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As you probably know, behind your favorite movies there are hundreds and hundreds
of interesting facts that you probably did not know about.
And since I know that you like watching movies as much as I do,
and you like curiosities and interesting facts as much as I do,
now I decided that I would do a compilation with several data
that you probably did not know about these 8 films.
You know, super interesting things like...
Do you know what the creatures of the movie Bird Box look like?
Or what is that dust snorted by some actors in certain scenes?
Is it really cocaine?
Well right now I'm going to tell you so I'm sure you'll love this video a lot.
Just before starting the topic, I want you to write in the comments which was
the last movie you saw in the movie theater.
As soon as you remember what movie it was, write it in the comments
Make yourself comfortable, and like I always tell you...
Enjoy it my friend!
I'm Curious Ben. And… How curious are you?
Armageddon
Premiered before Jesus Christ,
that is in 1998...
Armageddon is a science fiction film with a rather strange argument:
it turns out that an asteroid the size of Texas comes directly to our planet.
So NASA sends a team of astronauts to destroy the asteroid with an atomic bomb,
before it's too late.
Yes, despite the fact that the subject sounds ridiculous,
Armageddon is one of the most successful science fiction films of all time.
And one of my favorites!
But that does not mean that it is one of the films with the most scientific inconsistencies.
There is a very interesting fact that you did not know about this...
Did you know that NASA showed this movie during its training program
so that the apprentices could detect all the errors that it had?
To date, NASA has detected at least 168 errors in the entire plot of the film.
Among those I can mention one of the most obvious...
It would be practically impossible to blow up an asteroid of similar dimensions,
with a single nuclear bomb.
And so I could tell you another 167 errors of the movie...
But I do not want to bore you!
Of course, that does not mean that it is super entertaining
and that it keeps you expectant in the 2 and a half hours it has.
Number 7
Bird Box
Released on Netflix in December 2018,
Bird Box is one of the most popular movies of recent weeks
and one of the most talked about on the Internet.
Did you know that, according to data from Netflix, only in the first 7 days of release,
was it reproduced more than 45 million times?
If that is true, it is Netflix's most successful premiere in its entire history.
But another interesting fact that deserves to be commented on in this film
is the appearance of the monsters that made people go crazy...
Do you have any idea what those creatures looked like?
In the whole movie there is not a single second where these creatures are shown to the public,
so it is very likely that you do not even have the remotest idea of what they looked like,
right?
Luckily I came across an article that has pictures of the prototypes,
and now I want to show you.
Do you want to see it?
It's ugly, right? And a little disappointing!
I know!
Just to make this point clear...
This monster with baby cheeks was the monster that Malorie would see
in one of the scenes of the movie, but in the end they decided to cut that part.
I assumed you would not have any idea of this data...
So now you know!
Number 6
The Theory of Everything
The film, which was released in 2014,
tells some of the most important moments in the life of the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
It is a very interesting movie that I am sure you will enjoy a lot,
especially because of the superb performance of Eddie Redmayne.
Personally while watching this movie I could not help wondering...
How the hell this guy did to act that way!
And now that I investigated it, then it was more than clear to me.
Before I explain how he did it...
Did you know that this actor won an Oscar for best actor of the year in 2014,
precisely for his performance in this film?
Although that is something that is said to be very easy, its preparation was not simple.
In an interview, Eddie explained some details about the long and painful process
he had to go through to get into his role.
From meeting daily with people suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
to understand more about the disease and what they feel,
which by the way was the same disease that Stephen Hawking had,
to spend several days contorting his body and face
so that his facial movements and gestures looked the closest thing to Stephen.
He spent hours and hours in the same position without moving in the slightest, you know?
Did you know that at the end of the shoot, his spine had become so misaligned
that he needed the help of an expert to return it to its normal state?
Damn! That sounds painful!
With that you already have an idea of how difficult it was for him to prepare for this role,
and the reason why he won the Oscar for best actor of 2014 thanks to this performance.
"While there is life, there is hope."
Number 5
Guardians of the Galaxy
One of the most beloved characters in this movie is Rocket,
The raccoon...
As you probably know, Rocket was 100% computer generated.
That's no secret!
But what few know is that to make Rocket's movements, behavior
and the Rocket appearance look like a real raccoon...
They used a real raccoon, did you know that?
In case you wonder, the name of that model raccoon is Oreo,
and was present on the recording set throughout the filming of Guardians of the Galaxy,
helping and making jokes of course!
The best thing is that when the official premiere of the film arrived in Los Angeles,
the actors and the director had become so fond of Oreo
that they decided to take him to the premiere.
That raccoon has a future!
Number 4
Wolf of Wall Street
Nominated for best film of the year 2014,
and banned in several countries for having too many scenes not suitable for all audiences,
I think you know what I'm talking about!
The Wall Street Wolf is also full of interesting facts that you may not have known.
I will mention at least two of them.
