Watching a really goodmovieis one of life’s simple pleasures. But that 1.5 hour film you just enjoyed was anything but simple to make. It can take years to complete a feature length movie. And hundreds, if not thousands of people are involved in various parts of the process.
Bored Pandatook a trip to theMovie Mistakessite, and compiled a list of some of the funniest blunders ever to grace the big screen. We reached out to production expert and Creative Director ofNoStairwayRob Marshall, for some tips on how to keep movies clean and error-free.
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The film was rushed to theaters, leaving a few mistakes which Universal fixed. In the original cut, toward the end, Judi Dench’s human hand is visible, complete with her wedding ring. This was fixed for the re-release.
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During the General Patton speech before the football game, “Gill Harris” approaches a player wearing the number 19 on his jersey, who is black. During the football game you notice the player wearing number 19 on his jersey is now white. (00:45:45 - 00:47:00)
Movie mistakescome in all shapes and sizes. Some you’d need a magnifying glass and the pause button to notice. Others are glaringly obvious. Among the most common mishaps are factual errors. Stuff portrayed in a film that definitely wouldn’t fly in real life.Like a detective handling a crime scene without gloves. People crawling through an air vent. Or the scene in Charlie’s Angels where Knox is flying a Huey helicopter, and the Angels use a speargun to create a line that they can use to hitch a ride in the sky.As one post on the Movie Mistakes sitepoints out, “Suddenly adding about 200kg to a Huey in flight like that is going to cause all sorts of problems with the trim and airspeed of the aircraft. The pilot would know immediately that something was wrong.”
Movie mistakescome in all shapes and sizes. Some you’d need a magnifying glass and the pause button to notice. Others are glaringly obvious. Among the most common mishaps are factual errors. Stuff portrayed in a film that definitely wouldn’t fly in real life.
Like a detective handling a crime scene without gloves. People crawling through an air vent. Or the scene in Charlie’s Angels where Knox is flying a Huey helicopter, and the Angels use a speargun to create a line that they can use to hitch a ride in the sky.
As one post on the Movie Mistakes sitepoints out, “Suddenly adding about 200kg to a Huey in flight like that is going to cause all sorts of problems with the trim and airspeed of the aircraft. The pilot would know immediately that something was wrong.”
When Patch and his roommate are arguing about why he wanted Patch out of the college, the book on the desk changes to a very different looking book between shots - note the tabs and red-edged pages.
No Stairwayis a U.K.-based production company, and their Creative Director Rob Marshall kindly agreed to chat to us about the ins-and-outs of movie making.“In a film I co-produced in 2020, ‘7 Hours on Earth’, the entire cast performed the final dance scene to a well known song. Three years later, the publishers of the song renegade on their agreement, denying us a licence for the music. The cast were teenagers and had all changed appearance so we couldn’t reshoot,” he told us, when we asked what his biggest movie mistake was.“I had to compose a song identical in tempo and arrangement as the original with lyrics that, when mimed, looked like they were singing the original lyrics. Then we re-recorded the cast singing and replaced the famous song with mine. I will never make that mistake again.”
No Stairwayis a U.K.-based production company, and their Creative Director Rob Marshall kindly agreed to chat to us about the ins-and-outs of movie making.
“In a film I co-produced in 2020, ‘7 Hours on Earth’, the entire cast performed the final dance scene to a well known song. Three years later, the publishers of the song renegade on their agreement, denying us a licence for the music. The cast were teenagers and had all changed appearance so we couldn’t reshoot,” he told us, when we asked what his biggest movie mistake was.
“I had to compose a song identical in tempo and arrangement as the original with lyrics that, when mimed, looked like they were singing the original lyrics. Then we re-recorded the cast singing and replaced the famous song with mine. I will never make that mistake again.”
When Mandy falls inside the Porsche, her stunt double is noticeable because she is way older than her.
