In these hazy and hot days of August, even the most work-intense among us are apt to seek refuge (and, dare-we-say, a little leisure time) in an air-conditioned cineplex. Yet if sitting in front of the silver screen is not enough to turn down your brain, here’s a fun way to further entertain it in the process…
  

Tickle your perfectionist impulses by catching other people’s slip-ups on MovieMistakes.com

There’s something perversely thrilling about finding that your favorite $100 million+ production is riddled with flaws… and finding them makes for a grown- up “Where’s Waldo?” sort of fun. For the current blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” for instance, the site has recorded 76 mistakes and counting, from continuity issues to factual errors to visible production equipment and crew members:

 
   
Visit for cocktail party trivia… or to become a critic yourself…

Started by a 25-year-old movie buff in the UK ten years ago, moviemistakes.com now gets 30,000 visitors a day, many of whom contribute their finds.
 
   
Incidentally, you can make this a parent-child form of entertainment, too:

One of the most popular movies for finding mistakes right now? The Disney phenomenon “High School Musical.” And should you happen to be more a connoisseur of the smaller screen, no worries… there are plenty of comparable errors recorded here on your favorite TV shows too…

Find fabulous flaws on moviemistakes.com
 
   

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