Noticeable goofs in movies

[phil marlowe]

it was THEN, i became a goofspotter.

[Alethia]

i have noticed many mistakes in goodfellas - when we first meet maury, right before ray liotta beats the shit out of karens neighbor, hand positions are here and there and quite noticable, and also in the billy bats scene, right after he makes fun of tommy and the whole shoe shining thing, he says "salut tommy", but his lips only form one syllable.....oh well, movie still kicks ass.

in minority report, i also noticed that when peter stormare is about to take out tom cruises eyes, he has a line that goes something like "...while a guard with a hard on you couldnt even knock down with a hammer whispers in you ear 'oh nancy, oh nancy'" - in the dvd release they dub over hard on with "attitude" and its pretty noticable, and really pointless if you ask me.

[Ernie]

I really hate people that point out flaws in movies constantly. I mean, some are unforgivable but when it's something small...people just have to chill. There was this fucking girl in my film study class that belted out "that's soooooooooo FAKE!" at least once every class, I swear...it was annoying as hell.

The only flaws that can sometimes bother me are the character or plot ones...like the ones in writing and in storytelling or in casting. Like, for example...I hate how Alex is suppose to be 14 in A Clockwork Orange. There is no way he looks that young! My sister got this idea that he is lying to them, so that kind of helps me sleep at night...that could be true. I'd really like to think that's the case. There's no reason they couldn't have made him older...it was true enough to the book dammit. He should have been at least 16, more like 17 or 18 though.

I know in the book it's pretty clear how old is he, but in ACO the film his age is never mentioned..

Yea, it really is actually. When he's getting checked upon his arrival at the jail and handing over all of his belongings...he's asked his age by one of the guards and he tells him he's 14.

[Fernando]

Yea, it really is actually. When he's getting checked upon his arrival at the jail and handing over all of his belongings...he's asked his age by one of the guards and he tells him he's 14.

I checked the scene and he first is asked his name, then his sentence which was for 14 years, maybe that confused you a bit.

Viddy well!

[godardian]

In Eyed Wide Shut, during the scene where Tom Cruise consults with Sydney Pollack in the bathroom upstairs at the party, you can see the reflection of the camera and cameraman in the door.

In Velvet Goldmine, during the scene where Mandy confronts Brian and they have their exchange of quotes, you can very clearly see the shadow of a boom mic invade the upper right hand corner of the screen, then hastily retract.

I only noticed these things because I saw the films so many times, and they don't diminish the experience of re-watching them today.

[Fernando]

In Eyed Wide Shut, during the scene where Tom Cruise consults with Sydney Pollack in the bathroom upstairs at the party, you can see the reflection of the camera and cameraman in the door.

Which was removed for the DVD/VHS release BTW.

[Fernando]

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I never spoted those before, probably they're still there.

[Sigur Rós]

American Pie:
In the bed room seen when the guy ejaculates in the cup and the next people come in the room when she is about to take a sip out of the cup and he pulls the cup away from her mouth it changes from clear plastic to blue cardboard with a white inside


Batman and Robin: The Movie:
When the girl looks at the picture to crack her uncles codes, it has nothing on it, then she looks at it again, and it has a little message on it!


Bram Stokers Dracula:
The scene where Lucy is talking to the Texan at the party and Jack walks in. The Texan is holding his hat when Jack sits down. In the next shot, Jack gets up and hands the Texan his hat, crushed, and says "Sorry about that."


Clueless:
Cher's last name is read out in class as being Horowitz. But then on her report card, it says Cher Hamilton.


Fled:
The main guy is wearing a sweater in one scene, then they turn the camera onto something else, then like less than a second later back onto him and he's not wearing a sweater


Forrest Gump:
When Forrest Gump is at Jenny's apartment you can see a iron on a ironing board behind him. The iron is in the up right position when the cut to Jenny then back to him the iron is down. When the cut to her then back to him the iron is back in the upright position.


Great Expectations:
In every scene but the last one, Everyone wears green, esspecially Stella


Hope Floats:
When they're in the country dance club, they turn on the jukebox, but you can still see the band playing in the background.


Hope Floats:
During the scene where Harry Connick Jr. Takes Sandra Bullock on a tour of the house he's building there is a huge microphone hanging in the center of the screen as they open the door.


Jurrasic Park:
When the T-Rex gets loose, the lawyer runs out of the car with the kids. The door stays open. In the next shot you see Dr. Grant and Malcolm looking at the car and the door is closed. After that you see the boy closing the door.


Major League 2:
A few things...when the Indians played any other team...it didn't matter who the home team was, the field was always the same. Milwaukee's county Stadium if not mistaken.


Mall Rats:
When Jay runs from the security guard into the food court he say's "that bastard is faster than Walt Flanagin's dog." Walter Flanagin is the guy who played the guy who was signed all over by Stan Lee and his name is in the credits.