When Ingrid sits at the vanity table in the bedroom, in the shot just after Gregorio’s screen reads, “Type password,” but just before the close-up of Ingrid’s fingers typing on her makeup, there is a lovely reflection of a crew member behind the camera, which is perfectly clear in the mirror to Ingrid’s right. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistakes also aren’t uncommon. That’s basically consistency between shots so that things make sense. For example, if an actor is wearing a red shirt, we’d expect them to be wearing a red shirt in the next shot. Unless they - or the scene - changed.“When watching content of any kind, the aim is to draw the spectator into the narrative. There are many techniques to do this: Rhythm of the edit, visually and dialogue, the music or lack of music, camera techniques, lighting and many more,” Marshall told Bored Panda.“If an actor’s hair changes colour between shots, all this creative work is waisted as the viewer is jolted out of the moment. I provided ADR for a feature film where a scene was shot over a period of a week. In the middle of the week, the actress had some lip filler which rendered the scene somewhat confusing.”
Continuity mistakes also aren’t uncommon. That’s basically consistency between shots so that things make sense. For example, if an actor is wearing a red shirt, we’d expect them to be wearing a red shirt in the next shot. Unless they - or the scene - changed.
“When watching content of any kind, the aim is to draw the spectator into the narrative. There are many techniques to do this: Rhythm of the edit, visually and dialogue, the music or lack of music, camera techniques, lighting and many more,” Marshall told Bored Panda.
“If an actor’s hair changes colour between shots, all this creative work is waisted as the viewer is jolted out of the moment. I provided ADR for a feature film where a scene was shot over a period of a week. In the middle of the week, the actress had some lip filler which rendered the scene somewhat confusing.”
Kevin sits down with a meal before the Wet Bandits arrive at the house consisting of macaroni and cheese on a plate. When Harry eventually makes it to the dining room, he is pelted with feathers. Look at the table to the left. A three part microwave meal still in its white plastic container now sits on the plate.
During Batman’s interrogation of the Joker, when he picks him up and slams him against the wall, for a very brief moment you can see the camera and the cameraman in the reflection of the mirror on the right. (01:29:10)
Visible crew/equipment: During the chariot race, just as Judah (stunt double) flips over in his chariot in the wide shot, a low angle camera is visible on the track under a canopy, at the right side of the screen.
It’s easy to make continuitymistakesbecause a movie scene isn’t always shot in order, and the shots might even be filmed days apart. High budget films will often have a script supervisor, or continuity director, who is in charge of making sure there are no continuity errors. But as we’ve seen, time and again, that person is only human. And try as they might,mistakesdo happen.“In the good old days of Hollywood (let’s say pre-digital) a continuity director would yield quite a lot of power on set,” explained Marshall. “As budgets got squashed and technology improved, this role became the reserve of big budget projects only.”
It’s easy to make continuitymistakesbecause a movie scene isn’t always shot in order, and the shots might even be filmed days apart. High budget films will often have a script supervisor, or continuity director, who is in charge of making sure there are no continuity errors. But as we’ve seen, time and again, that person is only human. And try as they might,mistakesdo happen.
“In the good old days of Hollywood (let’s say pre-digital) a continuity director would yield quite a lot of power on set,” explained Marshall. “As budgets got squashed and technology improved, this role became the reserve of big budget projects only.”
There’s one bit where we see the shark slamming into a boat and gliding along the side with its mouth open. Not only does the shark’s latex mouth bend beneath the snout, narrowing from pressure, but within the mouth you can clearly see yellow hydraulic tanks to open the mouth. (01:22:05)
When Kimble goes back to the hospital as a janitor to check the hospital computer, the lady working in the lab is wearing two different dresses. (01:05:15)
When John says, “You offend reason sir,” Peter floats up. The large light fixture is hanging from the ceiling. However, in the next shot facing Peter when he says, “Just think happy thoughts,” where is the light fixture? It’s gone so Peter can fly around the ceiling, but it’s back again in later shots. (00:21:15)
According to Screen Rant,The Twilight Saga: New Moonis filled with regrettable errors “including visible mic wires, hairstyles that change from shot to shot, and vehicles that go from clean to dirty to clean again.“The site evenmentionsa character’s nipples changing colors over the course of the movie. And a “magical moving tattoo,” which goes from the top of one character’s arm to a few inches lower in the next shot.“Continuity errors make the Final Cut for various reasons,” said Marshall. “Mostly, it’s because shooting has finished and there’s no budget to go back and reshoot. Sometimes the director decides the error isn’t glaring enough to warrant reshooting, perhaps if an actors hair is slightly out of position or the glass has mysterious emptied itself in 5 seconds. And occasionally, the error isn’t spotted or it’s seen too late to stop distribution.”
