Sherlock Holmes

One particular chase scene in Sherlock Holmes took the viewers from Parliament all the way until the top of the Tower Bridge. For the viewers, it was mere minutes. In reality, these two locations are a whopping three miles apart. That's a pretty long distance to cover for such a brief chase! It would have taken them at least an hour to cover the distance between these two landmarks.

Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean has a healthy mix of historical realism and fantasy. Obviously, most of the story takes place in the Caribbean, so they were able to nail historical accents and attire. One thing the writers overlooked was the use of the Granny Smith Apple. In one scene, Captain Barbossa makes a very obvious gesture of eating the apple... Yet, Granny Smiths were popularized until 1868. Even then, they were mainly in Australia!