Godzilla 2014 (Goofs!!)

Every film has (Goofs, Blunders, Plot Holes, Factual Errors.)

Here are Godzilla's Goofs.

Anachronisms 

In the opening scene set in 1999 Ford has a series of toys on the floor. One of those is a Lego Star Wars Snowspeeder (Model 4500-1), that particular version was not released until the year 2004. Model #7130 was the Lego Snowspeeder that was available in 1999.

Audio/visual unsynchronised 

The male Muto is about 30 meters, but when he dives into the ocean, his head's size is clearly as big as the warship he dives into, and right after, his head is about the size of a car.

Character error 

The characters use "echolocation" to refer to the study of sound waves. Echolocation involves an organism using sound waves bouncing off of objects to determine the object's size and location.

Near the beginning it is stated that the MUTO left the Philippines for the "nearest" nuclear source in Japan, yet Hong Kong has a nuclear power station hundreds of miles closer.

Continuity 

During the battle between Godzilla and the two MUTOs, many of San Francisco's skyscrapers, such as the Grand Hyatt Hotel, are destroyed multiple times, then reappear after their collapse.

When Godzilla swims under the bridge, he is able to swim under the boats. When he stands up in the water, it comes to about his knees. The level of water in the second shot would've been too shallow for him to submerge completely.

When the plant starts evacuating, Sandra Brody runs behind two men. When she uses a walkie talkie, she is in front of them.

Errors in geography 

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository is more than 100 miles from Las Vegas, but a character at the mountain looks through binoculars and gets a clear view of a MUTO attacking the city.

In Hawaii, a loon call can be heard when the search party finds the Russian sub. Loons do not live in Hawaii.

Ford boards the train carrying the nuclear warheads in Lone Pine, CA. There is no rail line in Lone Pine.

Factual errors 

Honolulu airport does not have a monorail/tram system.

When the soldiers are searching for the missing Russian submarine, it's identified twice as an Akula class nuclear submarine. However, the submarine they find is a Lada class diesel-electric submarine.

At the beginning, the spinous process and transverse process on the the large ancient skeleton's vertebrae face inward, toward the rib cage. Essentially, the back of the spine is facing forward, which is anatomically wrong (even if the skeleton is from an extinct, undiscovered species).

There are two scenes where characters engage in normal conversation, even whisper while on a military helicopter in flight. Blackhawk and Huey helicopters are much too noisy to carry on a conversation without using microphones and headphones.

One scene shows a downed airplane on fire, with a Tower Ladder suppressing the fire with a master stream. The Tower Ladder does not have its outriggers deployed, nor is it receiving water via supply lines. A truck with its ladder raised and outriggers in would tip over. If it has a water tank, it would run dry in less than a minute.

Plot holes 

The atomic bomb the soldiers transport has a blast radius of 20 miles. Near the end of the film, the timer has five minutes of time remaining. The helicopter carrying Ford couldn't have traveled 20 miles in that time, nor could the boat travel that distance in that time in order to prevent the city from being hit by the blast.

It's well established that the MUTOs are sensitive to radiation, enough to detect the reactor of a deep-diving submarine. So when they decide to use a nuke for a decoy, instead of removing the warhead and putting it in a radiation-proof container to try to hide it, they put the whole missile on an open flatbed railcar and transport it over open country.

Revealing mistakes 

When the army is going to check in Nevada if the female MUTO is still captive, two helicopters fly low, close to some military vehicles in desert scenery. They are very close to the ground, but no dust clouds are formed.

When Joe and Ford are exploring the quarantine zone, a helicopter passes overhead. The camera pans to show the helicopter reflected in a rear view mirror. When Joe and Ford pass the mirror in the same shot, they are not reflected.

Continuity 

When Godzilla first exits the water in Hawaii, his sheer size causes a massive tsunami. Every other time he enters or leaves the water, it hardly moves. It's especially noticeable when Godzilla returns to the water after the final battle scene; he only creates small waves when he enters the water and submerges

Factual errors 

When Joe Brody is in the ambulance, the clamp on his IV is closed, so no IV fluid is running.

Factual errors 

When Ford's father is dying, the medic says he is having "a-fib," which stands for atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is not the correct medical term for the heart failure he was experiencing. He most likely meant asystole.