According to Screen Rant,The Twilight Saga: New Moonis filled with regrettable errors “including visible mic wires, hairstyles that change from shot to shot, and vehicles that go from clean to dirty to clean again.”
The site evenmentionsa character’s nipples changing colors over the course of the movie. And a “magical moving tattoo,” which goes from the top of one character’s arm to a few inches lower in the next shot.
“Continuity errors make the Final Cut for various reasons,” said Marshall. “Mostly, it’s because shooting has finished and there’s no budget to go back and reshoot. Sometimes the director decides the error isn’t glaring enough to warrant reshooting, perhaps if an actors hair is slightly out of position or the glass has mysterious emptied itself in 5 seconds. And occasionally, the error isn’t spotted or it’s seen too late to stop distribution.”
When Nicolas Cage drives through the window in the yellow Ferrari and the shot changes, he is coming out from a different window than in the first shot. In the first shot he emerges from the window to the left of the 7th Street Garage storefront (‘Classic Autos’ written on the window), but next shot he emerges from the window to the storefront’s right. Also, note the now glassless window to the storefront’s left, due to a previous take.
At Hoover Dam, after the salute, when Defense Secretary Keller speaks with Lennox and Epps, the reflection of the white reflector screen is visible on Keller’s glasses. What’s more, the boom mic’s reflection is actually visible within the reflector screen’s reflection. Two for the price of one. (01:35:30)
In the scene in the basement, Chunk is about to drink from the water cooler bottle that is mostly empty. When he stands up and tries to catch it, it’s more than half full. (00:40:25)
“I have spotted continuity errors that others have not seen and I’m sure many others have done the same,” Marshall revealed during our interview. “I know directors who have scant regard for continuity and are even dismissive if their attention is brought to one. And I know directors who cost a project a fortune because of their adherence to continuity.”
During Quidditch tryouts, when Ron blocks the Quaffle with his head in the closeup, Ron’s body disappears at the bottom of the screen below the digital editing line. (Only visible on fullscreen DVD).
The scene where Spencer throws the boomerang for the first time and misses the bikers they take off running. While they are running from the bikers, there is a shot right before the boomerang hits the bikers where you can see a camera man sitting in the bushes on the left side. You don’t have to pause it, but can to see it better. (00:36:30)
When the computer is being hacked and the password and/or code for the database is shown on the screen, most of the display is for an Autodesk printer driver. (01:39:00)
When the Angels are walking through the sprinklers after getting shot, you can see the bullet holes in each one of the Angels' shirts. When they get to the car, and it blows up, Cameron Diaz’s bullet hole disappears. (01:20:00 - 01:21:30)
When Mr. Bean is in the operating room, there is a man standing behind a machine who is not dressed like the other surgeons.
Sometimes it’s celebrities and actors themselves who point out the mistakes—rather publicly. Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodis set in the year 1969. Toward the end of the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Rick Dalton, reportedly arrives back in Hollywood from Europe on a Boeing 747.Fellow actor John Travolta didn’t skip a beat when he noted this would have been completely impossible. “Well, the 747 had its test flight in February 1969, but it went into service in January 1970,“quippedTravolta, a trained pilot and plane enthusiast. “They’re nine months off! He would have been on a Boeing 707!”
Sometimes it’s celebrities and actors themselves who point out the mistakes—rather publicly. Quentin Tarantino’sOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodis set in the year 1969. Toward the end of the movie, Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, Rick Dalton, reportedly arrives back in Hollywood from Europe on a Boeing 747.
Fellow actor John Travolta didn’t skip a beat when he noted this would have been completely impossible. “Well, the 747 had its test flight in February 1969, but it went into service in January 1970,“quippedTravolta, a trained pilot and plane enthusiast. “They’re nine months off! He would have been on a Boeing 707!”
