History CommonKnowledge / LiveActionFilms

** The [[Franchise/JurassicPark Jurassic Park Franchise]] is often said to overplay the HerbivoresAreFriendly trope, when herbivorous animals in RealLife can be [[XenophobicHerbivore very dangerous]]. This really only applies to [[Film/JurassicPark the first film]], as [[TheLostWorldJurassicPark The Lost World: Jurassic Park]] features Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Pachycephalosaurus and Parasaurolophus being a danger to humans, [[JurassicParkIII]] has the main characters caught in a stampede of Corythosaurus and Parasaurolophus, in [[JurassicWorld]] Ankylosaurus attacks the Gyrosphere with Claire's nephews still inside, [[JurassicWorldFallenKingdom]] has Sinoceratops and the Triceratops trampling anyone in their path as they make their way into the wild, and [[JurassicWorldDominion]] features a Therizinosaurus as a dangerous threat. The Franchise does use the GentleGiantSauropod trope a lot, but this doesn't apply to all the herbivorous dinosaurs.

* Those who have not seen it, and perhaps even those who have, often assume that ''Film/TheExorcist'''s title refers to Father Merrin, played by Creator/MaxVonSydow, and he is often remembered as the film's lead. This is likely due to the iconic image of the film's theatrical poster and home video cover; that of Father Merrin standing outside the [=MacNeil=] home. It can be jarring to watch the film and realize how little screen time he has, and that in large part it is Jason Miller's Father Karris who is the male lead, and ultimately, title character.

* Detractors of the 2004 ''[[Film/Catwoman2004 Catwoman]]'' movie with Creator/HalleBerry often complain about the film reimagining [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina Kyle]] as a meek office worker named "Patience Phillips" who develops "cat powers" after dying and being resurrected by a magic Egyptian cat. While the movie ''is'' effectively an InNameOnly adaptation of the ''ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}'' comics, it takes the time to establish that Selina Kyle and Patience Phillips are two different people: one scene makes it clear that Catwoman is a LegacyCharacter, and Selina Kyle (as played by Creator/MichellePfeiffer in ''Film/BatmanReturns'') was one of the people who previously took up the mantle. For what it's worth, many of the film's more JustForFun/{{egregious}} changes to the source material (like the idea of Catwoman being brought back from the dead with superpowers) were first introduced in ''Film/BatmanReturns''--which also took quite a few liberties with the source material.

** Creator/JohnMulaney has a routine that uses a bunch of these misconceptions, and creates some more, including the idea that Marty is interested in having sex with his mother (it's the other way around, as Marty’s mother originally fell for his father due to the FlorenceNightingaleEffect after her father hit him with his car. When Marty travelled back in time, without knowing what was meant to happen, he pushed his father out of the way of the car and got hit instead, with him taking his father’s place as the object of affection for his mother, who was unaware of their relationship. Marty himself is, quite understandably, very much {{Squick}}ed out by this development) and that it has Marty "write" Johnny B. Goode, which is really just Marty playing it based on his memories, and having Chuck Berry hear a snippet of it and evidently realize it's the "new sound" he was looking for. Chuck still writes the actual song himself, though.

* Those who have not seen it, and perhaps even those who have, often assume that ''Film/TheExorcist'''s title refers to Father Merrin, played by Creator/MaxVonSydow, and he is often remembered as the film's lead. This is likely due to the iconic image of the film's theatrical poster and home video cover; that of Father Merrin standing outside the MacNeil home. It can be jarring to watch the film and realize how little screen time he has, and that in large part it is Jason Miller's Father Karris who is the male lead, and ultimately, title character.

* Those who have not seen it, and perhaps even those who have, often assume that ''Film/TheExorcist'''s title refers to Father Merrin, played by Max von Sydow, and he is often remembered as the film's lead. This is likely due to the iconic image of the film's theatrical poster and home video cover; that of Father Merrin standing outside the MacNeil home. It can be jarring to watch the film and realize how little screen time he has, and that in large part it is Jason Miller's Father Karris who is the male lead, and ultimately, title character.

** That it had a lot of {{slapstick}} -- the only slapstick scene was when Peter gets [[CoveredInGunge covered]] in {{ectoplasm}} at the hotel. Most of the comedy was dialogue-based.

** One major aspect surrounding the film's reputation comes from the meta-knowledge that the film was Creator/StevenSpielberg taking the helm of a film conceptualized by the late Creator/StanleyKubrick, with many criticizing Spielberg for adding all of the soft, whimsical elements way out of Kubrick's artsier, darker stylistic wheelhouse. However, much of the lighter elements (including the aforementioned BittersweetEnding) were in fact Kubrick's original ideas, with the darker elements (such as the Flesh Fair) being Spielberg's. The two were close friends in life, and Kubrick intended ''A.I.'' to be his own [[GenreAdultery type-defying]] tribute to Spielberg's style, with Spielberg's contributions being his own tributes to honor Kubrick's final creative wishes.

** Because Biff, Lorraine and Doc himself are present in both the past and present, and Biff even in the future, people tend to confuse which one they are, sometimes mistakenly believing that Doc and Marty travel together from the start, when in fact the only trips Doc and Marty take together are to 2015 and back, and then to 1955 a second time, and all those trips are from Part II. In fact, in the first movie, the version of Doc that gets the most screen time is the 1955 Doc who just met Marty and hasn't invented time travel yet, while the 1985 Doc who knew Marty for some time and invented the time machine is not the most predominantly featured version until the sequels. Biff only travels in time twice offscreen, when as an elderly man he steals the [=DeLorean=] for a single trip back to 1955 to deliver the sports almanac to his past self and then travels back to 2015.

* ''Film/HalloweenResurrection'': Busta Rhymes' character, Freddie, has taken a lot of flack for supposedly [[spoiler:effortlessly defeating Michael Myers with his martial arts skills]]. In reality, things weren't quite so one-sided; [[spoiler:Myers was actually ''winning'' the fight up until Freddie managed to electrocute him and turn the tables]].

* ''Film/HalloweenResurrection: Busta Rhymes' character, Freddie, has taken a lot of flack for supposedly [[spoiler:effortlessly defeating Michael Myers with his martial arts skills]]. In reality, things weren't quite so one-sided; [[spoiler:Myers was actually ''winning'' the fight up until Freddie managed to electrocute him and turn the tables]].