Navy SEALs:
The SEAL team undertakes a mission that requires them to make a HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) parachute jump into the ocean where they will begin underwater SCUBA operations. When the team members get on the plane, they are wearing spit-shined combat boots. When they jump out of the plane, they have the same boots on. When they land in the water...thay have swim fins on. Where and how in a skydiving free-fall, do you stop to unlace your boots, take off your socks, put on your neoprene dive booties, stow your boots and then put on your swim fins prior to hitting the water?


Now and Then:
In the scene where the teenage girls are looking in the attic, there is one part when a girl is looking in a mirror and you can see a microphone in the reflection of the mirror.


The Players Club:
In the beginning when Diamond first starts at the club and she's talking to Ronnie, her hair is in one style. When she goes upstairs a second later it's totally different.


Preacher's Wife:
When Courtney Vance meets Denzel Washinton, Vance is seated in a car, Denzel is standing on the sidewalk. The location of the car's rolled-down window changes back and forth from scene to scene.


Pulp Fiction:
The move begins in the diner and the girls says she's "gonna execute every mother-fu**in' last one of ya". At the end of the movie, she yells that she's "gonna execute of last one of you mother-fu**ers." this is no big deal except for the fact that the above line is the most important line in the movie because it ties the whole thing together.


Tommy Boy:
did you notice when tommy bent the door and in the side of the car was a big dent and then got it shut and when richard walks back you can see there is not dent in the car now...


Twister:
During the second twister, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, and Jami Gertz, are in the truck, and a cow flies by. If you look at the window next to Jami Gertz right after the cow scene, you will see that it is not raining and a black minivan drives by.


Twister:
Towards the end of Twister, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are driving ahead of the last tornado and trying to avoid falling debris. A large piece of farm equipment hits the right side of the windshield and cracks the glass. In the next scene, the windshield is not broken.


Twister:
In the movie "Twister" all of the television meteorologists are real. The first scene shows a tornado advisory broadcast of Channel 9 anchor, Gary England (the clip is an authentic one from the 1960's). Gary is still reporting for channel 9 in Oklahoma. The Weather man interviewing Cary Elwes is Jeff Lazileer from channel 4, and Mike Morgan from channel 5 is on the television later on.


Wedding Singer:
When Robbie Hart who is in the dumpster after the "Love Stinks" brawl is talking to Julia, there is a decorative silver hoop that hops from left to right to left every time the scene cuts back to him.


Wedding Singer:
In the Wedding Singer when they go on the shopping spree for Julia's wedding and they are at the Carvel Ice Cream Parlor you should notice that if the movie takes place in 1985, why oh why do they have the new Carvel logo with the spinkles the 80's was vanilla ice cream in a cup with a cherry.

[MacGuffin]

Surprised no one's mentioned Paulie's cigar moving back and forth in his mouth and hand in "GoodFellas". That's the one that always very noticable.

[Sigur Rós]

Taxi Driver:
When Robert DeNiro is in a cafe talking to Jodi Foster she wears two very different sunglasses in the same scene

Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back:
Did anyone notice after Han Solo was captured and about to be frozen in the chamber, he has his vest on, the camera moves to Leah and back to Han, not wearing his vest, then back to Leah and back to Han, again wearing his vest?

Back To The Future:
When Marty is trying to out drive the Libyans in the mall parking lot, the mileage on the DeLorean keeps changing. The first time you see the spedometer with the mileage below it, it's one number, and the next time you see it, the mileage is lower! They obviously filmed it out of order and didn't check for this mistake!

Legend:
The unicorns are wearing horse shoes-how realistic!!!!

Pretty Woman:
In "Pretty Woman", after Vivian and Edward spend their first night together, they are talking and eating breakfast. Vivian is eating a croissant in one shot, and in the next one she is eating a pankcake.

Grease:
When Vi and Frenchy are in the Frosty Palace, Vi is closing up and she comes down the steps with a tray in her hand and turns off the light with her elbow. If you watch, you'll notice she misses the light switch by a mile.

[Mesh]

I saw the same thing last night in a Sundance Channel viewing of Happiness. It was when the police come to Bill's house.

Todd Solondz sucks at this.

I have no proof, but I swear, when I saw Welcome to the Dollhouse (once) in the theatre, I caught the boom mic dipping into the top of the frame at least three times.

[godardian]

There have been times I've noticed glaring boom visibility, only to be told that the "projectionist wasn't framing correctly." I only sort of understand this, but apparently, this is often not at all the fault of the filmmaker and has everything to do with the competency of the projectionist... much more is visible on the celluloid than we're meant to see, from what I gather...

Maybe someone can explain this further and better than I have.

[Sprimetv]

man i never notice little details like that.. at least in theatres.  the only thing i've noticed lately was a shitty excuse for a tracking shot in the pilot of star trek TNG in which two pieces of footage are "spliced" togeter with a crossfade but even then i didn't care cuz it was just star trek

[Pwaybloe]

HA ha!  You watch Star Trek!

[Sprimetv]

heh yea i used to talk about it constantly but now i'm down to randomly mentioning it in forums <g>