When they’re driving back to the Darcys' in the snow, you can see that as they pass through the village near the house, the snow on the ground is in fact a white ground sheet and has not been pulled up to the edges of the wall surrounding the green. (01:17:25)
As the FBI and Richard Gere rush to the hospital to save the First Lady they are flying in a helicopter. You see a shot of the helicopter flying over buildings then it cuts to dialogue inside then back to the landscape shot. However in the first shot the helicopter carries the number “28” on the side. When it cuts back after the dialogue it has “29” on the side of it. (01:36:35 - 01:40:00)
Visible crew/equipment: At the beginning of the movie, Sheriff Teasle escorts Rambo to the outskirts of town. As the sheriff drives off, the boom mike is visible in the reflection of the car’s right rear passenger window. (00:07:30)
At Tia Dalma’s, when Jack says, “Look, an undead monkey,” and shoots the monkey, the flame of the candle above the monkey is extinguished from the gunfire. However, in the next shot that candle is burning brightly. (00:49:30)
When Will Smith and the other recruits are taking their written tests, the white table first appears to be situated between the second and third men from the left. When Smith goes to the table to pull it across the room, it is much further to the right of the scene. (00:24:25 - 00:26:35)
In Kate’s hotel room, when she’s trying to get away from GW she steps backwards through the hotel room’s doorway onto the porch, and falls straight through the broken wood railing, but when GW looks down at Kate on the pile of hay, there’s now a window behind GW, not a doorway, and clapboard siding has suddenly appeared on the hotel wall as well.
When Émilien is chasing after the Ninjas on foot, they jump from a bridge onto the top of an orange lorry. The orange crash mats that the ‘Ninjas’ land on are visible in the overhead shots. (00:47:35)
In the scene where Bruce is confronting the g**g that beat him up earlier, he has the monkey come out of the guy, who falls to the ground in pain. After the other guys run away, there is a shot of Bruce taunting them, but the injured guy is not on the ground behind him, even though he should be visible. A second later, he reappears when Bruce turns to face him. (00:38:35)
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When we see Dark Helmets' hoverjeep in the desert, watch the front end: you can clearly make out the edge of the mirrored box they used for the “hover” effect.
When Woody falls out of the closet wrapped in the string lights he hears Buzz’s voice, and in the next shot as Woody sneaks up to Hannah’s room we see Sid’s open door and doorway, which looks perfectly normal. However, after Woody rescues Buzz from Hannah’s tea party they both stop in the hallway, and there’s another shot of Sid’s open door and doorway, only this time it’s not normal to say the least. Five of the six hasps, bolts, and locks that should be (and normally are) screwed into and attached to the inside of Sid’s door (one hasp mechanism, third one down from the top, is attached to the door’s frame) are now actually kind of floating there in mid-air right beside the doorway, as if there’s an invisible door there. Weird that Pixar artists deliberately did this, but it’s bizarrely funny to see.
When Benedict snaps his fingers and the dogs form a pyramid to show how well they are trained - look at the dog’s feet and you can see the rails that the dogs are standing on. (00:43:50)
We see a close up of Gabriella slipping in some milk, but in the wide shots there is no milk or carton on the floor. (00:41:30)
The guard sitting on the back of the train has sweat covering the front of his shirt. In the next shot, the sweat is gone.
When Superman is landing to stop the plough machine, the wires holding him are visible.
When Jackie rescues the kid from the burning petrol truck you can see that they used a dummy when he dropped the kid. (01:11:36)
Upon entering the Chamber of Secrets, Harry spots Ginny and runs towards her. After the last close-up of Harry’s face as he runs, there is shot that faces Ginny, showing Harry’s back. At the very start of this shot, on the bottom left corner of the screen two overhead studio lights, other equipment and scaffolding are perfectly visible, reflected in the puddle to Harry’s left. Later when he runs out of the pipe, towards Ginny, some light reflections are visible as well. (Visible on DVD fullscreen.) (02:04:40)
In the scene in front of the hotel on the night before Rafe ships out to England, Evelyn puts a scarf around his neck. There is a camera shot from his back: no scarf; then another one from his front, and he’s wearing the scarf again. (00:27:10)
Soon after Dorothy slaps the Cowardly Lion, she looks as though she is about to laugh out loud. This happens about 10 seconds or so after the slap. She even tries to put Toto in front of her face to cover up her smirking. (00:48:45)
When they are looking at prospective husbands, Princess Mia and Lilly are eating popcorn and Lilly asks if it tastes like pears. Princess Mia answers its a “Genovian specialty,” and the popcorn disappears immediately afterwards. (00:25:45)
Just before Flynn cuts off Rapunzel’s hair, there is a shot from behind him and he reaches up with his right hand to push her hair behind her ear. His arm is visible up to his forearm and the shackle is nowhere in sight. However, in the next, wide shot, the shackle is suddenly up around his wrist. (01:01:20)
When the dentist wants to put Nemo in a bag, it’s a resealable one with a seam at the top. When he finally catches him, it has changed to a normal plastic bag.