Did you know that in the scenes where the actors had to snort cocaine...
It was actually vitamin B ground?
And do you know why they use ground vitamin B?
First of all because sniffing cocaine is obviously illegal,
secondly because ground vitamin B looks similar in body and shape to cocaine,
and third because Vitamin B helped the actors recharge their batteries to continue filming.
Although in the case of Jonah Hill this was counterproductive
because of so much aspiring Vitamin B went to the hospital for bronchitis.
I bet you did not know that, right?
Another curious fact about the film is the performance of Margot Robbie,
who gives life to Naomi, the couple of Jordan Belfort.
Did you know that in an interview for Porter magazine she said that this
has been one of the most difficult roles she has played in her career?
Just by watching some scenes from the movie,
I'm sure you understand why she said this, right?
For example, do you remember the scene where she goes out without clothes?
She had to record it in front of 30 members of the recording team,
and they were all men!
Can you imagine how difficult and painful it must have been for her to record that scene?
Well, that not only gives you an idea of the things that Margot Robbie had to go through
during the recording of this movie,
but also how complicated and shameful it can be for some actors and actresses to record some scenes.
Number 3
The Green Mile
Released in 1999, The Green Mile is a very emotional film
that tells the story of convicted inmates who live in The Green Mile.
Looking for information about this movie I came across a very curious one that you probably did not know.
Do you remember Mr. Jingles, the mouse that John Coffey resurrects in one of the scenes of the film?
You did not know that there were actually 30 different mice and not just one.
What is that supposed to mean?
The mice are not known to be especially domestic animals,
they do not obey orders, so working with them was not an easy task for the recording team.
Because the first days had problems to control the mouse
they had taken to record these scenes, they had no choice but to get 30 mice in total to record the scenes
Had it not been for the great work of the recording team,
plus the help of the 30 mice that acted for the role of Mr. Jingles,
plus the countless rations of cheese they had in the studio to control them,
-it is likely that Mr. Jingles never... -Bullshit!
Benny, spits Mr. Jingles. Are you lost your mind?
Number 2
Space Jam
Speaking of classic movies, do you remember this one?
Released in 1996, Space Jam was a very popular movie of the nineties
that was played by the famous basketball player Michael Jordan.
Although there are dozens of curiosities that I could tell you about this film,
there are two that strongly caught my attention.
The first of these is related to Lola Bunny...
Did you know that Lola's first appearance in the whole history of the 'Looney Tunes'
was precisely in this movie?
Unlike characters like Bugs Bunny himself, or Daffy Duck,
Lola had never appeared before.
You already knew that?
Thanks to the great popularity that it obtained after appearing in this film,
the company Warner decided to include it among the official characters from that moment on.
And now she is one of the most recognized characters of the Looney Toons.
Interesting, right?
Another fact that you probably did not know,
is that the Internet page that was created to promote the film, and to provide extra material,
is still online until now and the best thing is that nothing has changed.
It looks exactly the same as your older brothers saw it in the nineties.
As I am sure you would like to visit it,
and at the same time see how rare the web pages were in the nineties,
I will leave you the link in the description of this video so you can go and review it.
Just do it after I finish my video!
Number 1
Now You See Me
Released in 2013, Now You See Me is a film about a group of magicians
known as the 4 horsemen.
If you saw it, sure you remember that in the first scene of the movie
something rather curious happens.
And I think I'm going to show it to you so that you understand better than I'm talking about...
In this scene, one of the magicians performs a pretty cool trick
that left many people in the movie theater wondering...
What the hell is going on here?
The trick was basically to get the public to choose a card from this deck.
To make it fun, it would be good to follow the game to this man, don't you think?
That was too fast, I will do it again.
Are you ready? Ok!
Surely you already have a letter in mind, right?
Now…
Do you see your card here?
Does your letter appear between these letters?
Well, the truth is that I do not see the letter that I chose anywhere, and you?
Moving forward to the important part...
7 of diamonds, of course...
Did you also choose 7 diamonds?
Well, I'm sure right now you're wondering what the hell just happened,
how the guy in the movie guessed your blessed letter.
Well, very easy… I'll explain!
To do this trick, what they did was increase the exposure time of that letter in specific,
and they did it using 2 methods.
First, instead of just a 7 diamond card that was in that deck,
it was actually a total of four 7 diamond cards together,
you know what I mean?
It was not just one, but four equal letters together.
That obviously caused a big difference
because it made you choose the letter that was most noticeable to the naked eye.
The 7 of diamonds!
But to make sure this trick worked perfectly,
they also used another method during the editing of this scene...
You know what they did?
Well, very easy!
To make the moment in which the 7 of diamonds appear,
it shows for a few seconds more,
in a few words, added a few frames to this part,
and at the same time shortened the time the other cards were shown.
In case you do not understand what I just told you,
the point is that in the end, all those small changes in pre-production and post-production
made the trick work perfectly.
What do you think about that?
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