo caption in [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20010624/REVIEWS08/106240301/1023 this review] of ''[[Schindler's List]]'' on [[Roger Ebert]]'s website. It incorrectly identifies Liam Neeson as Ralph Fiennes, and indirectly implies that [[Nazi|Ralph]] [[Axe Crazy|Fiennes']] [[Complete Monster|character]] was in the business of ''saving'' Jews.
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* A newspaper TV guide reviewed ''[[Zombieland]]'' as (paraphrased) "Woody Harrelson as a mean zombie hunter, with Jesse Eisenberg as his supporting sidekick, in this inexplicably successful blend of horror and teen rom-com". Apart from the fact that Eisenberg is the lead, and... teen romantic comedy?
* A newspaper TV guide reviewed ''[[Zombieland]]'' as (paraphrased) "Woody Harrelson as a mean zombie hunter, with Jesse Eisenberg as his supporting sidekick, in this inexplicably successful blend of horror and teen rom-com". Apart from the fact that Eisenberg is the lead, and... teen romantic comedy?
** Might be justified. Eisenberg's character is the lead in the sense that we see the events from his perspective, but he does attach himself to Harrelson's character in a sort of sidekick fashion. After they meet, it's Tallahassee who decides most of where they go and what they do. Teen romantic comedy, though? Um...
** Might be justified. Eisenberg's character is the lead in the sense that we see the events from his perspective, but he does attach himself to Harrelson's character in a sort of sidekick fashion. After they meet, it's Tallahassee who decides most of where they go and what they do. Teen romantic comedy, though? Um...
** This is true of most films with a romantic subplot, no matter how minor. It's automatically labelled as a "romance" or "romantic comedy", even if the romance in question has no impact on the main story.
** This is true of most films with a romantic subplot, no matter how minor. It's automatically labelled as a "romance" or "romantic comedy", even if the romance in question has no impact on the main story.
** Columbus even goes so far as to call himself "a sancho panza type character".
** Columbus even goes so far as to call himself "a sancho panza type character".
* Many reviews of the godawful ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' movie asked why anyone even bothered to make a movie of a game that no one's even played since the 80s (or 70s in some cases). Of course, the game has been in constant publication - and play - since its creation. What the reviews really meant was "a game I saw other kids play when I was younger but not recently because it's much easier to avoid people you don't share common interests with once you graduate from high school, and since I haven't personally seen it in a while, [[Pop Culture Isolation|I assume it doesn't exist any more]]."
* Many reviews of the godawful ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' movie asked why anyone even bothered to make a movie of a game that no one's even played since the 80s (or 70s in some cases). Of course, the game has been in constant publication - and play - since its creation. What the reviews really meant was "a game I saw other kids play when I was younger but not recently because it's much easier to avoid people you don't share common interests with once you graduate from high school, and since I haven't personally seen it in a while, [[Pop Culture Isolation|I assume it doesn't exist any more]]."
* An early ''[[Empire]]'' article on ''[[Batman Begins]]'' referred to Morgan Freeman's character as "Shadowy mobster Lucius Fox,' apparently confusing him with Carmine Falcone, played by Tom Wilkinson. They later made the same mistake, describing Henri Ducard as a mobster. Which is admittedly a step in the right direction. Both gaffes prompted complaints from readers.
* An early ''[[Empire]]'' article on ''[[Batman Begins]]'' referred to Morgan Freeman's character as "Shadowy mobster Lucius Fox,' apparently confusing him with Carmine Falcone, played by Tom Wilkinson. They later made the same mistake, describing Henri Ducard as a mobster. Which is admittedly a step in the right direction. Both gaffes prompted complaints from readers.
* The [http://www.amazon.com/Tornado-Daniel-Bernhardt/dp/B0009G3BE2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276829157=1-5 Amazon.com] product description of the 2005 film ''Tornado'' tells us how Josh Barnaby is haunted by the death of brother and is chasing a mile wide tornado in the Midwest. Too bad Josh's surname is Pallady, he's haunted by the death of his ''father'', the main plot has nothing to do with chasing tornadoes and everything to do with Gypsy curses, and 90% of the film takes place in Romania.
* The [http://www.amazon.com/Tornado-Daniel-Bernhardt/dp/B0009G3BE2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1276829157=1-5 Amazon.com] product description of the 2005 film ''Tornado'' tells us how Josh Barnaby is haunted by the death of brother and is chasing a mile wide tornado in the Midwest. Too bad Josh's surname is Pallady, he's haunted by the death of his ''father'', the main plot has nothing to do with chasing tornadoes and everything to do with Gypsy curses, and 90% of the film takes place in Romania.
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