Hollywood's Lesser Evils: Fun Mistakes in Major Movies

[GermanBusiness]

Who's got more cool Hollywood mistakes along these lines? Let's leave out the cigarettes burning at different rates and switching hands, and suitcases in the right hand and a split second later in the left hand.

[r9etb]

John Wayne as Ghengis Khan.

Oh, wait ... really stupid, but not a "mistake."

[scott7278]

In real life, Marian was killed with her servants after Wallace visited her and then escaped when the building was surrounded on 3 sides.

Man, she was good.

[grobdriver]

Or Dirty Harry shots from the back where he doesn't wear the shoulder harness correctly - and someone apparently corrects him because in the next scene the straps are correctly worn?

[chae]

I think it was on ebaums world, there was a picture of Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean and there is a little niks tag visible on his bandana. Also, there is a scene in Troy, above Brad Pitt's shoulder, high in the sky, you can see an airplane.

[Fintan]

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Mr. Barbra Streisand.

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[George Smiley]

There's an entire website dedicated to firearms mistakes in television and film.

Too busy to try to turn it up at the moment.

[Blzbba]

Not to put a damper on this thread, but a definitive list of movie mistakes can be found here

[scott7278]

http://www.movie-mistakes.com

[lilylangtree]

On "Stargate Atlantis", one of the doctors sports a Canadian flag on his shoulder while the rest of the cast show American flags. Maybe because the production company is Canadian.

[GSWarrior]

You know it's a bad movie when African tribesmen have vaccination marks.

[lafroste]

When the alien ship attacking Los Angeles in Independence Day finally ceased firing, the protective plates that had to be opened before firing the weapon were already closed.

[Andyman]

In North by Northwest there is a scene in which a shooting takes place in the cafeteria at Mt. Rushmore. The shooter pulls his gun, a little boy (who has his back to the shooter) puts his hands to his ears, then the gun goes off. It is something of a wide shot, so may be a little difficult to find.

[Reagan Man]

Go to IMDb.com. It lists just about every movie, film, documentary and cartoon made in the last century plus. Almost every movie page listed has a place for "goofs" and "trivia". Its a great source of information on everything to do with movies. Take note: a lot of the personal opinions offered on the IMDb.com website are liberal in tone. Ignore them and stick with the data stream.

[The_Victor]

In the movie "Patton"...Patton says "I read your book!" after he beats Rommel in command of a tank battle. But Rommel had never written a book on armor battles, only on infantry tactics. In the reflection of his binoculars (which say "Made in Japan") you see the film crew. The tanks before him are all 1950s models.

The funny part about that is they are M-48 "Patton" tanks.

[MortMan]

Um - I believe that's because that particular guy is Canadian in the show.

[GermanBusiness]

[The funny part about that is they are M-48 "Patton" tanks.]

Cool. That is why I started the thread. And thanx to the one who recommended the websites. I just got this from "Fun With Dick and Jane" at moviemistakes.com:

Plot hole: When Richard Jenkins/Frank Bascom is talking to Jim Carrey/Dick Harper on his cell phone in the bank parking lot he tells Jim Carrey he sees the WOMAN bank employee walking towards him. He tells Jim Carrey that SHE knows that her car has NOT been stolen because she can see her car. But this is impossible since Jim Carrey never told Richard Jenkins or anyone else that he made up that story about her car being stolen just moments ago.

[NRA1995]

1)"Ben-Hur": Messala has bladed wheels on his chariot, which he uses to chew up the wheel spokes on one of the other chariots. In the close-up, the wheel breaks off and falls to the ground, in the very next scene the chariot flips over and both wheels are intact. In another scene, when Messala's chariot wrecks due to its wheel being torn off, his chariot goes airborne with both wheels intact. Then, as it lands on its left side with the wheel hub skidding in the sand, they used the sound effect of a car skidding on pavement.

2)"The Godfather": As Michael Corleone arrives by taxi at the Sands Hotel in Vegas (supposed to be about 1952), two of the filming crew are seen coming out of the hotel wearing 70's permed hair!

[lilylangtree]

Didn't know that. Thanks for the info!

[MortMan]

You're welcome, Lily.