In the scene where Mike Teavee has smashed up the red pumpkin-looking thing, he smashes it cleanly into two or three quite big pieces. When his father says “Mike, please” the pieces behind him are much smaller and all over. (00:41:35)
When Lucy is pushing the elevator button to George’s penthouse in her bridesmaid dress, she’s wearing only one glove. When she’s in his closet helping him pick out clothes and giving her ‘two weeks notice’, she’s still only wearing one glove, but now it’s on the other hand. (00:25:40)
When Duane hits the second cow while hanging from the rope, if you watch carefully you can see the head of someone, bent down behind the cow, wearing a white hat. (01:01:30)
When the girls are knocking on the “Wilson sisters' (the Copeland brothers in disguise) hotel door for the slumber party, Karen is holding a stack of magazines, and “Cosmopolitan” is on top. When one of the “sisters” opens the door, the magazine on top is now “Self.” (00:48:40)
In the scene when Austin Powers goes to visit Dr. Evil in prison to ask about his father there is a shot of Dr. Evil with Austin’s head partially in it. If you look at his reflection in the glass, you see he looks nothing like Austin. The person in the reflection is actually a body double. (00:21:20)
In the scene where Forrest goes and visits Jenny (and is introduced to his son), there is an iron on the ironing board in the background. It stands up, then down, then up. The child’s artwork in the background also disappears. (01:56:25)
When Natalie Imbruglia and Rowan Atkinson are trying to enter John Malkovich’s “chateau”, when Natalie is climbing a ladder a tattoo is visible on her lower back. Later, when Pascal Sauvage (Malkovich) is being crowned, Natalie is fighting a sniper on the upper-level of the church. When the sniper pushes her away, the stunt double for Natalie falls to the floor and the tattoo is missing.
When Madeline is given the card with address of Lisle Von Rhoman on it, she tears it down the middle into two, and the two pieces she tears are torn neatly and straight down the middle. Yet later, when Madeline takes the two pieces of the card from her bag, they are torn much differently, and aren’t torn straight and neatly. (00:19:45 - 00:28:20)
After Evangeline has left with Aunt Adelaide, Nanny McPhee enters the children’s room, and as she and Chrissie walk to the bed they pass Eric’s, Lily’s and Tora’s beds, with the bare wood floor at the center - there is no rug. However, when Nanny McPhee leaves their room the long red and white rug is at the center of the floor, between all the beds. (00:51:55 - 00:52:55)
A boom mic operator wearing a white shirt is seen reflected in the door that the female scientist opens, when the Umbrella personnel pick her up, as part of their extraction procedure. He is visible as the door is opening and very faintly when it is closed. (00:04:00)
When Marlon Brando is gunned down at the fruit stand, he drops the bag of fruit he just bought. However, when he’s collapsing against the car, the bag of fruit is now on the hood of the car. (00:43:05)
When Carly locks herself in the truck, the owner throws to the ground the box holding the fan belt and a few other things, right beside the driver’s side of the truck. In the next exterior shot, there is nothing on the ground. (00:50:50)
When Tom (Charlie Sheen) is about to pick up the picture, you can see that the person on the right on the picture is on the far right of the frame. When it cuts to a close-up of the picture the person on the right has moved to the middle of the picture. In fact it’s basically a different picture. (00:05:25)
As Christine and Raoul race up the stairs of the Opera House, her hair is loose. By the time they come out onto the rooftop, it’s partially pulled back in an elaborate fashion. She’s never off screen long enough to have done that. (01:05:35 - 01:07:05)
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While at the pool hall, Mary indicates that the sign in the window describes Larry perfectly. A close-up shows it reads ‘Out To Lunch’, but the next wide shot shows it reads ‘We’re Closed’. (01:01:45)
After escaping the T. Rex, when Alan and the kids climb the huge tree we can see a bit of what looks like netting at the top right side of the screen and also the set’s scaffolding at the left side, then after the scene with Hammond and Ellie in the dining hall, when it cuts back to Alan and the kids we can see much more of the netting behind the tree set, at the top of the screen.
