Film makes up such a major part of popular culture, to the point where even those who have no major interest in the medium will still salivate over some upcoming releases. But with that comes the unfortunate misappropriation of facts by those not in the know. In some cases its easy to correct, but as well come to show, some of them just become part of the popular consciousness. In this list we take seven examples of such incorrect trivia and bust them right open for you. Some are plot holes, some are ignored facts and some are just plain simple mistakes, but all are major misconceptions that way too many people believe.
7. The Lord Of The Rings Wasn't Planned As Three Films
So much furore was made last year when Peter Jackson announced at the last minute that he would be splitting his already stretched two Hobbit movies into a trilogy. What most people seem to have forgotten is that a very similar thing happened with his original trip to Middle Earth. Now, over a decade after the fact, its hard to imagine The Lord Of The Rings as anything other than a trilogy; its how the books go, and each movie, while also adding to the overall story, has its own individual themes. But back when Jackson originally came on the project, he went in with the plan to do it as two films. New Line, however, smelt the inevitable money and convinced him it was better to do it as three. The end of the first and start of the second film then became what we know now as The Two Towers. Its odd that a money based decision benefited the series so much, when what has been said to be a creative one has so far had a negative effect. Although it isn't the first time; Tolkien himself originally wanted the series as one book, but paper shortages led to it being six, spread over the three volumes we know so well.