The 'goofs' people submitted for this film are ridiculous
I really can't believe most of the "goofs" submitted for this film.
People point out that the space travelers watch an Earthrise, but that this would never happen on the Moon. And that the ship lands on an "inland" area on the Moon, but they fall off the edge at the end. And that even though they saw the Earth above them, when they fall off the Moon's edge they fall straight onto Earth, which would not be possible since the Earth had been directly above them previously.
WHAT?!! This movie is a fantasy. It was supposed to be silly, not literal. The Moon has no "edge" -- so how could it have an "inland" section? They can't "fall off" the Moon, so what does it matter where the Earth was?
Melies wasn't trying to create a scientific prophecy. This isn't George Pal doing Destination Moon 48 years later. It's not the documentary For All Mankind. It's an exercise in humor. Even in 1902 people knew you couldn't just fall off the Moon, any more than you can "fall off" the Earth. To criticize this movie on these things is ridiculous. You might as well submit a goof for the Three Stooges movie Have Rocket, Will Travel stating that the film is in error for depicting a unicorn on Venus.
I'm just mildly surprised IMDb would accept most of the goofs listed here. You know, you need to put this stuff into some sort of rational context.
Say! How come no one's submitted one pointing out that the Moon has no "face", so the rocket couldn't hit the "Man in the Moon's" eye, and he couldn't grimace when it strikes him? I mean, God, that mistake's so obvious!