On the fields of Pelennor, after the great battle, before Pippin and Merry meet again, Pippin’s Lorien brooch points to his right. As Pippin is walking and looking around, his brooch is pointing to his left. When Pippin is next to Merry, the leaf is pointing to his right again. Obviously the second shot is flipped. (02:16:30)
As Will and Jack duel up top in Brown’s shop, in two close-up shots a large plank is visible at their feet with two long black marks along each side detailing where the beams are supposed to be, so that Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp know where to land as they supposedly leap from beam to beam and feign keeping their balance. (This is ONLY visible on the video version.)
When Karen rips open the wrapping on her gift from Harry, in the close-up of the CD as she holds it with her right hand, it is blatantly obvious that it is not Emma Thompson’s hand. Just compare it with the earlier shot of her hand when she sneaks a peak at the card signed - “Sorry I’m such a grumpy bugger.. Bad Harry.” (01:27:45)
When Homer and Bart are on the motorcycle trying to get rid of the bb, the bb slips out of Bart’s grip. When he’s hanging onto his father’s shirt, Bart first grips the bb’s handle with his palm and fingers facing the front of the bb, with the clock. Then when he’s hanging onto his father’s hair, Bart’s hand has flipped around and he’s now gripping the bb’s handle with his palm and fingers facing the back of the bb. Something to look out for is the shot just before the close-up of Chief Wiggum, because as Bart raises his arm the b**b actually flips over in his hand while we’re watching. Quite impossible. (01:12:55)
The purple grapes around the turkey platter disappear then reappear. (00:23:25)
When Mike is trying to get Mark to ask Stacey out, there is a shot of her behind the counter and Stacey’s hair is pulled back on the sides in french braids with ribbons on the ends. Then when Mark approaches Stacey, her hair is pulled back in a clip. The first shot of Stacey with the braid, is actually cut from a scene later in the film, when Mark and Stacey talk at the counter. (00:27:35 - 00:28:20)
When the red Sunbird and the Caddy are driving sown the steep hill, the windshield on the Sunbird changes from passenger side busted out, to completely gone, to completely intact, when they hit the tree at the bottom. (01:18:15)
At the beginning, when people are walking through the metal detector and on the screen it shows them nude, the background is different on the screen. For example, the screen shows two people sitting down, but there are no people sitting down. (00:02:35)
During their sightseeing in Italy, Sarah and Tom pose for an artist who sketches the two of them. In the first shot, their portrait is tacked on the left of the easel with two other portraits. In the next close-up, their portrait is tacked on the right of the easel. (00:55:30)
Visible crew/equipment: When the Grinch is building the sled as he is putting the tin sheets on it there is an overview shot where you can see the shadow of the camera. (01:01:01)
After the Bandit jumps the bridge Sheriff Justice rear-ends the cop car in front of him, smashing the hood of his car. In the next scene Sheriff Justice’s hood is fine.
When Fred rushes in to fight the Black Knight Ghost in Mr. Wickles' castle, he is hit in the face several times with the back of his shield. As he falls, you can see the pad on the back of the shield to protect his face. (It is not noticeable when he first runs in.) (00:23:20)
When Odie comes out on the porch to keep Garfield company, his collar and tags are visible; even more so when he attempts to get back in. But when the shot pulls away to show Odie alone on the steps (before running off after the scooter), his collar is gone. Part of the plot hinges on Jon trying to find Odie, who wasn’t wearing his tags.
Junior can’t get on the Crazy Dance because he is a milimeter too short. After seeing Murph (the 20-year old in his class) and Trixie (on heels) get on it, Junior speeds up the ride and all the kids on it get dizzy and barf everywhere. If you look where the p**e shoots out, it’s a bit obvious it’s not coming from their mouths, but from a point behind them. Most obvious are Trixie and the boy wearing glasses.
While Nisi and Mickey are in the kitchen, when Isaac and Manley walk in, on the counter is a box of instant grits with tape covering its brand name (Quaker) and a bit of tape covering the face of the company logo. Then when Mr. Blakemore takes out the ice cream there’s tape covering its brand name as well.
When Big Momma is taking a shower, you can clearly see that the shower head is a mirror, with the water coming only out of the top, and when Big Momma bends over, you can also see her reflection in the shower head. (00:12:00)
When Owen arrives at the hotel to meet Neal and Del to drive them to the train station, Owen is wearing gloves on both hands. As he introduces himself and shakes their hands, Owen’s right hand is now bare even though there wasn’t enough time to remove the glove. (00:33:55)
When Deeds meets the three old women on the bench, the woman farthest to the right in the orange coat has her hands empty, yet when the shot changes she has a cup of tea in her hands. The tea then disappears in the next shot. (00:09:15)
When the Sergeant has the shotguns in the backpack on his back, and you see a close up of his face, you can see that the shotguns do not have triggers. On plastic prop rifles, the trigger is usually molded into the trigger guard in the pulled back position, and you can see this on these prop shotguns.
In the scene where Willy Wonka and the group of golden ticket holders enter the room with the chocolate river, Willy Wonka picks up a mushroom head with his cane. If you look closely, you can see holes under the mushroom head where he has previously done this, probably more than one take for that scene.
As Thomas crosses the viaduct gap, a rope can be seen pulling him.
While Barnum and Phillip sing “The Other Side” Phillip uses two stools to get up and down from the bar top. When he steps down from the bar top, in this wideshot (also the first shot of them in the pub and other shots) the two upright stools Phillip used are secured with additional support, note the floor area underneath the stools' legs have the same pattern as the rest of the floor, though we can see the outline where the pattern’s lines don’t match up. Additionally, we also see three actors' marks (in the shape of an “L”) on the floor in front of the bar, which will be where Barnum and Phillip will stand when they agree on the ten percent. (00:36:05)
As Mr. Fletcher is riding up on horseback to greet Lady Ashley, you can see him riding up next to a parked, red truck, that has the front end pointed away from the house. Keep an eye on that truck, because it will have the front end pointing towards the house, as Fletcher gets closer to Lady Ashley. (00:27:50)
When Santos catches fire and falls over on deck, the fireproof vest is very visible on his right arm. (00:46:05)
When Anakin attaches 3PO’s right eye, one shot has the eye in his left hand, then the angle changes and the eye is being applied with the right hand. (00:37:20)
When we first see Hobbs he is marking a load of paperwork as captured. On the first sheet, he punches “captured” directly on the photo. In the next shot the word “captured” has changed its position on the photo. (00:09:35)
When Elliott gets food for himself and ET he takes the milk container from the top shelf of the fridge, and we see an empty space beside the Skippy peanut butter where the milk had been, but after Elliott drops everything onto the floor, in his next two closeups note the milk container (it has a distinctive curved design) is back on the shelf in the same spot beside the Skippy jar.
When the landlady shows Judy to her “luxury apartment” note the position of the vertical deadbolt lock affixed to the front door and jamb, but the next morning when Judy leaves for the ZPD, as she unlocks the door the deadbolt lock has moved higher up on the door and jamb (note wallpaper). Additionally, just as Judy opens the door we can see that although the interior deadbolt is affixed higher, its key cylinder on the exterior side is much lower, which makes no sense, but then the deadbolt is back to normal.
After Willie spits in Indy’s face it cuts to Short Round running through the mine, and just as Shorty turns his head toward the camera behind him, we can catch a glimpse of something blue which does not belong in this dark dreary environment, at the right side of the screen. There is a tall spotlight and two crew members, one is wearing a solid blue shirt and a cap, and the other a blue/white striped shirt with white pants. (01:21:25)
In the shoot ‘em up scene at the hangar near the beginning of the film, right after Tito and Wanda take down Pollux, when Troy shoots an agent in the stomach and the agent flies back - you can see at least two cable wires pulling him backwards. You can first notice the 2 wires when the agent is running in slow motion right before he shoots him. (00:14:15)
During Marty’s drive to the bogus address, when he is done speaking with Monty, just as he says, “Wolf out!” he pulls the phone wire and the earpiece actually pops out of his ear, but in all of the following shots that earpiece is still in his ear. Since the super-glued earpiece is one of the main plot points, this is bizarre to say the least. (00:44:25)
When Tapia is giving the mural artist a dressing-down, his daughter has a book in one hand for most of the scene, but when the shot changes to one from above Tapia and his daughter, the book changes to the other hand. (02:03:15)
The wagon, which is full of explosives, is on fire, so Mulan cuts Kahn (the horse) free with her sword and jumps onto Khan. She starts to ride away, while she holds the reins in her left hand and the sword with her right hand, up in the air. The wagon explodes and in the next shot, she still holds the reins in her left hand, though the sword, still in midair in her right hand, is now actually in its sheath, which is always attached to the left side of her belt. Some arrows are missing on the ground as well. Then her sheathed sword lands on the ground beside her. (00:53:45)
When Nick is in the spoon, the milk around him turns green.
After Sophie faints at her bachelorette party, during the next scene it cuts back and forth between shots taking place in two rooms - Donna walking into Tanya and Rosie’s room, then Sophie walking into Ali and Lisa’s room, and both rooms have the very same cracks and stains on the walls revealing it was filmed in the same room, but with different furniture.
When Supergirl flies through the window to fight the invisible monster, half of the screen shows her jumping in a school uniform and the other half exiting with the Supergirl outfit. Watch closely and you’ll notice that her halves don’t match, giving the sense that she is missing part of her body.
At the Policeperson’s Dance, Copeland spills punch over the Commissioner’s wife’s white dress. As the camera view switches, her dress is already stained before she is splashed.
At the beginning “Pete” asks Violet for her autograph on a time card. She signs it and the “T” is not crossed, and when Pete puts it on the board it is crossed. Then at the end when Violet’s dad buys it from Pete it is again not crossed. Also if you look at the “V” when she signs it and after Pete puts it up they are different. And lastly, when Violet signs her last name it is spaced but when Pete puts it up it is jumbled together. Her signature is different all around. (00:01:30 - 01:27:30)
At the beginning of the movie when Clark is entering his house and the camera angle is from inside, just as he opens the door there is something red on his front porch. If you look at any of the previous scenes, that red thing isn’t there. It’s the bottom of a sunscreen being used to block the bright sunlight (which would have flooded the camera) behind Clark as he enters the house. (00:01:44)
When Fred smashes his arm through the round window of the garage and grabs Shaggy, if you look you can see some kind of clear tape on his arm to protect him from the glass. This is quite noticeable in closeups. (00:47:10)
When Ajax slams the hammer end of his spear into a man, he has his shield at his back. The top arrow in the shield is bent at a 90° angle and as Ajax moves the top (plastic) arrow droops down and the bottom arrow actually flops around. While still in the same location, when he sticks his spear into the sand and pulls the arrow out of his thigh, the arrows on his shield are gone. (00:42:20)
After Bella awakes from the first nightmare, we see her Romeo and Juliet book on the pillow beside her. When Charlie brings in her presents the book is gone, but then reappears on the pillow between shots. (00:03:00)
In the scene where Doc Brown is following Biff into the tunnel, as Marty starts to pass between the cars on his hoverboard, one of the wheels on the rig supporting the hovering DeLorean is visible. (01:30:30)
In the widescreen edition DVD, when Max’s wife tugs at the chain on the back of the car after they have escaped the g**g members, before she sees the ripped-off hand tied to it, you can see a crew member’s hand holding the chain. (01:00:50)
When Suki and Tej are being booked for speeding when they took Brian’s and Roman’s cars, the police officer next to them should be writing on his notepad, but instead the words are already written and he is just moving the pen over these words. (01:24:25)
Tai and Cher are hugging when they are watching Travis’ skateboarding competition. Cher starts out on the left and Tai on the right. They hug in that position and then mysteriously end their hug on opposite sides.
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